Simply Delicious Food for Family and Friends

So many of us are ‘time-poor’ – struggling to juggle careers with running our homes, doing our best to look after the important people in our lives – that we want to make sure that the food we are cooking is delicious, nourishing and healthy, simply oozing with TLC.

You will come away from this two-and-a-half day course armed with a repertoire of fuss-free, quick and tasty dishes – good, gutsy food with masses of flavour, guaranteed to gladden the hearts of your nearest and dearest and tantalize the most jaded palate. We’ll give you invaluable time-saving tips and a list of the essential ingredients you should have in your cupboard for those fraught occasions when you haven’t had a chance to do a ‘big shop’ and have very little time available to prepare something simple but delicious.

The course will include quick and easy breads, starters, main courses, salads and some scrumptious puddings. Many of the recipes can be adapted to suit either conservative or adventurous tastes.  There will be plenty of delicious temptations to guarantee a hug for the cook!

Students will have the opportunity to taste all the dishes prepared during the course.

What you’ll learn

•     A selection of delicious recipes and how to make them.
•     An understanding of what it takes to create a balanced menu.
•     A variety of essential techniques you’ll use again and again
•     Tips for forward planning and saving time

Course elements

•     Three demonstration sessions, showing how dishes are prepared from scratch, with overhead mirrors and two monitors showing close-up handiwork. Rory will share a wealth of knowledge through her expert tips and techniques. Students can ask questions and have the opportunity to taste the dishes prepared at the end of the sessions
•      Two practical, hands-on sessions in the kitchens, where you can cook 2-4 dishes from each demonstration. With a high teacher to student ratio of 1:6, there’s plenty of support and guidance while you master the recipes, learn to make the most of your ingredients and gain a deeper learning experience. Let your teacher know if there are specific techniques you’d like to master, as seen in the demonstrations
• Delicious lunch each day that you and your fellow students have cooked in the kitchen

Good to know

•     Breakfast and lunch included; eat alongside fellow students, our teachers and gardeners
•     Often you’re able to watch the cows being milked, the sourdough loaves being made and gather produce for the days cooking with the gardeners
•     A pack of the recipes will be provided for your ongoing reference 
•     Our Shop will be open for further inspiration: cookery books, equipment and select ingredients
•     Accommodation available within our grounds and close by
•     There’s plenty to do and explore in the area. These summer courses are a fabulous way to spend your summer in the countryside. Learn during the days, eat well and then soak up the surroundings in the evenings
•     We run this course several times a year, varying the recipes in synch with the seasons