You don't need to be able to chop like a chef to be a good cook, but learning how to use knives properly in the kitchen will make cooking more efficient and more enjoyable.
This half-day course will show you how to use and maintain your knives as well as advice on making the most of the basic cook's knife set including sharpening, chopping, filleting, and other techniques. As well as learning how to chop vegetables we will also teach you how to fillet fish and joint pieces of chicken. There will also be a chance to learn how to carve roasted chicken. You don’t need to have any previous cooking experience to attend this course.
Recipes in this course may include:
Chicken saute Normande
Citrus fruit salad in spiced caramel
Asian Style Sea Bass en Papillote
The course will run from 11.00am until 1.00pm and includes practical and demonstration cookery sessions and refreshments. All the ingredients, equipment and the recipes for the day will be provided.
We are based in the heart of Suffolk, in a picturesque setting at Kenton Hall Estate. The estate boasts a wedding venue, glamping site and 180 Hectare mixed arable and livestock farm. The school was built in a converted cow byre which also houses a butcher with smokehouse and curing facilities as well as a commercial kitchen. The cookery school was opened in 2014, it has recently been refurbished in 2023 and is now a Miele partnership cookery school.
The kitchen is fully equipped with dedicated work stations for up to 12 people. There is a chef tutor station with camera and screens in the kitchen for demonstrations. When the school was designed we wanted students to feel welcome and at home, but also experience the professional feel of a highly performing kitchen.
The school offers a relaxed, informal setting where people of all abilities can come and learn, eat and make some great memories. We have partnered with some of the industries top brands including Kenwood and Oxo, you will be sure to only use the best in equipment on your course with us.
This half-day class will allow you to hone your skills and learn new ones, as well as understand the principles of good cooking.
You will discover how the right knife for the right job will give you great results.
Spend time with us at our Cookery School. Learn new skills and techniques with our expert chefs and experience a warm welcome from our friendly front of house team.
Menu and theme change, however your skills and confidence will grow and you will learn how the new skills translate to differing cuisines
We will teach you how to sharpen the knives, how to store them, how to joint chicken in 8 peieces, debone the leg, stuff the breast, chop and slice onion, crush a garlic as well as how to prepare chicken stock.
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