Can’t Cook? Oh Yes, You Can!

Join us for a truly transformative day, where you’ll gain skills, confidence, and a repertoire of essential recipes that will become your new “go-to” favourites.

Cooking isn’t magic—it’s about mastering key techniques, understanding flavours, and building confidence. That’s exactly what we’re here to teach you. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to strengthen your foundations, our professional yet fun and approachable teaching style will leave you feeling proud of your creations and ready to tackle new culinary challenges at home.

Here’s What You’ll Learn:

Master the basics and build strong foundations:

 - Understand how to approach recipes the right way—breaking them down into simple, stress-free steps.

 - Knife skills

 - Learn versatile recipes that can be adapted to create a variety of dishes.

 - Learn the importance of tasting and seasoning

White Sauce: The base for cheese sauce, soups, macaroni cheese, lasagne, and more.

Tomato Sauce: Perfect for pizza toppings, pasta, stews, and soups.

Meat and Vegetable Stock: For gravy, casseroles, stews, and soups.

Soup Base: Combining stocks and sauces for endless flavour possibilities.

Why Choose Us?

Our hands-on, guided approach ensures you will leave with practical skills and answers to all your questions—no question is ever too simple! Along the way, we’ll share chef’s secrets, tips, and tricks to make life in the kitchen smoother and more enjoyable.

You’ll also receive a list of recommended cookbooks, social media pages, and websites to continue your culinary journey after the course.

This is a day of cooking, learning, and connection. We’ll all make the same dishes together to ensure everyone gets plenty of support and learns alongside each other.

Leave us with pride in your creations, new-found confidence in the kitchen, and a whole host of skills to wow your friends and family.

Let’s turn “Can’t Cook” into “Can Cook!”

Schedule of the day

0930   Arrival and Introductions

0945   Discuss recipes, how to prepare to cook and get organised

1000   Meat & veg stocks.

1020   White sauce & gravy

1100   Break

1115   Tomato sauce

1215   Bolognaise

1250   Light lunch

1330   Lasagne

1400   Beef and vegetable casserole

1430   Dumplings

1445   Break

1500   Fennel & Chorizo pasta sauce

1520   Meal, recap, questions

Go home, confident and proud with the skills and experience to make dozens of different variants of these recipes from scratch using the principles and building blocks you have learned.

Please let us know about any dietary requirements when you book this course. We will aim to accommodate.

Is it suitable for Children?

We welcome full-paying, accompanied children, provided they can follow instructions independently or with your support. This makes our courses an ideal opportunity for enthusiastic future chefs to explore their passion, especially if parents feel they lack the skills or confidence to teach them at home. It’s a chance to learn together and inspire a lifelong love of cooking. Every child is different, and we’re happy to discuss individual suitability to ensure the best experience. As a general guide, this course is most suitable for children over 11 years. However, we’re flexible and open to younger participants if they can confidently follow instructions with your support. All children must be accompanied by a full-paying adult

Testimonials

“Colin is so knowledgeable and a real inspiration.” J Crimmins, Facebook

“Myself and my son really enjoyed it and highly recommend it for something that wee bit different” Rachel B, Trip Advisor