Basic knife skills and cooking methods and techniques. By the end of the week you will be understanding how to follow recipes and cooking meals with confidence.
The day begins at 9.30 each day with coffee whilst we run through the recipes with you. After the mornings cooking you eat the prepared food for lunch. In the afternoon there will be more cooking and demonstrations. All the food you cook, and haven’t eaten for lunch, is yours to take home.
If you are planning to attend this course and do not live in Edinburgh, we can help by giving you information about accommodation within the city. This is a perfect beginners course for all ages.
This course can be taken in conjunction with the one week Intermediate Course, which runs during the following week.
Skills and techniques covered in this course include:
Knife skills
Soups
Stocks
Roux based sauces
Emulsion sauces
Basic pastries
Bread
Roasting
Meat cookery
Stews and Casseroles
Stir Fries
Fish cookery
Preparing and cooking vegetables
Baking
Food presentation
This highly practical one week beginners cookery course at Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy will help those who love food but have always felt inhibited by their lack of skill in the kitchen. At the start of the course we teach basic knife skills and cooking methods and techniques. By the end of the week you will be understanding how to follow recipes and cooking meals with confidence.
The recipes made on this course contain the following: CELERY, GLUTEN, MILK, EGGS, NUTS, MUSTARD, SULPHITES, SOYA, CRUSTACEANS, FISH, PEANUTS
This class is not suitable for vegans or vegetarians.
Please let us know of any dietary requirements, allergies or special accommodations required at the time of booking. We will be as flexible as possible, when we can, so as to be inclusive to all students but we may not be able to substitute ingredients in the recipes.
We do everything we can to reduce the risk of cross contamination, however we cannot guarantee a completely allergen free environment and therefore our kitchens may be unsuitable for students with severe or life-threatening allergies.
*Please note this list is not exhaustive.
Our one-day workshops and short courses are 16+ unless otherwise specified. Children aged 14 or 15 may attend with an adult over 18.
On the day, the school will be open from 9.30am and the class will begin at 9.45am. The class will be finished by 4.00pm, depending on the course and class size it may finish earlier.
“The cook school put me in touch with Castle Terrace, a good portion of my career was spent there… it’s great the connections you can make on the back of a course at the cook school.”
“The cookery school gave me the skills, knowledge and confidence to be able to see it through and make a living out of doing something I’ve always loved”
“…what really stood out to me was its reputation for high-level training in a supportive environment… The technical knowledge, attention to detail, and efficiency I have learned have all shaped how I think about food, whether I’m cooking myself or talking about it in my work.”
We understand the significance of this decision, and are always happy to arrange a call or tour with our Head Teacher for anyone with interest in our Professional Course Programme.
