Children's Lessons

 

Our lessons have been designed to give children a sense of responsibility in the kitchen, to allow them to understand the fundementals of cookery whilst enjoying creating dishes from scratch.
All lessons are taught in our purpose built kitchen, in a safe and controlled environment. No more than four children are permitted in each class and handling of all hot items are carried out by the teacher. When you drop your children off you are more than welcome to see where they will be working, giving you full peace of mind.

Full use of the kitchen equipment, ingredients and aprons in included.

Below you will find a variety of Children's Lessons. All lessons can either be for individuals or groups or up to four Children. We can run each lesson as a mixed group, or keep it Private just for you. Please call for availability and dates.

 

 

Cupcake Lessons

 

In this 3 hour private lesson you and a friend will learn how to follow cake recipes, understand the ingredients used and the tips and tricks of good bakery by making a batch of cupcakes each. You will use different skills to produce 12 beautifully decorated cupcakes to take home to impress your friends and family. The private course is great as a birthday present for your child, or a special treat with a sibling or friend. Cupcakes designs can be tailored for the children and their interests.

For children aged 9 years upwards.
As a Private Lesson, this can be scheduled to fit in with your timetable anytime during the week, including evenings and after school.
Price: £45 per person, or two friends/siblings for £75. Max four children per Lesson

Please contact us for availability.

 

 

 

 

Festive Cupcakes Lesson

 

In this 3 hour lesson you will learn how to follow cake recipes, understand the ingredients used and the tips and tricks of good bakery by making a batch of cupcakes. You will use different skills, including sugar paste modelling, piping, edible decorations, frosting and icing, to produce 12 beautifully decorated festive cupcakes to take home to impress your friends and family, or make for Christmas gifts.

For children aged 9 years upwards.
As a Private Lesson, this can be scheduled to fit in with your timetable anytime during the week, including evenings and after school.
Price: £45 per person, or two friends/siblings for £75. Max four children per Lesson

Courses running during November and December. Please contact us for availability.

 

 

Christmas Cake Lesson

 

In this two hour lesson you will learn how to smoothly cover a cake with marzipan and icing, create festive icing cake toppers such as snowmen, stars, christmas trees, flowers and Father Christmas, and finish a cake with piped royal icing decoration, ribbons or crimping. You will take home a fully finished sponge Christmas Cake with board and box to impress your friends and family.

For children aged 9 years upwards.
As a Private Lesson, this can be scheduled to fit in with your timetable anytime during the week, including evenings and after school.
Price: £40 per person, or two friends/siblings for £70. Max four children per Lesson

Courses running during November and December. Please contact us for availability.

 

 

Winter Treats lesson

 

In this two hour lesson you will learn how to make different winter sweet treats such as Chocolate Drops, Shortbread, Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Cranberry and Date Tiffin, Chocolate Brownies, Chocolate Truffles, Cashew Brittle. Make any of these at home as Christmas gifts for your friends and family.

For children aged 9 years upwards.
As a Private Lesson, this can be scheduled to fit in with your timetable anytime during the week, including evenings and after school.
Price: £35 per person, or two friends for £60.

Courses running during October, November and December. Please contact us for availability.

 

 

Mini Chefs Lesson

 

Introduce your little ones to the fun elements of bakery in this safe environment. Covering cookies and cupcakes, this 2 hour course is a great introduction to cooking and a fun activity to keep your little one's entertained.

Two age ranges: 4-6 and 6-9.

As a Private Lesson, this can be scheduled to fit in with your timetable anytime during the week, including evenings and after school.
Price: £20 per child if two attending, or £30 for one child..

Please contact us for availability.

 

Ghosts and Ghouls Cupcakes Lesson

 

In this 3 hour lesson you will learn how to follow cake recipes, understand the ingredients used and the tips and tricks of good bakery by making a batch of cupcakes. You will use different skills, including sugar paste modelling, piping, edible decorations, frosting and icing, to produce 12 beautifully decorated Halloween cupcakes to take home to impress your friends and family, or make as gifts.

For children aged 9 years upwards.
As a Private Lesson, this can be scheduled to fit in with your timetable anytime during the week, including evenings and after school.
Price: £45 per person, or two friends/siblings for £75. Max four children per Lesson

Courses running during October. Please contact us for availability.

 

For more Halloween Cakes and Lessons, please visit our Halloween Page.

 

5 Week Basic Children's Cookery Course

 

In this 2 hour weekly course you will learn the basics of cooking at home, the importance of ingredient selection, use, storage and proper preparation and you will gain the skills to create a new dish each week in our purpose built, safe kitchen in Wraxall. Covering soups, starters and salads, pasta suppers, healthy lunchboxes and cupcakes, this course will provide an introduction to creating a meal from start to finish, helping you to understand how meals are made and how to be independant in the kitchen.

For children aged 11 upwards.
Courses normally run on either a Wednesday or Thursday night from 5-7pm.
Classes of four. Children can come and be part of a mixed group, or gather three of their friends and attend the course together.
Price: £100 per child for the 5 week course.

All of our summer 5 week courses are now booked up however we will be starting a new course in October 2010. Bookings being taken now, please contact us for availabilty.

 

Private Lessons

 

In these 2 hour lessons we work on developing the overall skill base of your child, to ensure they grow in confidendce in the kitchen with a full range of receipes from profiterols to risotto. Particularly suitable for those children with a passion for cookery from a young age, we can develop and strecth their knowledge helping them excel in this area above others their age. Lessons are planned around the skill level of each child individually and cover a variety of both sweet and savoruy dishes. Courses can be tailored to focus solely on bakery or other specific sreas for people looking to hone their skills.

For children aged 11 upwards.
Normally scheduled in 6 lesson terms to ensure a solid cirriculum can be planned. After school times available.
Private classes are best with maximum two children.
Price: £35 per lesson.

please contact us for availabilty.

 

 

Adult Lessons

 

Our Adult Private Lessons are fllexible to cover anything you would like to learn more about. At present we do lessons on Cupcakes, Dietary Requirments (egg-free, wheat free, vegan cakes), Large Cakes, Wedding Cakes, Sugarcraft, Bread Making and Sushi. These can be attended invididually for one to one instruction, or with a group of friends for a relaxed evening. We run longer courses for those looking to learn more about bakery and cake decorations. Please contact us to talk about what you would like to learn and to find out availability.

Our cucpake lesson covers understanding recipes and ingredients, correct baking methods and tips, cases and wrappers, icing types, cake tools, decorating with and without tools, using cutters, piping and applying sprinkles. You will leave with between 6-12 boxed cupcakes each. 

2 hour lesson (decorating only) costs £50 per person or £80 for two if you bring a friend.

3 hour lesson (baking and decorating) costs £60 per person or £100 for two if you bring a friend.

 

Our 2 hour sugarcraft lesson covers sugarpaste, petal paste, cocoa form, modelling, flowers, wiring, finishing techniques for cakes, crimping, piping and colouring. Add an extra hour and bake your own cake first before covering and decorating it.

2 hour lesson (sugarcraft only) costs £50 per person or £80 for two if you bring a friend.

3 hour lesson (baking and sugarcraft) costs £70 per person or £120 for two if you bring a friend.