Learn to Cook Staple Dishes - 12 Week Course

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Learn to Cook Staple Dishes - 12 Week Course

A gift for life for teenagers and home leavers - live online basic cooking course.

Get Cooking!

4.9 (237)

ClassBento donates 50p with every booking to

12 hours total (over 12 dates)

15 to 50 guests

£30 - £120 (£30 for Duke of Edinburgh assessment report; £120 for )

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Overview

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What you'll do

Listen to Instructions

Create food live with Anne Maire

Develope New Skills

Reducing reliance on shop-bought, ready-made food.

Create a Meal for Four People

At the end of the session, sit down to eat what you have made under instruction.

This course has started, recordings available of previous weeks. Message if you would like to join this course.

Learn to cook from the comfort of your own kitchen with this 12-part online cooking course.

This cooking course is suitable for beginners, teenagers, home leavers, and families. It will provide you with the knowledge and techniques to create a series of delicious staple dishes at home.

Ideal for anyone who would like to master some new cooking skills

for teens set to leave home,
for children aged 11+ keen to get cooking,
teenagers taking part in Duke of Edinburgh Awards require a skill for 3 months.
reduce reliance on ultra-processed foods and become confident in healthy cooking

This class helps you confidently develop your cooking skills to create delicious dishes with affordable ingredients.

Through 12 practical sessions, you'll learn to create a series of easy-to-prepare meals. Cook with your teacher with your camera on or off and interact as much or as little as you like.

As you progress through your cooking classes, you'll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions and get lots of tips and guidance from your friendly teacher.

You'll receive a list of ingredients before each class so you can have everything ready for your cooking sessions. As part of your class, you'll learn to weigh and prepare your ingredients for cooking.

If you miss a class a recording will be sent to you.

The dishes you'll cook at each of your 12 cooking classes are:

6/1 Carrot and coriander soup

13/1 Bread and butter pudding

20/1 Chinese vegetable spring rolls

27/1 Vegetable sweet and sour stir fry

03/2 Baked vegetable samosas

10/2 Okonomiyaki

17/2 Pancakes and fruit filling

24/2 Dhal and Naans

03/3 Shortbread biscuits and lemon posset

10/3 Pizza and salad

17/3 Meatballs and pasta

24/3 Simnel muffins

Throughout your online cooking course, you'll also learn:

Easy ways to repurpose ingredients and leftovers to create new dishes.
How to reduce food waste through the correct storage of ingredients.
Knife skills, baking techniques, measuring, hob and oven use.
How to work with different flavours, herbs, and spices.

You'll finish your cooking classes with a new love of cooking and at least 12 staple dishes to create independently. You'll also feel confident to cook and experiment with flavours and ingredients without always having to refer to recipes – a brilliant way to continue to develop your cooking skills.

After each of your cooking classes, you'll have a delicious dish you made to enjoy with your family!

Please note:

If you or your child would like to undertake this course as part of a Duke of Edinburgh Award, please get in touch with your teacher about completing the online assessor form. There is a £30 fee for this.

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Knowledge required

Beginner friendly...Just your enthusiasm to learn to cook some delicious staple dishes.

What to bring

Ingredients for each class - a recipe pack will be sent to you by your teacher before the course starts.

Session repeats

After the first session, the next session is: 5.30-6.30pm for 12 consecutive weeks .

Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 11 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids (the adult may observe for free).

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Your teacher

Get Cooking!

4.9 (237)

Women-owned

Hi, I’m Anne Marie, I run Get Cooking! from my home in Warwick. I love to cook and can't wait to share my knowledge with you. I have taught all ages since 2009 and gained a wealth of experience through my working life (35+ years!).

I have won several awards for my work in the community, including the ClassBento 'local legend' Award 2024!

I provide private and group cooking classes as well as community cooking programmes and corporate workshops to encourage and enable people to cook from scratch.

I love to bake and teach traditional foods and popular dishes from around the world. I especially enjoy dishes that enable me to use seasonal fruit and vegetables from my allotment.

My sushi, pasta, fakeaway and afternoon tea workshops are very popular!

I also offer a variety of accessible cooking lessons to inspire you to cook regardless of your dietary requirements.

All my cooking experiences emphasise fun, health, sustainability, and affordability. They are simple enough for beginners but also enjoyable for those looking for inspiration in the kitchen.

They are great activities for anyone looking for a birthday or other celebration with a difference!

I can travel across Warwickshire, West Midlands, and into the Cotswolds to a venue of your choice.

Cooking lessons are also available live via Zoom in your home. They are perfect for team-building events and bringing family and friends together worldwide.

I am very patient and used to working with beginners and people who are not confident in the kitchen.

I like to show people that cooking does not have to be complicated to taste good. It’s all about confidence in knowing what tastes good together and mastering some basic cooking skills.

I aim to be creative with essential ingredients already in your cupboard, which will inspire you to recreate them again and again. There is no need for fancy ingredient kits to be sent out for online classes.

Anyone can cook with encouragement, and I aim to make cooking a pleasure rather than a chore. I believe in sustainable cooking where possible and finding imaginative ways to use leftovers.

I have many lesson plans not featured in the listings and can provide bespoke private cooking lessons and parties for family, friends, or work colleagues. Feel free to message me with your enquiries.

Get Cooking! is also a ClassBento award winner: