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Orchards Cookery

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The extensive kitchen garden where we grow our own herbs, fruit and vegetables. Most other ingredients are sourced from local suppliers. Students are taken on a tour of the kitchen garden to see how some of the produce they use during their course is grown and harvested. Many ski companies look for chalet cooks with some formal training / qualifications in Food Safety / Hygiene (as do catering companies and agencies looking for cooks).

We have a licenced bar and dancefloor in a beautifully converted barn for students to enjoy in the evenings. The courses are suitable for both beginners and experienced cooks who are after new ideas and for individuals or group bookings. The opportunity to take the Level2 Award in Food Safety in Catering(an optional extra on a two week course, details below).We have a gymwith commercial equipment including a treadmill, cross trainer, rower, cycle, utility bench and dumbbells.

Orchards Cookery has won a number of National Cookery School Awards (The British Cookery School Awards have not run since 2014) :Purpose built domestic style kitchens equipped with Miele appliances, rather than a stainless steel set up with commercial equipment. There is an art to being a great Chalet Cook. We will show you how to master it, enabling you to get the most out of both your job and life in the mountains. With many seasons of experience in the chalet industry and working alongside ski companies we have designed a course to train the perfect chalet host. Small class sizes of 8 students per kitchen with the fun of having up to 48 students staying at the school. Our five day and two week courses qualify for The Residential Project of The Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. We are an Approved Activity Provider for the D of E The Two Day Course in an intensive course andstarts at 9.30am with a short introduction, followed by knife skills and then preparations for a three-four course lunch (sample menus below). After lunch break there is an opportunity to bake cakes for afternoon tea together with preparing food for the dinner party in the evening. The six course meal starts with a glass of bubbly and canapés and concludes with cheese and port, followed by fresh coffee and petits fours.

Coffee (cappuccino, espresso, latté etc,) & petite fours : Chocolate Fudge / Strawberries dipped in White Chocolate Students receive a goodie bag which includes The Orchards Cookery Book, which has over 420 fool proof recipes that are fuss free, impressive and delicious.Britain's Favourite Cookery School(voted by the public) in the British Cookery School Awards (also 'Highly Commended' Best Specialist Cookery School and a finalist in the Best Large Recreational Cookery School category).

Students have the opportunity to obtain a ‘Level 2Award in Food Safety in Catering’ during a two week Chalet Cooks Course). The course is delivered during the chalet cooks course by our Tutors and is overseen by an independent Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner who runs an accredited training centre meeting strict teaching standards required by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. On the Wednesday afternoon of the second week of the course (during a break from cooking) students will have a training / revision session with the independent Environmental Health Officer, and will then sit a short multiple choice paper. Upon successful completion students are issued with a Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Award. Students involved in the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme can do one of our five day courses to fulfil the creativity requirements of their CAS. We will show you short cuts and pass on valuable tips of the trade, teach you how to handle disasters and equip you to cope with the unexpected problems you may come across while cooking at altitude (exploding cakes being the most memorable one!). Pudding : Coffee Profiteroles filled with Tia Maria Cream / Chocolate Eclairs filled with Ice Cream

It is intensive with over 100 different dishes covered on a five day course. The menus are chosen specifically so that we canteach as many different techniques on a courseas possible. Students learn a huge variety of dishes, including roast meals, curry, salads, soups, mince and all the meals you can make with it (spaghetti bolognaise, cottage pie, lasagne, chilli), cooked breakfasts, cakes and biscuits, ice creams and sorbets, meringues, sushi, quiches, dinner party foods, vegetarian options etc. I have been meaning to write every since Nancy came home from her 5 day Chalet Cook course with you to say a huge thank you for everything you gave her during her time with you. When I collected her off the train on the Friday evening I wasn't quite sure what to expect! As it was - even though she'd had a pretty long and tedious journey with a couple of changes, and it was late in the evening - she didn't draw breath (that might not surprise you!) about what a fantastic week she'd had, and how much she had achieved and hugely enjoyed achieving during that time! And the fun she'd had with the other people on the course. The car smelt of garlic for the next couple of days (which was lovely!), and we have been absolutely bowled over by her confidence and enthusiasm in the kitchen since her return.

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