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Cookery is the buzz word nowadays. We all sit glued to our TV screens watching the likes of Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson cooking up a storm. We have become addicted to the Top Chef series, where we witness the contestants being grilled, seared and boiled in oil, where we regret the woebegone warriors being told one by one to "pack your knives and go!" until one courageous champion emerges Top Chef!

There are numerous ways of learning to become a cook: from one-day workshops to full-time year-long courses.

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Here are some which are available in Cape Town:

1.FALSE BAY COLLEGE

• Where you can find it:

Muizenberg Campus

021 788 8373

www.falsebaycollege.co.za

 Cinnabar BuildingMain Road

• What you can do:

Certificate in Professional Cookery

1 year course, offering:

Food preparation and cooking across the full range;  Knife skills;  Food service (e.g. how to set tables and serve food);  Menu planning, recipes and recipe costing;  Basic entrepreneurial skills (including marketing and costing);  Introductory computer skills (spreadsheets and word processing);  Generic essentials such as personal health, hygiene and workplace safety;  First Aid Waitroning.

2.PICK n PAY SCHOOL OF COOKING

• Where you can find it:

  http://www.picknpay.co.za/picknpay/content/en/about-cpt 
021 658 1162
101 Rosmead Aveue 
Kenilworth 

 

• What you can do:

  Classes cater for all ages and all levels of expertise. You don’t need to know a lot about cooking and baking, and you don’t need to be serious about food. All you need is a desire to try something new.

  The Good Food Studio is a unique learning environment for casual ‘hands-on’ cookery courses. This means you get your hands busy in lessons that are informative, creative and good clean fun! The cooking ‘classroom’ is a beautifully fitted and equipped professional kitchen and accommodates 12 students, who have ranged from 6 years to 76 years young, at their own stations. Lessons take place weekly, either in the mornings or evenings. Courses vary in length from one single lesson to eight lessons.

  The classes are taught by a team of professionally trained and experienced tutors, and all ingredients and course materials are included in the fee.

3.SILWOOD SCHOOL OF COOKERY

• Where you can find it:

021 686-4894/5

www.silwood.co.za 

cooking@silwood.co.za 

Silwood Kitchen

Silwood Road

Rondebosch

• What they offer: 

Professional Courses:

The full Silwood qualification is made up of 3 courses: a certificate, diploma and grande diploma. Silwood also offers a 1 year part-time patisserie diploma. 

Certificate Course  year 1

Diploma Course – year 2

Grande Diploma Course – year 3

Certificate in Patisserie – 1 year part-time 

Part-Time Courses: 

Some of the delightful Courses which are available are:

Basic Courses in Cooking and Bakery

Beautiful Biscuits

Steak Master Class

Courses for Kiddies and Teenagers  

and 

Valentine’s Cake 

Course date – 9th & 10th Feb

Time: 18h30 Cost:  R420

To bring: drink of choice

Watch this space for more wonderful Cooking Courses you can take!