5 Day Food Camp: Week 1
Whether heading off to university, preparing for an adventurous gap year or simply looking for something to keep busy during the summer, our 5 Day Food Camp has something valuable to offer.
Aimed at school-leavers, Food Camp will take students through the basic skills and techniques in cookery that will allow them to produce a range of adaptable, basic dishes that will give young chefs the ability to cook for themselves with confidence.
- This course can be combined with Week 2 for the special price of £895.
- Group booking discount also available.
* Subject to our annual fee review in April of each year, in accordance with our Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
What you will learn
This course will give you a range of key cooking skills and the confidence and enthusiasm to produce a selection of fresh, home-cooked dishes in your own kitchen.
As with all of our courses, you will be taught in a small group of students at a similar age and level of ability. Your whole time at the Academy will be spent in our state of the art kitchens, building your practical cookery skills and working through your recipe file of starters, mains and desserts.
- To find out more about subjects covered in the Tante Marie 5 Day Food Camp course or explore some of our alternative courses click here.
What’s included?
- Tante Marie Recipe file
- All ingredients and equipment
- Lunch
- A Tante Marie apron for use during your course
Where possible we will adjust our recipes to cater to dietary requirements.
Please inform us of individual requirements no later than 2 weeks prior to course commencement.
Exams & Assessment
There is no assessment or exam on this course.
Qualifications Gained
- Certificate of attendance
Career Prospects
Many young people choose to take this course as preparation for working a ski season. We recommend that both week 1 and week 2 are completed in order to achieve entry level chalet chef.
For those wishing to receive a more advanced qualification we also run a Chalet Cooks Academy, 4 Week Essential Skills course and 1 term Cordon Bleu Certificate.
Graduate Success Story
Lyndy Redding
Previous role: School student
Course attended: 3 term Cordon Bleu Diploma, 1987
New career: Managing Director of the UK’s leading events design company
Career earnings: In the millions!
After leaving school Lyndy's 3 terms at Tante Marie in 1987 have turned into a dazzling career running the UK's leading events design and caterer, Absolute Taste, with a £50m+ turnover, contracts with the likes of McLaren and Jaguar, private aviation, world renowned sporting events within motorsport, sailing, tennis, golf, cricket and rugby, restaurants and cafés, high end fixed venues, events such as Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party in Hyde Park and clients including David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay...
Gap Year Cookery Courses
Our Gap Year courses are the perfect starting point for students looking for a year out filled with food, fun and travel whilst also gaining a valuable life skill.
More than ever today people want to learn to cook well and with confidence, whether this be for ski seasons with the best chalet companies, university survival skills that are a cut above the rest or travel and job prospects leading to life-changing years out. Gap Year opportunities have never been more exciting and no-one knows more about these than Tante Marie.
Our short Summer cookery courses include Food Camp - home-cooking for those starting an exciting year out or heading off to university, and our fantastic Chalet Cooks Academy - the perfect preparation for a fun, working ski season. During the rest of the year you can find the same valuable content in our 1 and 2 Week Beginners Cookery Classes, 4 Week Essential Skills and 1 Term Tante Marie Cordon Bleu Certificate.
