Part-Time Essential Skills of Cookery
The Tante Marie Part-Time Essential Skills course consists of 28 evening classes spread over a number of weeks. Perfect for those looking to gain foundation skills in cookery and a Level 2 Award in Culinary Skills.
During the course students will learn a range of essential, culinary skills across several areas of cookery. Students will leave with the ability to cook good food, for all occasions and in any environment.
- Want to come with a group of friends? We offer discounts for group bookings. Call one of the team to find out more.
* 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 follows the same curriculum and as our 4 week Essential Skills, but is broken in to 28 manageable evening classes, perfect for those who have commitments during the day. Classes run on a rolling basis over a 12 month period, with entry points set at various times over the year to allow maximum flexibility to new students.
Classes run on Tuesday evenings from 6.15pm to approximately 8.45pm. Each block of classes will follow the academic calendar, breaking for Easter and summer.
The Essential Skills courses are perfect for students of all ages and no previous experience is necessary. Sixth form students preparing for university or a working gap year, or home cooks looking to improve their culinary skills who have work commitments during the day – the Essentials Skills course offers everyone skills to last a lifetime!
Each week you will cover a different set of skills and recipes, incorporating practical skill development such as knife skills and moving on to the foundations of basic cookery.
Lessons are designed to include recipes and techniques that will build your understanding of how food changes as you cook. This will enable you to make adjustments and correct mistakes as you go on to produce your own recipes and menus.
You will be taught in a small group of like-minded students and all of your time at the Academy will be spent in our state of the art kitchens.
A Level 2 Award in Culinary Skills qualification is also included in this course.
- To find out more about subjects covered in the Tante Marie Part-Time Essential Skills course or explore some of our alternative courses click here.
Coursework & Homework
Although we encourage all of our students to spend time practicing their new skills in their kitchen at home, there is no homework or coursework set on this course.
What’s included?
As with all our courses, there are no hidden extras. The course fee includes everything you need to complete your course. We do not charge extra for recipe books, uniform or knives. The course fee includes:
- Chef’s apron
- Chef’s knives
- Tante Marie Recipe file
- All ingredients and equipment
CTH Exam Fee:
The exam awarding body charge an assessment and certification fee. This is out of our control and is the only cost not included in our course fee. The CTH Exam Fee is currently £135 and is an optional cost for those wishing to gain the CTH Level 2 Award in Culinary Skills.
Exams & Assessment
Some classes include elements of built in assessment during which we assess mastery of the required skills for the Level 2 Award in Culinary Skills.
Qualifications Gained
- CTH Level 2 Award in Culinary Skills
- Certificate of Attendance
Career Prospects
Students who complete the Part-Time Essential Skills in cookery often choose to apply their new skills whilst working a gap yearand are often in high demand from ski chalet employers, while others put them into practice during a ski season.
Tante Marie graduates are known for their unsurpassed standards and professional discipline, which puts them in high demand from ski chalet employers. We work with a wide network of companies who regularly offer industry advice and interviews to our students.
Upon completion of our shorter courses, students often find that they which to take their new skills to the next level and gain a professional cookery qualification. This course has been designed to allow such students to stay on at the Academy and progress their studies on to our 1 term Cordon Bleu Certificate course.
Graduate Success Story
Tantri Suryaningrum
Previous role: Advertising account manager
Course attended: Intensive Cordon Bleu Diploma, 2012
New career: Sous Chef, El Kabron Restaurant, Bali
Career earnings: £32,000 per annum
Tantri had a career in advertising in Indonesia. She never really loved her work, but did love food and dreamt of a career following her dream. She enrolled on our Intensive Cordon Bleu Diploma to fast-track herself into her real passion. Tantri is now Pastry Sous Chef at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Bali.
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.
