I am writing this review some months after completing the Beginners Course. It's easy to come away fresh from a course and feel excited by the experience. However, I waited to see what effect this course would have on my personal practice and habits. The effect in one word - transforming! The quality and quantity of my home cooking has increased. As a result my enjoyment of cooking has also increased. One practical test was using the techniques learned to adapt recipes which were not part of the course. I have done this to a number of recipes and improved the result. The focus on a small number of tools has helped increase my focus on technique rather than tools. I have better confidence, competence and I am more disciplined and organised in the kitchen. The group of 12 I attended was just right. We learned from and helped each other with Walter's guidance. Sharing together what we had cooked provided proof of our efforts. Though only beginner sessions, my home efforts are often better than eating out.
We did a French cooking class. Such a wonderful day. We started with a bouillabaisse, which we got to have for breakfast. Then moved on to many dishes including whole roast duck, beef bourguignon,lemon tart, chocolate souffle, and apple tarte tatin. Just to name a few.. Walter explained every technique and every dish. So informative! And at the end we all sat down and ate together. We were provided all the recipes, and I feel confident in cooking these at home.
Top tip.. bring food containers!
Thank you to Walter who runs an incredible cooking school. I recently completed the Beginners course and have learned so much about food, nutrition and cooking. Thoroughly recommended and a wonderful way to boost your confidence and learn new cooking skills.
I have just done the Mexican cooking class that Walter runs and it was fabulous! Everything was hands on so you didn’t just sit and watch the chef cooking. We all made different dishes from the selection in our booklets and then enjoyed tasting them with a glass of wine or beer at the end of the class. We all came away feeling very satisfied and I’m sure ready to do it again at home. Walter gave us many tips during the class, was always on hand to help and answer questions. He was ably assisted by John who we couldn’t do without as he helped clean up after us!
We recently started a short cooking course at Trupp and it really has been so insightful.
Walter is extremely knowledgeable and even though we might ask some pretty basic questions, he never makes anyone feel silly for asking.his approach is professional and calm, teaching you the underlying principles so you can replicate the same methods to prepare more dishes.
I really value this approach over simply teaching a recipe and have found everything we've been taught so far to be useful! Only today I made the best poched eggs I've made, with massive thanks to Walter!
Highly recommend and can't wait to pick up another class soon!