Cookery Courses
To increase your chances of employment, and to ensure your cooking skills are at their very best, we recommend a number of chalet cookery courses that will take your culinary skills to the next level. Full details can be foudn by following the links below.
Leith's School of Food and Wine
Leiths School of Food and Wine was established in 1975 to provide professional training for career cooks and short courses for amateurs. The most popular course for chalet staff is the one month Basic Certificate in Practical Cookery, which takes place in August/September. Shorter courses at Christmas and Easter from one week, give a good grounding in basic cookery skills. www.leiths.com
Native's Cookery Course
The Natives one-week courses are so highly regarded through the industry that they guarantee to find you a job upon completion of their chalet course (if you have the right passport!). The course runs for 5 days and covers all areas of running a chalet, from cooking and cleaning to customer service and food hygiene. Our tutors are current season workers, with a huge amount of experience between them.
For more information please see the Natives cookery course page.
Avenue Cookery School
The Avenue Cookery School, based in South West London, specialises in courses from one week to one month long, with the opportunity of a 'top up weekend' if necessary. Working in the mountains is fun and satisfying provided the skills and confidence are well in place. The Avenue has a unique blend of professional yet relaxed teaching, covering all basic techniques through to sophisticated skills with plenty of opportunity to draw on the long experience that we have in placing students with the chalet company that will suit their level of skill. www.theavenuecookeryschool.com
Well Seasoned Chalet Cookery course
The Well Seasoned chalet cookery course takes place in Tignes, France giving you the opportunity to train in a real chalet environment. Our professional tutors have a fantastic range of experience and will provide you with the cookery skills to successfully run a chalet whilst enjoying luxury chalet accommodation and outdoor activities on offer in resort. The week long courses takes place throughout the year so don’t hesitate to get in touch for more information. www.well-seasoned.co.uk
Gables School of Cookery
The Gables chalet cookery course is designed to take you from a basic level of cookery to quite advanced dishes over the course of a month. Incorporating specific chalet cookery techniques and tips, you will develop an awareness of some of the challenges you will face, to make you more confident and effective whilst working as a chalet host. The chalet cookery course syllabus also covers dining etiquette including formal and informal table laying and hygiene. www.thegablesschoolofcookery.co.uk