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Cookery - Indian Vegetarian Improvers (Summer)

Course code: ICKU107P

Subject area: Cookery

Study level: Part Time

Course level: U

Course details

6:45pm - 8:45pm

Thursday

11th May 2023 - 6th Jul 2023

Gosford Hill School

Contact details

enquiries@abingdon-witney.ac.uk

01235 555 585

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You will learn how to make home-cooked, nutritious, and healthy traditional Indian vegetarian meals, all from scratch, using fresh ingredients and traditional Indian spices. Home-cooked Indian food is slow cooked, with layers of flavour, it's not like the food made famous in Indian restaurants here in the UK. You'll learn about the aromas and delicacy of key spices, and make amazing dishes that Indian people eat every day at home!

In order to avoid disappointment, it is advisable to enrol at least 2½ weeks prior to the course starting. We will confirm course information two weeks prior to the start date.

Over the course you will develop your culinary skills, wowing your family and friends with the delights of a real-life Indian home kitchen. Classic Indian flavours are all about spice blends and this is where you'll start. You will be introduced to a range of everyday spices, you will learn what and how to buy basic ingredients, and what to keep in your pantry. You will learn how to cook multiple dishes - from savoury classic snacks like samosas and pakoras, to specialist breads, to main dishes like lentils, beans and vegetable curries. This fun, easy course needs your commitment to learn. You will have endless tips and hacks for replicating these traditional dishes for yourself at home. Your teacher has sixty years of home-cooking experience behind her, and more than twenty years of teaching in Oxfordshire. Her dedication to spreading Indian vegetarian food led her to start up her own food brand with her family, 'Holy Cow' sauces.

Each week we will give you advance notice of ingredients to bring to the next class, including some basic kitchen equipment (eg. wok with lid or big frying pan with lid / kitchen towel / tea towel/ teaspoon / tablespoon / plate / container / bowls / knife / chopping board / wooden spoon and spatula).

We will advise you what equipment/ingredients you need to bring for the first class.

Please note there will be no class on 01/06/2023

Free parking.

Abingdon and Witney College is subject to Ofsted regulation and is required to work with all its students to make sure they understand Government initiatives around Safeguarding, Prevent and Fundamental British Values. Information on these matters will be shared with you during your course.

You will also be asked to complete monitoring paperwork, which helps us to deliver course content to the highest quality.

We offer a range of different cookery courses; please look at our website for details.
Basic kitchen skills will be an advantage; knowing how to wash, chop and prepare basic dishes will help you quickly settle into this course.

Courses can fill fast, so please enrol early to avoid disappointment. Decisions on whether a course is to run are made two weeks prior to the start date - an email will be sent to you should there be changes to your course or if it is cancelled. Please check your inbox leading up to your course, including the junk folders. For anyone without an email account, our Admissions team will phone you instead.

For the first week of the course you will need to bring a valid form of identification; this includes passport, driving licence, debit/credit card, Birth Certificate or National Insurance card.

Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2022 prior to starting the course.
Ingredient costs £10 or less (approx.) for ingredients, per lesson.

Courses offered by the college are fully or partly funded by the Government and the published fee takes account of this funding.

Before starting a course, the College is required to check you meet conditions relating to that funding, e.g. age, residency status within the UK/EEA, prior qualification level and employment status. In some circumstances (such as with online enrolments), these checks can only be completed after you have enrolled and paid.

If you are unable to pay in full for this course at the time of enrolment, and the course tuition fee is £300 or more, an instalment plan is available. If this is your preference, please do not enrol online but rather call the Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to enrol.

Once enrolled, Admissions will take the first instalment payment from you and pass on your details to the Finance team who will email you to set-up your payment plan. Please return a fully completed instalment plan to Finance as failure to do so could result in being withdrawn from your course.

The rules on fee reduction are complicated, we would encourage you to talk to our Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to discuss these options. You can find more information on our Fees and Bursaries page - search "Fees and Bursaries" at the top of the page.

16 - 18 Fee

19+ Fee

Tuition Fee: £112.00
Exam Fee: £0.00

Total Cost: £112.00

19+ Reduced Fee

Tuition Fee: £67.20
Exam Fee: £0.00

Total Cost: £67.20

As this is a non-accredited course, there is no formal qualification. However, you will be asked to complete activities that demonstrate how you are progressing on your course.
The tutor will demonstrate dishes, where learners will get the opportunity to observe, ask questions and taste. You will then have the opportunity to cook your own dishes with guidance and support from the tutor.

As this is a non-accredited course, informal methods of assessment will be used. You will be required to complete a RARPA form which represents Recognising and Recording your Progress and Achievement.

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