Baking Foundation Baking £150 Learn the basic techniques of baking.This Course usually runs from 9.30am till around 2pm and will include all refreshments, goodies and a bakers lunch. This course covers the basic skills required to make perfect sponge cakes, fruit loaves and biscuits that work every time! You will take home a real variety of goodies including a strawberry cream sponge, cupcakes, lavender shortbread, yogurt loaf and white chocolate/peanut butter blondies. There are a variety of sweet goodies that we can make on your baking day.Clean Baking £150 (only on asking) Our clean baking course is for all skill levels and is perfect for all those who are wishing to live and eat a cleaner lifestyle without the loss of delicious home baked treats and goodies. This course is perfect for anyone who wishes to omit refined sugars from their diet, this course will cover a wonderful variety of home baked treats. The course will run from 9.30am till 2pm and will include all refreshments, bakers lunch and a students pack which includes lots of additional recipes, tips and other useful advice. Everything made by yourself on the day will be yours to take home, if you wish to bring a few containers, that would be very helpful, everything made will be covered and wrapped before placing in an eco friendly reusable bag.
Patisserie £150 Our Patisserie course is for all skill levels who are confident in the kitchen, we will cover a variety of pastries, macarons, choux pastry and lots more, so whether you are making these for yourself or as gifts for loved ones, there will be something for everyone.
Please note this course is fully hands on with lots of piping, layering, moulding and sometimes chocolate work, etc.
This course will run from 9.30am till around 2pm and will also include refreshments and a bakers lunch.
The course will have a range of goodies made and baked to cover a number of different disciplines within Patisserie.
Everything made by yourself on the day will be yours to take home and we would ask you to bring a container or two with you, everything made will be covered and wrapped before placing in your eco friendly take away.
Christmas Course £150 (from October onwards) Our Christmas course covers a variety of baking skills, we will make a couple of festive breads such as Stollen and or an Apricot Couronne, we will also be making a Christmas Spiced Morning Bread and a Cinnamon Bun Cake, we will also make a few sweet treats that can be given as gifts for the big day, there will be lots of new skills to be learned on our Christmas Course.
This course will run from 9.30am till 3pm (approx.) and will also include all refreshments and a bakers lunch.
Everything made by yourself on the day will be yours to take home and we ask you to bring a cake tin or two with you, everything which is made will be covered and wrapped before placing in an eco friendly bag for you to take home.
All courses have a Students Pack which includes a host of information from your days course which is supplied for you to take home and try your recipes out again and again and anytime you get stuck I can be contacted for follow up help.
I'm happy to discuss and consider bespoke courses as you wish, and of course, we do gift vouchers (either for a full course, a series of courses, or even as partial payment for a course). Please call me to book a course or discuss your requirements. You can contact me by phone on 01290 660045 or e-mail lesley@lesleyskitchen.com