Community Cookery Courses in East Kent

Learn to cook from scratch for a healthy diet at Chequers Kitchen Cookery School. Our Keen2Cook community classes will help you chuck out the ready meals & cut back the takeaways. Instead, you can learn to cook from scratch with fresh ingredients on a tight budget.

If you are looking for work, we can help you learn essential catering skills for employment to increase your chances of finding a job.

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Community Cookery Courses in East Kent

Do you want to learn to cook low-cost healthy meals? Perhaps you have a ‘fussy eater’ at home and want to help them eat more healthily? Or maybe you suffer from anxiety or depression and would enjoy cooking ‘mood food’ in a friendly, welcoming setting. Whatever your circumstances, learning to cook from scratch is a fantastic investment of your time and effort!

We run cooking courses throughout the year that are supported by The Big Lottery and other generous funders. This means you do not have to pay if you would find it difficult to meet the cost. We aim to help you improve your physical or mental health through cooking and eating well.

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Bread made in the Chequers Kitchen - Keen2Cook Cookery Course

Keen2Cook Cookery Courses

Do you rely a lot on ready meals, processed food or take-aways? Are you out of the habit of cooking for yourself and need a kick-start? If so, then this is the course for you. Each week you learn basic cooking skills, making a tasty, healthy dish to take home with you. You will become a more confident cook and have a selection of recipes to choose from.

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Keen2Cater Employment-skills Courses

If you want to work in catering but need help to build your basic cooking skills and self-confidence, Keen2Cater is the perfect solution. You learn how to cook and will also complete a Level 2 Food Safety in Catering qualification. We will also help you apply for jobs and create a CV that reflects the skills and experience you gained on this course.

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Volunteer at Chequers Kitchen

Looking for a good cause to give your time to that is fun and benefits the local community? If you would like to help at Chequers Kitchen Cookery School, you don’t have to be a skilled cook – anyone can volunteer. We are also happy to have cookery leaders step in. If you’re a retired teacher, a professional/retired cook, or you have expertise in a type of cooking e.g bread-making, you could lead a class in your specialist area. Find out more.

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Cooking for Young People

We offer cookery courses for young people. They come and cook at Chequers Kitchen, attending either with their school during the day or through Linwood Youth Hub in the evening. We teach them cooking skills that will help them have a healthy diet, as well as skills useful for future employment. They also experience team work and the collaboration necessary when cooking in a group. Some of the young people have put their skills to great use, cooking for younger children back at the youth hub. We also occasionally run a crash-course for teens headed off to uni, to help them learn to budget for and cook healthy, tasty meals.

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Looking for a Bespoke Course?

Do you work with clients who would benefit from learning to cook healthy, low cost meals? We have scope to create a course for your clients, free of charge, depending on their needs . Why not get in touch today?

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About Our Kitchen

Our enthusiastic and dedicated team have created for East Kent a beautiful, well-equipped cookery school that runs beneficial courses for the community, teaching essential skills in cooking. Run by head chef, Pieter Van Zyl, and social entrepreneur, Stephanie Hayman, Chequers Kitchen Cookery School offers something for everyone.

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