Welcome to our Cooking Essentials for Students Certificate Course

Whether you are a novice in the kitchen or whether you are a dab hand and looking for fresh inspiration, there is plenty for everyone here – this course is bursting with fresh flavours and yet all recipes are practical and manageable.
The aim of this course is to guide you through a range of skills, building up your confidence in the kitchen and to have a folder of delicious recipes that you have practised and are able to prepare with ease. Every week we will be trying different key ingredients as well as skills that will keep you challenged enabling you to become passionate about foods and products, sourcing them locally and know their origin as well as a little history. You’ll be able to follow recipes correctly and have fun in the kitchen.
Have fun and learn lots!

Learning Objectives

In this course you will learn:

• Knife Skills
• How to season and add flavour to dishes
• How to make your own stock and soups
• How to bake – from seed bread to focaccia
• How to construct the perfect salad
• How to work with meat, fish, chicken, vegetables and fruits
• How to make your own fresh pasta to a delicious rocket pesto
• How to pan fry, how to stir fry, how to roast
• A range of dishes from Eggs Benedict to Chicken Korma
• And much much more…..

This course contains:

• 22+ videos lessons
• 22+ audio recipe and tips
• 25+ downloadable recipe with tips sheets
• 15+ information and technical downloadable documents

How to get the most out of this course

Before you cook:

1. Read the recipe and the tips
2. Watch the video
3. Read the supplementary information in the Cook with Curiosity – Information corner section
4. Do your shopping list
5. Make a note of any questions you may have in advance of making the dish and send to “ask the tutor”

Then to the cooking:

1. Have fun, make the dish, taste as you go…. and enjoy!
2. And remember to “ask the tutor” if you have any subsequent questions or feedback – we are here to help

We all have different tastes, maybe you added more sweetness into the dish or maybe you added more seasoning, or changed some ingredients to suit your tastes. I would encourage you to make notes to this effect so that when you are repeating the recipe you have a perfect recipe for your taste.

And do share photographs of your finished dish, tag me, Catherine Fulvio, and don’t forget to use the hashtag #CatherineFulvioOnlineCooking and #cookwithcuriosity

Do you have any questions, need support?

You will find lots of tips to company each recipe both on the recipe sheet and in the audio.
If you have any specific questions, complete the “Ask one of our tutors” form and we will get back to you.