Cooking Classes

Ginger Apple offers private, tailored cooking lessons and cooking parties for both children and adults in the comfort of your own home. We also organise corporate cooking events – a unique and fun idea for a team building event, or year-end party!

Private cooking classes (one-on-one)

If you're looking for a cookery gift experience, then why not treat your special someone to a Ginger Apple private cooking lesson gift voucher?

Domestic’s cooking classes

Give your domestic worker the skills and confidence to learn how to cook all the good old favourites! 

Beginners classes

Learn simple everyday recipes to impress your partner or friends and acquire the confidence to host your own dinner party!

Beginners Cooking Classes – info 2013

This is a 3-month syllabus where the trainee’s join us once a week for a 4-hour class!

Who should take the course?

The beginner’s course is perfect for your domestic worker or housekeeper, or for someone who wants to learn the basics and make simple but impressive meals!

What to expect:

There will be a maximum of 6 beginners per class, and each will cook between one and three dishes depending on the time constraints and complexity of each dish!

The course includes basic training of the following:

·         Knife Skills

·         Kitchen Hygiene

·         All basic cooking methods

·         Entry level baking

·         Shopping list savvy

·         Table settings and condiments

What you’ll need:

We recommend buying our starter pack, which includes a few key tools to ensure great cooking and baking:

·         Ginger Apple apron

·         Ginger Apple flip file for recipes

·         serrated paring knife

·         measuring cups and spoons

·         an itemised shopping list pad

What to bring:

·         Your own ingredients for each cooking class – this encourages the trainees to make up their own shopping lists and to do the shopping themselves.

·         Your starter pack

Please not that we can provide the ingredients at an extra charge.

Once the syllabus is completed the graduate will receive a certificate and a Ginger Apple Chef’s Hat!

Costs

·         Full Syllabus R3,000  (i.e. R1,000 per month / R250 per class)

·         Once-off class fee: R350 per person per class

·         Optional starter pack: R650 per pack

·         Excludes all food ingredients

Please email us for the full syllabus and details on what's on the menu for the Beginners Classes!