The Kitchen and Beyond

If you have a passion for food you may find that simple one or two classes of cookery courses are not enough for you. You may even find yourself getting addicted to the process of making food and even creating your own recipes, forged by skills which you have learned in your cookery courses. These courses may even inspire you to further your education in the culinary arts and become a chef, a baker or a cook yourself. Of maybe you just want to gain this experience for yourself and your family. Perhaps you want one dish that you can be really proud of and have friends begging you for the recipe. I know the special ingredient in my shortbread was frequently sought after, following my lessons.

But it all begins with those initial cookery classes. Following your fist lesson you sill most likely be more confidant and easier in the kitchen. Don’t let that make you too cocky however, we can always use more practice.

After you have masters the basics of a cookery course you may be ready to move on to more challenging and difficult tasks about the kitchen and truly feel at home in front of a hot stove. While some people find value for money in week long cookery courses or even weekend cookery courses, other ambitious folks may decide to invest in an official cookery certificate course.

These professional Certificate courses offer you an intense culinary experience however it can equip you to going on the road to being a professional chef, if that is where your passion lies. The drawbacks to this type of course is that it can be quite expensive and most of its kind are hosted in Dublin or Cork, which may be difficult to commit to for those who have families. One of these courses is hosted in the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School, home of 90’s celebrity chef Darina Allen and training place of television chef Rachel Allen, if you feel like a trip to Cork and spending some money to learn from Darina.

The passion of Cooking lies deep within all of us so it is completely understandable why you would want to improve your cooking technique, I found the same kind of passion grip me when I began my cooking course and was delighted with the baking and frying techniques that I picked up along the way. Even simple things like oven temperatures soon made more sense to me, it was a wonderful experience.

To find lessons in your area in Limerick city, you can find cooking classes in the Ciaran’s Café demonstrations at lunchtimes, Ciaran’s café is located in Dromroe Village complex on the campus of University of Limerick. Cook-it classes with Doras Lumini are also available in Limerick which not only teach you to prepare economical meals and go through nutritional courses. They are located on Mount St. Vincent on O’ Connell Avenue and can be contacted upon 061 310328.

I am an experienced journalistic writer and editor.