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GOLD DofE Residential (Week) Cooking and Outdoor Activities including Canal Boat (Henley Fort)

GOLD DofE Residential (Week) Cooking and Outdoor Activities including Canal Boat (Henley Fort)

Join us for our Cooking and Outdoor Activities residential, where you'll get to explore new cooking skills and engage in exciting outdoor adventures. 

Courses run in February and October.

Participants can explore the art of cooking in various environments, both indoors and outdoors

This unique setting at Henley Fort Outdoor Education Centre, The Mount, Guildford GU2 4RH, provides the opportunity to expand culinary skills while adapting to different kitchen spaces and group sizes, crucial for future cooking endeavours.

From mastering cooking from scratch to perfecting food hygiene practices, attendees can gain an in-depth understanding of culinary principles.

Whether preparing meals in a canal boat kitchen or crafting pizza over an open flame outdoors, this hands-on experience offers a professional approach to cooking that can be applied in any setting.

Spend 5 days learning how to cook and prepare basic roux, sauces also knife skills prepping vegetables and salads. A Level 1 food hygiene course is included. You'll have the opportunity to plan nutritious meals, cook a variety of heathy dishes and enjoy making sweet treats for your stay with us. Sweet treats will feature flapjacks, gingerbread, basic sponge cakes, and chocolate brownies. We will also have the opportunity to cook a meal on our canal boat the Angel Blue.

Each day, you'll also participate in an outdoor activity designed to foster team building and give you a refreshing break from the kitchen.
Activities may include a challenge course (low ropes), archery, orienteering, climbing, and woodland skills, which might even involve some outdoor cooking.

Come join us for a week of fun, learning, and adventure!

All equipment, food and accommodation is included.

NB. The spaces on this course are limited to a small group of 8 and we will need 8 applicants, two weeks before the start date, for this course to run.
We usually notify applicants four weeks before the course if it is in danger of not running due to low numbers.
We do not accept Childcare Vouchers for this course.

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