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Cooking is a sociable activity with wonderful benefits your friends and family will also enjoy.
When you prepare your own meals, you have more control over the ingredients and food costs, and ensure that you and your family are eating fresh, wholesome meals.
The creative element and sense of accomplishment offer additional mental health benefits. We have a range of cookery courses for all levels and abilities.
Cookery courses
We offer a variety of cookery courses at four of our Adult Learning Centres and online. Our Essential Skills course is aimed at beginners. It will build confidence and get you cooking. For learners who already have the basic skills we offer a selection of everyday courses ideal for meals with family and friends. If you're already a competent cook we have exciting workshops to enhance your skills.
Cookery workshops
Our one-off workshops are available throughout the day and some evenings, from our training kitchens. Our experienced cookery tutors are offering innovative practical sessions in Lebanese cooking, Indian cooking, Christmas cooking and bread making, please look at the workshop details.
Bread making
Our bread making courses will teach you the basic recipes and techniques for making delicious homemade bread and give you the confidence to experiment further with bread making in your own time.
Enrol on a bread making course
Cookery for men
Learn a range of cooking skills and build confidence working with a variety of different recipes. This course is helpful for men who find themselves in a caring role or are living alone and want to learn how to produce simple but tasty and healthy dishes from scratch.
Enrol on a cookery for men course
Next steps and continuing your learning
When you have completed your course you may what to see what other cookery courses are available. Take a look at the range above.
You might also be interested in the healthy living courses which include exercise, dance, nutrition and mindfulness.
Explore healthy living courses
There are many other courses available from Surrey Adult Learning and from other providers to help build your knowledge and skills.
