Food for Thought Glasgow

Cooking School

The training we offer through our Training Kitchen covers all aspects of food preparation. It also impacts into customer service and developing life-skills to enable students to access further learning and employment in the hospitality sector and also in other industries.

What our Training Kitchen Offers:

• Food prepared by the Students can be taken home to be enjoyed by family and friends
• Students are invited to enjoy free fruit on a daily basis
• Transport costs will be covered as required
• Uniforms are provided
• Students will also gain valuable experience of a catering business operation and the opportunity to feel the "high" of seeing their food being enjoyed by their customers

Courses and Workshops include:

• Basic Cookery and Healthy Eating
• Cooking on a Budget
• Kids in the Kitchen
• Get Shopping - Get Cooking
• Tastes of the World
• Super Smoothies
• Introduction to Catering

Classes can also be taught in the community, in turn having a wider reach and impact. Bespoke courses can also be delivered to meet specific client needs.

Community Involvement
We have four years experience of community involvement and have designed courses to give people from all sectors of the community an insight into how food can contribute to healthier lifestyles. The work is concentrated on short courses teaching participants about healthy eating and lifestyles. Participants range from 5 to 85 years old and come from all social and cultural backgrounds.

Partner agencies identify a group of clients and we design the course around the needs identified. The courses usually consist of 2 hour sessions held weekly for a six to eight week period, and cover budgeting for food, food hygiene and safety, and safe storage of food. Designed to allow people with little or no cooking skills to access the basic training needed, the courses also allow more experienced cooks to learn new skills and gain more ideas about healthier lifestyles.