Fun Cookery for Kids continues to be a great success at the Village Hall during half term and holidays. The Christmas courses were fully booked with the option of either making a full roast dinner with a dessert or a gingerbread  house from scratch in two and a half hours! The children learnt new skills such as how to tell if poultry is cooked by looking for the juices running clear, as well as making gravy and cranberry sauce from scratch. The gingerbread  houses looked magnificent and again the feedback from children and parents has been enthusiastic with lots of “Can’t wait to come again” and “Wouldn’t change a thing” being shouted from the rooftops!
During February half term the children made whole-wheat pasta from scratch as well as the vegetable sauce to go with it. The pasta machine was worked to a frenzy as the spaghetti flowed and the children wolfed down their food as if they hadn’t eaten for weeks. This Easter holiday we will be developing pastry skills by making short-crust pastry and turning it into sausage rolls with a difference, as well as the salad to go with it. These sessions will be extra special because all proceeds will be going to The Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted.
Some of you may know that Kate, the cookery teacher, lost her mother-in-law during February half term after a long battle with cancer. She was cared for with enormous compassion at the Hospice, and Kate and her husband have pledged to raise a significant 5-figure sum for the Hospice over the next few months to show their appreciation of this organisation which is entirely funded from charitable donations. This means that Kate will be donating her time, the cost of the ingredients and the cost of the hall hire, as well as the charge for the sessions, to the Hospice.
If you would like more details about the cookery sessions please call Kate on 01442 394644.