The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

No.  One of the great things about our courses is that they are completely flexible so you can start them at any time and cook at a time that fits around your other commitments

Absolutely. Each skills tutorial is linked to a choice of recipes, enabling our students to build a tailored course that fits to their diet and taste.  Lots of our recipes are vegetarian, vegan, dairy and gluten free and, even better, because we focus on skills, we empower our students with the knowledge they need to adapt recipes to fit their requirements - that is one of the brilliant things about learning to cook well.  We are always happy to advise on suitable alternatives and we love a challenge if there is a recipe you would like us to help you adapt.  If you have specific dietary requirements please let us know so that we can make sure that we can offer recipes that work for you.  We firmly believe that there is no one diet that fits all and we encourage students to explore new flavours, dishes and cuisines.

No.  Our courses are skills based and start with the basics of knife skills, seasoning and baking so if you a total novice you can get going straight away and, because we focus on building skills, you will see your confidence in the kitchen grow really fast.

Yes.  Our courses are suitable for cooks of all levels and, because we focus on skills, keen cooks can really develop their knowledge.  As our courses are so flexible, keen cooks can start at a higher level and go right the way through to some really advanced techniques.  That said, they might also find it useful to go back over classic techniques or fill in any gaps they may have.  The beauty of our course is that it is completely unique for each of our students and we are on hand to help you design the perfect course for you and to ensure you meet your aims.

Yes.  The Round Table is an Approved Activity Provider for students working towards achieving their Bronze, Silver and Gold DofE Award.  Please get in touch and we will send you an information pack.

Yes.  I courses can be 3 months, 6 months or 12 months so you can use this course for your skills for your Bronze, Silver or Gold award.

You are required to cook for 1 hour a week for 13, 26 or 52 weeks.  You can cook anything that you like and we encourage our students to try new skills and dishes each week.  Our savoury recipes are all designed as family meals - taking responsibility for a weekly family meal is a great way to work through the course and is a fantastic life skill to develop.  Our baking course covers classic skills each week with a variety bakes and is ideal if you enjoy baking and would like to set aside an hour at the weekend each weekend and bake something delicious

Each week is split into 2 parts. Firstly, a theory section which explains the skill in detail for example knife skills, marinades, cake making, bread, pastry etc.  Once you understand the skill you can then put it into practice with a choice of recipes, each with a real time, unedited, webinar cookalong for you to follow.  Our cookalongs are taught by a professional chef and explain all the why's and how's as we go.  You can stop and start the video and cook at your pace, at a time that works for you.

We log progress in a number of ways.  We provide you with a form to fill in each time that you cook.  We ask that you get someone to taste what you have cooked and sign it off.  We also ask that you take a photo and send it to us so that we can log it our end.  We also offer optional regular online drop ins to check that you are on track. Once you complete the course, provided that you have sent us evidence of your cooking, as an AAP, we will submit an Assessor's Report for you.

Chloe runs all of our DofE courses and is passionate about teaching young people to cook really well.  She absolutely loves to talk about cooking and is always available to answer questions, suggest recipes and help with course suggestions.  When you submit a photo of what you have cooked you will receive feedback and we hold optional twice weekly live online drop ins where you can ask questions, check in with your progress or just have a chat about food