We offer a range of formats through which Tante Marie Culinary Academy can inspire the next generation of industry talent.
School Visits to Tante Marie
We regularly have groups of students visiting Tante Marie to watch cookery demonstrations, have private classes and generally get involved in food. If your school would like to arrange such a visit, please send us an email by clicking here.
Tante Marie Juniors Club
Watch this space for further information about this upcoming new concept, coming during autumn 2016.
Kids Come Free on Demonstration Evenings
Tante Marie holds back a limited number of spaces on our Demonstration Evening courses for children to attend for free, when accompanied by a paying adult. Demonstration evenings are run on a range of dates during the year, subject to our professional course academic year schedule.
Did you know that Tante Marie can run a special Schools Essential Skills cookery course at your school?
The course was launched in 2004 at St Catherine’s School, Bramley, and has been taken up since by other schools including Notre Dame in Cobham, Surrey, St. Georges in Ascot, and Prior's Field School in Godalming. In each case, the students are benefitting hugely from the course, learning a range of practical cookery skills which benefit them in all walks of life.
The course can be applied towards ths Duke of Edinburgh's Award (Gold) and teaches valuable skills in organisation, adaptability and of course a wide range or versatile cookery skills.
If you are interested in finding out more about our exciting Essential Skills Cookery Course for Schools, send us an email by clicking here.
FAQ's on our School Courses
The course is taught at your school, utilising your own facilities, in small groups of sixth form students with the emphasis on learning a life skill in an enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere. The content of the Schools Essential Skills course is similar to Tante Marie’s full time four week Essential Skills course, adapted to approximately thirty (3 hour) sessions spread over three school terms, usually as an after school activity or to fit in with your school timetable.
As well as teaching a real life skill the Essential Skills Course is valued by a considerable number of ski chalet operators and other companies offering gap year and vacation employment with which Tante Marie has excellent links.
The course also counts as a qualifying activity for the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award and for the International Baccalaureate which an increasing number of schools are now offering as an alternative to A-levels.
Skills covered include the preparation of sauces, soups, eggs, pasta dishes, seafood, meat and roasts, poultry, vegetables, salads, canapés, desserts, pastries, cakes, biscuits, bread and ice creams.
As well as taking some of their creations home, students are encouraged to demonstrate their new skills to their families at home as the course progresses. Students passing the course receive the Tante Marie Level 2 Award in Culinary Skills qualification.
As with all our courses, there are no “extras”. Everything is included in the course fee: tuition, ingredients, and the students’ own special Tante Marie chef’s knives and knife wallet, recipe file and apron.
If you would like more information about running the Schools Essential Skills course in your school, please contact us on 01483 726957 or alternatively send an email to info@tantemarie.co.uk