Intermediate Cooking Days – Day 1

About this course

The day uses morning and afternoon demonstrations to introduce more advanced dishes and techniques, followed by participant-led cooking. Learners prepare their own lunch and further dishes, with guidance available throughout the session. Content focuses on understanding how food works rather than following recipes mechanically, including ways to adapt skills and presentation approaches across different recipes. Depending on the day’s menu, topics may include knife skills, correcting dishes, fish and seafood, international flavours, dietary requirements, leftovers, preparation and kitchen organisation.

What you'll learn

• Apply advanced knife skills and a range of intermediate cooking techniques
• Prepare and cook fish or seafood, where included in the day’s menu
• Identify and correct problems in dishes
• Organise preparation and manage time when cooking multiple dishes
• Present dishes and adapt cooking skills to other recipes
• Use leftovers and consider ways to reduce food waste

Is this course right for you?

This course is intended for intermediate learners who are already confident making the elements covered in the provider’s Basic Cooking Days without a recipe book. Day 1 forms part of a structured five-day progression, and the full-day format suits participants able to remain focused and engaged in a busy kitchen environment.

• Previous basic cooking skills are required
• The course is designed as the first day of a five-day progression
• Participants are expected to maintain focus and engagement throughout the session
• The kitchen environment requires maturity and respect for the flow of work

Before you go

• Ingredients, food, aprons and cooking equipment are provided.
• Vegetarian, low-fat and gluten-free requirements can be catered for on request; alternative meals are not covered in the demonstrations.