The Bertinet Kitchen

Cookery Course

You may already have a copy of Dough Simple Contemporary Bread by Richard Bertinet. Published in 2005, it is such a seductive book with clear and easy-to-follow instructions that it inspires even the most incompetent Food Lover to bake.

You could go one better by booking into The Bertinet Kitchen in the centre of Bath and join Richard for one of his bakery masterclasses. Throughout the year, he also offers a mixture of hands-on and demonstration cookery courses, focussing on themes such as Seasonality, Italian, Indian and Knife Skills. Some of these are taught by Richard, others by guest chefs that include Monisha Bharadwaj (Indian) and Richard Guest of The Taunton Hotel (Seasonal)

Richard also organises The Chef’s Table: Dine and Learn where you join him for dinner and watch while he shows you how to re-create those dishes at home and various courses for children of all ages. A two-day survival cooking course for 17s and over who are about to leave home for the first time seems an eminently sensible idea.