Cooking courses?
#1
Posted 20 October 2007 - 02:01 PM
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#2
Posted 20 October 2007 - 06:29 PM
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#3
Posted 20 October 2007 - 09:15 PM
Why pay, you schmuck? Get a job at a hotel restaurant and they pay you !
Ah, well that would explain why the quality leaves much to be desired in some (many?) of those hotel restaurants?? I prefer to have the food I pay dearly for prepared by trained professionals, not wannabe amateurs....
I think Mike is on to a niche market opportunity, frankly. I bet there are plenty of people who would want to learn from hands-on courses, and one way to cater to that niche would be to open a kitchen-wares store with a working kitchen, and offer on-going classes. That way, you sell your retail wares, and you keep getting new clients, too...
#4
Posted 20 October 2007 - 09:52 PM
#5
Posted 21 October 2007 - 10:18 AM
I think Mike is on to a niche market opportunity, frankly. I bet there are plenty of people who would want to learn from hands-on courses, and one way to cater to that niche would be to open a kitchen-wares store with a working kitchen, and offer on-going classes. That way, you sell your retail wares, and you keep getting new clients, too...
Oh man, that is a fantastic business idea!
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Posted 21 October 2007 - 12:08 PM
#7
Posted 21 October 2007 - 01:28 PM
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Posted 22 October 2007 - 10:02 AM
#9
Posted 22 October 2007 - 12:13 PM
#10
Posted 22 October 2007 - 12:30 PM
Something doesn't seem right there.
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#11
Posted 22 October 2007 - 05:39 PM
#12
Posted 23 October 2007 - 04:39 PM
#13
Posted 23 October 2007 - 04:47 PM
Were the lessons that he offered hands on, by chance?
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Posted 23 October 2007 - 08:35 PM
#15
Posted 23 October 2007 - 11:04 PM
Speaking of which, I wonder if he'd enjoy this website...?
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#16
Posted 31 January 2008 - 11:36 AM
...LiquorPlus, which offers cooking classes at their Douglas Street Event Centre. See this page[/url:8580d].
Sadly, it's set up as a large classroom, certainly doesn't appear to be hands-on.
The Ambrosia Event Centre (Steve Walker-Duncan's project?) website at www.ambrosiacatering.ca is still showing nothing much at all, but for a contact number. I understand from the business news from last October, he's got his hands full having taken on Meals On Wheels as an adjunct to or in addition to the Simply Elegant Cuisine catering business.
I've always been VERY interested in participating in a local cooking class, hands-on, with a chef I much admire, maybe Karen Barnaby from over the way or even a local well-respected chef such as Steve Walker-Duncan
So much so, that I am the lucky recipient of a Christmas gift I get to use in May, at the popular and heavily pre-booked hands-on Vancouver Chef-for-a-Day "course" offered via [url]www.edible-britishcolumbia.com.
I feel Victoria's underserved with such opportunities...sometimes I think such sites should be called Edible Vancouver....dang it.
#17
Posted 06 February 2008 - 12:29 PM
#18
Posted 09 March 2008 - 02:50 PM
The interesting thing is that we professional cooks do not do anything that is beyond 99% of the people in our community. We practice skills that make us faster and more precise but the basics of what we do is pretty simple. I should be careful here as I'm quickly talking myself out of a job and a business! What is important is that we as consumers stop relying on the food processors for all of our intake and learn some of the simple skills that make cooking fun and satisfying. That is my goal whenever I give a class, to make sure that everybody regardless of their competency level will leave with the confidence to try something new and be prepared to stretch themselves a little to really enjoy the art of cooking.
The new Ambrosia and Simply Elegant Cuisine web sites are up and while still under final construction will provide contact information and news about up-coming events.
www.ambrosiacentre.com
www.simplyelegantcuisine.com
#19
Posted 09 March 2008 - 03:58 PM
#20
Posted 09 March 2008 - 08:35 PM
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