What is Cooking with Company?
Cooking with Company is the ECHO cookery project for all the budding master chefs out there!
What would I do if I joined?
We cook lunch most weeks, which involves writing a shopping list and buying the ingredients. You’ll get to try things you’ve never had before and learn cooking skills you can use at home.
Cooking with Company offers the chance to do lots of activities focussed around cookery and supporting the local community.
What would I get from attending?
You would learn skills to restore/upcycle mainly donated pieces of furniture and timber, helping the environment by reducing landfill. Instruction is provided by experienced and skilled staff members as well as support from a team of volunteers.
You will learn:
- Cooking skills
- Budgeting
- How to help the community
- Work towards level 1 Food hygiene and First Aid certificates
Here’s what some of the current team members say about Cooking with Company:
“It’s an interesting place to meet new people, learn how to do cooking and make friends”
“We choose our own recipes from books, and we talk as a group to choose recipes.”
When do the sessions happen
Cooking with Company is open Mondays and Wednesdays 9.30am – 3.00pm and can found at Belmont Community Centre, Eastholme Ave, Belmont, Hereford HR2 7UQ
If you need to contact the project directly, then please call 07719 055387
When do the sessions happen?
Cooking with Company is open Mondays and Wednesdays 9.30am – 3.00pm and can found at Belmont Community Centre, Eastholme Ave, Belmont, Hereford HR2 7UQ
What experience/abilities are required?
Participants will receive full instruction by skilled staff members and volunteers, who all bring something different to the project in terms of their experience and specific skill sets.
What outcomes can be expected?
Practical Skills/Knowledge/Learning:
- Cooking skills
- Learn work and hygiene skills
- Healthy Eating
- Customer service practises
- Work towards level 1 Food hygiene and First Aid certificates
What does a place cost?
ECHO is an approved provider with Herefordshire Council and so the cost of attending a day activity such as Cooking with Company can often be included in a support plan. We accept commissioned places, direct payments or self funded attendees. The current daily cost is £60.83
How do I take a referral forwards?
Go to Making a referral, which provides the contact details of ECHO’s Referral Manager and tells you everything you need to know to move the process forwards.