Looking for a Cooking Course > Zurich area

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Hi I am not a bad cook but never having taken a lesson I have the feeling that there are some basic tricks that I am missing and taking a course might make things easier and/or spark off some new and cool ideas.

Most of the courses I have seen are rather specialized, i.e. Thai, make your own pasta etc.

I am looking for a good basic cooking 101 class in any language which goes through all of the basics of traditional comfort foods i.e. roasting and frying meats and fish, sauces (which is what I am mostly interested in improving), vegatables. Desserts don't need to be included.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

K

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Check out www.laughinglemon.ch - they do great topical courses, and also have a wonderful emphasis on seasonal cooking.

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I'm on the waiting list but they seem to be so popular one should probably reserve 6 months ahead of time. Pity they don't expand and offer courses more often.

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I've never been, but Globus offers cooking classes at several of its stores: http://www.globus.ch/de/delicatessa/...are/index.html

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Seems that Migros Klubschule ( http://www.klubschule.ch ) has what you want.

Kurse & Lehrgänge -> Kochen und Genuss -> Basis und Gourmet -> Select Zurich.

Then, there's "Kochen Grundkurs 1" & "Kochen Grundkurs 2", which seems what you want.

Of course, it's in German. But it's maybe 50 or 100 words of vocabulary.

Wouldn't consider it a big deal.

8 days, 24 lessons. 480 CHF.

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Great tips. Merci vielmals!

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definitely laughing lemon (as the.frollein mentioned above). best cooking classes i have come across here. jack & silvia, the couple that runs them, are really knowledgable and the classes are fun and you learn a lot - on whatever theme you choose for that night. but yes, popular indeed. have to sign up as soon as the new schedule is posted, looks like there is a lot open for the fall right now:

http://www.laughinglemon.ch/en/seminar_events.htm

have fun !

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It is fun to join them, but mainly you watch how they cook more than cooking yourself, and this is not what I look for in a cooking class

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I beg to differ.

Admittedly, I only joined one course, but it was hands-on. Or about as hands-on as you can get doing a cooking-class in a group.

I'm sure, for the right price, they'd do an evening just for you were they do nothing but watch you prepare a full meal and clean up afterwards....

;-)