Cookery and Culture Course

Practise your speaking and listening skills while learning to cook delicious English food and discovering the beautiful, historic city of Bath

The course includes:
  • 7 days (6 nights) or 14 days (13 nights) full board accommodation (3 meals per day)
  • Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner every day
  • 15 hours of cookery lessons per week
  • A copy of all the recipes for you to take home
  • 15 hours sightseeing (5 excursions) per week with your teacher, Kathy
  • 3 meals in a cafe, restaurant or pub per week and tea/coffee/drink during excursions
  • Large choice of excursions and social activities – you choose when you arrive
  • Opportunity of independent trips at the weekend e.g. London, Oxford by train

Typical schedule for one week Cookery and Culture course - alternative excursions are available

  • Sunday
    Afternoon/Evening
    Arrival
    8.00pm
    Dinner
  • Monday
    8.00am
    Breakfast
    Morning
    Walk to the Circus, Royal Crescent and Royal Victoria Park. Tea/coffee in a cafe. Open–top bus tour of Bath
    1.00pm
    Lunch
    4.00pm
    Afternoon tea
    4.30pm
    3 hours of Cookery lessons
    8.00pm
    Dinner
  • Tuesday
    8.00am
    Breakfast
    Morning
    Free time
    1.00pm
    Lunch
    Afternoon
    3 hours of Cookery lessons with a tea break
    7.00pm
    Dinner
    Evening
    Trip to the theatre or cinema and drink in a pub
  • Wednesday
    8.00am
    Breakfast
    Morning
    3 hours of Cookery lessons with a coffee break
    1.00pm
    Lunch
    Afternoon
    Visit the Roman Baths Museum and Pump rooms. Cream tea in the historic Sally Lunn’s cafe
    8.00pm
    Dinner
  • Thursday
    8.00am
    Breakfast
    Morning
    Visit Bath Abbey. Coffee in a cafe. Visit the Holburne Museum and Art Gallery. Lunch in a restaurant in the city centre
    4.00pm
    Afternoon tea
    4.30pm
    3 hours of Cookery lessons
    8.00pm
    Dinner
  • Friday
    8.00am
    Breakfast
    Morning
    3 hours of Cookery lessons with a coffee break
    1.00pm
    Lunch
    Afternoon
    Afternoon tea
    Evening
    Pub supper and live Irish music
  • Saturday
    8.00am
    Breakfast
    Departure

Typical schedule for two week Cookery and Culture course - alternative excursions are available

  • Sunday
    Afternoon/Evening
    Arrival
  • Monday
    Morning
    Walk to the Circus, Royal Crescent and Royal Victoria Park. Tea/coffee in a cafe. Open–top bus tour of Bath
    Afternoon
    Cookery lessons
    Evening
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
  • Tuesday
    Morning
    Cookery lessons
    Afternoon
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
    Evening
    Trip to the theatre or cinema and drink in a pub
  • Wednesday
    Morning
    Cookery lessons
    Afternoon
    Visit the Roman Baths Museum and Pump rooms. Cream tea in the historic Sally Lunn’s cafe
    Evening
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
  • Thursday
    Morning
    Visit Bath Abbey and the Holburne Museum and Art Gallery. Lunch in a restaurant in the city centre
    Afternoon
    Cookery lessons
    Evening
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
  • Friday
    Morning
    Cookery lessons
    Afternoon
    Free time. Afternoon tea with friends
    Evening
    Pub supper and live Irish music
  • Saturday & Sunday
    Free to relax at home or do independent sight-seeing. Treat yourself to a trip to Bath Thermae Spa. (£21) or Stonehenge (£27)
    Take a train to London (£45 return, only 1hour 30 mins) or Oxford (£17.50 return, only 1 hour 30 mins)
  • Monday
    Morning
    Trip to the American Museum. Walk in beautiful countryside overlooking Bath. Tea/coffee in the gardens of the museum
    Afternoon
    Cookery lessons
    Evening
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
  • Tuesday
    Morning
    Cookery lessons
    Afternoon
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
    Evening
    Trip to the theatre and drink in a pub
  • Wednesday
    Morning
    Visit Victoria Art Gallery. Boat trip on the river Avon. Lunch in a cafe in the city centre.
    Afternoon
    Cookery lessons
    Evening
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
  • Thursday
    Morning
    Trip to Bristol by train. Visit the historic harbour and some of the main sights. Lunch in a cafe.
    Afternoon
    Cookery lessons
    Evening
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
  • Friday
    Morning
    Cookery lessons
    Afternoon
    Free time for relaxing or self-study
    Evening
    Pub supper and live music (folk, jazz or rock)