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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
What's included?
How do I reserve my place?
Who are the course tutors?
Where do our courses take place?
What size are the classes?
What format do lessons take?
Will taking a course help me find a job?
What is your cancellation policy?
Which companies recruit from your courses?
What do our students say?
"I thought the course was absolutely fantastic and excellent value for money."
What's included in a Natives UK Chalet Cookery Course?
- All tuition fees
- 5 days tuition
- 4 nights' accommodation* (single dorms at St Teresa's)
- Continental breakfast
- Mid-morning tea/coffee plus refreshments
- Lunch, afternoon tea, dinner with wine
- All ingredients for cooking
- Tuition from experienced chalet staff and qualified teachers
- HABC Level 2 Award in food safety in catering (QCF)
- Specialist sessions on Alpine specific issues
- The Natives Chalet Cook Book
- Natives Apron and T shirt
- Diploma (if you pass!)
* Early arrival on Sunday night - To avoid traffic and an early Monday start, some of our students choose to arrive on Sunday evening. We have arranged a special rate of £30 for anyone choosing this additional night.
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How do I reserve my place?
To book your place please complete our booking form. You will then need to pay a deposit of £100 which will secure your place. The final balance will be due six weeks prior to your course. If you do not pay the final amount before this time your deposit of £100 becomes non refundable.
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Who are the course tutors?
Each course will have two tutors for a maximum of 14 students.
Tutors include:
Chrissie Kimber, David Kimber, Wendy Chant, Tony Cave, Emma Tudor-Hughes plus 1 or 2 more. They all have backgrounds in the hospitality, and commercial catering industry. Plus between them over 20 years worth of experience in one form or another of working seasons.
All our tutors are professional and personable and possibly most importantly have the required skills to prepare and teach you skills you need to go and work a season.
Our Food and Hygiene tutors include Binny Hawketts-Wattam, and Marion Oleiff. Both are qualified to an HABC level 4 award in managing Food safety in Catering (QCF)
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Where do our courses take place?
The courses take place in a large well-equipped kitchen rooms at the School. These are typically the food tech rooms. There are various elements to the course which take place in a classroom environment . Other sessions and evening meals are in various other rooms with all facilities.
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What size are the classes?
Groups are kept to a maximum of 14, which means that you can gain the maximum benefit and take advantage of the personal attention on offer.
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What format do lessons take?
Teaching is of the highest standard; incorporating a combination of demonstrations, teamwork, an emphasis on the practical side, and real preparation for the challenges you'll face during the Winter.
We pride ourselves in teaching you everything you will need to know to prepare yourselves for a real day to day living and working situation whilst working your season.
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Will taking a course help me find a job?
Our chalet cookery course has such a good reputation that nearly all successful cookery course candidates go on to find jobs in the industry. We provide a great service to get you on your way to ski employment. Last year 96% of those who gained a grade C or above and were eligible to work in Europe went on to work in a ski resort. The tasks we do to help include:
- CV and interview advice.
- Close partnership with the best ski companies.
- Arrange recruiters to visit the cookery courses during the week. They will come along tell you about their company, and more importantly meet you and see you in the kitchen.
- When you have applied for a job we will then give recruiters a reference about you from the cookery course to aid your application.
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What is your cancellation policy?
If you have to drop out prior to full payment, you will only lose your £100 deposit. If you have to drop out for any reason after you have made full payment, we will try and re-sell your place for you. If we are successful, we will refund you 70% of any monies paid. If we are unable to find a replacement, we will be unable refund any of your course fee.
Natives reserve the right to cancel a course - if this happens we will try to place you on another course or if this is not possible refund you any monies paid in full.
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Which companies recruit from your courses?
Staff from our previous courses have gone on to work for such companies as Alpine Action, Alpine Infusion, Alpine Leisure Company, Alpine Navigations, Alp Shack, Alpine Pursuits, Altitude Holidays, BelVal, Belvedere Private Chalets, Bigfoot, Crystal, Finlays, First Choice, Hanski, Highlife, Inghams, Le Ski, Esprit, Extreme Chalets, Family Ski, First Choice, Flexiski, Flexible Breaks, Inside Edge, Le Ski, Les Gets Chalets, Meriski, Mountain Air Holidays, Mountain Exposure, Mountain Heaven, Mountain Highs, Mountain Retreats, Mrs Miggins, Neilson, Powderwhite, Reach 4 the Alps, Ride and Slide, Simply Morzine, Ski Activity, Ski Amis, Ski Armadillo, Ski Basics, Ski Beat, Ski Blanc, Ski Chardon Bleu, Ski Cuisine, Ski Dazzle, Ski Famille, Ski Magic, Ski Miquel, Ski Morgins, Ski Morzine, Ski out of the Blue, Ski Olympic, Ski Oui, Ski Peak, Ski Power, Ski with Julia, Ski Val, Skitopia, Skiworld, SnowChateaux, Snowfocus, Snowlife Chalet Holidays, Snowline VIP, Snowology, Stamford Skiing, Lotus Supertravel, The Family Ski Company, Total, Venture Ski, White Horizons, YSE and many private employers.
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What do our students say?
"Just wanted to say i really enjoyed the cookery course and that Tony and Wendy delivered it really well. Many thanks."
Paul (July 2012)
"Just a quick note to say thanks for organising the course at St Teresa’s, and for the invaluable Food Hygiene tuition, and for daring to eat our food! Many thanks."
Kelly (July 2012)
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