Papanui High School Dinner Party Course
Papanui High School is offering a "Create the Ultimate Dinner Party Course" where you will get to spend a day with Mark McCracken the executive chef of Comber Cuisine learning how to prepare and cook a dinner party for six people as well as some new ticks to help with your Christmas entertaining. Take home what you make, get changed and serve a stress free gourmet dinner for your guests. Fee includes ingredients all you need is to have a love of cooking and come along prepared for a fun day and bring containers to take your courses home in. There will be breaks for morning tea, lunch etc tea, coffee, milk and sugar will be provided but students will need to bring their own food for lunch for snacks.
TUTOR Mark McCracken
VENUE Papanui High School
TIME Saturday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
START DATE 24 November
COURSE NUMBER 602/4
COURSE FEE $215
COURSE LENGTH 1 day (8 hours)
REQUIREMENTS Students will need to bring pantry staples, apron, tea towel, small amount of dishwashing liquid, discloth and containers to take their food home in. All other ingredients are provided.
ADDITIONAL COSTS Cost of pantry staples
To enrol please email Barbara Roper rpb@papanui.school.nz or telephone our office on 033520701.
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