Chef Host Cookery Course

This intensive 5 Day Chef-Host Course is a practical, confidence-building programme designed to prepare you for life working as a cook or host in a ski resort, shooting lodge, chartered yachts and private villas. Combining hands-on cookery with essential theory and service skills, the course mirrors the pace, pressure, and expectations of real seasonal work. 

You’ll learn how to cook hearty, crowd-pleasing classics, cater confidently for special diets, plan menus efficiently, and deliver warm, professional service to high-expectation guests – all while staying organised, calm, and healthy during a demanding season. By the end of the week, you’ll have a strong recipe repertoire, real-life service experience, and clear guidance on how best to secure an entry level chef-host job to begin your global culinary career.

Why Choose This Course?

• Designed specifically for real chef-host work
• Hands-on, practical, and supportive learning environment
• Covers both cookery and hosting, not just recipes
• Focus on employability and career progression

Ready to start your cooking season with confidence? This course gives you the skills, knowledge, and mindset to step into a private chalet, lodge, villa or galley kitchen feeling positive, prepared and professional.

Practical Cookery Programme

Day 1 – Foundations & Classics

Focus: Kitchen safety, hygiene, and core techniques

Day 2 – Bistro-Style Cooking

Focus: Balanced menus and flavour pairing

Day 3 – Breakfasts & Comfort Food

Focus: Morning service and family-style favourites

Day 4 – Hosting, Dinner Party Service & Canapés

Focus: Presentation, confidence, and real guest experience

Day 5 – Special Diets & Modern Inclusive Menus

Focus: Inclusive cooking and confidence with alternatives

What’s included

• 5 days intensive cookery tuition from our friendly and experienced teachers
• Online and in person theory and practical hosting training sessions
• A repertoire of recipes to use into your career
• Real dinner party catering experience
• All ingredients and equipment
• One branded EFDA apron
• Food Hygiene and Safety in Catering Level 2

What You’ll Leave With

• A solid portfolio of recipes and transferrable cookery skills and techniques
• Confidence cooking for dinner parties and varied dietary needs
• Realistic insight into chef-host life and expectations
• Practical meal set up and service and hosting skills
• Clear next steps towards employment as a seasonal chef-host
• An EFDA Certificate in Chef-Host Cookery Skills
• Food Hygiene and Safety in Catering Level 2 Certificate