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What is the Community Cooks
Programme?
The Community Cooks programme is a FREE
6 week training programme which prepares
successful Community Cooks to pass on their
cooking skills to people in the community.
The Community Cooks attend the programme
one day a week for 6 weeks and gain the
following qualifications:
* OCN ‘Developing Cooking Skills‛ course
Level 2
* ‘Food Hygiene‛ accredited CIEH Level 2
* ‘Healthier Food & Special Diets‛
accredited CIEH Level 2
The training will also include basic first aid
skills, guidance on how to use the CHEW
trainers pack, and focus on how to coach
others to improve their cooking skills.
Contact us
Please contact us if you are interested
in joining either the CHEW course or the
Community Cooks programme.
T: 01493 743020
F: 01493 743001
nutrition@gyctrust.co.uk
Great Yarmouth and Waveney
Community Nutrition Team
Priory Centre
Priory Plain
Great Yarmouth
NR30 1NW
Visit our website
www.priorycentre.co.uk/cookingskills
TEXT “FOOD” to 65000
Do you enjoy cooking?
Would you like to pass on your
cooking skills to people in the
community?
Who are the Community Cooks?
How much does it cost to be a
Community Cook?
Community Cooks are volunteers who are
passionate about supporting others to
improve their cooking skills to prepare
cheap, healthy and tasty meals.
They are:
* Enthusiastic about cooking meals with
simple ingredients and techniques.
* Willing to prepare and taste different
types of foods.
* Positive about healthy eating and
promoting good nutrition.
* Committed to working with people from
their local communities.
* Patient and able to encourage others
who have very little cooking experience.
* Able to offer the time to attend training
and then to deliver cooking courses.
What do the Community Cooks do?
After the training, the Community Cooks
deliver the CHEW Cook Healthy Eat Well
course. This is a five week basic cookery
skills course (about 3 hours each week)
involving practical experience in the
kitchen for small groups of 3-8 people.
When delivering the CHEW course,
the Community Cooks will prepare the
session plan, buy the ingredients for the
recipes, and run the session at a local
risk-assessed venue with an appropriate
kitchen. The Community Cooks will provide
guidance and support to the participants
on the course as they prepare the food
and eat it together.
Following the completion of the training,
new Community Cooks will be offered
opportunities to shadow CHEW sessions
delivered by Community Nutritionists or
by experienced Community Cooks before
delivering their first CHEW course.
The Community Cooks programme is funded
by NHS Great Yarmouth & Waveney. The
training programme is free to successful
applicants. Community Cooks will be given
access to the appropriate equipment and
resources required to deliver the CHEW
course, and all food and travel expenses
will be reimbursed by Great Yarmouth
Community Trust.
What do we want in return?
Within a year of completion of the course
the Community Cooks will each have run 2
‘CHEW‛ cookery courses in the community.
We will help arrange a venue and the
participants whilst covering all the costs!
You will gain new skills whilst also making
new friends and having fun!