Become A Confident Cook

Absolutely! Our online cookery courses are designed for complete beginners as well as those with cooking experience.

Every lesson is taught step-by-step by an experienced tutor, through pre-recorded realtime cookalong video tutorials and comes with a printable recipe card.  This way, you'll learn not only how to prepare each recipe but also the essential  techniques that make you a confident cook.

We explain everything clearly, from knife skills to understanding different cooking methods; helping you build practical life skills that you can use for life.

Whether you're a teenager learning to cook for the first time, preparing for university, or an adult wanting to improve your confidence in the kitchen, you can learn at your own pace from the comfort of home.

Our courses are suitable for anyone who wants to gain confidence in the kitchen. 

They are particularly popular with teenagers completing their Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Skills Section, young people preparing for university or leaving home, home-educated students, SEND students, families learning together and adults looking to develop practical cooking skills.

Lessons are easy to follow, flexible and designed to fit around busy lives. Whether your goal is to cook healthy family meals, become more independent or simply enjoy cooking, our structured online courses help you develop lifelong skills that will stay with you long after you've completed the course.

Dietary Requirements? Our huge range of recipes always includes meat, fish, vegetarian, and vegan options. We focus on teaching you how to adapt dishes to your personal tastes and dietary requirements, turning you into a flexible and confident cook. Whether you have specific dietary needs or simply want to try something new, our courses have you covered.

Our DofE cookery courses are designed to help participants successfully complete the Skills Section while learning practical cooking skills they'll use for life.

Students work through the weekly lessons, prepare the recipes and send us evidence of their progress.  We will respond with encouraging feedback which enables our students to steadily develop their confidence, independence and understanding in the kitchen.

Once all the course requirements have been completed, we'll submit an Assessor Report directly to DofE and your Skills Section will be complete.

Parents appreciate the clear structure, while our students enjoy learning skills that continue to benefit them long after they've achieved their award.

Our DofE students have 2 course options:

- Our Recipes For Life Courses bring together our most popular, quick and colourful recipes into an affordable, 3 or 6 month easy to follow structured course ideal for students working towards their Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE Awards. Students cook for 1 hour per week, with a choice of 2 recipe options per week enabling students to build confidence in the kitchen and develop a repertoire of really practical recipes to take forward into life. 

- For students looking for a more flexible course option our 3, 6, 12 or 18 month Ultimate Skills Course combines in depth learning with a choice of over 150 recipe tutorials allowing students to create an entirely bespoke course to meet their individual goals and to develop their skills to a really advanced level.

Our online cookery courses are designed to fit around school, work, hobbies and family life, so you can learn whenever it suits you. 

Once you've signed up, you'll have access to your course for: 

•  Recipes for Life Courses: lifetime access
• Ultimate Skills Course: the duration of the course plus one year
• Recipe Subscriptions: for the duration of your subscription

For this time, you'll be able to pause, replay and revisit recipe tutorials and skills lessons as often as you need.

There's no pressure to complete everything in a hurry (subject to any of your own DofE deadlines).  Many students enjoy repeating recipes to build confidence or returning to lessons months later when they want to refresh a particular skill.

Learning at your own pace helps making cooking enjoyable and achievable for everyone.

At The Round Table, we believe learning to cook is about much more than following recipes.

Our courses are carefully structured to teach practical skills, kitchen confidence and an understanding of how food works.

As students progress, they learn techniques that can be used across hundreds of different recipes, helping them become confident, independent cooks rather than relying on step-by-step instructions forever.

With every lesson, you'll gain cooking knowledge, making learning enjoyable, achievable and rewarding.  Whether you're completing DofE, preparing for university or simply wanting to become more confident in the kitchen, we're here to help you cook with confidence for life.

You don't need a professional kitchen or expensive gadgets to complete our online cookery courses.  We've carefully chosen recipes that can be prepared using the kind of equipment most people already have at home, including a few saucepans, baking trays, measuring equipment, a chopping board and a good kitchen knife.

Our aim is to make learning to cook as accessible and affordable as possible, so you can focus on developing practical cooking skills rather than buying loads of new equipment.