Cook
Confident
A chef-led cooking course for your household helper.
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Cook Confident is a four week cooking course for household helpers currently employed by a family in Abu Dhabi, cooking (or wanting to cook) for that household.
It is designed and taught by professional chef Jen Pomeroy. Running once a week for three hours, each small group session builds real kitchen skills and technique. With a mixture of hands on cooking and demonstrations from Jen, this course will give your helper the confidence and skills to cook well for your family.
Places are limited to four-six participants per group, keeping every session personal, hands-on and practical.
After trying each recipe, your helper brings home a taste of each recipe from the class.
Each participant gets a 60 page recipe and information set, a small kitchen tool kit, WhatsApp support during the course and for a month after and certificate on completion.
INVESTMENT: 495 AED per session / 1980 AED per 4 week course.
Please note: This group class is for household helpers only. If you are a beginner cook and are interested in this class, please choose the One on One class below or send Jen a message via the Contact Form.
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Prefer a more personal approach?
The Cook Confident course is also available as a one on one experience. The same four week curriculum, designed and delivered by Jen.
With dedicated one to one attention, the course moves at your helper's pace, with space to spend more time on the skills and dishes that matter most to your household.
Everything taught in the group course is covered in the one on one - the recipe booklet, kitchen tool kit, WhatsApp support and certificate on completion.
After trying each recipe, your helper brings home the food cooked from each session.
These classes can be organised on any day that suits.
INVESTMENT: 1250 AED per session / 5000 AED per 4 week course.
In home sessions are available at an additional travel fee. Please get in touch for a quote based on your location.
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If you're looking for something completely bespoke, Jen also offers a fully custom one on one course.
This course is designed from scratch around your family's specific cuisine or dietary needs and the skills your helper needs most. Get in touch to discuss what that looks like for you.
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Not a household helper but want to learn how to cook? This way please.
The Details
Located on Yas Island, in Jen’s home, the group classes run each week on a Wednesday from 10am-1pm.
A continuous theme of food safety, hygiene and knife skills run throughout each session. See below for more details.
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To start we cover knife skills and safety. In this session we talk about preparing vegetables, roasting, grilling and blanching.
We make three delicious dressings and we learn how to mix and match everything to make 3-5 salads.
This class starts with the basics.
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In this session we cover simple baking recipes, no knead foccacia, multiple breakfast dishes and how to cook eggs perfectly.
The techniques learnt in this session can easily follow through into other baking recipes.
In this session we focus on using measuring equipment and reading recipes.
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In this class we cover basic sauces and how to turn them into balanced meals. Think bolognese, braised chicken, mashed potato and everything in between.
We also discuss how to utilise these base recipes to create more dinner options, what to prepare ahead and what can be frozen.
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For the final session we cover cooking meat, safely and perfectly. We cover marinades and different cooking styles and match everything to the salads and sides from session one.
We also use this session to bring everything we learnt together over the last 4 weeks. We cover preparing in advance and how to form a balanced meal.
Each participant gets a certificate of completion and a small kitchen tool kit to take home and use.
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What's included:
Four weekly sessions of three hours each
A branded Cook Confident recipe and information set to keep and use at home
A small kitchen tool kit for consistency at home
Optional weekly homework tasks so you see the difference at home from week one
Group WhatsApp support between sessions for posting photos and asking questions plus an extra month of support after the classes have finished
A Cook Confident certificate on completion.
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Participants must be available for all four dates if they are joining the group course
Participants need to be able to understand and read English
Participants need to be able to get to and from the class location on Yas Island
Participants need support at home with ingredients and equipment, but most importantly, encouragement.
Payment needs to made in full, before the start date.
The Beginners Cook Confident Group course and One on One course are designed around western-style home cooking - the everyday meals most commonly requested by expat households, (think roasts, pasta, salads, baking, and simple weeknight staples).
Plenty of the skills and techniques taught do carry over to other cooking styles. However, if your household has specific dietary preferences or needs, Jen offers custom one on one courses tailored to your family's exact meals, ingredients, and preferences. Enquire directly for pricing.
Not a household helper but want to learn how to cook? Jen has you covered too.
Upcoming Classes for Helpers
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Beginner Helper Group Class
Each Wednesday from 10am - 1pm
Your helper must be able to attend every session.
The first session starts on Wednesday 19th August, then 26th August / 2nd September and then finishing on 9th September.
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Beginner Helper Group Class
Each Wednesday from 10am - 1pm
Your helper must be able to attend every session.
Starting on the Wednesday 16th September / 24th September / 30th September and finishing on Wednesday 7th October.
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Beginner Helper Group Class
Each Wednesday from 10am - 1pm
Your helper must be able to attend every session.
Starting on the Wednesday 28th October / 4th November / 11th of November and then finishing on the 18th November.
A clean house is lovely. But a home cooked meal on the table?
That's everything.
Most household helpers are willing, hardworking and eager to do a good job in the kitchen. What they often lack isn't effort, it's training. The kind of hands-on, practical cooking education that teaches them not just what to cook, but how to cook it well.
That's exactly what Cook Confident was created for.