stedy chefs learning centre
Liverpool
We are a cookery school for disabled adults 18 plus. At StedyChefs we teach all
about the joy and fun to be had whilst cooking ,not only helping improve life
skills but building self confidence and making friends along the way. Our whole
building is covered in fun graffiti, our chefs wear a full uniform and different
coloured bandanas making their time here as fun as possible. We also teach other
activities such as art and music, the Beatles actually played in our building in
1961. Our chefs cook everything from scratch and not only this, they grow their
own vegetables in our outside space as well as doing outside cooking in warmer
months. Our chefs do food related trips also once every six weeks. Some of our
chefs volunteer and in the past have worked in local cafes and football
stadiums. Our youngest student is 18 and our eldest is 63 years old. The food
our chefs create on a daily basis can only be described as phenomenal. We are
also part of the International Cookery School Association (School Of Excellence)
We also teach our students health and safety in the kitchen. We recently had
Merseyside Fire Brigade in our centre to deliver a lesson on hazards that may
occur in a kitchen and how to handle them safely. Merseyside Police have also
attended our centre to deliver on a lesson on how to stay safe when using the
internet.
In January of this year, seven of our students gained their Level 2 Food Safety
and Hygiene In The Kitchen qualification. It took us over a year of visually and
verbally training our students in preparation for their test. As they passed,
they are now able to legally work in a professional kitchen environment. One of
the students is now actively looking for paid work in the catering sector using
his newly acquired qualification.
We have also partnered with The Trussell Trust and are now running a food bank
from or building with the help of our wonderful students.
