With a few key skills and techniques we can follow a recipe but understanding taste and flavour will take your dishes soaring to new heights. Bitter, sweet, sour, salty and savoury tastes balance and offset each other in magical ways, bringing life and pizazz to your food.

We’ll explore the secrets of seasoning cooking dishes from four distinctly different cuisines – Thai, Indian, Southern Italian and British. This could change the way you cook forever.

Sample dishes you will learn to prepare

• A Sicilian Pasta with anchovy, fried breadcrumbs, capers & sultanas
• A Thai Stir- fried vegetables with optional steak garnish
• Southern Indian fish and coconut curry
• Cottage Garden Pie ( a vegetarian take on a classic – yes those veggies can taste glorious too)