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Learn to Cook in Bath

If you are seeking a short break with a difference and are keen to hone your culinary skills then a trip to Bath could be the answer. Some of Bath's finest hotels such as the Royal Crescent, the Queensberry and the Bath Priory Hotel have teamed up with the Bertinet Kitchen, Bath's new purpose-built cookery school. The school offers a range of relaxed but informative classes for every level of skill. There is a detailed bread course geared around Richard Bertinet's book of bread "Dough" which won the IACP 2006 cookbook of the year. Richard's Gallic charm and the delightful surroundings of a converted mews house right in the centre of the Bath's antique quarter make this a memorable experience.

Guest appearances include celebrity chefs such as Giorgio Locatelli, reputed to be one of the best Italian chefs in the UK, who is chef patron on Michelin-starred Locanda Locatelli. On 29th September 2006 he will be showcasing dishes from his new book "Everything I know about Italian Cookery".
www.thebertinetkitchen.co.uk
Tel: 01225 445 531

Mitch Tonks set up FishWorks in Green Street, Bath in 1996 as a specialist fishmonger with a small restaurant serving the freshest seafood, simply cooked and presented. The third element, a cookery school soon followed as his enthusiasm for fish was so infectious that his customers wanted to share his expertise. The FishWorks formula is a winning one and the company now has ten restaurants and in 2005 it floated on AIM on the London Stock Market.

The FishWorks Cookery School offer a mix of demonstration and hands on cooking with helpful tips and techniques on how to prepare and cook fish and shellfish. The focus is on the ingredients with recipes that are easy to follow in the home. Tasting is an important part of the day with an opportunity for a sit down meal accompanied by specially selected wines. The Bath School is always over-subscribed so it is worth booking ahead.
www.fishworks.co.uk
Tel: 01225 448707

Demuths Vegetarian Restaurant was established by Rachel Demuth eighteen years ago presenting Vegetarian food from around the world in a relaxed and intimate atmosphere. The restaurant which opens for breakfast, lunch and dinner was such a success that Rachel compiled her own favourite recipes in "The Green World Cookbook" drawing on cuisine from around the globe. Her latest book Green Seasons Cookbook will be published this autumn. Her Vegetarian Cookery School specializes in day courses, full of spice including Spanish Tapas, Southern Indian Thali, Thai and Vietnamese and Moroccan. The classes are for just ten people and are very popular. The courses cover up to ten dishes and finish with a 3 course lunch with organic wine at the end of the session.
www.vegetariancookeryschool.com
Tel: 01225 789682

Having selected a suitable course, there is a wide range of hotel accommodation from smart guest houses like the Town House just off the Circus, to the Residence, a new addition to Bath that has created the feel of a relaxed private club in a large, elegant Georgian House. The restaurant scene in Bath and the surrounding area is thriving with Michelin stars at The Bath Priory, Lucknam Park and the Moody Goose at the Old Priory and good quality, unstuffy eateries and gastropubs for more informal dining. Any stay to Bath is incomplete without a visit to the Roman Baths and bathing in the famous spa water at the brand new Thermae Bath Spa. Designated as a World Heritage City some twenty years ago, Bath and its the glorious Georgian facades tell the story of a bygone era.

First Great Western trains take just 90 minutes from London Paddington and the city is 30 minutes south of the M4. The nearest airport is Bristol with connections to many European cities and daily flights to New York.

For further information on things to do and see and where to stay in Bath please call Bath Tourist Information Centre on 0906 7112000 (calls charged at 0.50p per minute) or log on to www.visitbath.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

1. For further information please contact Nicky Hancock on 01225 332299 or by e-mail at nicky@hancockcomm.com or Debbie Ponting at Bath Tourism Plus on 01225 477441 or by email on: debbie_ponting@bathtourism.co.uk

2. Bath Tourism Plus
Bath's destination marketing organisation, Bath Tourism Plus, began trading on 1st October 2003, taking over the management of tourism promotion from Bath & North East Somerset Council and in the process, establishing a ground-breaking partnership between the public and private sector.

Working with the public and private sectors Bath Tourism Plus takes full responsibility for co-ordinating the work of a busy tourist information centre, the marketing of Bath and the surrounding area to leisure and business travellers, PR activity to attract the nation's top travel writers, a conference office, and development of Bath's official tourism internet site www.visitbath.co.uk. Its primary objective is to optimise the value of tourism for members.