Taku Resort and Marina

Cookery

Culinary courses are now being offered at Taku Resort. Chefs from around BC and the world are coming to enjoy all the fresh local food Quadra Island and the surrounding areas can offer. Everyone in the class will have to participate to make sure you take away as much as possible.

Cooking with Chef Benedict Haines
January 13th – 15th

Chef Benedict Haines has already put on an extremely successful three day culinary course this past August. He loved all that Quadra Island had to offer so he’s back again and is very excited to put on a one and a half day course. This package includes everything from transportation, accommodation, all meals, course materials, one and a half days of cooking instruction and participation.

Chef Benedict co-owns the highly respected Walnut Grove Cookery. Consistently within the top-10 ranked “Culinary Holiday Destinations in Europe”, it is found within the bountiful Loire Valley in France. He guarantees to inspire your imagination through practical, simple and fun course instruction that will increase your confidence and transform your culinary skills.

This weekend cooking course will expose you to beautiful and tasty gourmet dishes and give you the skills to create them yourself. The day will start with the basics, knife skills, then on to learning about soups and seasoning and then you’ll create the main dish for dinner. The Sunday will be focused on pastry skills and the Taku challenge.  The Taku challenge is where students work together to create a gourmet lunch using their new skills.

This course has been designed for those looking to bring their culinary skills to the next level. Cooks from all skill levels will be able to take something away with them. Class size is limited to six people.

Friday, January 13th
6:15pm – Champagne Welcome
7:00pm – Gourmet dinner to be served

Saturday, January 14th
8:30am – Breakfast
9:00am – Meet in kitchen to start learning
12:30pm – Lunch
2:00pm – Meet back in kitchen
4:00pm – Break
5:30pm – Meet back in kitchen to prepare dinner
6:30pm – Dinner

Sunday, January 15th
8:30am – Breakfast
9:00am – Meet in kitchen to learn more
12:00pm – Lunch

Cost: $1180 plus tax

Includes everything above plus all transportation costs from Vancouver South Terminal.
Guests must check-in at Vancouver South Terminal at 3pm for a 4pm flight to Campbell River. A short taxi ride and even shorter ferry ride will get you to Taku Resort by 5:45pm. On Sunday guests must leave the resort at 2:45pm to get on the 3:05pm ferry and check in for a 4:55pm flight back to Vancouver South Terminal. Flight will land back in Vancouver at 6pm.

“The chefs, course material (notebooks), hands-on instructions, demonstrations, learning/cooking environment (i.e., freedom to ask questions), cooking equipment, and dishes were all excellent. All the advanced planning and preparations really showed.”
Russell Lai – Los Angeles, California

To book: Please email or call us with any of your questions or if you would like to book. We require a full payment by credit card in order to hold your spot in the class.