Overview
This Culinary Herbs course from Warnborough College consists of eight lessons which cover common and less common herbs used for cooking.
Course aims
- Describe the plant naming system, the major family groups that herbs fall into and the resources available to the culinary herb grower.
- Describe how to manage the cultural requirements of culinary herbs.
- Describe the various methods of propagation, both sexual and asexual, the treatments generally used for seed storage and the handling of cutting material.
- Explain the way in which herbs are used in cooking and which herbs best suit various dishes.
- Discuss the most common herb varieties used in cooking.
- Compare a range of culinary herbs in a single plant family.
- Discuss a range of lesser grown culinary herb varieties.
- Explain the uses of a range of culinary herbs within a specific group of herb plants.
Programme Structure
Lessons:
- Culture - Planting, staking, mulching, watering, pest & disease, feeding, pruning, protection from wind, salt air, etc.
- Propagation
- Cooking with Herbs - Culinary uses of herbs, herb teas and recipes; Fresh and dried herb use
- The Most Commonly Grown Varieties - Garlic, parsley and chives
- Other Important Groups - The Lamiaceae family: one of the most aromatic and flavoursome herb families
- The Lesser Grown Varieties - How to cook with lesser known herbs
- Special Assignment - On one selected plant or group
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Culinary Arts View 11 other Short Courses in Culinary Arts in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.