| Hello, Tourist Information Centre, Mike speaking, how can I help you? |
| Oh, hi. |
| I wanted to find out about cookery classes. |
| I believe there are some one-day classes for tourists? |
| Well, they're open to everyone, but tourists are always welcome. |
| OK, let me give you some details of what's available. |
| There are several classes. |
| One very popular one is at the Food Studio. |
| OK |
| They focus on seasonal products, |
| and as well as teaching you how to cook them, they also show you how to choose them. |
| Right, that sounds good. |
| How big are the classes? |
| I'm not sure exactly, but they'll be quite small. |
| And could I get a private lesson there? |
| I think so... let me check, |
| yes, they do offer those. |
| Though in fact most of the people who attend the classes find it's a nice way of getting to know one another. |
| I suppose it must be, yes. |
| And this company has a special deal for clients |
| where they offer a discount of 20% if you return for a further class. |
| OK. |
| But you said there were several classes? |
| That's right. |
| Another one you might be interested in is Bond's Cookery School. |
| They're quite new, |
| they just opened six months ago, but I've heard good things about them. |
| They concentrate on teaching you to prepare healthy food, |
| and they have quite a lot of specialist staff. |
| So is that food for people on a diet and things like that? |
| I don't know if I'd be interested in that. |
| Well, I don't think they particularly focus on low calorie diets or weight loss. |
| It's more to do with recipes that look at specific needs, |
| like including ingredients that will help build up your bones and make them stronger, that sort of thing. |
| I see. |
| Well, I might be interested, I'm not sure. |
| Do they have a website I could check? |
| Yes, just key in the name of the school - it'll come up. |
| And if you want to know more about them, every Thursday evening they have a lecture at the school. |
| It's free and you don't need to book or anything, just turn up at 7.30. |
| And that might give you an idea of whether you want to go to an actual class. |
| OK, there's one more place you might be interested in. |
| That's got a rather strange name, it's called The Arretsa Centre - |
| that's spelled ARRETSA. |
| OK. |
| They've got a very good reputation. |
| They do a bit of meat and fish cookery but they mostly specialise in vegetarian dishes. |
| Right. |
| That's certainly an area I'd like to learn more about. |
| I've got lots of friends who don't eat meat. |
| In fact, I think I might have seen that school today. |
| Is it just by the market? |
| That's right. |
| So they don't have any problem getting their ingredients. |
| They're right next door. |
| And they also offer a special two-hour course in how to use a knife. |
| They cover all the different skills - buying them, sharpening, chopping techniques. |
| It gets booked up quickly though so you'd need to check it was available. |
| Right, well thank you very much. |
| I'll go and... |