The Avenue Cookery School Reviews Summary

Teaching Quality

Pros:

• "Richard is a great chef and teacher."
• "The teacher was brilliant, friendly, funny, knowledgeable and made everything seem easy."
• "The teachers were knowledgeable, passionate, super friendly, and helpful."
• "Diana was my teacher, and it is obvious that she has tons of experience in cooking, catering and teaching."
• "Connie, who was leading on the cooking, explained everything really clearly and gave us all some top tips to take away with us."
• "Daughter was chuffed Richard was hosting the class, he is a great cook and teacher."
• "Rich was great at explaining through everything and I learnt some good techniques."

Cons:

• "Our main instructor was disorganized, did not provide clear instruction and did not focus on teaching us the underlying processes and techniques to the dishes we were making."
• "Really disappointing, the instructor clearly didn't want to be there - and had advised us there was 'no point' in making your own thai curry paste."
• "Unfortunately the class did not meet our expectations. If you know the basics of cooking and if you are interested in advancing your skills, understand the techniques and learn about the science behind cooking, this is not your place."

Customer Service

Pros:

• "The Avenue was also helpful and prompt when replying to ski-season queries post-course, which was much appreciated."
• "They were super fast in responding to queries and just super helpful."
• "I was pleasantly surprised by the quick and friendly response I received when I inquired about contributing to my son's Christmas fair."
• "The person I spoke to (Niv) was very kind and helpful too."
• "I contacted the Avenue Cookery School asking for a donation for a charity fundraiser. I spoke to Niv, who was extremely friendly and polite, and kindly donated a voucher for the event."
• "Thank you to the staff (especially Niv) and the office team at The Avenue Cookery School, who were fantastic and very generous in donating one of their Bottomless Brunch classes as a raffle prize for our charity ball."
• "The Avenue Cookery School were very kind and generous when our charity (CRY) contacted them enquiring about a donation for our Charity Cake Bake."

Cons:

• "After several unsympathetic conversations and no partial refund or postponed offered, I have been offered only 50% of my next purchase with them."
• "I am in a terrible family situation and feel like I have been robbed £250 quid."
• "Massively disappointing! I did email, but no response."

Class Experience

Pros:

• "We loved the experience, and the new skills we've learned."
• "This was the perfect platform to get to know each other in an informal and relaxed environment."
• "The environment was really relaxed, friendly and featured a killer playlist too!"
• "The atmosphere was so fun and the staff were so friendly and helpful."
• "We had such a fun evening and made great friends- such a nice bunch to share a spicy cocktail with!"
• "It was so fun I would highly recommend it whether going as a couple, with friends or family even alone like what I did because it was easy to befriend with people who share the same interest for cooking."
• "We had a fantastic evening at the Avenue Cookery School last night."

Cons:

• "The food we ate and then took home was not even tasty - would not recommend."
• "It is a good place if you would like to spice up your night but nothing too special."
• "Really enjoyed it! Lovely experience - would have preferred it if there was a max booking no. per party as we were there for an anniversary celebration and there were two tables (nearly 50% of the total space) made up of one rowdy Christmas office party which spoiled it a bit for us and the other people on our table."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Worth the price paid, will definitely consider taking another class."
• "Good value for money for the knowledge, recipes, wine, and ingredients provided."
• "The whole experience offered excellent value for money."
• "I can’t recommend this experience enough. It is great value for money!"
• "Definitely worth the money and a great evening out."
• "The food was unbelievable."
• "Not to mention the bottomless wine as the cherry on top!"

Cons:

• "Only thing I would change - if we had got the carrot cake in the oven sooner, before he explained the other bakes, it would have had longer to cool and the icing wouldn't have melted on the way home!"