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Student SOS… Heading to Uni

Name: Student SOS… Heading to Uni
Brand: Jo Pratt
Price: 145.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

with Jo Pratt

£145

Thursday 10th
September 2026

11:00-16:00
(5hrs)

Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

Heading to university this September? Starting this exciting new chapter is a big step - and one of the quickest ways to feel confident and settled is knowing you can cook for yourself. This practical, hands-on class will give you the essential skills, simple recipes and real-life kitchen know-how you need to arrive at your new accommodation feeling capable, independent and ready to feed yourself properly.

This relaxed, hands-on cooking class covers a varied selection of cooking basics and reliable go-to recipes - the kind you’ll come back to again and again when time, money and energy are in short supply. Alongside cooking, we’ll share practical budgeting tips, guidance on kitchen kit essentials, and the key rules of food hygiene and safety, helping you feel comfortable and confident in a shared kitchen.

You’ll also learn how to build a useful store cupboard, so you’re never starting from nothing. During the day, everyone sits down together to enjoy a freshly cooked lunch - a great chance to see just how achievable good food can be. To finish, you’ll bake a delicious sweet treat to take home and share with your family.

A genuinely useful, confidence-building class designed to set you up for independent life - and give your parents peace of mind that you won’t be living on beans on toast.

Book one space and you’ll receive a 10% discount code for a second person - ideal for students who’d like to come together with a friend.

What you’ll learn

A selection of simple, nutritious and reliable go-to recipes to build confidence from day one, including a versatile ‘Master Sauce’, a fakeaway favourite, a one-pot wonder and a sweet treat
Essential cooking basics and foolproof methods every student should know
How to cook well on a budget without sacrificing flavour or nutrition
Kitchen kit essentials - what you actually need (and what you don’t)
Food hygiene and safety basics for shared kitchens
How to build a useful store cupboard and plan meals to avoid waste

(Includes a recipe pack to take away so you can recreate everything at home)

What’s included:

Refreshments on arrival and available throughout the class
Apron and all of the equipment required
All ingredients provided
Lunch of your own making to enjoy together as a class
A recipe pack for you to take home after your class10% discount on purchases made in store on the day of your class, including cookery classes. Excludes books, food, electrical items, gift vouchers and sale items
We do all the washing up!

Your teacher

Jo Pratt is a familiar and friendly face at Divertimenti Cookery School, where she is a regular class teacher. She’s also a best-selling cookbook author, food stylist and presenter, known for creating inspiring recipes with achievable results - perfect for real life rather than just special occasions.

As a mum of two grown-up teenagers, Jo understands first-hand the importance of helping young people feel confident in the kitchen and able to cook good, practical food for themselves. Her approach is all about building skills, saving time and making cooking feel manageable, even with busy schedules and tight budgets.

Jo has written numerous cookbooks, including her recent series of ‘flexible’ cookbooks, which focus on adaptable, fuss-free recipes designed to fit around modern life - whether that means cooking on a budget, catering for different dietary needs or simply making the most of what’s in the fridge.

At the start of her career, Jo gained invaluable experience working alongside some of the UK’s most respected chefs, including the late Gary Rhodes, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and John Torode, contributing to their books, TV shows, advertising campaigns and live cookery demonstrations.

You will be learning in a beautifully designed kitchen which provides a warm welcoming environment that can accommodate everything from group cookery classes to intimate chef’s tables, with the versatility to suit everyone.

Our partners have been chosen with great care, as all our equipment must stand up to the day-to-day rigours of our cookery school – much like a professional kitchen, that you can enjoy using whilst creating your own amazing dishes in class to give you the best possible experience when cooking with us.

Our classes and outstanding range of teachers will help you hone your gastronomic skills, even if you are a complete novice or a dab hand in the kitchen. We love highlighting new upcoming food trends and championing the rising stars within the culinary world.

Divertimenti does everything it can to reduce the risk of any students consuming an allergen that could cause and allergic reaction.

Please call the school to discuss any severe food allergies prior to booking a class online, we must speak to you before you visit the school if you have a severe allergy or severe dietary intolerance.

We will become as flexible as possible, where we can to remove a specific ingredient from a student’s recipe we will but we are unable to remove that ingredient for every student attending.

We handle all types of ingredients in the kitchen at Divertimenti and we are not able to completely allergen free environment, our kitchen is multi-purpose therefore this makes our kitchen unsuitable for those with life- threatening allergies, in such cases as these we would suggest getting in touch with the team to arrange a private lesson in your own home with one of our chefs. Please contact us for more information

In the unlikely event you are unable to the class you have booked for and need to cancel your booking, for a full refund we will require your cancellation via email no less than 7 days.

Once we have received your cancellation, we will arrange a booking onto an alternative class date or a full refund, sadly we are unable to make changes to bookings or offer a refund with less than 7 days of the date of your class but we are happy to switch the names on the booking so a family member or friend can take the place.

Divertimenti reserves the right to cancel any demonstration or class or substitute another presenter at any time, in the unfortunate event that a ‘Personality’ present or chef cannot attend a session you will be offered the choice of an appropriate alternative or a full refund.

Attendees must be aged over 18 to attend an adult class - we have a list of suitable young adult and teenage classes suitable for under 18’s – they must be accompanied by an adult.