New Year, New You - Essential Courses at Kingswear

If you normally find yourself making and breaking a number of New Year’s resolutions in the first couple of weeks of January,here’s one which will be both easy and highly enjoyable to keep. Book yourself on to a new 'Essentials' course at Manna from Devon Cooking School and fine tune your existing cooking skills whilst learning new and improved techniques.

Whether you have an existing passion for cooking or just want to try something new in 2014, the Essentials courses could be for you.

The half day courses( 10am-1.30pm) are run by Holly and David Jones, who both have excellent knowledge of the cooking industry.

Holly is a chef with 20 years experience, whilst David is a trained baker and wood fired oven cooking expert. Those who attend one of Holly and David's Essential Courses will get a really hands on experience, with each class being hosted to just eight people. Mitch Tonks, chef at award-winning The Seahorse restaurant in Dartmouth, said: "Holly and David run a fabulous cookery school at Manna from Devon, both are extremely accomplished cooks and teachers. The bread course I did was fantastic and I learnt so much and it was great to be able to cook in such a relaxed location and enjoy the fruits of my labour over a wonderful lunch. I would definitely recommend a course at Manna from Devon which I wouldconsider to be one of the best and most unique cookery schools in South Devon."

As well as being taught by experts those who attend these fabulous courses will also get to see views of The River Dart, which can be seen from the Kingwear property the courses will take place in. There are nine different course options to chose from, ranging from sauce skills to how to cook fish, with all of these courses starting in full swing in the new year. Each half day course costs £75 per person, per class, but with a course for every cookery skill under the sun there really issomething for everyone.

The Essentials Courses will kick off with a Sauces class taking place on Wednesday 22 January. If the Essentials Courses are not for you, Holly and David also run Mediterranean days, family days, and children's pizza parties. For more information about all the courses on offer, please visit www.mannafromdevon.com