Food for Thought School & College to Costa Brava
In Spain, we offer Tossa de Mar and Rosas in the Costa Brava for our Food for Thought course.
Food for Thought Course in Tossa de Mar
For courses based in Tossa you will stay in the 3 star Hotel Park or Novo Park, one of the most popular yet unspoilt resorts.
The cookery demonstrations take place at a local hotel and will be performed by the hotel’s highly-qualified chef. The course includes 3 cookery demonstrations: starters, including Spanish omelette and mediterranean salads, how Paella is made, and desserts, including Catalan cream and Torrijas. The demonstrations last approximately one hour. You will be able to taste the final product. A translator for the demonstrations is included in the tour.
During the tour your group will visit a biscuit factory, chocolate factory and the cellars producing the world famous cava, Freixenet. You will have a day in Barcelona, including a visit to La Boqueria food market, and the opportunity to sample some traditional Spanish tapas in a local bodega.
Food Related Visits
- Starters Cookery Demonstration
- Paella Cookery Demonstration
- Dessert Cookery Demonstration
- Paella dinner - Groups will first visit the market with a guide to purchase ingredients for the Paella
- Tapas evening
- A visit to the Torras Chocolate Factory and Banyoles Lake
- A visit to the Freixenet Cava champagne factory
- A visit to 'Cal Enric' Bakery
- Museu de Embutides (sausage)
Food for Thought Course in Rosas
For courses based in Rosas you will stay in the Hotel Mont Mar. Discover Spanish food, from the delicious tapas to paella. The course consists of 3 cookery demonstrations in the hotel (with interpreter and recipes) and visits related to Spanish food.
Food Related Visits
- 3 x Cookery Demonstrations
- Visit to chocolate factory
- Visit to a wine co-operative
- Visit to a fish auction
- Learn about and practise a range of practical food skills/methods/processes to produce quality outcomes
- Learn about the impact and effect of using a range of different equipment to produce food items of quality and consistency
- Explore how quality control checks are used to produce consistent food products on a commercial scale
- Develop an awareness of current commercial/industrial processes of food production Learn about methods of food processing and preservation Witness and consider health, safety and quality control in all its aspects Discover the importance of packaging within the food industry
- Produce high-quality dishes that are accurately assembled and well finished to produce a high-quality product overall
- Learn about technological development, cultural and economic issues within the food industry
- Experience the impact of ICT within the food industry
