The Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award

Class details

Our five-day Duke of Edinburgh Gold Residential is designed for young people who want to develop practical cooking skills, gain confidence in the kitchen and enjoy a fun and rewarding residential experience.

Whether you are a complete beginner or already enjoy cooking at home, this hands-on course offers something for everyone.  Working in small groups of up to 16 students, participants learn a wide range of essential cookery skills while preparing delicious dishes from scratch.  Along the way, they build confidence, make new friends and develop valuable life skills that will benefit them long after the course has finished.

The Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School has been an Approved Activity Provider for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award since 2012, and this course qualifies for the Residential section of the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.

Skills covered:

Throughout the week students will develop a wide range of practical cookery skills, including:

• Knife skills
• Food hygiene and kitchen safety
• Healthy eating
• Meal planning and budgeting
• Using leftovers and batch cooking to save money
• Bread making
• Baking techniques
• Teamwork and time management in the kitchen

Students will prepare a variety of dishes throughout the week, which may include:

• Smoothies
• Banana pancakes
• One pan full English breakfast
• Stir fries
• Homemade pizza
• Chicken Curry in a Hurry
• Coronation chicken
• Sushi
• Roast dinner with all the trimmings
• Apple Crumble
• Profiteroles and chocolate sauce
• Naughty chocolate fudge cake
• Lemon roulade

By the end of the course, students will have developed the confidence to recreate recipes at home, making adaptations to suit their own tastes and preferences.

What you’ll leave with:

On successful completion of the course, students will receive:

• A Certificate of Achievement
• An extensive electronic recipe pack
• A two-week menu plan
• A DofE Assessor’s Report
• Increased confidence and independence in the kitchen
• New friendships and lasting memories

Evening Activities:

The residential experience extends beyond the cookery school kitchen. As required by the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, students take part in a range of evening activities designed to encourage teamwork, social interaction and personal development. These may include pottery workshops, glass painting, farm walks and a celebratory dinner and assessment session. Activities may vary depending on tutor availability.

What’s included:

The course fee includes:

• Four nights’ accommodation
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout the course
• All ingredients and equipment
• Evening activities
• DofE Assessor’s Report
• Recipe pack and course materials

Course start time 11.15am (arrival from 10:45am).

Students will be ready to depart at 2.45pm on the last day of the course.

Classes are limited to a maximum of 16 students.

You do not need to be completing your Duke of Edinburgh’s award to take part.

Our full week’s residential itinerary can be found here:

Duke of Edinburgh Fact Sheet 2026

Accommodation 

The accommodation is based on sharing a twin room in one of our on-site Bed and Breakfast rooms.  All of our B & B rooms have their own bathroom.

Our cookery school is situated in the countryside so there is plenty of outdoor space for students to exercise. There are wonderful walking routes around the private farmland. There is also a volleyball and badminton net on a large playing field, a comfortable lounge area and a games room which students have access to in their free time. Students are also given the opportunity to book our on-site Padel Tennis courts  at Wold Padel, should they wish to. The games room has a football table, giant Jenga, Uno, chess and other games which are great for breaking the ice!

Accommodation for Evening Prior to the Course Start Date

Subject to availability, accommodation for the evening prior to course start date can be offered at the discounted rate of £70 for single occupancy including a continental breakfast. Please note that students will be treated as regular Bed & Breakfast guests and therefore an evening meal will not be provided for this night.  For those students arriving by train, we can provide details of local taxi firms but sadly cannot provide a collection service.

Travel

We are close to Hutton Cranswick and Driffield railway stations.  Neither of these stations have taxi ranks.  Please feel free to contact us for details of local taxi firms.  Booking is essential.

D of E Policy – Knowing Others on The Course

Please note, under the rules of the D of E award, the majority of the other participants on the class should be unknown to you.

Cancellation & Transfer Policy

Cancellations

More than 40 days notice – course fees will be returned in full, subject to an administration fee of £100.00. Less than 40 days notice – ALL course fees will be retained unless we are able to fill your place. If we are able to reallocate your place course fees will be returned in full subject to an administration fee of £100.00. Less than seven days – no refund will be offered.

In the unlikely event that we have to cancel a course due to lack of numbers we will endeavour to offer you a suitable alternative. If this is not possible you will be entitled to a full refund. Please note we do require a minimum attendance on all courses and sadly may have to cancel if the appropriate number is not reached.

Transfer of Booking

More than 40 days notice – acceptable subject to an administration fee of £30.00.

Less than 40 days notice – £30.00 fee if we are able to fill your original place, £100.00 if we are unable to reallocate your place.

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Class notices

5 day residential course

All meals included

Dietary requirements catered for

Approved Activity Provider

Class Dates;

24th August - 14th August 2026

7th September - 11th September 2026

19th October - 23rd October 2026

26th October - 30th October 2026

4th January - 8th January 2027

8th February - 12th February 2027

15th February - 19th February 2027

22nd March - 26th March 2027

29th March - 2nd April 2027

28th June - 2nd July 2027

5th July - 9th July 2027

12th July - 16th July 2027

19th July - 23rd July 2027

26th July - 30th July 2027

2nd August - 6th August 2027

9th August - 13th August 2027

16th August - 20th August 2027

23rd August - 27th August 2027

30th August - 3rd September 2027

18th October - 22nd October 2027

25th October - 29th October 2027

The class starts at 11:00am on the first day (please don't arrive any earlier than 10:45am).
The class finishes at 2:30pm promptly on the last day.