Welcome
Reconnect with friends or family, meet new friends, connect, create, bond, learn a new skill or about other cultures, gain the confidence to try new dishes. We do this all through the shared experience of cooking and at the end of the class, dinner is done & you get to enjoy your creation.
what we offer
Kids Cooking Club
Adult Masterclasses & Private Classes
Online Kids Birthday Party
We understand it can be difficult to motivate our kids right now. We believe by coming together to cook, we can inspire & support your child to break down some barriers.
Depending on the age of your child, our kids classes can be taken independently, or jointly with a sibling or parent. Feedback from previous classes is that it is an opportunity to bond and create with your child.
The lesson is structured, but also relaxed and fun to keep the kids engaged. After the lesson, your child has a great sense of achievement in knowing that they have just cooked the family meal.
Recommended for 8+ however younger siblings can take part with your support.
Some classes suitable for 13+ only (including Duke of Edinburgh).
Online Kids Birthday Party
Adult Masterclasses & Private Classes
Online Kids Birthday Party
Current restrictions have changed the way we can celebrate birthday's. Connect with your friends is through a fun, cooking class, together with your mates. We sill set up the event, host the cooking and include some fun games to entertain the kids.
Make a birthday cake & create together!
Pizza & cupcake party!
Adult Masterclasses & Private Classes
Adult Masterclasses & Private Classes
Adult Masterclasses & Private Classes
We partner with Chef's, possibly affected by the virus. In doing so, we offer specialised classes, where you learn from a professionally trained Chef from different cultures.
We can set up private classes for your friends and family for all of our cooks. Celebrating a birthday in lockdown, or just wanting to reconnect with your school mates, family or friends. Drop us a line.
Maybe you are part of a PTA, and like to set up a cooking class for your child and his/her friends. Get in touch as we can arrange all the logistics, and bring it together on the day.
Lonely Hearts Cooking Club
Adult Masterclasses & Private Classes
We are experiencing really tough times right now and would love to connect people feeling isolated at this time.
We want to build a community around cooking, to come together and support each other.
Connect & cook around the globe.
Wilderness Cooking Club (from April 2021)
One of the biggest advantages of online cooking, is that you can connect with family and friends from different countries. We work with you to establish the best time zone and dish that works for all.
Celebrate a birthday with a loved one through a connected cooking event. Our class provides a practical, but meaningful purpose, to catch up with family or friends, cook and share a story to too.
Wilderness Cooking Club (from April 2021)
Wilderness Cooking Club (from April 2021)
We plan to take our kids classes to the wilderness when we can so that we can come together face to face and cook.
HOW IT WORKS
PLANNING
We do the planning for you so that all you can relax on the day knowing that we will lead the way.
Private Classes - currently there are three private classes that can be booked via the "appointment" section. We will get in touch to arrange whether you want to manage the payment for your guests or would like us to?
"Overseas Classes" as we need to deal with different timezones, please email us so we can discuss with you a menu that suits different time zones. So for example, if you are in the UK it might be morning, whilst it is the evening in Australia. We will work with you on this. Plus, it might be a special occasion like a birthday that we need to be aware of so that we can have this in mind when designing the event.
CLASS BOOKING PROCESS
1. Select the class you would like to book.
2. Book via the BOOK ONLINE page. Paypal and credit/debit cards accepted.
3. On payment, you will receive a confirmation email and text with the link & Zoom joining instructions.
4. You will receive separately an email with the ingredients list, equipment list and with this we will advise of any preparation required in advance of the class (chopping etc). You might like to print off the ingredients so you can check you have everything,
5. One day prior to the class, you will receive a reminder of the event details.
6. Please make sure you have Zoom downloaded prior to the class.
7. For safeguarding and safety reasons, parents need to be visible at the start of the class.
PREPERATION
We will send a reminder the morning of the event with what we would like you to have ready. This means on the day, we can concentrate on the cooking element.
ON THE DAY WHAT TO EXPECT
1. We will allow 5 minutes to join the class. If you are running late, or cannot make it, please let us know.
2. On arrival, we will welcome everyone in the group. We will have a few slides on safety and will run through the ingredients.
3. Please relax, you are there to learn with us but also to have some fun.
3. You will see other participants, to allow for interaction with others. Don't feel any pressure to talk however we would love for you to! We will ask questions during the class, see how you are getting on and what you have been up to in lockdown.
4. We will provide step by step instructions and also put these in the chat on the day.
5. Duration - approx 1-1.5 hours depending on the class.
6. You will be cooking a meal on the day so it is designed to eat afterwards with your friends or family. If you have booked a "private class" we give you the option to stay on and chat to your friends afterwards - we will hand over the host feature to you.
INSTRUCTORS AND COOKS
Homecook - Kristyn
Portuguese cuisine - Tim Clements
Portuguese cuisine - Tim Clements
Kristyn, founder of Cooknconnect is a passionate self-taught cook. She has worked in hospitality and restaurants for over 20 years. She is mother to two boys and been running virtual kids classes for the business since October 2020.
PRIVATE CLASS - £75/class (approx. 15 households).
Kristyn hosts the Kids Club/family classes
Portuguese cuisine - Tim Clements
Portuguese cuisine - Tim Clements
Portuguese cuisine - Tim Clements
Tim is pioneering in the Hog Roast, Street Food arena, having run a successful catering business for over 15 years. His family originates from Portugal, and this still has an influence on his cooking today. He is a Dad to 3 lovely kids, and has been instrumental in supporting our virtual cooking classes so far.
PRIVATE CLASS - £100/ class (approx. 15 households)
Classes: Paella, Portuguese Fish Stew
Tim, supports the Kids classes and is also available for Adult Masterclasses
Indian cuisine - Parin Lad
Portuguese cuisine - Tim Clements
Korean cuisine - Veronica Um
Parin is a self taught Chef drawing on his mother, grandmother and Aunties recipes. Parin was affected by the virus, and started running virtual classes in lockdown. He now has his own business, The Curry Community and has run over 100 classes.
ADULT PRIVATE CLASS - £100/class (approx. 15 households)
Classes: Gujarati Curry (chicken/lamb or vegetable)
Seafood and homemade Naan
Parin hosts Adult Masterclasses
Korean cuisine - Veronica Um
British cuisine - William Leigh
Korean cuisine - Veronica Um
Veronica is a Korean cooking mother of two, and architect who loves to share her skills and knowledge to educate others on Korean cuisine.
KIDS PRIVATE CLASS - £100/class (approx. 15 households)
Classes: Kimbap Korean Sushi Class
Korean Dumplings
Korean Pancake
Veronica hosts the Kids Club/family classes
British cuisine - William Leigh
British cuisine - William Leigh
British cuisine - William Leigh
Will started his career at Kensington Place, back in the late 90's. He went on to work in many more top restaurants around the world.
Private Masterclasses
£120/class
Restaurant standard classes
Will hosts Masterclasses
Baking - Lucia
British cuisine - William Leigh
British cuisine - William Leigh
Details coming soon...
About Us
Our story...
In lockdown Kristyn's events business was affected by the virus, so started hosting virtual cooking events to keep us connected with the support from Tim Clements. It wasn't just about the cooking, but about bringing people together, have a bit of fun and learn a new skill along the way.
A Mum of two boys, the classes were aimed at connecting the kids and the idea has grown from friends, to also friends of friends. Her love of food and cooking developed, having work in many top restaurants and events in London for over 20 years.
Community has always played a big part of her life, being far away from her home country of Australia, the friendships and bonds of parents formed her social connections. With the challenges that the virus was creating, supporting each other, at a community level became so important and was one of the driving forces to keep her going.
The vision was not just for Kristyn to cook, but to collaborate and partner up with fellow parents who cook, Chefs, to bring you variety, from cuisines around the world.