how to cook without recipes
methods and techniques to last a lifetime
Courses
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$35.00Know your onions
Establish a solid foundation for cooking with confidence: learn how to choose a knife, maintain the edge, and chop and cook an onion. Then apply those practical skills in a way that will move you closer to cooking without recipes.
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$70.00Crisp and Crackled
Learn Brandon's genius method for cooking a pork chop so it has both crisp fat and a juicy middle. And in the process become privy to a way of thinking about method, which allows you to maximise whatever ingredient you have before you.
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$10.00Apero hour
Some warming snacks for your winter aperitivo: cheesy olive balls, Parmi wafers, and sausage rolls with mille-feuille-like pastry layers. And to go with them, a couple of cocktails made with freshly-squeezed limes.
What people say
“Nikki and Brandon share their culinary wisdom in such a fun and engaging way, and get you thinking like a chef in no time. They changed my entire perspective on the art of cooking and I can’t wait to start my next course!”
Daniel Mesham
“Understanding the basics of creating great food can revolutionise the way you cook. This course brings to life original, well-crafted content, with every lesson you will be eager to apply the learnings. Bravo Nikki and Brandon! Anyone can learn to cook with the right teachers, even online. Highly recommended for those who want to improve their cooking skills, adopt better kitchen practices, choose and use cooking utensils, and understand the natural ingredients we take for granted.”
Desi Nair
“Cooking with Nikki and Brandon – and this course – is like finding a great new love I suppose. You are in awe of the beauty you see, a tiny bit intimidated but, most importantly, inspired to be better. The mouthwatering images, the precise descriptions, the Cape Town light filtering through every video, the juuuust right humour in the effortless writing … It really is a great joy to follow How to Cook without Recipes.”
Lena Sönnichsen
Educators
Nikki & Brandon
Nikki Werner and Brandon de Kock met when they were both writing restaurant reviews for the same magazine and have been cooking and eating together ever since. During their careers in media, Nikki as a food writer and food editor, they co-authored the book cook. better. It was published in South Africa and Germany and won first runner up in Sunday Times Cookbook of the Year Award (2014) and a Gold Swiss Gourmet Book Award (2019). Depending on the subject, either Nikki or Brandon will take the lead as educator but the other will still make more than the odd Cameo!
(Photograph of Nikki by Michelle Parkin)
(Photograph of Nikki by Michelle Parkin)
Brandon & Nikki
Brandon de Kock and Nikki Werner met when they were both writing restaurant reviews for the same magazine and have been cooking and eating together ever since. During their careers in media, Nikki as a food writer and food editor, they co-authored the book cook. better. It was published in South Africa and Germany and won first runner up in Sunday Times Cookbook of the Year Award (2014) and a Gold Swiss Gourmet Book Award (2019). Depending on the subject, either Brandon or Nikki will take the lead as educator but the other will still make more than the odd Cameo!
(Photograph of Brandon by Michelle Parkin)
(Photograph of Brandon by Michelle Parkin)
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