[02:59.02]OFFICIAL:Hello, Tourist Information Center.
[03:01.77]Mike’s speaking, how can I help you?
[03:03.67]WOMAN:Oh hi.I wanted to find out about cookery classes.
[03:08.07]I believe there are some one-day classes for tourists?
[03:11.38]OFFICIAL:Well, they are open to everyone.
[03:13.31]But tourists are always welcome.
[03:15.09]Ok, let me give you some details of what’s available.
[03:18.35]There are several classes.
[03:20.36]One very popular one is at the Food Studio.
[03:23.32]WOMAN:Ok.
[03:24.53]OFFICIAL:They focus on seasonal products and as well as teaching you how to cook them, they also show you how to choose them.
[03:30.81]WOMAN:Right, that sounds good.
[03:32.93]How big are the classes?
[03:34.75]OFFICIAL:I’m not sure exactly, but they’ll be quite small.
[03:37.60]WOMAN:And could I get a private lesson there?
[03:40.36]OFFICIAL:I think so.
[03:41.64]Let me check.
[03:42.94]Yes, they do offer those.
[03:45.68]Though in fact most of the people who attend the classes find it’s a nice way of getting to know one another.
[03:51.06]WOMAN:I suppose it must be, yes.
[03:53.03]OFFICIAL:And this company has a special deal for clients where they offer a discount of 20 percent if you return for a further class.
[04:00.19]WOMAN:Ok.But you said there were several classes.
[04:03.45]OFFICIAL:That’s right.
[04:04.57]Another one you might be interested in is Bond’s Cookery School.
[04:08.09]They are quite new.
[04:09.25]They just opened 6 months ago, but I’ve heard good things about them.
[04:12.57]They concentrate on teaching you to prepare healthy food, and they have quite a lot of specialist staff.
[04:19.49]WOMAN:So, is that food for people on a diet and things like that?
[04:23.54]I don’t know if I’ll be interested in that.
[04:26.02]OFFICIAL:Well, I don’t think they particularly focus on low calorie diets or weight loss.
[04:31.44]It’s more to do with recipes that look at specific needs, like including ingredients that will help build up your bones and make them stronger, that sort of thing.
[04:41.25]WOMAN:I see. Well, I might be interested.I’ m not sure.
[04:45.80]Do they have a website I could check?
[04:48.22]OFFICIAL:Yes, just key in the name of the school, it will come up.
[04:52.32]And If you want to know more about them, every Thursday evening they have a lecture at the school.
[04:57.21]It’s free and you don’t need to book or anything, just turn up at 7:30.
[05:01.28]And that might give you an idea of whether you want to go to an actual class.
[05:41.76]OFFICIAL:Ok, there’s one more place you might be interested in.
[05:44.67]That’s got a rather strange name, it’s called the Arretsa Center.
[05:50.62]That’s spelled a, double r, e, t, s, a.
[05:56.00]WOMAN:Ok.
[05:56.91]OFFICIAL:They’ve got a very good reputation.
[05:59.23]They do a bit of meat and fish cookery, but they mostly specialized in vegetarian dishes.
[06:05.30]WOMAN:Right, that’s certainly an area I’d like to learn more about.
[06:09.95]I’ve got lots of friends who don’t eat meat. In fact, I think I might have seen that school today.
[06:15.96]Is it just by the market?
[06:17.99]OFFICIAL:That’s right.
[06:19.05]So they don’t have any problem getting their ingredients, they are right next door.
[06:23.16]And they also offer a special tow-hour course in how to use a knife.
[06:28.14]They cover all the different skills------buying them, sharpening, chopping techniques.
[06:33.31]It gets booked up quickly though, so you’d need to check it was available.
[06:37.38]WOMAN:Well, thank you very much.I’ll go and......
