STANDARD TERMS & CONDITIONS - COOKERY CLASSES FOR CHILDREN

1.  BOOKINGS

  • You can only make a request for your child to attend one of our classes if you have completed our online registration form and you have confirmed that you agree to our standard terms & conditions.  The registration form will cover any bookings for your child but you must complete a further registration form (i) upon our written request or (ii) if any of you or your child’s details change. 
  • When you make any request for your child to attend a class or classes we will email you to let you know if there is space available and provide fees and payment details.  Payment must be made in full for your booking to be confirmed by us.  All bookings are subject to availability and we reserve the right to decline any booking at our discretion.
  • By booking a class you acknowledge your full acceptance of these Terms and Conditions and confirm you have not relied on any other representation other than those contained within these Terms and Conditions.
  • Any medical condition, special dietary requirements, food allergies or religious beliefs that may affect your child’s ability to take part, or follow instructions, must be disclosed at the time of booking.  If we are not advised of any allergies in advance and we have not therefore prepared the ingredients accordingly, anyone with an allergy may need to be excluded from the class for safety reasons and any fee paid will not be refunded.

 

2.  OUR CLASSES

Our cookery classes teach children to make delicious food in a fun and relaxed environment.

  • We provide all the necessary ingredients, utensils, equipment and aprons for our classes.
  • Our classes are for children from 4 years up to school leavers.
  • We teach our classes with reasonable care and skill and our instructors are DBS checked. 
  • We reserve the right to change instructors at any time.
  • We are not always able to adapt the content of our classes to suit particular dietary tastes, intolerances or allergies but we are happy to make arrangements, where possible, to enable students to take part in a class.  We reserve the right to add an additional fee for each student requiring special ingredients.
  • We are unable to guarantee a completely nut-free cooking environment.
  • We may provide the children with hand-outs (including recipes) to take home with them – these materials and the content of our classes are protected by copyright and must not be shared unless we provide you with written permission.  If you are in any doubt as to what acceptable usage is please ask us.

 

3.  HEALTH & SAFETY

  • Our classes are held in a working kitchen and whilst training is given in the use of equipment and all reasonable steps to monitor its use are taken, we cannot be held responsible in the event of injury following behaviour which ignores that advice.
  • We provide a health and safety briefing at the start of each class and your child needs to observe the guidelines we provide to enable us to create a safe working environment for them and others.  Our classes have set start and finish times and you acknowledge that if your child is late they may not hear the full health and safety briefing.
  • We have attached some health and safety guidelines to these Terms and Conditions – please go through these with your child before their first class.  It is your responsibility to ensure that your child dresses appropriately for each class e.g. wears appropriate clothing, ties their hair up if required.
  • We can ask your child to leave a class (without reimbursement of the class fee) if we believe there may be an unacceptable risk to their health and safety or to that of other students or our staff (e.g. where your child ignores our instructions).  We are also entitled to exclude your child from any further classes they may be booked onto and if we are unable to reallocate their place no refund of fees will be made. 
  • You must let us know if your child has been sick in the 48 hours prior to each class.  Your child may not be allowed to take part in a class if they have been experiencing any vomiting or diarrhoea symptoms.  If your child is not allowed to take part in a class for these reasons you will still be liable for 100% of the class fees but we may, in our discretion, offer an alternative date.
  • If your child carries an adrenaline pen for allergies you or the person authorised to administer the medicine will need to remain at the class/es throughout as we are not permitted to give the medication if needed.
  • All property your child brings to a class is brought entirely at your own risk and we will not accept responsibility for the loss or damage to any personal possessions.
  • Any child that is collected must be collected by a parent or guardian.  Any other arrangements must be provided in writing or at the start of the class directly to the instructor.
  • If your child normally walks home unaccompanied they will only be allowed to leave unaccompanied if a parent or guardian has provided prior written consent.

 

4.  CANCELLATION OF CLASSES

  • We reserve the right to cancel any class dates if necessary (for example instructor illness or not enough students to run the course) and will provide you with as much notice as possible.  If we do cancel any class date, we will offer alternative dates or a full refund but are not liable for any additional costs.
  • If you cancel a class and provide us with less than 2 working days’ notice you will still be liable for 100% of the fees for that class and no option to reschedule will be available.
  • If you cancel a class and provide us with 2 or more working days’ notice then you can transfer your child to a future class date or, if 5 or more working days’ notice you can request a refund of 100% of the fees for that class.  Notice must be in writing by email.
  • If your child fails to attend a class for any reason and you have not informed us in accordance with these Terms and Conditions you not entitled to a refund in relation to that class.
  • We cannot refund or rebook late arrivals.

 

5.  LIMIT OF LIABILITY – YOUR ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THIS PARAGRAPH

  • We will not be responsible for, or have any liability for:
    • accidental damage or injury resulting from the actions or omissions of anyone attending one of our classes; or
    • any indirect or consequential loss or damage that you may suffer as a result of our breach of contract or negligence.
  • We do not accept responsibility for any loss, damage or injury which may arise as a result of your child’s or your preparation, incorrect storage or consumption of food taken home from lessons, except if solely due to our negligence.
  • Our entire liability, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise shall not in any event exceed our professional indemnity insurance coverage available at the time of settlement or judgment.  
  • All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded.
  • This paragraph 5 does not exclude or limit in any way our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any matter which it would be illegal for us to exclude our liability.

 

6.  GIFT VOUCHERS

  • Gift vouchers expire 12 months from the date of purchase. 
  • Gift vouchers may not be exchanged for cash.
  • We cannot accept responsibility for lost gift vouchers.

 

7.   GENERAL

  • From time to time we may review and amend our standard terms and conditions.   We will provide existing customers with our new terms and conditions by email (to the email address provided on the registration form).
  • No failure or delay to exercise a right under these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to be waiver of that right and no waiver of any breach of these Terms and Conditions by the other shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
  • Except as expressly provided, the parties do not intend any term of these Terms and Conditions to create any rights or benefits to any other party other than the parties to the Contract or to be enforceable pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Act”) but this does not affect any right or remedy of any third party which exists or is available apart from the Act.
  • If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions which shall remain in full force and effect.
  • The law of England and Wales shall apply to these Terms and Conditions, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.