1Hello, Tourist Information Centre, Mike speaking, how can I help you?
2Oh, hi.
3I wanted to find out about cookery classes.
4I believe there are some one-day classes for tourists?
5Well, they're open to everyone, but tourists are always welcome.
6OK, let me give you some details of what's available.
7There are several classes.
8One very popular one is at the Food Studio.
9OK
10They focus on seasonal products,
11and as well as teaching you how to cook them, they also show you how to choose them.
12Right, that sounds good.
13How big are the classes?
14I'm not sure exactly, but they'll be quite small.
15And could I get a private lesson there?
16I think so... let me check,
17yes, they do offer those.
18Though in fact most of the people who attend the classes find it's a nice way of getting to know one another.
19I suppose it must be, yes.
20And this company has a special deal for clients
21where they offer a discount of 20% if you return for a further class.
22OK.
23But you said there were several classes?
24That's right.
25Another one you might be interested in is Bond's Cookery School.
26They're quite new,
27they just opened six months ago, but I've heard good things about them.
28They concentrate on teaching you to prepare healthy food,
29and they have quite a lot of specialist staff.
30So is that food for people on a diet and things like that?
31I don't know if I'd be interested in that.
32Well, I don't think they particularly focus on low calorie diets or weight loss.
33It's more to do with recipes that look at specific needs,
34like including ingredients that will help build up your bones and make them stronger, that sort of thing.
35I see.
36Well, I might be interested, I'm not sure.
37Do they have a website I could check?
38Yes, just key in the name of the school - it'll come up.
39And if you want to know more about them, every Thursday evening they have a lecture at the school.
40It's free and you don't need to book or anything, just turn up at 7.30.
41And that might give you an idea of whether you want to go to an actual class.
42OK, there's one more place you might be interested in.
43That's got a rather strange name, it's called The Arretsa Centre -
44that's spelled ARRETSA.
45OK.
46They've got a very good reputation.
47They do a bit of meat and fish cookery but they mostly specialise in vegetarian dishes.
48Right.
49That's certainly an area I'd like to learn more about.
50I've got lots of friends who don't eat meat.
51In fact, I think I might have seen that school today.
52Is it just by the market?
53That's right.
54So they don't have any problem getting their ingredients.
55They're right next door.
56And they also offer a special two-hour course in how to use a knife.
57They cover all the different skills - buying them, sharpening, chopping techniques.
58It gets booked up quickly though so you'd need to check it was available.
59Right, well thank you very much.
60I'll go and...