Organizing a workshop for the children to spend their free-time in, conceived as a meeting place open to discoveries and suited activities allows the institution to offer young pupils from underprivileged families the opportunity to meet other people between finishing school and returning home, in order to promote the acquisition of a basic knowledge in the sector of oenology and gastronomy, and to discover new talent in that field.

• Space to socialize
• Awake an interest
• Motivate for a career
• Discover new talent
• Achieve a qualification

• 15 students - 12 to 16 year's old - Secondary eduction - Needy families
• 2 years - 420 hours - 210 hours per year - 35 weeks per year - 3 days a week - 2 hours a day

Introduction to cookery - 10 hours

Kitchen organisation - 10 hours

Basic ingredients - 20 hours

Vegetable and tubers - 15 hours

Fumets and sauces - 25 hours

Application of stocks - 25 hours

Soups, crèmes and veloutés - 25 hours

Basic dishes - 20 hours

Traditional Portuguese cooking - 35 hours

Decorative arts - 15 hours

New trends in cookery - 35 hours

Patisseries and desserts - 25 hours

Pastry creams and filling - 20 hours

Vineyards and wine - 25 hours

Types and classification - 10 hours

Serving wines - 20 hours

Rules and customs for serving - 20 hours

Visits to selected restaurants, hotels, wineries and hotel schools - 30 hours

Modular evaluation - 17 modules and final evaluation - 35 hours