What this is?

Hi, homecookng.video, as I suppose quite a few things in 2020-2021, was born out of doing remote activities tied to something I enjoy, have decades of experience & knowledge in, and apparently are good at doing. Those being cooking, food, and teaching.

So I started a cook club with a friend wherein we choose a recipe / dish and I led the way on what ingredients where needed, the equipment, and then led the way on how to cook it on a video call.

After almost a year, encouraged by my friend, I thought why not make it available to anyone, use what I've learned in doing it, learn some new things, and see if anyone might find it useful or be interested.

The aim is to primarily make videos and live for people of all cooking abilities from complete novices, those how would like the odd helping hand, or wanting to try something new or different and not on their own.

Who

I am Paolo, I am Italian and British and have been cooking since childhood and started making the odd meal for my immediate family from the age of 12. I am a food nerd, not only . I have decided on holiday destinations or activities based purely around food and cooking.

I have never been shy in front of a camera and I really enjoy being able to help someone get better at something or be able to try something new. For me the most important and enjoyable part of teaching or explaining is finding the best way to facilitate someone's understanding and share whatever knowledge I have.

The plan

I have a vague of what I want to do but know that there may be changes based on how things pan out and life in general goes. What follows is in rough list of things I think I could do in the first 2/3 months (possibly a little longer) and then let it go from there.

• Do few short videos of snippets of recipes / montages / specific techniques.
• Do one or two longer videos, of classic dish, or from a well known cook book, or a made on the fly meal based on what's in the kitchen.
• Do a live interactive cook-a-long with some friends as a test. If the recording is ok, edit it and put it here.
• If all's well continue making the top 2 above and then do ticketed cook-a-alongs and demos.
• Follow suggestions, adapt based on what is working and what isn't.