How would life be if you could wave a magic wand over your cooking?
Do you like to cook but...
- Don't want to spend your life in the kitchen?
- Have neither the time nor energy for recipes with innumerable ingredients?
- Would like to add the x factor to your food?
If you'd like to up your game in the kitchen but need a little inspiration our Take 5 and Cook Membership will take you from where you are to the confident, relaxed cook you want to be.
All this with a wave of our Take 5 and Cook wand.
Why is this important?
It's important that:
- You enjoy your life
- You have been stuck in an unwanted place for too long i.e. kitchen sink/apron on
- Cooking be a joy and not a chore
In short it's important that you find a better way.
So, is it time to say "enough!"?
Making the ordinary extraordinary
Join our Take 5 and Cook Membership and every week we will send you details for a magical potion to cook with and five inspired ways to use it to transform your food from ordinary to fabulous.
You will also have an opportunity to experience our new cookbook Take 5 and Cook - Potions and Powders as it takes shape. You will have first dibs on these recipes that will elevate your life with food.
It's all about taking charge of your own world and enjoying the process. You’ll be able to log into our Take 5 Hub to access this clever Potions and Powders cookbook as it takes shape.
We’ll be making videos of all things foodie - great ingredients, market shopping, dining experiences and clever tricks to elevate your cooking, dining and entertaining. Our foreign correspondents will be contributing.
We'll take you through each step to creating fabulous food with just 5 ingredients. Then we will offer you ongoing weekly input, inspiration and a little bit of fun. There'll be guest chefs and cooks showing their favourite Take 5 recipes.
Meet us ‘In the kitchen’ (aka our private group) to swap ideas and experiences with using Potions and Powders, ask questions and get advice.
What does it cost?
This is all about you. We look forward to your queries, requests, questions and input as we build an inspired foodie hub.
Founding Member* Price 270 USD per year which includes 2 months free and gives you our added surprise epicurean bonuses.
Or 27 USD per month.
*This Founding Member price is the lowest ever offered and remains at this level for the duration your membership.
What's involved?
- Video - How-to, behind the scenes, food shopping, recipe creation, entertaining
- Recipes - All our recipes have no more than 5 ingredients. How cool is that?
- Sharing - We want to hear from you. Your recipe ideas may go in our cookbook as it takes shape. (With your permission and name as a contributor of course)
- Inspiration - Our guest cooks and chefs will Take 5 and Cook for you. We'll have 'inspo from hospo'. It'll keep your creativity fully topped up
- Connection - Questions will be answered, ideas shared and connections made in our community
- Deliveries - Each week you'll receive a potion or powder. These will be dispatched from our kitchen in a pair, each fortnight. Our membership is only available in NZ at this time.
Hello
I'm Margôt de Cotesworth. My team and I know cooking can be fun and easy and that it can be incredibly simple to make fabulous food with just 5 ingredients. I have written a cookbook, catered all kinds of events including weddings, owned a deli/foodstore, established a fine dining restaurant and cooked for the humble and the haughty.
Food is such an adventure.
Would you care to join us?
Photo: Me lifting the lid on some truffles
What to do next
You decide as a Founding Member that the cost is only $1 or $2 a day.
So you choose you and decide to join the waitlist below for the next time our Membership opens.
*This Founding Member lowest ever price remains at this level for the duration your membership.
Take 5 and Cook Membership Wait List
Feedback for Take 5 and Cook
"Please tell me that you made the Gazpacho yourself. Absolutely divine, one of the most delicious I have ever tasted!!! The texture and flavours are incredible, whatever and however you made this Gazpacho you have to be congratulated for, what a culinary flavour explosion in my mouth. You are an unbelievably talented person who produces and delivers an exceptional culinary experience. I have worked with a lot of ‘master chefs’ in the past and none of them live up to your level of ‘expertise’. Not only do you serve up the most authentic and delicious meals, you also care about the presentation of your culinary creations and the table decisions as well. You are an incredible individual." - a client and colleague
"Margôt's Take 5 and Cook ... is about the pleasure of preparing and enjoying good food. Margôt' creates delicious dishes using just just 5 fresh, seasonal and good quality ingredients. Take 5 is the 6th ingredient in your kitchen" - Sandra Young, Bookfeast
"A high Take Five for showing us it doesn't have to be difficult. Margôt pares down the ingredient list ... and succeeds in achieving what every home cook aspires to - stylish simplicity with the minimum of effort" - Former food editor New Zealand Life and Leisure
