Londoner Patrick Drake, co-founder and Head Chef of HelloFresh launches his first solo venture, The 60 Second Chef. The world's fastest online cookery course gives you all the skills and recipes you need to be a confident chef through a series of quick and easy to follow 60 second videos.

Created to fill the void for those looking for an affordable, speedy and easy way to teach themselves to cook at home, The 60 Second Chef gives you all the knowledge you need in quick, bite-sized chunks so you can spend less time learning and more time cooking. All for the price of a dinner for two – just £49. The 60 Second Chef is split into 3 simple sections: Unit 1: The Basics of Nutrition (10 Videos), Unit 2: The Main Cookery Course (60 Videos), FREE Bonus Unit: Full Recipes. No waffle, no pre-roll ads to skip through and no more dodgy dinnertimes. Throughout the year Patrick will continue to release separate seasonal videos and recipes, tailored to key calendar dates such as Valentine's Day, Easter, Summer entertaining and Halloween (you get the gist), priced between £1.99 - £4.99.

The 60 Second Chef answers all your food related questions and queries from - what is a calorie, good fats vs bad fats, what's the deal with salt? Through to understanding the key basics to get you ready for cooking - essential kitchen equipment, understanding pan temperatures and food hygiene. Once you have completed the basics Patrick will teach you knife skills (aka how to chop stuff) and once you've learned these he will go on to teach you more advanced techniques such as preparing meats through to the cooking of full meals - all in the same, quick, easy to follow format. Before you know it you'll have developed the instinct to pick the right ingredients and know exactly what to do with them in the kitchen. Then we all celebrate as you have graduated as a 60 Second Chef!

Each video has been lovingly made at home by Patrick – no smart studio, no production team, no gimmicks or fancy editing – just Patrick. With a calm, confident and smooth narration, Patrick takes you on a magical journey of food where you can discover your inner Chef, at your own pace, when and wherever you please. 

And that's not all! Eating and learning how to make nutritionally balanced, delicious food is just the start of Patrick's 60 Second journey. Patrick takes an inspiring holistic approach to taking care of the body and mind. As well as fuelling the body with the right things Patrick will soon be sharing his incredible and simple tips to bring mindfulness, balance and yogic calm to complement The 60 Second Chef journey. More details to follow in 2016.

The 60 Second Chef is priced at £49 and to celebrate the official launch you can start learning for free and get The 60 Second Christmas for nothing! Your complete video course for the perfect feast. Fast.

www.the60secondchef.com

For further information, imagery and recipes and interview requests please contact Katie Marshall at Luxley Communications / katie@luxleycommunications.com / O: 0207 384 6527 / M: 07813 139 932

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

The 60 Second Chef – The Course:

1. Nutrition – The Basics
2. Getting Started in the Kitchen
3. Knife Skills / AKA How to Chop Stuff
4. Cooking Meat
5. Prepping and Cooking Vegetables
6. Cooking Starches (Pasta, Rice etc)
7. Sauce, Dressing and Garnishes
8. Breakfast and Brunch
9. BONUS SECTION: Full recipes – including Firecracker Shrimp, Easy and Tasty Paella, Guinness Cake, Protein-packed quinoa, halloumi and pomegranate salad and The world's best grilled cheese sandwich (fact.)

The 60 Second Chef is available to purchase at www.the60secondchef.com

About Patrick Drake:

From the world's most powerful investment bank to the world's most respected restaurant, Patrick Drake's journey has been anything but conventional. After London's corporate conveyor belt lost its allure, so began Patrick's secret double life. Lunchtimes hiding out with the chefs in his firm's fine dining restaurant, evenings in the kitchen of The Cuckoo Club in Mayfair and weekends working for renowned Spanish chef Jose Pizarro. After a stint at The Fat Duck in Bray Patrick couldn't pretend to love his day job any longer and jettisoned the rat race to pursue his love of food full time.

Alongside The 60 Second Chef Patrick is the co-founder and head chef of the UK's leading recipe box service HelloFresh (www.hellofresh.co.uk), presenter of "When Patrick Met Kylie: A Love, of Food, Story" (airing in 70 countries) as well as food writer and motivational speaker at business and entrepreneur events including The Princes' Trust.

Follow Patrick and The 60 Second Chef at:

Instagram: the60secondchef

Facebook: /the60secondchef

Twitter: @the60secondchef