Words by Sarah Forrester- Wilson

Desperate for that chalet host position next season, but feel your cooking is not up to the stiff competition?
The crew at Natives think they might have come up with the answer.

Natives have been running successful cookery courses for over eight years designed specifically to prepare any potential seasonaire. This year, for the first time, they are combining cooking with surf lessons.

Based in the coastal town of Bideford in North Devon you’ll have the chance to improve your shredding technique and learn some essential culinary skills in order to snatch up that dream job.

Whatever your age and experience Natives course is set up for equipping anyone with the valuable skills needed to run an Alpine chalet, assuring an epic season in the mountains.

The course costs £599 per person this includes all your board hire, surf lessons, accommodation and meals. It runs from Monday 16th to Friday 20th August and has 15 places per course. So if this sweet opportunity sounds like your idea of fun check out their website at: natives.co.uk/skijobs/cookery/surf/.htm