I don't know exactly what is involved in this course, but the cynic in me reckons it smells a bit.agreed Al, I think also think it is a bit of a master stroke, it's no secret that a large amount of the curry eating British public generally could not  boil an egg, nevermind make a curry base, but they do want 'everything now!'..I suspect its the cookbook stuff with no mass production methods, so would sumise that (cr0 Panpot's kitchen experience) may be a thing of the past at Ashoka. For what its worth, years ago, I was given a recipe for Chinese curry sauce by the Chinese lady at my ta,(very similar to artistpaul cr0 recp,)she told me that I would only make it once or twice(open windows while making), then revert back to the ta.Im a keen cook, but thats exactly what I did(easy life syndrome) Sites such as cr0 are no threat to them in a fast food billion