BOOKING T&C’s
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COOKERY TUITION OR EVENTS OPERATED BY YUKI GOMI
1.0 Terms
1.1 These are the terms and conditions on which Yuki Gomi provides private tuition or cooking events to you. Please read these terms carefully before you book a class, course or event.
2.0 Contract with you
2.1 The information shown to you as part of the booking process and these terms and conditions comprise the legally binding contract between you and Yuki Gomi (“the Contract”).
2.2 The Contract will come into existence on the date of the booking (“the Booking Date”).
3. Fees and payment
3.1 All fees must be paid in full at the time of booking.
3.2 Payment is accepted via Square or Paypal online, or by credit card, debit card by telephone. If you wish to pay fees by bank transfer, you should contact Yuki Gomi by email before making a booking.
4. Vouchers
4.1 Gift vouchers are valid for one year and are strictly non-refundable. Bookings must be made for classes, within that period.
4.2 Vouchers can be use in part or for the full value when booking a class at Yuki’s Kitchen, or for an online class.
5. Allergies and specific needs
5.1 Yuki will try to adapt classes or events to suit individual’s allergies and specific needs. However, this will not be possible for every class or event, due to the constraints or content of the class. To determine whether a class can be adapted for allergies and/or specific needs and to what degree, you should contact Yuki by email before making a booking.
5.2 You must give details of your allergies and specific needs as part of the booking process, or by email, in advance of attending the class or event.
5.3 All requests for adaptations to courses to accommodate specific needs must be made to Yuki by email not less than one week before the class or event date.
6. Cancellations
6.1 Bookings are non-refundable.
6.2 Bookings can be re-scheduled, a minimum of 14 days notice is required.
6.3 Bookings can be transferred to another person, but this must be notified to Yuki in advance of the class start and the replacement person’s names given.
6.4 For privately booked classes or events (non-scheduled), bookings are non-refundable but can be re-scheduled with a minimum of 1 month’s notice, subject to availibility.
7. Our rights to end the contract
7.1 Yuki may end the Contract at any time by letter or email if:
(a) you do not make any payment when it is due;
(b) you cease to attend the class;
(c) at any time (including on booking) you provide us with information which is inaccurate, incomplete or misleading or fail to provide us with information on request which may affect your ability to complete the course;
(d) during the class you develop a medical condition or take medication which is a barrier to learning and in order to make the necessary adjustments to safely accommodate you on the course, Yuki would have to incur additional time and expenses that would be unreasonable in the circumstances.
7.2 If the Contract is ended as set out above, Yuki will not be required to refund the fees paid by you.
7.3 Yuki will be entitled to cancel any class or event at any time subject to repayment of all fees in respect of the class or event which has been cancelled.
8. Responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
8.1 If there is a failure to comply with the terms of the Contract, Yuki is not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the Contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us during the booking process.
8.2 Yuki will not be liable for any failure or delay in performing any obligations under the Contract where that failure or delay results from any event that is beyond our reasonable control, such as power failure, third party industrial action, fire, flood and acts of terrorism.
8.3 Nothing in these terms and conditions seeks to exclude or limit your legal rights as a consumer.
8.4 Public liability insurance is in place
8.5 By attending a cooking class or event you realise that you will be cooking, working with knives and kitchen stoves. You will be briefed on health and safety, however Yuki Gomi can accept no responsibility for injuries or illness occuring during a class or event.
9. How we may use your personal information
9.1 We will process the personal information that you provide to us in accordance with all applicable requirements of (i) unless and until it is no longer directly applicable in the UK, the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”) and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK and then (ii) any successor legislation to the GDPR or the Data Protection Act 2018 and our Privacy Policy (which is available on our website).
9.2 We will use the personal information you provide to us:
(a) to provide the class to you;
(b) to process your payment for the class;
(c) if you agreed to this in the booking process, to give you information about similar classes that we provide (but you may stop receiving this at any time by contacting us);
(d) in the event that it is necessary in order to avoid risk of harm to you or another person at the School.
9.3 We will only give your personal information to third parties in accordance with our Privacy Policy or where the law either requires or allows us to do so.
9.4 Photographs will occasionally be taken of students during their cooking sessions and extra-curricular events at the School. These photos may be used for our marketing materials or on our social media channels in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Your permission to use any such photograph will be requested at the time that the photo is taken. Please email yuki@yukiskitchen.com if you wish to discuss this further. We will always respect your decision not to be featured if this is your preference.
9.5 By using the #yukiskitchen or #sushiathome or #yukigomi hashtag, you agree to your photos being eligible for reposting on the @yukiskitchen Instagram page.
10. General
10.1 All course documentation, materials, recipes, logos and branding are the property of Yuki Gomi and may not be copied or distributed by you without prior written consent.
10.2 Each of the provisions of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, those provisions shall be deemed severed from the remaining provisions and such remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
10.3 The termination of the Contract will not extinguish any claim that has already arisen.
10.4 You may not transfer any of your rights under the Contract to any other person without our written permission.
10.5 These terms are governed by English law and you or we can bring legal proceedings in respect of the course in the English courts.
10.6 The advertised menu and photography used for advertising a class is an illustrative guideline only. The exact menu is liable to change according to ingredient availibility and seasonality at any given time.
10.7 Save where expressly stated otherwise, where these terms and conditions provide for you to contact Yuki by email, you must do so using yuki@yukiskitchen.com