July 2020
Artisan Pizza Course
This morning we will show you how easy it is to make your own pizzas at home from scratch!
Find out more »Pasta & Pasta Sauces
Ever wanted to learn how to make your own Pasta from scratch? Well dust off that pasta machine, as this afternoon we will show you just how easy it is! We will also cover the art of pasta/sauce matching, making three very different sauces, and how to make a simple filling and stuff your pasta. Pot your sauces and pasta up to take home and enjoy! Sample dishes: • Fresh egg pasta dough • Trenette with green pesto sauce • Spinach pasta ravioli with a pea &…
Find out more »Fish & Seafood
Today Ian Dowding, our professional chef, will cover what to look for when buying fresh fish, basic knife skills of filleting a fish, prepping shellfish, as well as producing some new and exciting seafood recipes. Full day hands on course. Includes - tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, three course lunch with wine, a dish for two to take home, and even someone to wash up! Sample dishes: • Crab, Coriander, Chilli & Ginger Tian…
Find out more »August 2020
Tapas
Experience Spain's magnificent, colourful, mini Mediterranean dishes on this afternoon's half day course. Traditional tapas dishes, make great Canapés or light lunch dishes if you are entertaining. You can nibble on the fruits of your labour during the course, and there will still be plenty to take home to share with family and friends. Half day course hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, boxes to take your food home in,…
Find out more »Smoking & Preserving
Explore the ancient art of smoking and curing, once the only and essential way to preserve food. This afternoon we will show you how easy it is to preserve and make your own delicious smoked foods at home so that you can always enjoy the goodness of naturally preserved ingredients. We will also demonstrate how simple it is to adapt various everyday household objects to use as your own home ‘smokery’. Sample dishes: • Jasmine Tea Smoked Ribs • Smoked Trout Fillets…
Find out more »Macaroons
These delightful French-style fancies make a perfect bite sized after-dinner treat and unfilled will keep in an airtight container for a few weeks, so make perfect foodie gifts. As simple as they look, Macaroons can be a little tricky, so come along and master the basic techniques of creating these delicious treats with their soft chewy centres and crisp meringue shells. We will also show you a variety of fillings and decorations for your macaroons, including chocolate ganache! Half day…
Find out more »Thai Street Food
Thai people like to eat at all hours of the day and often on the move, so street food or hawker food is a subculture that thrives all over the country and some of Thailand’s best food can be found on these market stalls. This morning, our professional chef will help you prepare a variety of dishes, and as usual you will be able to take your delicious, spicy results home with you. Please note this course falls on Good…
Find out more »Vietnamese Street Food
Vietnam is a real foodie's heaven, on almost every street corner you'll find people cooking and eating - from an early morning bowl of pho to a late night snack of freshly fried dumplings. This afternoon, our professional chef will guide you through some of Vietnam's best street food recipes, making some delicious dishes to take home and enjoy! Sample dishes • Pho Ga (noodle soup with chicken) • Mung Bean Fritters with Coriander Chutney • Pork & Lemongrass Meatballs with…
Find out more »Italian Cookery
On this full day course, we embrace all the Italian classics and celebrate their passion for good, hearty food. You will learn how to make your own pasta and gnocchi, the secret behind cooking the perfect risotto, delicious Focaccia Bread and a traditional dessert. You won't be going home hungry after this one! Full day hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, three course lunch with wine, a dish for two to…
Find out more »Middle Eastern Cookery
Today we will guide you around the delicious meze table of the Middle East, teaching you how different spices work together to produce these beautifully, fresh aromatic dishes. Sample Dishes: • Fava bean puree • Lebanese Poppy Seed, Garlic & Lemon pitta Breads • Aubergines with garlic, mint and chilli • Lamb Kibbeh cooked in yoghurt • Hake Tagine with Potatoes, Tomatoes and Olives • Chocolate & Apricot Tart
Find out more »Bread Plus
Discover the more intricate techniques of pre fermented doughs and sweet breads on this half day course. We will use our own 'sourdough' starter to make your loaf, but you will also have the opportunity to make your own starter to take and home and nuture in a jar for future bread baking! N.B. You don't have to have been on our introduction to Bread Course, this course is suitable for beginners as well. Half day course hands on course.…
Find out more »Knife Skills
Don't know your filleting knife from your chef's knife? Not sure which knife to use or how to sharpen your knives? Then this is the course for you. Today, our professional chef, Jack Balchin, will cover a wide range of culinary techniques, including segmenting, boning, filleting and chopping vegetables. You will be able to take all the dishes you prepare home with you. Half day hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, boxes to…
Find out more »Indian Cookery
Enjoy preparing authentic, colourful, aromatic dishes from the Indian sub-continent including traditional curries, dahls and chutneys. Today we will show you how to blend spices to suit your own palate and how easy it is to adapt recipes to give a healthier alternative to takeaways and bland supermarket ready meals. You will sit down and enjoy some of your dishes you prepare for lunch with a glass of wine or beer, and the rest take home and enjoy in the evening or…
Find out more »Artisan Pizza Course
This morning we will show you how easy it is to make your own pizzas at home from scratch!
Find out more »Pasta & Pasta Sauces
Ever wanted to learn how to make your own Pasta from scratch? Well dust off that pasta machine, as this afternoon we will show you just how easy it is! We will also cover the art of pasta/sauce matching, making three very different sauces, and how to make a simple filling and stuff your pasta. Pot your sauces and pasta up to take home and enjoy! Sample dishes: • Fresh egg pasta dough • Trenette with green pesto sauce • Spinach pasta ravioli with a pea &…
Find out more »Indian Cookery
Enjoy preparing authentic, colourful, aromatic dishes from the Indian sub-continent including traditional curries, dahls and chutneys. Today we will show you how to blend spices to suit your own palate and how easy it is to adapt recipes to give a healthier alternative to takeaways and bland supermarket ready meals. You will sit down and enjoy some of your dishes you prepare for lunch with a glass of wine or beer, and the rest take home and enjoy in the evening or…
Find out more »September 2020
Everyday Vegan
An introduction this morning to Vegan cookery for those who are interested in following a plant-based diet. Whether you want to become a full time vegan, entertain vegans or just want to have some family friendly recipes, this is the course for you. As always, at the end of this hands on course, we will provide containers for your to take your food home in. Sample dishes: • Smoky mushroom & walnut-stuffed portobellos • Massaman Vegetable Curry • Moussaka bowls…
Find out more »Vegan Asian Street Food
Our Asian Street Food courses were our most popular courses of 2019 and due to the increase in demand for meat and dairy free dishes, we decided to introduce this new half day course for 2020. Today we will be celebrating vegan food in all its glory, without compromising on flavour or protein, just simple, flavourful food, from countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Sample dishes • Sticky Grilled Tofu Skewers (Thai) • Sweetcorn & Spring Onion patties w/peanut…
Find out more »Chef Skills
This all-encompassing course, covers a wide range of essential life skills that will enable you to produce creative, delicious meals in your own kitchen. Learn how to fillet a fish, joint a chicken, make sauces and even poach the perfect egg. A great course if you are looking to gain confidence in the kitchen or improve on your existing culinary skills. We will also cover food matching, portion sizes, textures and most importantly how to present your food to make…
Find out more »Vietnamese Street Food Evening
Vietnam is a real foodie's heaven, on almost every street corner you'll find people cooking and eating - from an early morning bowl of pho to a late night snack of freshly fried dumplings. This evening, our professional chef will guide you through some of Vietnam's best street food recipes, making some delicious dishes to nibble on during the evening and an amazing bowl of Pho to finish with. You will be able to take some of the fritters, meatballs and…
Find out more »Indian Vegetarian
Vegetables are an integral part of Indian food, which boasts a huge variety of tasty and nutritious dishes, veggie heaven! Today we will show you how to blend spices to suit your own palate and how easy it is to adapt recipes to give a healthier alternative to takeaways and bland supermarket ready meals. Please note this course can easily be adapted to suit a vegan diet too. So please just let us know when booking. You will sit down and enjoy…
Find out more »Patisserie
This morning, discover the art of working with sweet shortcrust and choux pastries, to produce three exquisite desserts to take home with you. As well as learning the techniques of making these pastries from scratch from simple ingredients, you will also learn how to make the perfect frangipane and créme patissiere, two classics that form the base of so many desserts. Sample dishes: • Pear Frangipane Tartlets • Individual Fruit Tarts with Creme Patisserie • Mini Chocolate, Rose Water & Coffee Iced…
Find out more »Macaroons
These delightful French-style fancies make a perfect bite sized after-dinner treat and unfilled will keep in an airtight container for a few weeks, so make perfect foodie gifts. As simple as they look, Macaroons can be a little tricky, so come along and master the basic techniques of creating these delicious treats with their soft chewy centres and crisp meringue shells. We will also show you a variety of fillings and decorations for your macaroons, including chocolate ganache! Half day…
Find out more »Fish & Seafood
Today Ian Dowding, our professional chef, will cover what to look for when buying fresh fish, basic knife skills of filleting a fish, prepping shellfish, as well as producing some new and exciting seafood recipes. Full day hands on course. Includes - tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, three course lunch with wine, a dish for two to take home, and even someone to wash up! Sample dishes: • Crab, Coriander, Chilli & Ginger Tian…
Find out more »Thai Street Food
Thai people like to eat at all hours of the day and often on the move, so street food or hawker food is a subculture that thrives all over the country and some of Thailand’s best food can be found on these market stalls. This morning, our professional chef will help you prepare a variety of dishes, and as usual you will be able to take your delicious, spicy results home with you. Please note this course falls on Good…
Find out more »Italian Cookery
On this full day course, we embrace all the Italian classics and celebrate their passion for good, hearty food. You will learn how to make your own pasta and gnocchi, the secret behind cooking the perfect risotto, delicious Focaccia Bread and a traditional dessert. You won't be going home hungry after this one! Full day hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, three course lunch with wine, a dish for two to…
Find out more »Gluten Free Baking
No gluten, no problem! We know baking is one of the biggest challenges if you're gluten free so we've come up with a range of recipes putting cakes, bread and pastry back on the menu! We've experimented with endless blends of gluten free flours, with some fantastic results that will give expensive shop bought alternatives a run for their money! Sample dishes: • Malted Walnut Seed Loaf • Mushroom & Pancetta Mini Quiches • Orange & Rosemary Polenta Cake…
Find out more »Tapas
Experience Spain's magnificent, colourful, mini Mediterranean dishes on this afternoon's half day course. Traditional tapas dishes, make great Canapés or light lunch dishes if you are entertaining. You can nibble on the fruits of your labour during the course, and there will still be plenty to take home to share with family and friends. Half day course hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, boxes to take your food home in,…
Find out more »Pan Asian
Discover some different and exotic dishes today from across Asia including Vietnam, Thailand & Cambodia. As with all our courses you will prepare your own lunch, after a demonstration of each dish from our professional chef. Return to the kitchen to make a delicious Cambodian Chicken Curry for two to take home. Full day hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, three course lunch with wine, a dish for two to…
Find out more »October 2020
Everyday Vegan
An introduction this morning to Vegan cookery for those who are interested in following a plant-based diet. Whether you want to become a full time vegan, entertain vegans or just want to have some family friendly recipes, this is the course for you. As always, at the end of this hands on course, we will provide containers for your to take your food home in. Sample dishes: • Smoky mushroom & walnut-stuffed portobellos • Massaman Vegetable Curry • Moussaka bowls…
Find out more »Indian Cookery
Enjoy preparing authentic, colourful, aromatic dishes from the Indian sub-continent including traditional curries, dahls and chutneys. Today we will show you how to blend spices to suit your own palate and how easy it is to adapt recipes to give a healthier alternative to takeaways and bland supermarket ready meals. You will sit down and enjoy some of your dishes you prepare for lunch with a glass of wine or beer, and the rest take home and enjoy in the evening or…
Find out more »Greek Cookery
On this full day course we will reveal the mouthwatering variety of traditional Greek Cuisine. From delicious fish dishes from the coast, to pies and breads from rural mountain villages. It is the original Mediterranean cuisine, and these delicious meze style dishes are perfect for entertaining. Sample Dishes: • Tzatziki • Tarmasalata • Pitta Bread • Courgette & Halloumi fritters • Retsina Steamed Sea Bass • Loukoumades (honey puff donuts) served with honey, greek yoghurt and chopped pistachios • Individual Spanakopita…
Find out more »Thai Street Food
Thai people like to eat at all hours of the day and often on the move, so street food or hawker food is a subculture that thrives all over the country and some of Thailand’s best food can be found on these market stalls. This morning, our professional chef will help you prepare a variety of dishes, and as usual you will be able to take your delicious, spicy results home with you. Please note this course falls on Good…
Find out more »French Cookery
Traditional French Bistro’s feature the most glamorous comfort food in the world and today is all about learning how to cook these simple, classical dishes in your own home. Take a trip around this amazing gastronomic country today, embracing the wonderful aromas of this fabulous cuisine. Sample dishes • Fish Soup with Rouille and Croutons (Provence) • Confit Duck Leg with puy lentils (Paris) • Chicken with Wild Mushrooms & Tarragon (Normandy) • Grand Marnier Soufflé Full day hands on…
Find out more »Artisan Pizza Course
This morning we will show you how easy it is to make your own pizzas at home from scratch!
Find out more »Pasta & Pasta Sauces
Ever wanted to learn how to make your own Pasta from scratch? Well dust off that pasta machine, as this afternoon we will show you just how easy it is! We will also cover the art of pasta/sauce matching, making three very different sauces, and how to make a simple filling and stuff your pasta. Pot your sauces and pasta up to take home and enjoy! Sample dishes: • Fresh egg pasta dough • Trenette with green pesto sauce • Spinach pasta ravioli with a pea &…
Find out more »Fish & Seafood
Today Ian Dowding, our professional chef, will cover what to look for when buying fresh fish, basic knife skills of filleting a fish, prepping shellfish, as well as producing some new and exciting seafood recipes. Full day hands on course. Includes - tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, three course lunch with wine, a dish for two to take home, and even someone to wash up! Sample dishes: • Crab, Coriander, Chilli & Ginger Tian…
Find out more »Chef Skills
This all-encompassing course, covers a wide range of essential life skills that will enable you to produce creative, delicious meals in your own kitchen. Learn how to fillet a fish, joint a chicken, make sauces and even poach the perfect egg. A great course if you are looking to gain confidence in the kitchen or improve on your existing culinary skills. We will also cover food matching, portion sizes, textures and most importantly how to present your food to make…
Find out more »Thai Cookery
Thai cooking is famous for its combination of flavours, including the four main seasonings, salty, sweet, sour and spicy, producing some of the world's most complex and dazzling dishes. Today we will explore these ingredients combinations producing some truly authentic, mouthwatering dishes including salads, dipping sauces and curry pastes. As always you will sit down to a three course lunch with a glass of wine and in the afternoon make a delicious curry for two to take home. Sample dishes:…
Find out more »Knife Skills
Don't know your filleting knife from your chef's knife? Not sure which knife to use or how to sharpen your knives? Then this is the course for you. Today, our professional chef, Jack Balchin, will cover a wide range of culinary techniques, including segmenting, boning, filleting and chopping vegetables. You will be able to take all the dishes you prepare home with you. Half day hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, boxes to…
Find out more »Sauces
Sauces are the heart to great dishes, in particular classic French gastronomy, and this afternoon's course will teach you how to make a range of sauces to enhance your cooking repertoire. With just a few simple ingredients you will learn how to make a variety of savoury and sweet sauces, including emulsion based sauces and fruit coulis, that can be used as a starting point for your cooking creativity. Sample dishes • Stocks & Restaurant Style Reductions • Bechamel Sauce…
Find out more »Italian Cookery
On this full day course, we embrace all the Italian classics and celebrate their passion for good, hearty food. You will learn how to make your own pasta and gnocchi, the secret behind cooking the perfect risotto, delicious Focaccia Bread and a traditional dessert. You won't be going home hungry after this one! Full day hands on course. Includes – tuition from a professional chef, all ingredients, laminated recipe cards, aprons, three course lunch with wine, a dish for two to…
Find out more »November 2020
Patisserie
This morning, discover the art of working with sweet shortcrust and choux pastries, to produce three exquisite desserts to take home with you. As well as learning the techniques of making these pastries from scratch from simple ingredients, you will also learn how to make the perfect frangipane and créme patissiere, two classics that form the base of so many desserts. Sample dishes: • Pear Frangipane Tartlets • Individual Fruit Tarts with Creme Patisserie • Mini Chocolate, Rose Water & Coffee Iced…
Find out more »Bread Plus
Discover the more intricate techniques of pre fermented doughs and sweet breads on this half day course. We will use our own 'sourdough' starter to make your loaf, but you will also have the opportunity to make your own starter to take and home and nuture in a jar for future bread baking! N.B. You don't have to have been on our introduction to Bread Course, this course is suitable for beginners as well. Half day course hands on course.…
Find out more »Indian Vegetarian
Vegetables are an integral part of Indian food, which boasts a huge variety of tasty and nutritious dishes, veggie heaven! Today we will show you how to blend spices to suit your own palate and how easy it is to adapt recipes to give a healthier alternative to takeaways and bland supermarket ready meals. Please note this course can easily be adapted to suit a vegan diet too. So please just let us know when booking. You will sit down and enjoy…
Find out more »French Cookery
Traditional French Bistro’s feature the most glamorous comfort food in the world and today is all about learning how to cook these simple, classical dishes in your own home. Take a trip around this amazing gastronomic country today, embracing the wonderful aromas of this fabulous cuisine. Sample dishes • Fish Soup with Rouille and Croutons (Provence) • Confit Duck Leg with puy lentils (Paris) • Chicken with Wild Mushrooms & Tarragon (Normandy) • Grand Marnier Soufflé Full day hands on…
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