Wednesday 10 March 2010 10.00am - 1.00pm (£160)
A special knife skills class aimed at using the new Wusthof knife you will receive on the day. By the end of this class, you will have learned your way round chopping, slicing, dicing and filleting. We will teach you all the tricks of the trade so that you can chop your way to a more professional finish. The class includes minestrone with hand chopped pesto, caramelised onion focaccia, grilled catch of the day served with braised fennel, hand chopped Bolognese with hand sliced tagliatelle, and to finish a wonderful apple cake served with caramelised oranges. All this using Cookery School’s carefully sourced, best quality produce. To top off the package, we will also give you a really great knife skills cookery book to take away with you as well.
Classes
These classes teach delicious dishes that can be prepared quickly or in advance to be enjoyed with family and friends. These sessions take place during the day. Every class ends with everyone sitting down around the Cookery School table to taste the food that has been cooked along with a glass of wine.
Slice and Dice Deluxe Package
| Wednesday 10 March 2010 10am-1pm | £160.00 |
Open |
All Day Italian
Enjoy a day of wonderful Italian cooking. Start with a caramelised onion focaccia with minestrone, followed by butternut ravioli with sage butter. Learn how to make beef in red wine with polenta and deep-fried stuffed squid. To finish, a delicious vanilla panacotta served with poached pears. Coffe and teas will be served with chocolate and hazelnut biscotti. Regional Italian wines will accompany the meal.
| Saturday 13 March 2010 10am - 3pm | £130.00 |
Closed |
Spanish Entertaining
Saturday 27 March 2010 10.00am - 3.00pm (£130)
Enjoy a day cooking and eating wonderful Spanish food. Lunch is a selection of tapas, including tortilla, patatas bravas, fried padrone peppers, garlic prawns and rustic rolls which will be followed by a chicken and prawn paella and chorizo and butter bean stew. The meal will end with the special torta di Santiago and a Pedro Ximenez sherry and raisin ice cream and will be served with coffee and teas. Spanish wines will accompany the meal.
| Saturday 27 March 2010 10am-3pm | £130.00 |
Open |
French Spring
Saturday 17 April 2010 11.00am - 1.15pm (£90)
Enjoy a morning cooking a delicious springtime French menu. Start with a seasonal pistou soup with homemade granary bread, followed by French herby roast chicken served with petit pois a la Francaise and crispy garlic potatoes. Finish with a classic tarte tatin made with homemade puff pastry and vanilla ice cream.
| Saturday 17 April 2010 11am-1.15pm | £90.00 |
Closed |
Middle Eastern Delights
Saturday 24 April 2010 10.00am - 3.00pm (£130)
Enjoy the soft spices and and the fragrant aromas of the Middle East. In this class, you will learn how to make homemade pitta bread, houmous, tzatziki, an aubergine and tomato salad, spanakopita, a lamb tagine and a chicken chermoula, Persian rice and a delicious orange and almond cake and cardamom and rosewater ice cream.
| Saturday 24 April 2010 10am-3pm | £130.00 |
Open |
Provencal All Day
Saturday 08 May 2010 10.00m - 3.00pm (£130)
Start the day with crudités served with anchoide, aubergine puree and a classic aioli followed by a traditional pistou soup. Learn how to make a wonderful Mediterranean fish stew and a Provencal ragout of lamb with flageolets beans. To finish, enjoy a prune and Armagnac tart with crème anglaise. Honey madeleines will be served with tea and coffee. Regional French wines accompany the meal.
| Saturday 08 May 2010 10am-3pm | £130.00 |
Open |
Seasonal English
Saturday 15 May 2010 10.00am - 3.00pm (£130)
Celebrate the abundance of wonderful English Spring produce on this all day cooking class. You will learn how to make potted Cromer crab with homemade brown bread, fresh asparagus with mayonnaise, seasonal catch of the day served with samphire, traditional roast lamb with minted Jersey Royals and to finish, a spectacular rhubarb trifle. Coffee and teas will be served with homemade shortbread. The meal will be accompanied by English wines.
| Saturday 15 May 2010 10am-3pm | £130.00 |
Open |
All Day Italian
Saturday 22 May 2010 10.00am - 3.00pm (£130)
Start with a rosemary and olive focaccia and pappa al pomodorro (traditional tomato and bread soup), followed by ricotta and lemon ricotta with mint butter. Enjoy grilled mixed fish with aioli and grilled lemon and garlic lamb served with caponata. To finish, learn how to make an olive oil and vin santo cake served with seasonal berries and mascarpone. Chocolate and hazelnut biscotti will be served with coffee and teas at the end of the meal. Regional Italian wines to accompany the food.
| Saturday 22 May 2010 10am-3pm | £130.00 |
Closed |
All Day French
Saturday 05 June 2010 10.00am - 3.00pm (£130)
Enjoy a day of fabulous French cooking. Start with a traditional caramelised onion, olive and anchovy pissaladiere with pistou soup and a seasonal green salad with french vinaigrette. To follow, catch of the day en papillote with hollandaise and a herby roast lamb with boulangere potatoes. Finish with an apricot tarte tatin and homemade vanilla and caramel ice cream. Coffee and teas will be served with chocolate truffles. Regional French wines will accompany the meal.
| Saturday 05 June 2010 10am-3pm | £130.00 |
Open |
Tuscan Summer
Saturday 19 June 2010 10.00am - 3.00pm (£130)
Enjoy a classic panzanella followed by ricotta gnocchi served with tomatoes, basil and chilli, followed by grilled catch of the day with salsa verde and herby roast lamb with garlic and rosemary potatoes. To finish, roasted peaches with mascarpone sorbet and homemade biscotti. Regional Italian wines will accompany the meal.
| Saturday 19 June 2010 10am-3pm | £130.00 |
Open |
Fish and Shellfish All Day
Saturday 26 June 2010 10am - 3pm (£130)
If you love fish and shellfish this class is made for you! Learn how to choose the freshest fish and prepare it for cooking. From grilling to poaching, steaming to frying, you will master the various methods of cooking fish. In this class, you will make a calamari stew, plaice with black butter, mussels with cider, baked sole, griddled scallops with oriental dressing, grilled prawns with green salsa, fish cakes, a Mediterranean fish stew, herring with rhubarb relish and a mackerel pate.
| Saturday 26 June 2010 10am-3.00pm | £130.00 |
Open |
Bread and Jam
Wednesday 14 July 2010 10.00am - 1.00pm (£110)
Become an expert jam and chutney maker, using the best English summer fruits. In this class you will learn how to make rhubarb jam, classic raspberry jam, orange marmalade, spiced apple chutney and a delicious onion marmalade. We will also show you how to make a granary loaf and traditional English scones.
| Wednesday 14 July 2010 10am-1pm | £110.00 |
Open |
Slice and Dice Deluxe
Saturday 17 July 2001 11am - 2pm (£160)
A special knife skills class aimed at using the new Wusthof knife you will receive on the day. By the end of this class, you will have learned your way round chopping, slicing, dicing and filleting. We will teach you all the tricks of the trade so that you can chop your way to a more professional finish. The class includes minestrone with hand chopped pesto, caramelised onion focaccia, grilled catch of the day served with braised fennel, hand chopped Bolognese with hand sliced tagliatelle, and to finish a wonderful apple cake served with caramelised oranges. All this using Cookery School’s carefully sourced, best quality produce. To top off the package, we will also give you a really great knife skills cookery book to take away with you as well.
| Saturday 17 July 2010 11am - 2pm | £160.00 |
Open |
Middle Eastern Delights (evening)
Wednesday 10 March 2010 7.00pm-9.15pm (£90)
Fragrant Middle Eastern food has become a firm favourite at Cookery School. The meal will consist of mixed meze with homemade flat bread, lamb tagine and herbed couscous, cardamom and rosewater ice cream and orange and almond cake.
| Wednesday 10 March 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Baking for Breakfast
Ghalid Assyb
"Ghalid trained and worked in France before moving to London to work as head pastry chef for Baker and Spice. After four years he moved to Ottolenghi where he helped to develop their range of patisserie. He now focuses on sharing his love of baking by teaching at Cookery School."
Monday 15 March 2010 7.00pm-9.15pm (£90)
Ghalid Assyb will show you a trick or two for producing wonderful buttery croissant, pain au chocolat and brioche. In keeping with most other Cookery School teaching, you will learn how to make these at your leisure and then surprise friends and family with wonderful fresh, homemade goodies for breakfast.
| Monday 15 March 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Fish and Shellfish
Wednesday 17 March 2010 7pm-9.15pm (£90)
If you love fish and shellfish this class is made for you! Our evening class on fish and shellfish covers buying of fish through to the numerous ways of cooking it. You will leave understanding the cooking of fish and believing how quick and easy it is to prepare. In this class, you will make a calamari stew, skate with black butter, moules mariniere, baked sole, griddled scallops with oriental dressing, grilled prawns with green salsa and fish cakes.
| Wednesday 17 March 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Fun with Chocolate
Wednesday 24 March 7.00pm-9.15pm (£90)
Indulge yourself with heavenly chocolate cake, scrumptious chocolate ice cream and try your hand at making your own truffles and chocolates, then take a box home to impress your friends and family! In the past, Valhrona, the exclusive French chocolate and chefs' favourite brand, was used solely by us but we have now added the wonderful Tuscan, Amadei chocolate to our ingredient list.
| Wednesday 24 March 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Bread Baking
Wednesday 31 March 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Experience the joy of bread making. Knead, pummel and stretch your way to perfect bread. Learn to make a basic white loaf, a focaccia, granary bread, cinnamon rolls and a traditional Sabbath bread. You will leave the class with a bag of dough to bake at home.
| Wednesday 31 March 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Pastry
Monday 12 April 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
In this class, you will master the techniques needed to be able to make perfect pastry. From choux to shortcrust, from pate sucree to puff, you will come away with all you need to know to make delicious pastry time and time again. During the class, you will learn how to make apple pie, vegetable quiche, traditional Cornish pasties, cheese straws, palmiers and profiteroles.
| Monday 12 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Fish and Shellfish
Thursday 15 April 2010 7.00pm-9.15pm (£90)
If you love fish and shellfish this class is made for you! Learn how to choose the freshest fish and prepare it for cooking. From grilling to poaching, steaming to frying, you will master the various methods of cooking fish. In this class, you will make a calamari stew, skate with black butter, moules mariniere, baked sole, griddled scallops with oriental dressing, grilled prawns with green salsa and fish cakes.
| Thursday 15 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Brekkie to Teatime Treats
Monday 19 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm (£90)
Muffins, scones and pancakes are amazingly quick to whip up, given the know-how and a few tips. Our realisation that most people think that these are something that one buys and does not make! You will produce a range of these from savoury cheese scones, griddle cakes, with maple syrup and walnut butter through to apple spice, blueberry, banana and chocolate muffins.
| Monday 19 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
All Manner of Pies
Tuesday 20 April 2010 7.00pm-9.15pm (£90)
Learn to make pies of all sorts ranging from chicken and mushroom, beef and ale, and apple pie through to pasties. You will be taught the secrets of making beautiful buttery short pastry and how to use puff pastry to advantage. Pies are great make-in-advance food. You will sit down at the end of the session to eat them all and enjoy a pint!
| Tuesday 20 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Perfect Cupcakes
Wednesday 21 April 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Cupcakes are all the rage but, believe it or not, it is very easy to make good ones that look professional. The Cookery School team will demystify cupcake making and teach you the tricks for making wonderful cupcakes from plain and chocolate flavours through to carrot and spice ones as well as teaching how to top and decorate them to perfection.
| Wednesday 21 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Italian Evening
Thursday 22 April 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Enjoy a delicious parmesan and ricotta ravioli with tomato sauce, followed by chicken Cacciatore with herbed rice, and to finish, a wonderful cocoa sorbet served with whipped cream.
| Thursday 22 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Spanish Evening
Monday 26 April 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Learn how to make a selection of traditional Spanish tapas - classic frittata; padrones peppers; rustic bread; prawns with garlic; piquillo pepper salad. To follow, enjoy a chorizo and butter bean stew and to finish, a wonderful Pedro Ximenez and raisin ice-cream.
| Monday 26 April 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Scrumptious and Sustainable Meat
Do you buy organic but suspect there is so much more that you could do in the kitchen to do your bit for the environment? Well, there is. This course will introduce you to the joys of seasonal vegetables, sustainable fish, rare breed meat, luscious leftovers, one pot cooking and much more. You will learn about environmentally friendly choices you can make when you shop, cook, and even store you food. You will leave armed with recipes and information to make your cooking both greener and tastier.
Wednesday 05 May 2010 (7.00pm-9.15pm)
More From Your Meat
At Cookery School, we buy well reared meat and use every last scrap. If you are yet to be convinced of the benefits of organic meat, see what you think after our "roast chicken taste test". We will show you how to get four good meals from one chicken, cook some marvellous meals with mince, and enjoy the pleasure of slow cooked old fashioned cuts. And, for those who yearn for the Good Life, there will be a chance to make your very own sausages.
From a large roast chicken, you will make chicken salad; chicken liver pate; a chicken and mushroom pie and a delicious risotto using homemade chicken stock. You will also learn how to make the best ever bolognese, a slow cooked dish of lamb shanks and learn to make your own rare breed pork sausages.
| Wednesday 05 May 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Scrumptious and Sustainable Greens
Do you buy organic but suspect there is so much more that you could do in the kitchen to do your bit for the environment? Well, there is. This course will introduce you to the joys of seasonal vegetables, sustainable fish, rare breed meat, luscious leftovers, one pot cooking and much more. You will learn about environmentally friendly choices you can make when you shop, cook, and even store you food. You will leave armed with recipes and information to make your cooking both greener and tastier.
Wednesday 12 May 2010 (7.00pm-9.15pm)
Eat Your Greens
Ever been tempted to order an organic veggie box? Worried that you'll be overwhelmed by dull seasonal staples or bewildered by veggies that you have never heard of? We will take a typical autumn veggie box and show you how to transform the contents into some mouth watering meals.
You will make your own homemade pumpkin ravioli with crispy sage leaves; watercress soup with torn bread croutons; green autumn salad of seasonally available leaves; roasted root vegetable salad and stuffed roasted squash.
| Wednesday 12 May 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Scrumptious and Sustainable Pulses
Do you buy organic but suspect there is so much more that you could do in the kitchen to do your bit for the environment? Well, there is. This course will introduce you to the joys of seasonal vegetables, sustainable fish, rare breed meat, luscious leftovers, one pot cooking and much more. You will learn about environmentally friendly choices you can make when you shop, cook, and even store you food. You will leave armed with recipes and information to make your cooking both greener and tastier.
Wednesday 19 May 2010 (7.00pm-9.15pm)
Perfect Pulses
Perfect pulses are not boring! This class is full of exciting things to do with pulses that will really surprise you. You may well become addicted to pulses after this session where we will teach you to make chickpea gnocchi; a fresh borlotti bean stew and a very yummy lentil soup. You will also learn how to make a barley and wild mushroom risotto and a 'megadarra' (brown lentils, rice and carmelised onions).
| Wednesday 19 May 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
English Seasonal
Wednesday 02 June 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Enjoy the abundance of wonderful English produce at this time of year. Start with asparagus, homemade mayonnaise and granary rolls, followed by fishcakes with a watercress, sorrel and yoghurt sauce. To finish, you will make a lemon curd and cream sponge cake.
| Wednesday 02 June 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Provencal Seasonal
Wednesday 09 June 2010 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Explore the delicious flavours of a Provencal Summer. Start with a delicious tomato tart, followed by crispy, herbed lemon chicken served with smashed garlic potatoes. To finish, you will learn how to make a wonderful praline ice cream served with macaroons.
| Wednesday 09 June 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Italian Seasonal
Wednesday 16 June 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Enjoy ricotta gnocchi served with tomatoes, basil and chilli, followed by grilled catch of the day with salsa verde and grilled Mediterranean vegetables. To finish, roasted peaches with mascarpone sorbet and homemade biscotti.
| Wednesday 16 June 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Greek Evening
Wednesday 23 June 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Start the class with a wonderful mezze selection - homemade pitta bread, houmus, tzatziki and taramasalata. To follow, you will make a calamari and white wine stew served with rice and to finish, an irresistable baklava.
| Wednesday 23 June 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
American Diner
Wednesday 30 June 2010 7.00pm - 9.15pm (£90)
Get stuck into the big flavours of the U.S.A! Start with a classic Caesar salad and homemade buttermilk biscuits, followed by oven fried chicken and sticky ribs served with oven fries and chilli tomato salsa. To finish, you will learn to make a wonderful Key lime pie.
| Wednesday 30 June 2010 7pm-9.15pm | £90.00 |
Open |
Slice and Dice Deluxe
Wednesday 07 July 2010 6.30pm - 9.30pm (£160)
A special knife skills class aimed at using the new Wusthof knife you will receive on the day. By the end of this class, you will have learned your way round chopping, slicing, dicing and filleting. We will teach you all the tricks of the trade so that you can chop your way to a more professional finish. The class includes minestrone with hand chopped pesto, caramelised onion focaccia, grilled catch of the day served with braised fennel, hand chopped Bolognese with hand sliced tagliatelle, and to finish a wonderful apple cake served with caramelised oranges. All this using Cookery School’s carefully sourced, best quality produce. To top off the package, we will also give you a really great knife skills cookery book to take away with you as well.
| Wednesday 07 July 2010 6.30pm-9.30pm | £160.00 |
Open |