CHRISTMAS REHEARSAL: THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS DINNER
With Christmas just around the corner, eliminate the panic and get most of your Christmas cooking done well in advance while practising your techniques for the big day. Spend the day at our Christmas cooking class and leave calm, cool and collected with your Christmas goodies in tow at the end of the class.
Start the session with a delicious freshly baked Cookery School breakfast before getting into the kitchen to prepare your ingredients, cook and bake the perfect Christmas meal. Techniques include slow roasting a turkey so that it is succulent and tender, a variety of accompanying sauces, baking cakes and pastry and more, which you can build on at home and use in your everyday cooking.
Once everything is cooked you will sit down for a fabulous Christmas lunch and celebrate with a glass of Nytimber British sparkling wine. This will be followed by a very special Christmas ice cream and mince pies, all accompanied by delicious organic wines. We will chat about how to time your Christmas meal to perfection with our ‘to do’ list and pre Christmas lunch timetable, which will be invaluable when you cook your own meal.
After this Christmas cooking class, you will leave us as prepared as you could possibly be, taking away with you the ready made stuffing, cranberry sauce and bread sauce ready for freezing to use on the day. You will also leave with mincemeat, Christmas cake and the confidence to recreate the feast at home.
In this Christmas cooking class, you will learn to make:
- organic roast turkey from Rhug Estate
- stuffing (which you can freeze at home)
- cranberry sauce (which you can freeze at home)
- bread sauce (which you can freeze at home)
- gravy
- roast potatoes
- Brussels sprouts with chestnuts – learn how to peel and prepare chestnuts
- Christmas cake (which you will take home)
- Christmas mince for mince pies (which you will take home)
- mince pies
- Christmas pudding
- Christmas ice cream
- Mulled wine
If you’re looking to spread the Christmas cheer even further, join us for one of our baking classes: Christmas Baking from around the World or Christmas Chocolate Masterclass, Christmas Gingerbread Baking and Decorating and our Christmas Gingerbread Houses.
Alternatively, why not combine Christmas dinner with a fun team-building activity in London? Our corporate Christmas parties make for a memorable and original occasion, providing a deliciously festive year-end treat.
We try to accommodate dietary requirements as best we can and do our best to provide alternatives where possible. However, some classes are simply not designed to accommodate special dietary requirements, for example, we can not make entire baking classes gluten free or make croissants without butter.
If you have any questions about what we can provide, please call us before making your booking on 0207 631 4590. Please put a note in the “dietary requirements” box at the checkout if you have any requirements or allergies at all, even if you do not think it it is relevent!
We do not have individual hobs for every person but rather a group of hobs at one end of the kitchen. In most classes you will be working in small groups to create the recipes. As a whole class you will make everything listed on the website but the only way we can cover the huge variety of dishes listed is by dividing the class into smaller groups. When there are key skills that need to be learned by the whole class, the teacher will pause the group and gather everyone together to explain/show it so by the end of the class everyone understands how each dish was made.
We are happy for anyone of any age to attend. If they are very young, an adult needs to work with them, in which case we would only charge for one space. We aren’t a creche service though so no dump-and-runs while you go shopping! Teenagers may like to join our Summer Cooking Camp where they will be with other kids the same age.
Sustainability has always been part of our ethos which is why we made the decision not to print recipes for students to take home with them, except when printed recipes are specifically requested. Instead, we email the recipes to students shortly after the class.
You may transfer to an alternative class if you give us notice not less than 21 days before the date of the class. In this case, we will rebook you on to your selected class or issue a voucher valid for one year from date of issue. Transfers or issuing of a voucher will be subject to an administration fee of £15. Confirmed bookings are not eligible for refunds or cancellations under any circumstances. If you cannot attend a class you may send someone else in your place, just let us know the name of the attendee in advance of the class, where possible.
At the end of most classes you will sit down around the Cookery School table and enjoy the food that you have made. Any food that is leftover from this is kept for staff lunches so nothing goes to waste
The exception to this is that you are welcome to take home the chicken that you de-bone in the meat & poultry class provided you bring a chiller bag with you and we provide you with a freezer block. Additionally, many of the items in our baking classes and courses are low risk and safe to take home so you will need a carrier bag of some sort.
We have very little waste as we order based on the number of people in the class. We generally do not allow people to take food home because we have found that many people come into central London, do a class at Cookery School and then go off to the theatre, cinema, clubbing or shopping. During that time the food that left Cookery School in good condition, deteriorates and can cause illness.
Absolutely! If you have been cooking a bit already at home then you are welcome to skip the Beginners course.
Our six week professional cooking course, Cook’s Certificate, is the only accredited course we run. You will receive a Cook’s Level 3 Training certificate from OCN London at the end of this course.
If you would like a certificate of attendance from any other class or course, we are happy to provide one. Just make a note of this in the ‘notes’ section at the checkout.
You do not need to bring anything with you to most classes. However, if you are taking the Ultimate Meat & Poultry Class you should bring a chiller bag for your de-boned chicken and for any baking class or course, please bring a carrier bag to take home some of the items you make.
Please make sure you are wearing closed toe shoes.
Not at all! The majority of our students come alone. We pride ourselves on having friendly staff and our kitchen is very un-intimidating and relaxed so you don’t need to feel scared of attending alone.
Induction hobs use electromagnetic technology which may interfere with cardiac pacemakers or electrical implants, such as insulin pumps. We use induction hobs in our kitchen so recommend that if you use a cardiac pacemaker or electrical implant you remain a safe distance from the hobs.
Upcoming Classes
- At Cookery School London
near Oxford Circus
Class Snapshot
- You will leave us with a great deal of your Christmas meal made and feeling confident to be able to replicate the full Christmas dinner at home
- Expert teaching and advice, using standard home kitchen equipment
- Leave with the knowledge and understanding to make the delicious recipes at home
- Hands on experience
- You will use sustainably sourced, high quality, organic ingredients
- You will never wash up - we take care of that for you always!