Middle Eastern cooking is seductive, bold, open-hearted and deeply life -affirming. It is full of the mystery and tastes of an ancient culinary tradition. Join us to explore the rich flavours of Middle Eastern cuisine. You'll learn to use the herbs and spices commonly used to create elegant and delicious dishes enabling you to use ingredients at home to impress your friends and family with sumptuous feasts!

A sample menu could include:

• Flat bread

• Slow-cooked lamb tagine

• Spiced, jewelled rice

• Four classic Middle Eastern dips

  • Labneh

  • Harissa

  • Chermoula

  • Babaghanoush
    

All classes include tastings throughout and a meal. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or soft drinks. You will also be able to take something of home of what you have cooked. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class.

£59

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The light and landscape of this region, the former province of Rome, has inspired some of France's great artists and a culinary tradition of brilliance and simplicity. And as with its wines, the food is all about the terroir.

A sample menu could include:

• Pissaladière - a classic French tart, made with a yeasted pastry base and topped with slow cooked onions and olives.

• Bourride: Provençale fish stew

• Luberon slow-cooked lamb

• Provencale fruit tart

All classes include tastings throughout and a meal. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or soft drinks. You will also be able to take something of home of what you have cooked. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class.

£59

The light and landscape of this region, the former province of Rome, has inspired some of France's great artists and a culinary tradition of brilliance and simplicity. And as with its wines, the food is all about the terroir.

A sample menu could include:

• Pissaladière - a classic French tart, made with a yeasted pastry base and topped with slow cooked onions and olives.

• Bourride: Provençale fish stew

• Luberon slow-cooked lamb

• Provencale fruit tart

All classes include tastings throughout and a meal. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or soft drinks. You will also be able to take something of home of what you have cooked. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class.

£59

Mix, knead, prove, bake. The complex science of making bread with all its pitfalls and miseries. Actually, with a few simple techniques, a little bit of focus and a handful of the most basic ingredients, you can make bread that tastes better than anything bought from the shops.

A sample menu could include:

• Basic white dough

• Focaccia

• Three flour seeded bread

• Wholemeal soda bread with honey and black treacle

All classes include tastings throughout and a meal. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or soft drinks. You will also be able to take something of home of what you have cooked. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class.

£59

In an ideal world, we'd all love to be able to cook from scratch every night. But sometimes, life gets in the way and there just isn't enough time in the day.

A sample menu could include:

• Baked farinata with red pepper, courgette and olive dressing

• Potato, leek swiss chard and blue cheese gratin

• Pumpkin, lentil and apricot pilaff

All classes include tastings throughout and a meal. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or soft drinks. You will also be able to take something of home of what you have cooked. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class

6.30-9pm, £59

If there was one staple ingredient which, across the whole world, brings more pleasure to more people, more easily and more simply than any other, it would be pasta. This workshop covers a range of classic and some less well-known pasta recipes.

A sample menu could include:

• Squash & herb ricotta ravioli

• An open lasagne of wild mushrooms & spinach

• Tajarin with sage and butter 

All classes include tastings throughout and a meal. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class. 

£59

The cuisine of India is rich in flavour, colour and aroma.

Spicing is hugely important but it's not all about chillies! From the fresh, cool flavours of the South to the rich curries of the north, Indian food has huge variety. A sample menu could include:

• Masala dosa

• Vegetable samosa

• Sweet potato and coconut curry

• Chicken & cashew kebabs

• Kerala lemon rice

6.30-9pm, £45

Join us to explore the rich flavours of Persian cuisine. You'll learn to use the herbs and spices commonly used to create elegant and delicious dishes. Each dish is also chosen to give you insights into creating many others, enabling you to use ingredients at home to impress your friends and family with sumptuous feasts! Vegetarian and vegan alternatives are always included where appropriate.

A sample menu could include:

Roast aubergines with pomegranate and walnuts
Jewelled saffron rice
Lamb Koresh with apricots and cinnamon
Persian love cake

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class. 

£45

The cuisine of India is rich in flavour, colour and aroma.

Spicing is hugely important but it's not all about chillies! From the fresh, cool flavours of the South to the rich curries of the north, Indian food has huge variety. A sample menu could include:

• Masala dosa

• Vegetable samosa

• Sweet potato and coconut curry

• Chicken & cashew kebabs

• Kerala lemon rice

6.30-9pm, £45

Perfecting all the techniques and cooking methods of fish cookery

A sample menu could include:

Sea bass ceviche
Italian fish stew
Baked fish Provencale
Poached salmon with beurre blanc
Pan-fried mackerel with salsa verde

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class. 

£49

Cooking without meat, fish or dairy products is more on our culinary radars then ever. From quinoa and couscous to soya beans and seaweeds, this class is for both seasoned vegan cooks and for those who think it’s not for them but think they should try it. It is and you should. An example menu could include:

• Barny’s delicious 1977 nut roast

• Pan-fried tofu with seaweed & vegetables,

• Lentil, fresh coconut and sweet potato curry

• Pickled vegetables

• Polenta cake

£45

These workshops will show you how to create a really delicious 3 course meal or colourful table of delights. Perfect for family or entertaining friends. Vegetarian and vegan alternatives are always included where necessary. Each dish is also chosen to give you insights into creating many others.

A sample menu could include:

• Pan-fried prawns with sherry

• Tortilla espanola

• Romesco sauce

• Green lentils with swiss chard and crumbly sheep’s cheese

• Paella Rocinantes

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class. 

£45 

Recipes to cover all the bases of this staple of world cooking. And you get to take home a lively sourdough starter along with the loaves you bake.

A sample menu could include:

Basic white dough
Focaccia
Three flour seeded bread
Soda bread
Saturday bread! An enriched and sweetened dough-based delight.

All classes include tastings throughout and dinner. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class 

£45

Mexican cuisine is more than just tacos! It’s a riot of colour, flavours and fresh, delicious ingredients. Brighten up your winter by learning about the flavours of Mexican food (including the recipe for the best chipotle sauce ever!), and how to use them to create a Mexican feast to impress friends and family.

A sample menu could include:

The best Chipotle chilli paste ever
Thomasina Miers' amazing refried beans
Two classic salsas
Homemade Tacos with two delicious fillings

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class

£45

Beans and lentils; cheap, healthy and incredibly versatile. You will learn how to prepare and cook dried pulses and, along with generous additions of vegetables, herbs and spices. A sample menu could include:

Spicy bean-burgers
Moroccan chickpea casserole
Masala dosa
A salad of beans, home-made bean sprouts & herbs

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class. 

£45

Game is a complex gastronomic subject whose historic, social & culinary influences have helped shape the much wider landscape of British food and farming. This workshop will give you a taste of the culinary element. And we’ll be cooking up some amazing game dishes in the process.

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class. 

£49 

A workshop to show you how to create a really delicious and effortless three course Italian meal. During the evening you will be guided by our expert cookery teachers on how to create the following dinner party delights.

• Anti-pasti of asparagus & fresh goat’s cheese, broad beans, mint & lemons, olives & anchovies

• Gnocchi verde del Casentino

• Grilled sea bream, salsa rustica & Spring vegetables

• Orange, ricotta and almond cake with mandarin orange jelly

Each dish has been chosen to give you insights into creating many others.

We can cater for most dietary requirements, just make sure you let us know on your booking form.

The class will include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class.

£49 

Who doesn’t love a good curry? It’s as much part of British food culture as pasta. In this workshop you will be introduced to the world of real Indian food, its spices, colours, variety

You will learn to make: 

Masala dosa
Vegetable samosa
Sweet potato and coconut curry
Chicken & cashew kebabs
Kerala lemon rice

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class. 

£45 

Mark Mexico's most celebrated holiday by creating your own authentic Mexican feast. As well as making home-made tacos with three fillings - prawn & creamed avocado, chorizo & refried beans and squash & ricotta, you'll make and take home your own chipotle chilli paste (to keep in the fridge and use in multiple different Mexican dishes) and two tangy salsas!

All classes include tastings throughout and supper. You are welcome to bring your own wine, beer or other drinks. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class

6.30 - 9pm, £45 

A cookery demonstration interwoven with a story from the Lebanon to begin with followed by dinner with some delicious Lebanese wines.  £25 per person

On the menu 

Fatoush, baba ghannuj, fresh haloumi, sea bream, man’ oush (flatbread)

Slow-roast shoulder of goat with yoghurt, rice and vegetables

or

Maghmour (Lebanese vegetable moussaka)

Spiced cookies, plums

A dozen vegetables, lots of fresh herbs and some spices to create 4 dishes which cover all the methods of preparing and cooking vegetables: classic vegetable bake, risotto of barley, greens and root vegetables and a grand salad of spring vegetables, flowers and herbs.     

£39

Sauces are so often the thing left to chance or off the menu completely as if reserved for restaurant chefs. But a good sauce will bring any dish together and add an extra dimension. This class is a mixture of demonstration and hands-on work. 

Learn to make mayonnaise, wine & meat broth sauce reduction, salsa verde, hollandaise sauce, béchamel

£39

No meal is complete without something deliciously sweet to finish. Master the art of showstopper desserts. Featuring classics including lemon posset, soufflé Grand Marnier and bitter chocolate torte

£39

From choosing the right cut and planning the meal, this class teaches you how to cook the perfect steak – along with sauces to accompany. And the best chips, of course.   

£49

A series of four seasonal workshops. In each workshop, you’ll learn to cook six dishes that cover all the basic principles, methods and techniques of good cooking. Simple, healthy, delicious, the recipes will reflect the season. You’ll leave each workshop with a portfolio of culinary skills under your belt plus a handful of recipes you can cook again and again.

On The Menu

3 flours and 3 seeded bread
Spiced lentil, Autumn vegetable & coconut soup
Autumn vegetable tart
Brittany-style baked salmon
Moroccan lamb tagine & couscous
Lemon, ricotta, almond polenta cake 

3hrs, £60

Tapas may have been usurped by new, trendier types of eating, but Spanish cooking remains as exciting and delicious as ever. In this three hour masterclass, Barny will take you on a tour of Southern Spain and its sunshine flavours and ingredients from seafood salad and salt cod to pork with sherry and the perfect paella.

The evening will be a mix of hands-on and demonstration. Towards the end of the class, you’ll have supper and a glass of icy Spanish beer or wine. Recipes will be sent to you after the class.
At some classes, there may be leftovers and we’d encourage you to take your share home.

Please bring a Tupperware container if you would like to take food home with you.

£70, 6-9pm

This 3hr workshop will introduce you to the fresh, fascinating and endlessly varied food of Japan. Perhaps surprisingly, great Japanese food can be made easily using locally sourced ingredients and the skills demonstrated by guest tutor and Japanese food expert Liam Chawdhary of Kansai Kitchen 

With his street food kitchen and pop up restaurants already firmly established in Bristol, Liam is on a mission to prove just how simple authentic Japanese food is to make. You'll have fun discovering new ingredients and creating a handful of delicious and impressive dishes. There'll be time to discuss the background and culture of Japanese Food over a glass of sake. And we'll find out why real Japanese restaurants are a rarity in the UK even though you can create absolutely authentic Japanese dishes with ease at home.

23rd May, 6-9pm. £70

As the fashion for fermentation gathers pace, so Korean food is getting a name for itself. And Korean cooking is a world of uniquely clean and yet umami flavours; fermented vegetables, glass noodles, seaweeds, pancakes, meat poached in broths, unlikely but delicious sweet-sour fish and of course bab – (rice), ingredients combined with a precise elegance of presentation, are some of the characteristics of this brilliant cuisine. And of course all the ingredients you will need for cooking these dishes at home are now readily available here in the UK

All classes include tastings throughout and supper with a glass of wine. You will also be able to take something of home of what you have cooked. All recipes cooked by you or demonstrated will be sent on to you by email following the class

6-9pm, £70

Most restaurant dishes are prepared so that there will be a maximum time of 15 minutes between the customer placing an order and the dish arriving at the table. Come to this class and discover how this is done and how to do it yourself. Here’s an idea of what to expect: Chicken liver parfait, leeks au vin rouge, Alsace onion tart, duck confit with white bean puree & red wine reduction, poached fillets of lemon sole with Hollandaise sauce & true chocolate mousse. Checked tablecloths not provided

6-9pm, £70