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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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

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

Fish is no longer a cheap source of food. This one-day workshop will show you how to buy well and make some stunning fishy dishes.

A sample menu could include:

• Ceviche

• Prawns with garlic, lemon & parsley

• Pan-fried mackerel, pickled ginger and spring onion dip

• South Indian fish stew

• Salmon en croute

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. 

£89

Knowing how to use a knife well and safely can typically reduce the preparation time of a dish from an hour to ten minutes. It will also get you better end results. This workshop applies all the different methods of slicing and chopping to an inspiring range of seasonal dishes with a Provencale theme including a spring vegetable terrine, a Provencale tart, a pistou and the classic grande aioli.

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

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

Develop your pastry-making skills and impress friends and family with patisserie worthy of any French bakery window! With guidance from Charlotte, Square Food's in-house baking expert, you'll make puff pastry from start to finish - a patisserie staple used in dozens of delicious puddings, tarts and other creations.

You'll use your pastry to create the French classic, mille-feuilles or a 'thousand leaves', plus several different fillings.

All classes include tastings throughout and a light 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

Knowing how to use a knife properly can typically reduce the preparation time of a dish from an hour to ten minutes. Based on the challenge of getting five meals from one chicken, this workshop combines all the different knife skills with some exciting new dishes and many other spin-off recipes and ideas along the way. 

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

6.30pm - 9pm, £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

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 

Perfecting all the techniques and cooking methods of fish cookery

You will make:

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