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Cookery School

Upcoming dates…

 

Currently, we are experiencing staff shortages for the cookery school.  For this reason, we have decided to postpone them until further notice.  Please do revisit the page for updates, or join our mailing list to be emailed once we recommence.

Duck with orange sauce

Dinner parties

enhance you offering as a host!

2 separate courses – discount when you book both

Day 1 – The Main Course Menu

Chicken liver paté

Halibut ceviche

Goats’ cheese & tomato galette

Rack of lamb with port & redcurrant sauce

Chicken stuffed with Cornish Blue & cranberries

Roasted vegetable stack

£115  Intermediate  9.30am – 4.30pm

 

Day 2 – The Dessert Menu

Tarte au citron

Chocolate and amaretti torte

Queen of puddings

Semifreddo al torroncino (nougat ice cream)

£65  Intermediate  9.30am – 2.30pm

£160 for the two days (£20 discount)

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

A cream tea

Cornish & Devon favourites

from our rich land and heritage

The Menu

Cornish pasties

Marinated mackerel

Roasted bream

Potato cakes

Cornish splits and scones

Treacle tart

Fairings

£100  Beginner/intermediate  9.30am – 4.30pm

 

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

Valentine's Day - menus for the romantics

the way to their heart is through their stomach.....

Create a menu that delights the tastebuds – book a course with your partner and learn together……

The Menu

Details to follow

£100  Intermediate  9.30am – 3.30pm

 

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

A selection of fish and shellfish

Seafood & Shellfish

from our beautiful coast

Learn how to dress a crab or lobster, shuck an oyster or simply cook the perfect seabass fillet.

The Menu

Lobster thermidor

Dressed crab

Crab cakes

Oysters

Salmon ceviche

Pan fried sea bass with chive & dill velouté

Skills you will learn

Oyster shucking

Making a roux sauce

Picking a crab

Cooking a lobster

Using local seasonal products

£145 Beginner/intermediate  9.30am – 4.30pm

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

Eggs benedict

Beginners' - start cooking from scratch

healthy and appetising

Students’ “basic cooking for a healthy and affordable diet”. For 18 – 21 year olds who are leaving for university or just to live by themselves… Or, for someone who is really not confident at all in the kitchen.  This course covers the basics to eat an easy, affordable and healthy diet.

The Menu

3 meals from mirpoix (onion, carrot & celery) with minced meat or vegetables.  Examples are bolognese and chilli.

How to get 8 meals from a chicken

Egg dishes – omelettes to scrambled and tortillas

Skills you will learn

Alongside some basic knife & cooking skills, you will get tips on where and how to shop for good quality ingredients at affordable prices, and how to cook and store food safely.

£65  Beginner  9.30am – 1.30pm

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

Seabass with fennel

Sustainable cooking with the seasons

working with our environment

Learn how to buy locally and with responsiblity for the envirionment.  We live in a wonderful area in the South West for vegetables, seafood and meat, and we can use these top quality ingredients to cook the best meals you have ever tasted!

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

Duck with orange sauce

French classics

from my favourites I found whilst in France

For those who love butter and cream!  We will cover some traditional main course dishes, and a few favourite desserts from France.

Sample menu 1;

Seasonal canapés

Moules marinières

French onion soup

Cassoulet – the traditional recipe and a few twists…..

Tarte tatin

£95 Intermediate 9.30am – 3pm

 

Sample menu 2;

Foie Gras – a simple recipe using ‘ethical’ livers

Kir royal and amuse bouches

Maigret de canard with cranberry sauce

Bûche de Noël

Crème brulée with raspberries soaked in kirsch

£110 intermediate 9.30am – 3.30pm

 

 

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

Eggs benedict

Sauces - my two favourite styles that enhance so many meals!

one of the fundementals of great cooking

Spend a day making those little extras that make a special meal even better – the sauces! From port & mushroom, blue cheese and peppercorn, to hollandaise and béarnaise. All tasted with a selection of meat, eggs and vegetables.

£95 beginner/intermediate 9.30am – 3pm

Please register your interest in any of the courses listed via our contact page.

Other Courses coming soon

Contact us to register interest, book a place or to be informed when new courses are being developed.

Baking

From bread, scones and Danish pastries to brownies, Victoria sponges and lemon drizzle cake.

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