Other courses

Check out our other timetabled open cookery courses that cover a wide range of cooking techniques. Please click on any of the courses listed below to see further details and hopefully get a flavour of what we can offer:

Unlike many other cookery schools we also offer bespoke cooking classes for individuals or groups. Please have a look at the bespoke courses page on this website for further details.

Dinner Party Dishes course

Background

If you love entertaining then this is for you. This course is ideal for those who love preparing and hosting dinner parties and want to ‘go up a gear’ in the standard of the dishes they serve.

This course is aimed at giving you the confidence to create a number of winning dinner party dishes, plus lots of ideas on advance preparation and menu combinations for the perfect event.

The Dinner Party Dishes course

The day begins at 10am with refreshments and a chance to meet with the others on the course. We begin with a description of the day and the dishes and techniques that we'll cover.

Since numbers on each course are small there's plenty of opportunity to ask questions across the day but this is an ideal time to cover any specific questions you might have.

We have a short talk on health and safety and an orientation of the kitchen and facilities, before donning a lovely crisp apron and starting the cookery day.

Example dishes

Some of the Dishes we cover include:

Tender and crispy Confit of Duck with a Puy lentil and wine sauce
Savoury Soufflés and Twice Baked Soufflés
Sea Bass on fennel and shrimp risotto
Tarte au Citroen with butter pastry and crème Anglaise
Lobster Thermidor (using an already cooked lobster)
plus many more...

All the dishes we prepare are eaten for lunch or eaten/sampled across the day.

The course usually ends around 4:45.
All the recipes come in a lovely presentation folder for you to take home.

The Dinner Party Dishes course is more suited to those who have some basic cooking experience, but please contact us to discuss any questions you may have.

Please visit the ‘dates & course info’ page for forthcoming dates, prices and booking information