Classes by date
Saturday 2 January 2021
Cooking for a healthy body and mind
Categories:
Vegetarian,
Bread,
Vegetables,
Herbs,
Tofu,
Pulses,
Noodles,
Chocolate
Chef tutor, Lydia Downey, aims to show you a way of shopping and stocking your kitchen to make life easier and economical when it comes to preparing simple nutritious meals, and will show you how to plan menus that are achievable.
Monday 4 January 2021
Knife Skills
Categories:
Poultry,
Vegetables,
Herbs
Boost your confidence in the kitchen. Knives are the essential kitchen tool and every cook needs to get to grips with them.
Tuesday 5 January 2021
Bread Baking
Categories:
Bread
Learn to proof, raise, knead and bake bread by hand without the use of artificial additives.
Wednesday 6 January 2021
Funky Up Your Veg (Winter)
Categories:
Vegetarian,
Vegetables,
Herbs,
Spices
It's January and you may be cutting back food consumption to deal with seasonal excess. STOP! There is one thing you can eat lots more of VEG
Saturday 9 January 2021
Learn to cook the Mediterranean diet
Categories:
Middle Eastern,
Mediterranean,
Vegetables,
Herbs,
Fish,
Pulses
The Mediterranean diet has received much attention as a healthy way to eat, and with good reason.
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Good for your gut - New Class!
Categories:
Middle Eastern
Nourishing your gut is, as we are increasingly learning, important for maintaining overall physical and mental wellbeing.
Thursday 14 January 2021
Building Blocks
Categories:
One of the best ways to improve your cooking is to understand the building blocks to success with some key recipes that will really transform your home cooking.
Saturday 16 January 2021
South Indian Vegetarian Cooking
Categories:
Indian,
Vegetarian,
Vegetables,
Spices,
Pulses,
Rice
The food we are familiar with at our local Indian restaurant represents a fraction of India's culinary diversity. South and North India differ greatly in cooking methods, key ingredients and spices used.
Sunday 17 January 2021
Regional Italian Cooking
Categories:
Italian,
Pasta,
Vegetables,
Rice
Chef Tutor, Mariella Bliss, is founder/owner of ‘Blissful Italian Food’ in Oxfordshire. As well as delivering classes in her village she travels the country sharing her love and deep knowledge of Italian food.
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Middle Eastern Feasts
Categories:
Middle Eastern,
Mediterranean,
Vegetables,
Herbs,
Pulses,
Lamb
It’s a wonderful experience to sit around a table tearing bread and sharing a selection of dishes full of flavour.
Wednesday 20 January 2021
The Spice Route
Categories:
Thai,
Middle Eastern,
Poultry,
Vegetables,
Spices
The ‘history of spices is the history of trade’. In this class you will learn both the history and how to use spices in your cooking.
Thursday 21 January 2021
Beef classics. The perfect steak and stroganoff.
Categories:
Beef
Executive Chef Tutor will start the session off with the Great British favourite – a demonstration of roast beef and accompaniments.
Friday 22 January 2021
Katsu Curry
Categories:
Japanese,
Vegetables,
Rice
Japanese modern flavours are influenced by many other countries and recently katsu curry has become as much a staple of the Japanese diet like sushi and tempura
Saturday 23 January 2021
Japanese Tofu Making
Categories:
Japanese,
Vegetarian,
Vegetables,
Tofu
Chef Tutor, Sachiko Saeki, has received a ‘Tofu Master’ qualification from Japan to promote knowledge and cultural understanding of Japanese foods.
Sunday 24 January 2021
Shojin Ryori
Categories:
Japanese,
Vegetarian,
Vegetables,
Tofu
Shojin ryori is the traditional dining style of Buddhist monks in Japan that grew widespread popularity with the spread of Zen Buddhism in the 13th century.