Cookery School & Event Space… Didsbury

We have developed a one day class to give confidence in the kitchen, getting out of the house and is really focused on being self sufficient in the kitchen. This will benefit those either leaving home, want to cook more at home or simply want to understand more about how to create tasty food which is easy and delicious.

The class will have a maximum of 2 participants per workstation and will run for a full day.

Dishes on the day will cover easy, nutritious mid-week meals; dishes from different cuisines; batch cooking; with vegetarian / meat / fish alternatives.

In addition to the cooking, we’ll cover how to use leftovers to create tasty lunches, how to freeze things and safely defrost and reheat them, alongside how to shop efficiently and reduce food waste to zero.

Examples of what you’ll learn

• Pizza
• Homemade pasta
• Risotto
• Carbonara

Thai cuisine is one of the tastiest foods on the planet – fresh, healthy and potentially mind blowingly spicy!  Authentic ingredients are readily available, chef will explain where an how to source them. Join us to explore the amazing flavours that can be achieved using traditional techniques.

Cookery Class – combination of hands-on cooking and demonstration. Eat as you cook and takeaway your creations.

All classes are adaptable for most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know in the notes when booking.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Thai Red Curry – with chicken, tofu and butternut squash
• Satay Peanut Sauce –with chicken or tofu
• Coconut Rice – a delicious twist on this staple accompaniment
• Vinaigrette Carrot –  tasty side dish

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Middle Eastern cuisine is quite rightly now getting the adoration it deserves be inspired with the history & flavours wonderful dishes – from fabulous falafel that can be used as part of a meze platter, a light lunch, or a starter, to perfect pillowy pilaf that can be the centre piece of a feast and varied with different flavours throughout the year.

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starter -Labneh – fresh soft cheese with beetroot and tomato salad
• Main – Chicken, almond and apricot pilaff with Lebanese parsley and onion salad
• Desert – Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Working with chef, you will enjoy an inspiring afternoon ‘Cooking Together’ with your child(ren) or soon to be teenager.

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team. You will prepare a main course, a side dish and dessert before time to enjoy your meal together in the company of others at our affable table.

Chef is also keen to share tips and tricks to improve your skills in the kitchen, a popular one being how to chop an onion without crying!

What you’ll Cook:

We can cater for most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at the time of booking.

Example Menus

Plaited loaves, blackened chicken and spiced rice, sticky toffee pudding

Home-made pasta with carbonara sauce; rosemary & garlic focaccia

French Farmhouse – baguettes, rustic chicken; tarte tatin

Chicken cordon bleu, pommes aligots, French bread, home-made ice cream and crepes

What’s Included

All ingredients,  refreshments and glass of wine or beer for the adults

Additional drinks can be purchased and paid for using cash or card

Skill Level: All Abilities

Extra children can be added for £25 per child – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starter -spring rolls, Thai-style fish cakes, falafels, calamari, or home-made breads with a twist
• Main -the main event will usually feature fish or poultry (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!
• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Sourdough bread has been around for hundreds of years. Widely favoured amongst many due to its ability to digest easier within the body and for its tangy flavour and wholesome appearance.

Whilst the supermarkets have brought sourdough to our shelves, the amount of care and attention needed is sometimes lost in the mass production of sourdough which takes great care and most of all time.

Matt has been baking and teaching for many years and runs a successful bakery in Hale, he is full of technical know how about how to achieve great sourdough results.

In this easy class for sourdough beginners, we teach you:

• How to make a starter from the beginning, how to take care of it and feed and nurture it using a variety of readily available ingredients.
• You will also be shown how to shape the dough to achieve the best looking loaves and simple cutting effects to make those enviable patterns so that your bread has that professional appearance.
• We will also be discussing and using many different types of grain and show you how easy it is to make a super fast version of sourdough for an every day supply of better bread.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

What’s included:

Lunch will be provided in the way of sourdough bread along with meats and cheeses and coffee on arrival

You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

We have all the equipment you need but please bring or buy one of our bannetton’s

What you need to Bring:

Either bring a bannetton or purchase one of ours on the day for £10. We have round ones, you can purchase an oval shape if you’d prefer. If you don’t want to purchase a bannetton you can bring a colander with a damp towel to take your dough home.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Join Chef for an Italian inspired menu for our popular cooking together evening. Italian street food known as cicchetti originated in Venice where wine bars (bàcaro) serve small dishes similar to Spanish tapas. They are delicious to eat and look beautiful.

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

What’s included:

Hands-on Cooking Together in your pair, chef will guide you through preparation, cooking and serving of your starter and main course, with plenty of time to enjoy eating in our spacious dining area. Chef makes dessert for you to enjoy.

Recipes are emailed after the class and are designed to be repeatable so you can create again at home.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starter – Pea & Ham Aranchini, Prawn Totellini
• Main – Sea bass with truffle butter gnocchi & mushrooms
• Desert – Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

An opportunity to spend quality time with your teen, while helping them gain confidence in the kitchen.  Our Cooking Together – with your Teen is designed for an adult and a teenager to cook together.   The event is chef led and together you will make and as importantly eat – a main course, side dish & dessert.  Important life skills being learned while enjoying an evening out.

For those who know us, this class is targeted at those who are a little old for big & little cooks, not yet ready for cooking together events

All our Cooking Together events are as much about chatting and relaxing as they are about learning and eating. The evening is led by Chef sharing his knowledge and love of food, offering a sprinkling of tips and tricks along the way. The evening is topped off with appetizing ways to present your dishes so you can take Instagram-worthy foodie photos of the fruits of your labour!

Dishes will be suitable for your Teen to recreate for their friends and become the popular chef at Uni!  If you would like to add an additional teenager or adult, please add a comment in the notes or contact us.   An additional adult is £40, and additional teen £30

What you will Learn

Chef will demonstrate a main course with a side dish course for you to recreate in your pairs and then enjoy together around our sociable table…dessert to follow – demo and hands-on cooking.

What’s included:

A complimentary glass of wine or beer on arrival for the adult and appropriate drink for the teen!  All the ingredients and food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t even need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Vegetarian Gujarati cuisine originates from Western India and is typically served as a thali, which literally means ‘full plate of food’, the dishes cooked are all vegetarian, distinctively sweet, salty, and spicy simultaneously and usually contain roti, dhal and rice.

Nina, being Gujarati herself, has eaten this food all her life and has learnt to cook it through generations of teachings from aunties, grandmothers and her mother. This vegetarian class has unique flavours that will not disappoint.  Nina will introduce curries that many will not have tried before and variations of the firm favourites, like dhals and chapatis. Be prepared to try something different.

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Learn to cook healthy, nutritious, repeatable meals as delicious as they are good for you

This 3-hour cookery class allows ample time for demo and hands on cooking.  All ingredients are provided, and you will eat as you cook and take-home leftovers.  During the session you will look at three individual dishes – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most allergies and preferences, vegan and Vegetarian options available – just let us know in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.

Example Dishes – x3 dishes which can be a main or side

• Pad Thai with Courgette Noodles
• Thai coconut soup with Turkey Meatballs
• Salmon & Sweet Potato Fish Cakes

What’s included

Complimentary drink on arrival and the food you prepare, additional drinks can be purchased from the bar. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work!

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthy nutritious meals without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free diets – all Fit Food classes are gluten free.
• All skill levels.

Join Chef Chorchaba for a Thai inspired menu for our popular Cooking Together evening

Cooking Together: a fresh take on dining out – included in Manchester Confidential’s Top 10 Manchester Pop Ups & Supper Clubs!

Ditch the conventional restaurant meal and have fun with your partner or friends. Become chefs for the evening, chopping, slicing, squeezing and peeling to create a restaurant-inspired meal which you’ll enjoy eating in the company of others.

Our Cooking Together events are as much about chatting and relaxing as they are about learning and eating. The evening is led by Chef sharing his knowledge and love of food, offering a sprinkling of tips and tricks along the way. The evening is topped off with appetizing ways to present your dishes so you can take Instagram-worthy foodie photos of the fruits of your labour!

Cooking Together nights can be exclusive for groups of ten or more – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

What you will Learn

Chef will demonstrate a first course for you to recreate in your pairs and then enjoy together around our communal table. There follows a demonstration of the main course before it’s your turn to cook again. While you enjoy your meal, Chef will prepare a delicious pudding.

Some example menus are below. Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Food Sorcery ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request.

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – Lab Gai
• Second Dish – Thai style fish with crispy ginger and tamarind sauce
• Pudding – Let us surprise you!

What’s included:

A complimentary glass of wine or beer on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t even need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Fresh pasta is a delight, and learning to make it is a life skill that stays with you.  During this afternoon workshop, we look at all things pasta – from mixing and kneading pasta dough, beetroot infused and standard egg pasta, various rolling techniques, filling, shaping and chef will demonstrate some sauces.  It’s a lovely afternoon, culminating in a delightful dinner prepared by you!

Sophia Loren once said ‘Everything you see I owe to Spaghetti.’ Whilst we can’t promise you a glittering career in Hollywood after our pasta course, we can promise that you will learn how to make Italy’s staple food by hand and using some traditional kit. Our Chef will show you how to mix, knead, bash, squash and shape the dough into several of the most popular varieties – spaghetti, farfalle and ravioli.

It’s hungry work making pasta so you during the evening there is the opportunity to eat some of your hard work…Chef usually likes to demo a sauce or something to impress to go with your pasta creations.

Buon appetito!

Skills you will Learn:

• Kneading
• Drying
• Shaping
• Colouring – beetroot, spinach

Examples of what you might cook:

• Egg pasta dough
• Beetroot (pink) pasta
• Tortellini
• Tagliatelle
• Farfalle

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home – bring suitable containers!

Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Japanese Cuisine is experiencing ever increasing popularity in the UK and at Food Sorcery we developed a weekend class that explores three of the most popular dishes – all can be replicated at home and during the class you will have the opportunity for plenty of hands-on cookery, demonstration and a sociable meal at the end.

Naturally low in dairy and fat, you will learn the tips and trick to enjoy making these dishes, you will cook all the dishes and then enjoy eating the fruits of your labour at our sociable dining table, if you’d prefer you can take your dishes home. Long gone will be the days of squidgy noodles hiding in the bottom of a bowl of salty stock and overcooked veggies.

Examples of what you’ll cook:

• Peashoot Ichiban dashi, oange cured scallops
• Crab harumaki spring roll, mooli 2 ways, ponzu and ginger dressing
• Beef tataki  – with tosa-zu sauce
• Spicy Yaki Udon Noodles – made with an assortment of vegetables and protein

What’s included:

Glass of Prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home – bring suitable containers!

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits and soft drinks to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using card.

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

The French and fine dining are undeniably linked – elegant desserts with quality ingredients make French cuisine great for occasions where you want to impress, but there are also simple classics that can show-case your skills with minimal fuss.

What you might make:

• Tarte au Citroen
• Clafoutis
• Creme Brûlée
• Chocolate Fondants
• Spun Sugar or Tuiles

What’s Included:

Coffee on arrival, all ingredients you need.  Lunch will be provided and served with your delicious French treats for dessert! Take home the rest of your creations

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Cooking Together evenings are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menu varies with seasonal availability.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout. You will then sit down to eat your meal in the company of others in our dining room.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event.

• Starter -spring rolls, Thai-style fish cakes, falafels, calamari, or home-made breads with a twist
• Main – The main event will usually feature fish or poultry (vegan/vegetarian options on request) with seasonal sides. It be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!
• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Serving Manchester for over 40 years, serving exquisite dim sum and Cantonese cuisine, the Yang Sing has earned a reputation as one of the city’s favourite food institutions. Serving locally sourced produce and buying seasonally, Yang Sing is a grande dame of Manchester’s vibrant food and drink scene.

What began as a small family affair in 1977 has grown to become synonymous with the cultural and culinary landscape of the city. Serving up the nation’s favourites, as well their famed dim sum delights.

Chef Bonnie Yeung- 3^rd generation of the family behind Yang Sing grew up in the restaurant, and lives, breathes and indeed eats all things dim sum. Bonnie will be sharing with you some dim sum perennials as well as some that you may not had tried before.

What you might cook:

• Steamed prawn and bamboo shoot har kau dumpling
• Steamed pork and prawn sui mai dumpling
• Steamed beef dumpling with ginger and spring onion
• Root vegetable spring roll V

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Middle Eastern cuisine is quite rightly now getting the adoration it deserves be inspired with the history & flavours wonderful dishes – from fabulous falafel that can be used as part of a meze platter, a light lunch, or a starter, to perfect pillowy pilaf that can be the centre piece of a feast and varied with different flavours throughout the year.

Daniel Barber trained in the Ottolenghi world and is first passion in food is flavours of the Middle East

Most allergies and dietary requirements available, just let us know when you book or get in touch with any questions

Skills you will Learn:

How to use spices and spice mixes in Indian cookery

Examples of what you might cook:

• Labneh – fresh soft cheese with beetroot and tomato salad
• Fava bean falafel with tarator dressing
• Chicken, almond and apricot pilaff
• Lebanese parsley and onion salad with pistachio pesto

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home if you bring suitable containers. Food Sorcery can’t take responsibility for any food taken away from the cookery school.

Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Enjoy a hands-on Vietnamese Cookery Class – A unique blend of Chinese and French style, Vietnamese food is greatly admired for its fresh and fragrant flavour.  Naturally low in dairy and fat, you will learn the tips and trick to enjoy making Vietnamese at home.

All classes are adaptable for most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know in the notes when booking.

Examples of What you might cook:

• Chicken Pho- Fragrant and aromatic chicken broth served with rice noodles and tender pieces of chicken
• Cà-ri – Rich, fragrant Vietnamese curry with veggies & mushrooms, topped with nuts & served with broken rice
• Lemongrass Shrimp over Rice Vermicelli and Vegetables (Bun Tom Nuong Xa)
• Pickled Carrot & Daikon Salad- Crunchy and perfectly pickled carrot and daikons

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starters  –Scallops with a lime shallot butter
• Main – Fillet Steak, Pont Neuf Potatoes; Crispy Seasonal Greens; Bearnaise Sauce
• Pudding – Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Release your inner-chocolatier with this hands-on chocolate truffle making class – perfect for chocolate lovers, you will learn the art of two different truffle making techniques as well as the history and trade secrets of chocolate
making. Designed for all abilities you will leave with a box of truffles you have created, tips and tricks of the trade and where and how to buy the best ingredients, ready to make them truffles at home.

The class will be hosted by master chocolatier Raanan of R&M Fine Chocolate. Raanan discovered the amazing world of tastes, pleasures and fun of chocolate and has been creating delectable treats ever since.

What you will learn & make

• Two techniques to make delicious truffle.
• Hand rolling methods
• Rolling, moulding, coating truffles
• Flavouring ganache

What’s included:

Refreshments on arrival, the chocolates you create in a gift box. We provide all ingredients and can cater to most
dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Sobia grew up in Bradford, the curry capital of Britain. So it goes without saying that she had access to some of the best Pakistani cuisine for most of her life. That said, restaurant and take away food is completely different to the food eaten at home. In this class you will learn to cook real, traditional, Pakistani food from scratch, it’s so easy and healthier than you think – all you need is a few staple ingredients and a whole lot of love thrown in for good measure!

During the class you will create dishes to eat as you cook, there will be enough to take home for a meal later.

The class can be adapted to most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know when you book – Vegetarian & Vegan alternatives available.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Lamb Pilau
• Chicken Shorba
• Roti
• Raita

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Thai cuisine is one of the tastiest foods on the planet – fresh, healthy and potentially mind blowingly spicy!  Authentic ingredients are readily available, chef will explain where an how to source them. Join us to explore the amazing flavours that can be achieved using traditional techniques.

Cookery Class & Meal: Extended cookery class including time to enjoy eating your dishes in the dining room. Take home any leftovers!

All classes are adaptable for most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know in the notes when booking.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Larb Gai – Chicken Salad Served in Lettuce
• Thai Red Curry – with chicken, tofu and butternut squash
• Satay Peanut Sauce –with chicken or tofu
• Chicken Chilli Basil – simple and amazingly tasty
• Coconut Rice – a delicious twist on this staple accompaniment
• Vinaigrette Carrot –  tasty side dish
• Cucumber Relish – side dish

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create in the dinning room at the end of the class, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Working with chef, you will enjoy an inspiring afternoon ‘Cooking Together’ with your child(ren) or soon to be teenager.

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team. You will prepare a main course, a side dish and dessert before time to enjoy your meal together in the company of others at our affable table.

Chef is also keen to share tips and tricks to improve your skills in the kitchen, a popular one being how to chop an onion without crying!

What you’ll Cook:

We can cater for most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at the time of booking.

If there is something you are particularly keen to cook, then please ask and we will try and accommodate your request. To give you a flavour of what to expect, here are some examples:

Example Menus

Plaited loaves, blackened chicken and spiced rice, sticky toffee pudding

Home-made pasta with carbonara sauce; rosemary & garlic focaccia

French Farmhouse – baguettes, rustic chicken; tarte tatin

Chicken cordon bleu, pommes aligots, French bread, home-made ice cream and crepes

What’s Included

All ingredients,  refreshments and glass of wine or beer for the adults

Additional drinks can be purchased and paid for using cash or card

Skill Level: All Abilities

Extra children can be added for £25 per child – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

Join Chef for an Italian inspired menu for our popular cooking together evening.

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

What’s included:

Hands-on Cooking Together in your pair, chef will guide you through preparation, cooking and serving of your starter and main course, with plenty of time to enjoy eating in our spacious dining area. Chef makes dessert for you to enjoy.

Recipes are emailed after the class and are designed to be repeatable so you can create again at home.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starter – Pea & Ham Aranchini, Prawn Totellini
• Main – Sea bass with truffle butter gnocchi & mushrooms
• Desert – Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Fresh pasta is a delight, and learning to make it is a life skill that stays with you.  During this afternoon workshop, we look at all things pasta – from mixing and kneading pasta dough, beetroot infused and standard egg pasta, various rolling techniques, filling, shaping and chef will demonstrate some sauces.  It’s a lovely afternoon, culminating in a delightful dinner prepared by you!

Sophia Loren once said ‘Everything you see I owe to Spaghetti.’ Whilst we can’t promise you a glittering career in Hollywood after our pasta course, we can promise that you will learn how to make Italy’s staple food by hand and using some traditional kit. Our Chef will show you how to mix, knead, bash, squash and shape the dough into several of the most popular varieties – spaghetti, farfalle and ravioli.

It’s hungry work making pasta so you during the evening there is the opportunity to eat some of your hard work…Chef usually likes to demo a sauce or something to impress to go with your pasta creations.

Buon appetito!

Skills you will Learn:

• Kneading
• Drying
• Shaping
• Colouring – beetroot, spinach

Examples of what you might cook:

• Egg pasta dough
• Beetroot (pink) pasta
• Tortellini
• Tagliatelle
• Farfalle

What’s included:

Glass of Prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Take home all the pasta you make – bring suitable containers!

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits and soft drinks to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

From a very young age Farzana Ullah has been surrounded by Indian food with recipes and techniques being passed down through generations. Farzana learnt the wonderful authentic dishes that she now cooks from her Mother.

Her dishes have been perfected over many years, cooking for friends and family  who are the best and toughest judges of all! Having become a master of all types of Indian cooking, from traditional curries to more popular street food dishes.

The class can be adapted to most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know when you book – Vegetarian & Vegan alternatives available.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Vegetable samosas
• Papri Chaat
• Dal Makhani
• Mint and Coriander Chutney
• Butter Chicken

What’s included:

Glass of Prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home – bring suitable containers!

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level – All Abilities

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starter -spring rolls, Thai-style fish cakes, falafels, calamari, or home-made breads with a twist
• Main -the main event will usually feature fish or poultry (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!
• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Spend the day learning all about super foods and how to cook with them, this class shows you how to easily introduce new food types into your diet and importantly get them to taste as delicious as they are good for you. Mix up your mealtimes to learn new skills and new dishes to delight every day of the week.

The day will focus on super foods

• Grains – quinoa, couscous, bulgur wheat
• Root veg – Beetroot, sweet potato
• Berries – pomegranate, summer fruits, avocado
• Nuts – how to add them to mealtimes to add protein, texture and taste.

You will master core cookery skills required to build competence in the kitchen, learn all about super foods and how to create delicious meals.

Chef Jan Cron is a huge fan of utilising all the fantastic healthy foods available to make meals as delicious as they are good for you. With over 17 years of experience, he is an accomplished personal chef specialising in healthy modern cuisine. His attitude to cooking is enjoyable and relaxing whilst creating amazing flavours.

What’s included

Drink on arrival. You’ll eat the dishes you prepare for lunch, and you will take home an evening meal which you will have prepared in the afternoon. There will be plenty of food to take home at the end of the day.

Cooking Together – the perfect blend of cookery class and meal out. Canapés on arrival, chef guides you through making a starter and main course with plenty of time to enjoy eating. We make dessert while you relax. Sociable Foodie Fun. Included in Manchester Confidential’s Top 10 Manchester Pop Ups & Supper Clubs!

Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. All classes are adaptable for most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know in the notes when booking.

What to expect

Chef will demonstrate a first course for you to recreate in your pairs and then enjoy together in the dining room. There follows a demonstration of the main course before it’s your turn to cook again. While you enjoy your meal, Chef will prepare a delicious pudding.

Cooking Together nights can be exclusive for groups of ten or more – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks – feel free to make a suggestion

• First Dish – Vietnamese Chicken Salad
• Second Dish – Lime caramel fish
• Pudding – Lemongrass posset

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create in the dining room in the company of others.

Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar:

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits, soft drinks and cocktails to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

If you are a coffee lover and get a buzz out of coffee, then this is perfect for you! You will learn some fun facts and even a little bit of science about your favourite drink from Gavin, who has been a professional barista for over 15 years.

He will explain the differences in techniques used to make the perfect coffee, advise you on what will work best for you at home and even how to use all the kit that you bought and have tucked away in the back of the cupboard.

There will be plenty of opportunity to practise your skills and you will even try a little latte art to impress your friends!

Skills you will Learn:

Making the perfect cup of coffee at home.

The science behind your favourite drink – temperature, filtering etc

How to use the kit that you will need

Grinding beans versus pre ground

How to steam milk without spending £’000s

Latte art

What’s included:

Lots of coffee and some nibbles!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Join Chef for a French Bistro inspired menu for our popular cooking together evening. Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

What’s included:

Hands-on Cooking Together in your pair, chef will guide you through preparation, cooking and serving of your starter and main course, with plenty of time to enjoy eating in our spacious dining area. Chef makes dessert for you to enjoy.

Recipes are emailed after the class and are designed to be repeatable so you can create again at home.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starter – Cheese Soufflé
• Main – Beef Bourguignon / Bouillabaisse
• Desert – Crème brûlée

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t need to do the washing up; all the fun, none of the work.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers and spirits to enjoy during your evening. A range of soft drinks are also available. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level: All Abilities