Working with our chef Jason, 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 pudding and a side dish and then enjoy your meal together in the company of others at our affable table.

Jason 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 all 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:

Suggested 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

Evening meal, refreshments and glass of wine for the adults

Additional drinks can be purchased and paid for using cash or card – see our beverages list for details

Skill Level: All Abilities

Extra children can be added for £20 per child; if two parents wish to cook with one child – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

9.30am to 3.30pm

Morning wrap around care available from 8am to 9.30am – this is £5 per child per day, payable in cash on the day.   Children arriving before 9.20 will be charged.

The menu changes daily.

Your children learn the skills they need to cook with confidence, a skill that will stay with them for life.  We will nominate a theme prior to the event, please send in any requests!

Afternoons are spent doing bootcamp as well as a second cooking session.

Sample days!

Dough Day! Sleeves rolled up we will make the dough, learn to knead, all about yeast and how it needs time to work its magic. The dough will be left to prove for use in the week.

Street Food! Spring rolls and Samosas with various fillings, the children will have the opportunity to taste and design various flavours and spices to design and roll their own street food!

Italian day! Pasta dough, rolling and filling – various sauces – making sure everyone makes their own and tries different classic Italian Sauces

Spanish Tapas! Chef Jason’s favourite and again a great opportunity for learning about seasoning and textures! Spicy Lamb Albondigas , Chicken Morunos and Patatas Bravas

Take Away Using the skills and tricks learnt through the week the class will work together to either bring their dinner home.

Sample Day; 9.30am to 12noon – Cooking Session; 12noon to 1pm – Lunch; 1.15pm to 2.15pm Bootcamp; 2.15pm to 3.30pm – Cooking Session & Tidy Up!

Costs – Day rate £40 – Wrap around care £5 per session.

9.30am to 3.30pm

Morning wrap around care available from 8am to 9.30am – this is £5 per child per day, payable in cash on the day.   Children arriving before 9.20 will be charged.

The menu changes daily.

Your children learn the skills they need to cook with confidence, a skill that will stay with them for life.  We will nominate a theme prior to the event, please send in any requests!

Afternoons are spent doing bootcamp as well as a second cooking session.

Sample days!

Dough Day! Sleeves rolled up we will make the dough, learn to knead, all about yeast and how it needs time to work its magic. The dough will be left to prove for use in the week.

Street Food! Spring rolls and Samosas with various fillings, the children will have the opportunity to taste and design various flavours and spices to design and roll their own street food!

Italian day! Pasta dough, rolling and filling – various sauces – making sure everyone makes their own and tries different classic Italian Sauces

Spanish Tapas! Chef Jason’s favourite and again a great opportunity for learning about seasoning and textures! Spicy Lamb Albondigas , Chicken Morunos and Patatas Bravas

Take Away Using the skills and tricks learnt through the week the class will work together to either bring their dinner home.

Sample Day; 9.30am to 12noon – Cooking Session; 12noon to 1pm – Lunch; 1.15pm to 2.15pm Bootcamp; 2.15pm to 3.30pm – Cooking Session & Tidy Up!

Costs – Day rate £40 – Wrap around care £5 per session.

Cooking Together: a fresh take on a night 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 all the ingredients you need to produce a restaurant-style meal of your own creation.

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 and a vegetarian option is always available.

Example menu

• First Dish – spring rolls, Thai-style fish cakes, falafels, calamari, or home-made breads with a twist

• Second Dish – the main event will feature meat, fish or poultry (veggie options always in stock) 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. Opt for the classics or something more adventurous for example melting middle chocolate puds, sticky toffee, or even a soufflé.

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

An updated and accessible BBQ course that will give you the skills to cook on the open flame with confidence. Take your place as pit master for the day and whip up some classic BBQ dishes to your preference with friends and our friendly group.

Cooking Vegetarian on the barbecue doesn’t need to be boring and predictable, opening your eyes to some of the flexible ways of cooking outside and what you can do with some exciting ingredients – you will eat what you cook, so plenty of food!.

This event is about enjoying the BBQ experience (yes we have a bar) with a focus on developing core BBQ skills of fire control, preparation and cooking.

We will also touch on spicing and marinating to achieve specific goals.

If you would like to book an exclusive event we can do this for groups of ten or more. We can also customise the menu for exclusive events.

We can cater for allergies and dietary requirments.

What you will learn.

Fire lighting, maintenance and fire control with a charcoal fire.

You will be shown how to make a variety of dishes, working with some ingredients not usually associated with the BBQ!  Using fresh herbs and spices to flavour the dishes and sides, you will break into groups to prepare your owndishes and learn how to shape, skewers and cook like a pro (bye bye takeaway).

Demonstration of the art of the BBQ salad – this will hopefully inspire you and open the door for you to make many delicious salads of this type to impress and delight your friends and family.

Smokey aubergine babaganush

Dishes

Ed has an extensive repertoire of dishes of different types and styles of food you can cook on a BBQ with different flavours and influences from around the world.

Served with sides (which you will learn to prepare) and flat bread.

Including BBQ Salads.

Part of the Package

Complimentary glass of wine, lager or beer and the food that you will prepare with the spices.

The BBQ’s and charcoal.

Recipe sheets and a record of what you made and the spices you used with advice on where to source spices and proper charcoal.

Fully Stocked Bar

We have great bar with fantastic beers, wines and spirits to enjoy throughout the day. These can be purchased with card or cash.

Skill Level – All Abilities

Chef – Edward Warren

Children age 8+ are welcome to come along at a charge of £35 per child, they will work with their parent – please contact lovetocook@foodsorcery.co.uk to book’