Cookery School & Event Space… Didsbury

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 a dessert, before enjoying your meal together in the company of others in our dining area.

Chef will share tips and tricks to improve your skills in the kitchen, whilst creating a repeatable meal which is bound to become a family favourite.

Example Menu: we source ingredient locally, things may change, trust us it will be delicious!

We can cater for most allergies and food preferences, just let us know in the notes when booking. You will cook the same meal together.

• Japanese – Sushi, Katsu curry, Stir Fried Red Rice, Caramelised Banana Split

What’s Included

• We provide all ingredients, copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• Glass of fizz, beer or wine for the adults, soft drink for the kids on arrival. Additional drinks can be purchased and paid for using cash or card
• Enjoy the food you create at the end of the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level: All Abilities

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Having originated in Seattle’s Espresso Vivace coffee shop in the late 80’s and early 90’s, there is something about latte art that makes sipping your perfect brew that much more satisfying! Just like a snowflake or fingerprint, the design is unique to the barista, join Gavin, our barista of over 20 years for a workshop learning the skills to create your own little piece of microfoam magic.

Suitable for people working in the hospitality industry as well as home coffee lovers wanting to take their skills to the next level.

Skills you will Learn:

• Steaming and Stretching milk
• Solid heart, Tulips, Rosetta’s etc…
• Plenty of time to practice your skills

What’s included:

Lots of coffee and some nibbles!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun. Traditional Spanish cuisine is down-to-earth, uncomplicated food that is based on the ingredients available locally or the crops grown regionally.

One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Allergies and dietary preferences catered for, just let us know in the notes when booking.

What you will Learn

Cooking Together in your pair, you will be guided through hands-on cooking of your starter and main course with plenty of time to enjoy eating in our spacious dining area. Recipes are designed to be repeatable so you can re create them again at home.

Examples of what you might make: (we’ll select the best on the day, so allow us surprise you!)

• Starter: Tapas, Gazpacho, Champinones Al Ajillo
• Main: Expect something authentic from the region, Paella, Chicken Chilindron, Fabada
• Desert: Made by chef so you can enjoy your meal

What’s included:

• Canapé and a complimentary glass of wine or beer on arrival (soft drinks also available)
• The meal you prepare, eaten in the company of others in dining area.
• 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

Dishes will be suitable for your Teen to recreate for their friends and become the popular chef at Uni! If you have a particular theme you would like the chef to cook, please let us know.

What you will Learn

Chef will demonstrate an Italian themed main course with a side dish 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

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Learn to chop, slice and dice like a pro we will teach you all the tricks of the trade so that you can understand how to choose the right knife for the job and use your knife to best advantage. Most importantly, you will learn how to use a knife safely.  You may not be able to slice with your eyes shut after this class, but with practice you will make short work of preparing the Sunday roast or Delicious Dinners.

Once all the knife work has been done, we will show you how to make delicious dishes using the ingredients you have chopped, which you’ll enjoy eating and any left overs can be taken home.

Allergies and dietary requirements can be catered for if we know in advance.

What you will learn.

• How to use a kitchen knife like an expert.
• Learn the most foolproof slicing, chopping and dicing techniques while preparing a delicious dish.
• Receive an emailed pack of the recipes you made during the class
• No washing up – we take care of that for you!

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, bring suitable containers to take home your creations.
We provide all ingredients, 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

Dumplings are a wonderful meal that has been integrated into so many different countries cuisines, bringing their own culture and twist. Dumplings are balls of dough filled and styled in different ways, you will learn to fill and make three different dumplings each with their own cultural traditions, you’ll love making them over and over again at home.

Examples of what you might make: (we’ll select the best on the day, so we might surprise you!)

• Korean Mandu
• Nepalese Momo’s
• Spanish Empanadas

What’s included:

• Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook
• We have simple takeaway containers, although feel free to bring your own Tupperware!
• We provide all ingredients, 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

Have you been to Greece and loved the food so much you’d like to know how to re create it at home? now you can do just that with our Greek cookery class.

Greek food is known for it’s unique flavour and diversity, influenced by Middle Eastern, Italian, and Ottoman cultures, the options are endless. Chef has curated a selection of dishes to create a class of favourites which you’ll love making again at home. You will cook at least three dishes to eat as you cook and to take 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

• Meze with dishes such as, dolmades, olives, keftedes, gigantes, tzatziki, hummous or filo cheese parcels.
• Garides me feta – Whole King Prawns cooked in a clay pot with Tomatoes, Lemon, Garlic and Crumbled Feta
• Kritharaki – Rice-Shaped Pasta in rich tomato and wine Sauce

What’s Included;

• Glass of fizz, wine, beer or soft drink on arrival.
• All the ingredients you need – let us know of any allergies or preferences in the notes when booking.
• We have basic takeaway containers or bring your own.
• 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

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun. Middle Eastern cuisine is quite rightly now getting the adoration it deserves, be inspired by the history & flavours of this wonderful cuisine – curated by chef, cooked you.

One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Allergies and dietary preferences catered for, just let us know in the notes when booking.

What you will Learn

Cooking Together in your pair, you will be guided through hands-on cooking of your starter and main course with plenty of time to enjoy eating in our spacious dining area. Recipes are designed to be repeatable so you can re create them again at home.

Examples of what you might cook: (we’ll select the best on the day, so allow us surprise you!)

• Starter: Crispy Zaatar Salmon with Lemon and Tahini Sauce and Batata Hara;
• Main: Saffron Chicken with Khobz Flatbread, Moroccan Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce, Tomato & Pomegranate Salsa;
• Dessert: Made by chef so you enjoy your evening

What’s included:

Canapé and 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 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

Take in the delicious aromas of three different curries from around the world, traditionally a sauce seasoned with spices – there are so many varieties it’s hard to understand the differences.  This class will look at three different curries from around the world – Sri Lankan, Japanese and Indian – which will give you a wealth of knowledge so you can embrace your spice cupboard!

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy one of the curries as you cook and take home the others – 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

Learn the art of buttercream piping, this workshop is perfect for home bakers looking for a new challenge, or professional bakers needing to hone their piping skills.

We will demo how to make the perfect cupcake base and traditional crusting buttercream. You will be taught piping techniques that are transferable skills to use again and again. There is plenty of hands on time to decorate 20 cup cakes, 14 will be used to create two bouquets and you will take home the remaining 6.

You will construct and gift-wrap your bouquet to present as a stylish gift ready to take home.

Learn how to create realistic looking:

• Rose
• Hydrangea
• Daisy
• Chrysanthemum
• Tulip

What’s included:

• Tea & Coffee on arrival and refreshments throughout the day.
• Light lunch with something sweet for dessert.
• You will take home your creations, please bring suitable containers and means to take them home!
• Copies of the workshop notes will be emailed to you after the class.
• The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

An incredible treat for all Steak Lovers – Cooking Together steak night is 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.

Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout. You will sit down to eat your meal in the company of others.

Examples of what you might cook: 

Vegetarian and dietary preferences 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.

What’s Included:

• Complimentary Canapés and drink on arrival.
• All ingredients and the food you prepare. You will sit down in our dining room to eat your meal.
• Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.
• 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 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

Join Chef for an Italian Cicchetti inspired menu. 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, perfect for easy evening meals, dinner parties or a buffet to wow the family or guests.

At the end of the class, time to enjoy the results of your hard work and relax eating the food created at our sociable table.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Spinach and ricotta tortellini
• Prawn Bruschetta
• One Pan Meatballs
• Goats Cheese & Red Pepper Risotto

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

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun. Traditional Spanish cuisine is down-to-earth, uncomplicated food that is based on the ingredients available locally or the crops grown regionally.

One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Allergies and dietary preferences catered for, just let us know in the notes when booking.

What you will Learn

Cooking Together in your pair, you will be guided through hands-on cooking of your starter and main course with plenty of time to enjoy eating in our spacious dining area. Recipes are designed to be repeatable so you can re create them again 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 make: (we’ll select the best on the day, so allow us surprise you!)

• Starter: Tapas, Gazpacho, Champinones Al Ajillo
• Main: Expect something authentic from the region, Paella, Chicken Chilindron, Fabada
• Desert: Made by chef so you can enjoy your meal

What’s included:

• Canapé and a complimentary glass of wine or beer on arrival (soft drinks also available)
• The meal you prepare, eaten in the company of others in dining area.
• 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 quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. Victoria

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Bakes you might make:

• Brownie Tray Bake
• Scones
• Millionaires cake

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

Refreshments throughout the class and take your tasty bakes home.

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

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

Victoria is the former tutor of ‘Slatterys School of Excellence’ a trained chef, pastry chef, confectioner, cake designer and chocolatier. She has a vast amount of knowledge and shares her skills in such a way that you cannot help but be as enthusiastic as she is.

What you might cook: (we’ll select the best for the day, so we might surprise you!)

• Swiss Roll – mixing, rolling and decorating
• Scones – the perfect afternoon tea delight!
• Crinkle Cookies

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team. You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

• Tea/coffee or soft drink on arrival and refreshments throughout the day, along with all the ingredients. A light lunch will be served, and you will take home your tasty treats.
• We have simple takeaway containers, although feel free to bring your own Tupperware!
• We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks – 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

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Serving exquisite dim sum and Cantonese cuisine, the Yang Sing has earned a reputation as one of the city’s favourite food institutions and 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 Ting 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. Ting will be sharing with you some dim sum perennials as well as some that you may not had tried before.

What you might cook:

• Pan fried Pork War Tip Dumpling
• Vegetable Spring Roll
• Steamed Pork and Prawn Sui Mai

What’s included:

• Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook
• We have simple takeaway containers, although feel free to bring your own Tupperware!
• We provide all ingredients, 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
• Cardamon and rosewater rice pudding

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

Korean Food has an emphasis on vegetables, meats cooked simply and without much oil. It looks beautiful and has bold crave-worthy flavours.

Combination of hands-on cooking and demonstration. Eat as you cook and takeaway your creations. You will leave with tips and tricks to cook more delicious dishes at home.

All classes can be adapted to most allergies & preferences, just let us know in the notes when booking.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Kimbap – Korean sushi roll
• Mandu – Dumplings similar to gyoza
• Bibimbap
• Korean Fried chicken

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, bring suitable containers to take home your creations.

We provide all ingredients, 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 – 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

Chef Jan has both worked in Michelin starred restaurants and worked as a private dining chef for many years. He has perfected the art of combining imaginative and classic dishes into a fantastic meal to make the taste buds zing. This class takes cooking together to another level of fine dining experience, you will prepare the first and second plates, chef cooks the rest of the meal which will be served in the dining area.

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.

Allergies and preferences catered for – just let us know in the notes when booking.

Example menu

• First Plate – Sri Lankan confit chicken crispy roll, roasted red pepper puree, coriander pesto
• Second Plate – Rainbow Beetroot carpaccio, charred goats cheese, walnut brittle
• Palate Cleanser – Fruited ice, sorbet, prepared by chef
• Third Plate – Fillet of beef, pommes maxine, saffron carrot puree, savoy cabbage, jus. Prepared by chef
• Dessert – Prepared by chef so your enjoy your evening.

What you will Learn

Cooking Together in your pair, you will be guided through hands-on cooking of your starter and main course with plenty of time to enjoy eating in our spacious dining area. Recipes are designed to be repeatable so you can re create again at home.

What’s included:

Canapé and a complimentary glass of Prosecco, 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 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

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

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

Dishes will be suitable for your Teen to recreate for their friends and become the popular chef at Uni! If you have a particular theme you would like the chef to cook, please let us know.

What you will Learn

Chef will demonstrate an Italian themed main course with a side dish 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

Skills you will learn 

• Tempering
• Spun chocolate
• Creating chocolate Cups
• Ganache
• Hand Piping

What’s Included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need. You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations. We have basic takeaway containers, however you are welcome to bring your own.
• 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