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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
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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
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Cooking Together with Jason
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A weekend version of our popular mid week event; a bit bigger; more fish & more time Many of us love fish, but rarely cook it at home. A perfect blend
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A weekend version of our popular mid week event; a bit bigger; more fish & more time
Many of us love fish, but rarely cook it at home. A perfect blend of demo and hands on skill, during this class, our chef will guide you through 3-4 different fish dishes to ensure you have the confidence to prepare at home.
What you will Learn:
Some examples of what you will cook:
- Basic Filleting with Mackerel; Sea Bass; Trout
- Salt Crust whole fish – sea bream, black bream, dorade
- Flat Fish – Lemon Sole, Plaice
- King prawns; scallops
- White fish such as cod, haddock
- Salmon
- Sauces and sides that work with Many of us love fish, but rarely cook it at home. In this class our chef will guide you through 3 different fish dishes to ensure you have the confidence to prepare at home.
- How to best use your fishmonger – how to tell fish is fresh
What’s included:
Drink on arrival and enjoy the fish you have prepared through out the evening.
We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines to polish off your evening, additional drinks can be purchased using card or cash – see our beverages list for details
Copies of the recipes you cook which will also be emailed to you afterwards
The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!
Skill Level: All Abilities
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Fish - Cooking with Confidence - Weekend Special

Event Details
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
more
Event Details
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
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1 ticket for 2 people - Dine Out With A Twist
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We love a good collaboration and this one takes in our favourite pastime, running, with Didsbury runners and their preparation for the marathon. This class is all about the right type
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We love a good collaboration and this one takes in our favourite pastime, running, with Didsbury runners and their preparation for the marathon.
This class is all about the right type of food to eat to maximise training for running, we’ll be thinking about upcoming Marathons and 10k’s accross the UK, with particular attention to the Manchester Marathon in which many of the Didsbury runners will be competing. The class can be adapted to most allergy and dietary requirements, just let us know when you book.
Our 3 hour class allows ample time for demo and hands on cooking. All ingredients are provided and you will eat during the evening as well as take home extra’s. During the session you will look at three individual dishes – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.
Chef Jan Cron spends his time researching different diets for specific outcomes – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while maximising the benefits.
What you will learn
Three dishes based on pre-run, post run and recovery, create repeateable meals that taste delicious.
Pre-run prep – high in carbs
Post run snack – tastier than any you can buy!
Recovery dish – high in nutrients and lean protein
What’s included
Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy
Skill Level: All Abilities
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Fit, Tasty Food - for runners

Fit, Tasty Food - For runners

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Cooking is fun, relaxing and enjoyable and you only need a few basic skills to open up a world of possibilities. Our expert Chef is keen to support you take
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Cooking is fun, relaxing and enjoyable and you only need a few basic skills to open up a world of possibilities. Our expert Chef is keen to support you take your first steps, or perhaps chop your first onion in a fun and engaging class. Menu and theme change, however your skills and confidence will grow and you will learn how the new skills translate to differing cuisines
On thisFebruary course we will cook lasagne and a fruit crumble, with custard – all from scratch, giving you the basics for many different dishes. Later in the year lemon & thyme roast chicken, some different approaches to potatoes, cauliflower/ broccoli in cheese sauce followed by Poached Pears with Custard! Delicious and very adaptable.
Example Skills you will learn:
- Knife Skills
- Chopping, roasting
- All the skills to make lasagne and crumble – a classic pair of recipes that use a varied set of skills
- How to chop an onion
- Sautéing minced beef
- How to make a béchamel sauce
- Crumble topping
- Stewing fruit
- Batch Cooking
Examples of What you might cook:
- Meat or vegetable lasagne
- Lemon & Thyme Roast Chicken
- Poached Pears
- Fruit crumble
- Custard
- Bolognese
- South East Asian
What’s included
Drink on Arrival, all ingredients, recipes to take home as well as enjoying the food you have prepared
Skill Level: All Abilities
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Back to Basics - Cooking - Lasagna & Crumble

Cookery School & Event Space...Didsbury
Fun filled, hands on cookery classes, team building, kids cookery, coffee lovers, and foodie events, all led by our expert chefs.
From novice to expert, healthy to gourmet, we've got classes to suit all and can adapt to dietary or allergy requirements on request.
Food Sorcery Cookery and Barista School, Didsbury, with views over the river, easy transport links and a Hotel, pool & gym onsite, it's the perfect place to have fun with food, learn tips and tricks from experts and to gain cooking confidence.
Our unique Cooking Together Friday nights are a fresh take on dining out, ditch the conventional meal out and cook your own!