If you 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

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

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable meals for people who invest time in working out.

This class has a focus for those looking to gain muscle, the proteins suitable and how to maximise flavour while obeying the rules!  All classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements.

Dishes will incorporate a variety of flavours, fish, chicken and vegetarian designed to help you gain muscle – all classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements.

Our 3 hour class allows ample time for demo and hands on cooking. All ingredients are provided and you will both eat during the evening and 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.

Kitchen Maverick Jan spends his time researching different diets – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules! If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Tips and tricks to make delicious Healthy Italian inspired dishes at home.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

Hosting can be a little stressful, so it helps to have a few tried and tested recipes up your sleeve.  The opening course sets the theme and expectation for the rest of the meal and is key to success.   During this course you will learn to cook 3 starters of increasing style and complexity…with the tips handed out by our chef, you will confidently be able to prepare in advance for any occasion.

What you will Learn:

Our chef will show you 3 dishes on the day, at home these can be combined giving a multitude of options:

• Dish 1 – for a speedy, unplanned occasion. This dish will be quickly prepared and ready to eat or pop in the oven in about 15-20 minutes, crowd pleasers such as smoked salmon or mackerel pate; roasted asparagus with parma ham or a poached egg;
• Dish 2 – a little more planning here; this dish may take 30-40 minutes to get into the oven with a sauce or dip completing the dish; beetroot falafel with raita; spicy scallops with lime and coriander; aubergine fritters; fresh pesto and white cod.
• Dish 3 – the show stoppers; These may take an hour to prepare, but done in advance, great for the big occasion; warm flatbreads or chapatti; fish or crab cakes; potted duck; dumplings (Japanese or Indian influence)

What’s included:

Refreshments and enjoy the dishes you have prepared throughout the evening; enjoy a glass of well-matched wine.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

What to Bring: All ingredients are included, and you eat or takeaway the food you prepare; if you have an apron, please bring alternatively you can borrow one of ours

Cooking Together: an alternative Christmas lunch; join us for a fun and festive, social lunch.  Tickets are sold individually, but you will cook in 2s or 3s as this is a relaxed, convivial cooking experience!

Ideal for an office party or lunch with friends, we include a glass of prosecco on arrival and a canape prepared by our chef.  Chef will demonstrate a tasty starter for you to re-create and enjoy; we then repeat with a main course and while you enjoy your efforts, we make dessert.

Food Sorcery ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced and a vegetarian option is always available.  If you are booking a group, please let us know if there is a particular style of food your friends would enjoy preparing.

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 prosecco 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

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

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 side dish and dessert before time to 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 – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable diah as delicious as they are good for you. This class has a focus for those looking to lose weight through healthy eating. There will be a demo which you will re-create, making enough to eat and takeaway for another day. Each class will have a different dish, so you can come back for more! If you would like to book a series of classes, let us know.

All classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements – just fill in the box when booking.

Our Fit Food classes are run by Jan who spends his time researching diffferent diets – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules! If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious fit, tasty, food at home.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and a portion to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

Cooking Together: an alternative Christmas lunch; join us for a fun and festive, social lunch.  Tickets are sold individually, but you will cook in 2s or 3s as this is a relaxed, convivial cooking experience!

Ideal for an office party or lunch with friends, we include a glass of prosecco on arrival and a canape prepared by our chef.  Chef will demonstrate a tasty starter for you to re-create and enjoy; we then repeat with a main course and while you enjoy your efforts, we make dessert.

Food Sorcery ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced and a vegetarian option is always available.  If you are booking a group, please let us know if there is a particular style of food your friends would enjoy preparing.

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 prosecco 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

Back by popular demand, our friendly local wine boffin, Alex has pulled together a selection of wines for all our Christmas needs – from a crowd pleaser for the Christmas party to some special little numbers for presents or hosting the big event!  Limited tickets available so please book now.

Alex works with Hallgartendruitt & Novum Wines (HDN to their friends), who supply many of Manchester’s finest restaurants, so don’t expect to see the Aldi special!

Taking the formality out of a wine tasting evening, there will be at least 10 wines to try, Alex will be there on the night for any questions and conversation…there won’t be a formal presentation.

Orders for Christmas can be placed on the evening and delivery will be to the Cook School the following week.

After wine tasting, it is customary to be craving a full glass of something tasty (or a cleansing ale) so our bar will be  well stocked for the evening….As we are in a cookery school, it seems only right that we have a pot of something tasty, bubbling away to eat after tasting, so feel free to stay a while.

What’s included:

Wines for tasting and some tasty food.

Offers and discounts available for Christmas wines!

Looking for a different Christmas Party for your team and friends this year – try our office night out with a twist!

Welcome drink and canapes on arrival, then with our chef in charge, cooking in 2s or 3s, you will create both a starter and main course with time to enjoy eating at our social table!  If you want this as a private event for your team, please contact us.  We have a fabulous wine list and are fully licenced for an entertaining Christmas night out with a twist!

What you will Learn

Chef demos and assistance while you prepare your starter and main course. While you enjoy your meal, Chef will prepare a delicious pudding.

Menus vary and are very repeatable and adaptable – we can do a more tradtional Christmas meal, but will geneally pick something a bit different and adventurous.  We can adapt to food allergies and preferences – if you have a specific menu in mind, please contact us prior to booking.

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

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

In the warm up to Christmas spend an afternoon, with friends, learning tips and tricks to take the stress out of entertaining – whether planned or spontaneous.  Don’t worry, this is not an evening in the classroom, it’s a fun night for you and your friends or colleagues to learn, create and eat together.

Welcome drink on arrival, and something chef’s made earlier to whet your appetite. The bar is open and the afternoon is a balance of demonstration with hands-on and free-style canape creation.

The Food Sorcery ethos is to embrace entertaining, your friends, with food…make it fun, be relaxed and be informed sufficiently to create with ease!  Our chef will furnish you with the skills to make a variety of different styles of canapés; how to plan ahead and how to use what you have either in the fridge or the store cupboard.

Cooking Together: an alternative Christmas lunch; join us for a fun and festive, social lunch.  Tickets are sold individually, but you will cook in 2s or 3s as this is a relaxed, convivial cooking experience!

Ideal for an office party or lunch with friends, we include a glass of prosecco on arrival and a canape prepared by our chef.  Chef will demonstrate a tasty starter for you to re-create and enjoy; we then repeat with a main course and while you enjoy your efforts, we make dessert.

Food Sorcery ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced and a vegetarian option is always available.  If you are booking a group, please let us know if there is a particular style of food your friends would enjoy preparing.

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 prosecco 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 evening learning to cook fit, healthy, repeatable meals, as tasty as they are good for you.

This class is all about the proteins used in vegan diets and specifically how to add flavour and make the dishes taste amazing. During the 3 hour session Chef will demo and you will cook three individual dishes – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event. All ingredients are provided and you will both eat during the evening and take home extra’s

All classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements.

Kitchen Maverick Jan Cron spends his time researching different diets – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules! If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious fit, tasty, food at home.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

Looking for a different Christmas Party for your team and friends this year – try our office night out with a twist!

Welcome drink and canapes on arrival, then with our chef in charge, cooking in 2s or 3s, you will create both a starter and main course with time to enjoy eating at our social table!  If you want this as a private event for your team, please contact us.  We have a fabulous wine list and are fully licenced for an entertaining Christmas night out with a twist!

What you will Learn

Chef demos and assistance while you prepare your starter and main course. While you enjoy your meal, Chef will prepare a delicious pudding.

Menus vary and are very repeatable and adaptable – we can do a more tradtional Christmas meal, but will geneally pick something a bit different and adventurous.  We can adapt to food allergies and preferences – if you have a specific menu in mind, please contact us prior to booking.

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

Looking for a different Christmas Party for your team and friends this year – try our office night out with a twist!

Welcome drink and canapes on arrival, then with our chef in charge, cooking in 2s or 3s, you will create both a starter and main course with time to enjoy eating at our social table!  If you want this as a private event for your team, please contact us.  We have a fabulous wine list and are fully licenced for an entertaining Christmas night out with a twist!

What you will Learn

Chef demos and assistance while you prepare your starter and main course. While you enjoy your meal, Chef will prepare a delicious pudding.

Menus vary and are very repeatable and adaptable – we can do a more tradtional Christmas meal, but will geneally pick something a bit different and adventurous.  We can adapt to food allergies and preferences – if you have a specific menu in mind, please contact us prior to booking.

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

Hosting over Christmas…brunch is an important start to the day for both you and your guests…how can you also enjoy a leisurely morning, while keeping your guests sufficiently fed and impressed with your kitchen skills…

This light hearted class will help you plan, prepare and deliver the ultimate Christmas Brunch covering the following areas:

Simple variations for Vegetarian and Vegan

Chef’s tips for buying the best produce

Making in advance

Your own ketchup/ tomato relish

Perfect Eggs – Poached & Scrambled

Where to cheat and where to focus your efforts

What’s included:

All ingredients, the food you prepare to eat and takeaway – glass of prosecco on arrival

Skill Level: All Abilities

Cooking Together: an alternative Christmas lunch; join us for a fun and festive, social lunch.  Tickets are sold individually, but you will cook in 2s or 3s as this is a relaxed, convivial cooking experience!

Ideal for an office party or lunch with friends, we include a glass of prosecco on arrival and a canape prepared by our chef.  Chef will demonstrate a tasty starter for you to re-create and enjoy; we then repeat with a main course and while you enjoy your efforts, we make dessert.

Food Sorcery ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced and a vegetarian option is always available.  If you are booking a group, please let us know if there is a particular style of food your friends would enjoy preparing.

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 prosecco 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

Cooking Together: an alternative Christmas lunch; join us for a fun and festive, social lunch.  Tickets are sold individually, but you will cook in 2s or 3s as this is a relaxed, convivial cooking experience!

Ideal for an office party or lunch with friends, we include a glass of prosecco on arrival and a canape prepared by our chef.  Chef will demonstrate a tasty starter for you to re-create and enjoy; we then repeat with a main course and while you enjoy your efforts, we make dessert.

Food Sorcery ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced and a vegetarian option is always available.  If you are booking a group, please let us know if there is a particular style of food your friends would enjoy preparing.

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 prosecco 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

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

If you 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

Leaving home is both exciting and a little nerve wracking!  Frequently it’s the first time you have to manage your own budget and also prepare food and feed yourself…there is a reason why so many fast food outlets pop up around the University campus.   On this one day class, we will teach you to have to confidence to bypass the ready meals and to be able to make sensible, nourishing food, without spending a fortune and without slaving in the kitchen all day.

This one day course will give you the confidence to feed yourself and entertain friends – on a budget!

Example Skills you will learn:

• Excellent cooking skills
• Store cupboard cooking
• What to take to Uni
• One pot cooking
• Knowledge of recipes
• Presentation
• Cooking with leftovers
• Kitchen hygiene
• Menu planning
• Budgeting!
• Optional extra barista skills

Examples of What you might cook:

• Meat or vegetable lasagne
• Fruit crumble
• Custard
• Bolognese
• Mexican
• Indian dishes
• South East Asian dishes
• Cooking with pulses

What’s included

Refreshments as well as enjoying the food prepared!

Skill Level: All Abilities

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.

When talking about “Vietnamese food,” think rice in many forms (steamed, sticky, noodles, pancakes, porridge), fish sauce (lots of it), herbs (mint, cilantro, lemongrass), seafood, pork, beef, chicken, and tropical fruits (rambutan, banana, papaya, mango, etc.), with borrowed flavors from the French imperialists and nearby countries like Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and China.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious Vietnamese dishes at home.

Examples of What you might cook:

• Perfect Beef Pho.
• Gỏi gà – Shredded chicken salad with Asian herbs, peppers & a chilli ginger dressing
• Cà-ri – Rich, fragrant Vietnamese curry with veggies & mushrooms, topped with nuts & served with broken rice
• Cold Soba Noodles with Vietnamese Pork.
• Vietnamese Summer Rolls.
• Lemongrass Shrimp over Rice Vermicelli and Vegetables (Bun Tom Nuong Xa)

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

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

It can be hard to eat well at home, especially if you’re cooking for one or two. This class is inspired by Prevent Breast Cancer’s (PBC) Quick & Easy cook book, you will learn how to cook tasty, repeatable meals with the added bonus of losing weight and feeling fit and healthy. A proportion of the sales goes directly to the Prevent Breast Cancer Charity.

Developed over seven years of research by Dr Harvie and Professor Howell it has been extensively tested on large numbers of people. Their quick & easy diet is not about counting calories, fasting or going hungry – simply follow the straightforward low-carb eating plan for two days per week then eat normally but sensibly for the other five.

You will create a delicious meal from the Quick & Easy Cook Book under the guidance of our knowledgeable and inspiring Chef, the class will be full of top tips and cheffy hints to help you. Once your meal is made you’ll sit down in the company of others to enjoy your meal – healthy food which tastes delicious.

Examples of recipes include:

Stuffed tarragon chicken with bacon and roasted veg
Chimichurri steak
Spiced turkey burgers with guacamole
Salmon with roasted fennel, leeks and tomatoes
Blackberry frozen yoghurt
Melon, mint and pineapple granita

All ingredients supplied, any left overs can be taken home and additional drinks can be purchased from the bar.

Each class is different and will cover a different meal from the diet book

Food Sorcery in support of Prevent Breast Cancer Registered Charity No.1109839

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 side dish and dessert before time to 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 – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

A day learning to cook Fit, healthy, repeatable meals with a focus on taste. Dishes will incorporate a variety of Asian flavours, fish, chicken and vegetarian – all classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements.

Our 3 hour class allows ample time for demo and hands on cooking.  All ingredients are provided and you will both eat during the evening and 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.

Kitchen Maverick Jan spends his time researching different diets – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules!  If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Example Dishes

Pad Thai with Corgettte Noodles

Korean Beef Kimbap Sushi

Salmon & Sweet Potato Fish Cakes

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious Healthy Asian inspired dishes at home.

Examples of What you might cook:

• Thai
• Sri Lankan
• Malay
• Vietnamese
• Japanese

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable diah as delicious as they are good for you. This class has a focus for those looking to lose weight through healthy eating. There will be a demo which you will re-create, making enough to eat and takeaway for another day. Each class will have a different dish, so you can come back for more! If you would like to book a series of classes, let us know.

All classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements – just fill in the box when booking.

Our Fit Food classes are run by Jan who spends his time researching diffferent diets – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules! If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious fit, tasty, food at home.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and a portion to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

Fresh pasta is a delight, and learning to make it is a life skill that stays with you.  During this 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 class, plenty to eat and also to take home!

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 some sauce or something to impress!

You will also learn some simple sauces & fillings to compliment your 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

Ravioli

Tortellini

Tagliatelle

Farfalle

What’s included:

Refreshments, meal and glass of wine, pasta to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

Vegan & Vegetarian Dishes from around the world

Vegetarian Cooking opens the door to a vast array of dishes, cooking styles and techniques and most importantly fantastic flavours!  It’s such an huge area of cookery, it becomes a little daunting.  This course will give you the basic skills to equip you for a vegetarian diet, perfect to be adopted for all your meals or just if you want to change your eating habits on a occasional basis.

Please note that this course can be adapted for a Vegan diet.

Skills you will Learn:

Store cupboard staples such as risottos, noodle dishes and slow cooked delights

Pan asian flavours

Dhal, pulses and beans

Some bells & whistles – parmesan crisps, perfect poached eggs

Spices

Protein Options

What’s included:

All ingredients; food you prepare to eat and take home

Coffee on arrival, glass of wine during lunch

Skill Level: All Abilities

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

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

What you will Learn:

Hands on cheese making, you will make mozzarella and most importantly, how to put the squeak into Halloumi!

Louise will also demo the art of mascarpone and butter making – which we will enjoy for lunch

What’s included:

Tea or Coffee on arrival and a glass of wine with lunch.  Plenty of cheese to take home and a head full of good intentions to make your own cheese!

Further drinks available for purchase from our excellent wine list!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Louise Talbot

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 Social 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

During this hands-on class you will make your own camembert and feta, leaving with approx 2 little camemberts and a block of feta to mature at home. Over the next couple of weeks you will delight in seeing the lovely furry white coat develop on your camemberts and will immerse your feta in a salty brine. These are both excellent recipes and produce the most wonderful cheese!

You will also learn how to make Labneh (middle eastern cheese) with a demonstration  using it in a delicious  blue cheese spread (which we’ll enjoy on crusty bread with lunch) and will leave having had a little tipple of homemade Irish cream ….. and if time permits, we’ll make a batch of moreish parmesan shortbread!

What’s included:

Tea or Coffee on arrival and a glass of wine with lunch.  Plenty of cheese to take home and a head full of good intentions to make your own cheese!

Further drinks available for purchase from our excellent wine list!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Louise Talbot

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable meals for people who invest time in working out.

This class has a focus for those looking to gain muscle, the proteins suitable and how to maximise flavour while obeying the rules!  All classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements.

Dishes will incorporate a variety of flavours, fish, chicken and vegetarian designed to help you gain muscle – all classes can be adapted to suit allergies and dietary requirements.

Our 3 hour class allows ample time for demo and hands on cooking. All ingredients are provided and you will both eat during the evening and 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 – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules! If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Tips and tricks to make delicious Healthy Italian inspired dishes at home.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

Many of us love fish, rarely cook it at home or stick to the same recipes.  We look at 3 ways of cooking different types of fish.  Oily fish (trout or mackeral – one per guest) – learn to fillet, stuff and tie before cooking; White Fish (Bream or Dorade or seabass – work in twos) – bake in a salt crust or cook en papillotte ; Flat Fish (sole, plaice – work in twos) – fillet, look at poaching and different sauces.

What you will Learn:

Skills to be confident with fish; embrace your fishmonger; what to ask; what to look for

What’s included:

Drink on arrival and enjoy the fish you have prepared through out the evening and to take home.

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

Thai cuisine is one of the tastiest foods on the planet – fresh, healthy and potentially mind blowingly spicy! This is the second in the series of our 3 hour Thai masterclass teaching you how to unlock the secrets of creating delicious dishes. You will eat during the evening and take home the extras.

Thai food is all about combining bold flavours to experience sour, sweet, salty, bitter or spicy tastes in a meal. Authentic ingredients are readily available but frequently misused or misunderstood.  If meat is included, it tends to be shredded, fish is served whole with delicate spicing, rice and noodles accompany…the aromas and tastes are exceptional!….You’ll be booking the flights to Bangkok!

Vegetarian Options always available, adaptable to allergies or dietary requirements please let us know of at checkout

What you will cook:

Spicy Chicken Salad (Lab Gai)

Stir Fry Chilli Beef basil

Thai Omelette with Prawns

Chochaba likes to delight her guests, so if there is anything you’d really like to learn please let us know.

What’s included

Glass of wine or beer on arrival, the food you eat and food to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

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 incredible treat for all Steak Lovers – working with our Chef, you will have the opportunity to learn all about the different cuts of meat and most importantly how to cook steak at home achieving the same results as the restaurant…throw in some classic sauces, side dishes and obviously some fries…the evening ends with a feast and dare I suggest a glass or two of malbec…..

This is a very hands on and social experience, a great gift or treat to self.

Our expert chef Jason, will share his knowledge of what to look for when buying steak, the different cuts of meat, ways to cook steak, the right oils to use as well as optimum cooking times and temperatures.

He will teach you how to produce two types of sauce and a variety of sides

Skills you will Learn

• Introduction to different cuts of meat
• Different ways of cooking steak
• Meat from different countries
• Best sauces and sides
• Cooking temperatures

Examples of what you might cook:

• Sauces (2-3) peppercorn, béarnaise
• Perfect chips
• Stuffed mushrooms
• Roasted tomatoes

What’s included:

Refreshments and of course Steak for lunch!

Skill Level: All Abilities

If you 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

According to Fernand Point, the father of modern French cuisine, “In the orchestra of a great kitchen, the sauce chef is a soloist.” Well that makes our lovely Chef Jason a virtuoso because sauces are his passion!  In reality sauces are a simple way to make a meal more interesting and are a chance for home cooks to improvise a little and get creative.

Jason will teach you a repertoire of classic & contemporary sauces to give you the ability to add the wow factor to your cooking without slaving for hours!  You will learn about thickening agents, reductions, emulsions, pesto and flavoured oils.

These skills really will equip you to take your cooking to the next level, and if any of them don’t go to plan, you will also learn tips and tricks to salvage them!

You will be able to take your sauces home to use for your meals at home.

Skills you will Learn:

• Thickening agents
• What is a reduction?
• How to save sauces with issues!
• Selecting sauces to match different dressings

Examples of what you might cook:

• Emulsions, pestos, flavoured oils
• Dressings
• Sweet Sauces
• Practical examples & variations from the 5 mother sauces of French Cuisine
  • béchamel, velouté, espagnole, hollandaise and tomato

What’s included:

Light meal and nibbles to dunk and Sauces to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

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

This workshop is a foodie’s dream! Under the expert direction of our chef you will learn how to prepare some delicious Mexican dishes and make them look gorgeous on the plate.  You won’t be told off for using your camera at the table during this unique blend of cookery, photography tuition and styling your food!  Whether armed with SLR or a Smart Phone we will improve both your cooking repertoire & your photography skills.

We have teamed up with Jane Burkinshaw, professional food photographer, who will then show you how to take mouthwatering shots with your phone or camera.  The workshop runs before and after lunch – the food you make in the afternoon session will be great to photo and then take home for dinner!  Lunch, you make and, of course you get to eat your fabulous dishes whilst they are still hot!

Don’t worry if you don’t have a SLR camera, this is great on your smart phone – we will have spare SLRs to use if you want to compare before you buy a new camera.

You will learn how to:

• Use simple composition techniques to make your image look balanced and eye-catching.
• Blur the background and make the subject stand out.
• Make the most of the available light.
• Style the shot using simple props.
• Edit with freely available apps and software.

At the end of the workshop you will take away a dish for two people and the skills to continue taking great photos at home.

Jane is a natural light photographer, specialising in food photography and running workshops.

What’s included:

Coffee on arrival

Lunch you prepare – glass of wine included

Fully stocked bar, amazing wines and local beer – extra drink purchased by card or cash

Skill Level: All Abilities

The French and fine dining are undeniably linked – elegant dishes 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.

French food is hearty, warm and full of flavour, so learning some new recipes is a great way to add some variety to your repertoire.  We will look at both savoury and sweet during this class and will cober a minimum of 3 dishes.

Examples of What you might cook:

• Cheese souffle
• Tarte Tatin
• Creme Brulee
• Ratatouille
• Roasted sea bass with braised fennel and beurre blanc
• Duck
• Classic Sauces
• Potato Gratin or Dauphinois
• Cassoulet
• Boeuf Bourguignon
• French Onion Soup
• Shallot Tarte

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

Hosting can be a little stressful, so it helps to have a few tried and tested recipes up your sleeve.  The opening course sets the theme and expectation for the rest of the meal and is key to success.   During this course you will learn to cook 3 starters of increasing style and complexity…with the tips handed out by our chef, you will confidently be able to prepare in advance for any occasion.

What you will Learn:

Our chef will show you 3 dishes on the day, at home these can be combined giving a multitude of options:

• Dish 1 – for a speedy, unplanned occasion. This dish will be quickly prepared and ready to eat or pop in the oven in about 15-20 minutes, crowd pleasers such as smoked salmon or mackerel pate; roasted asparagus with parma ham or a poached egg;
• Dish 2 – a little more planning here; this dish may take 30-40 minutes to get into the oven with a sauce or dip completing the dish; beetroot falafel with raita; spicy scallops with lime and coriander; aubergine fritters; fresh pesto and white cod.
• Dish 3 – the show stoppers; These may take an hour to prepare, but done in advance, great for the big occasion; warm flatbreads or chapatti; fish or crab cakes; potted duck; dumplings (Japanese or Indian influence)

What’s included:

Refreshments and enjoy the dishes you have prepared throughout the evening; enjoy a glass of well-matched wine.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

What to Bring: All ingredients are included, and you eat or takeaway the food you prepare; if you have an apron, please bring alternatively you can borrow one of ours

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

Perfect for both the commited Vegan or a curious convert, join us to expand your plant-based horizons learning some delicious dishes in a relaxed atmosohere with like minded people.

The vegan diet attracts positive and neagtive opinion, but there is no doubt that the major growth market in UK food is veganism.  During this class you will see how to use ingredients you recognise differently to give you a balanced, nutritious, plant-based meal.

A combination of demonstration and hands on cookery, all ingredients provided, a drink on arrival and plenty to eat and takeaway.

What’s included:

All ingredients; food you prepare for lunch and to take home

Recipes circulated after the event

Expert Chef tuition

Skill Level: All Abilities

Looking for a alternative night out for Valentine’s this year…why not cook together…under the expert guidance of our chef.

Ditch the conventional Valentine restaurant meal and have fun with your partner  preparing your own version of menu favourites. Become Chefs for the evening, chopping, slicing, squeezing and peeling delicious ingredients. Decide together whether to add spice, leave out the lemon or add extra garlic!

Our Cooking Together events are as much about chatting and relaxing as they are about learning and eating. The evening is led by one of our experienced Chefs who will share their knowledge and love of food, offering a sprinkling of tips and tricks along the way, to create a memorable meal that you can re create at home.

What you will Create:

A restaurant inspired starter and main which you’ll eat together around our communal table. Whilst you enjoy your main course, Chef will prepare a delicious pudding.

A vegetarian option is always available.

What’s included:

Canapes & prosecco on arrival

All ingredients, chef tuition and demo

Time to enjoy eating your food along with the other attendees

Copies of the recipes you cook which will be emailed afterwards

The washing up is all looked after.

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.

If you 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

A day learning to cook a Fit, healthy, repeatable meal, as delicious as it is good for you – with Mediterranean flavours

This class focuses on a specific dish, quick to prepare and delicious to eat – there is a demo which you re-create making enough to eat and takaway for another day. Each class will have a different dish, so you can come back for more! If you would like to book a series of classes, let us know.

Chef Jan Cron spends his time researching different diets – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules!  If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious fit, tasty, food at home.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities

In recent years, discoveries from leading scientific researchers have found that the state of our gut bacteria is not only the key to weight loss but also could lead to better mood, immunity and skin.

This class focuses on a specific dish, quick to prepare and delicious to eat – there is a demo which you re-create making enough to eat and takaway for another day. Each class will have a different dish, so you can come back for more! If you would like to book a series of classes, let us know.

Our Fit Food classes are run by Jan who spends his time researching diffferent diets – the pros the cons and then more importantly how to make it taste great while obeying the rules! If there is a specific diet you are interested in, please let us know.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious fit, tasty, food at home.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, food to eat as you prepare it and also to take home and enjoy

Skill Level: All Abilities