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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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

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!

Part of the Package

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

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level – Designed for people keen to improve their cooking skills

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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 £25 per child – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable meals as delicious as they are good for you – Mexican Flavours

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 healthy eating main, side and desert – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

All classes can be adapted to suit most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at checkout

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 Healthy Mexican inspired dishes at home.

What’s included

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

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthily without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free – all Fit Food classes are gluten free
• Vegan & Vegetarian options always availalable.
• All skill levels.

Spices are at the heart of Indian Cookery. They can be earthy, spicy, warming, sweet or floral. They can add colour and flavour on their own, and be combined to create delicious flavours. Some people know exactly how to do this, but if you need a little extra confidence, then this is the class for you. Learn the art of Indian Cookery and how to use spices to create delicious meat or vegetarian meals.

At Food Sorcery we are lucky to work with Jason Palin who has cooked in more that 40 countries around the world, his tales of cooking & selling chapati on the beach in Southern Indian are priceless.

Vegetarian alternatives available if required

Skills you will Learn:

How to use spices and spice mixes in Indian cookery

Examples of what you might cook:

Laccha Paratha – soft layered crispy edge breads

Xacuti – Goan Coconut Chicken Curry

Lamb Dhansak – Parsi Lamb Lentil Curry

Ba Ka Kneema – Spiced Minced Eggs

Pudine Ki Chutney – Mint Coriander Chutney

Macchi Ke Cutlet – Fishcakes

Espress Dal

Indian Breads – including Naan, Paratha, Roti and Chapati

Spiced Rice

Raita

Bhaji

What’s included:

Refreshments and you’ll enjoy the food you create with a glass of wine, plus food to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

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

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – Lab Gai

• Second Dish – Thai style fish with crispy ginger and tamarind sauce

• Pudding – Let us surprise you!

What’s included:

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

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level: All Abilities

Flat breads originate from all corners of the world and are the earliest known form of breads. Our ingenious ancestors developed methods and improvised tools to create a staple to compliment their diet – flatbreads can are leavened while others do not use a raising agent.

Flatbreads are increasingly popular as a vessel for street foods such as Greek Gryros, Burrito or the infamous kebab or a mopper upper for tasty curries, stews & tagines.

Types of flatbread include Indian chappatis, paratha and naans, Jewish matzo, Middle Eastern pitta, Scandinavian crispbreads, pizza dough and Mexican fresh tacos and tortillas.

Jason is a dab hand at all things bread, this class will delve into a variety of breads, the subtle differences that yield a multitude of tasty flat breads.  If you have a favourite, feel free to request on booking and we can try and include.  This is a hands-on cookery class, be prepared to knead!

Examples of what you might cook:

Paratha

Naan

Chapati

Pizza

Foccacia

Taco

Tortilla

Pitta

What’s included:

Refreshments and bread to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

Sri Lankan food has parallels to South Indian food, yet it remains distinctly its own form of cuisine.  Our weekend class is a combination of demo, hands-on cookery and then time to eat the meal prepared and chat to chef – any left overs can be taken home.

The food sold on the streets as with much of South Asia is full of flavour and is often the freshest you can find.  Throughout years of colonisation and influence from other countries, Sri Lanka has adapted its food culture into a blend of different curry concoctions and tasty dishes.

In this class you will immerse yourself in Sri Lankan cuisine, creating a selection of dishes which you will enjoy eating at the end of the class.

Examples of what you might cook:

Aubergine moju (pickle)

Hoppers

Kale mallung (kale and coconut salad)

Deviled Sweet and Sour Fish Curry

Sri Lankan Dhal Curry (Parippu)

Vegetarian Kottu

What’s included:

Refreshments and you’ll enjoy the food you create with a glass of wine, plus, if any leftovers, food to take home

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

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable meals as delicious as they are good for you – Middle Eastern Flavours

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 a main, side and desert – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

All classes can be adapted to suit most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at checkout.

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 Healthy Middle Eastern inspired dishes

What’s included

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

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthily without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free – all Fit Food classes are gluten free
• Vegan & Vegetarian options always availalable.
• All skill levels.

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 this class we make lemon & thyme roast chicken, some different approaches to potatoes, cauliflower/ broccoli and seasonal vegetables…..followed by Poached Pears.  Delicious and very adaptable skills.

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: Beginners

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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

Thai cuisine is one of the tastiest foods on the planet – fresh, healthy and potentially mind blowingly spicy!  Join us to explore the amazing flavours that can be achieved using plant based ingredients in the vegan Cooking Together.   A ticket is for 2 people, and this is a really sociable experience with the meal shared

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.

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

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 £25 per child – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

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.  It’s a lovely afternoon, culminating in a delightful dinner prepared by you!

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

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 atmosphere 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 to eat as you go along and to take home

Recipes circulated after the event

Expert Chef tuition

Skill Level: All Abilities

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable meals as delicious as they are good for you – Indian Flavours

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 a main, side and desert – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

All classes can be adapted to suit most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at checkout.

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 Healthy Indian inspired dishes

What’s included

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

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthily without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free – all Fit Food classes are gluten free
• Vegan & Vegetarian options always availalable.
• All skill levels.

In collaboration with our friends at 11 Didsbury Park we are pleased to present a luxury Friday cooking together experience with overnight stay & breakfast at their boutique hotel.

A ticket is for 2 people.  Cooking Together events are social, relaxed cookery classes – 50% Cookery Class and 50% meal out – perfect for a foodie Friday.  All ingredients are provided and the team look after you with chefs tips & tricks and the invaluable washer uppers!

What’s Included

Check-in At 11 Didsbury Park from 1500, all individually curated bedrooms

1900 Champagne Reception in the residents lounge

Transport Provided to Food Sorcery (5 minute drive)

Canapes & Champagne on arrival

Chef Demo Starter – you & your partner recreate

Time to relax and enjoy eating at our social table, we clear

Chef Demo Main Course – you & your partner recreate

While you enjoy eating your creations, chef makes dessert

Transport back to 11 Didsbury Park

Full Breakfast with check-out at 11am

Speak to us if you would like to extend your stay to 2 nights and if you would like to join another cookery event on Saturday at Food Sorcery.  Food Sorcery is fully licensed and we have a lovely wine list for you to buy further drinks with cash or card.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Saturday night out with a twist – enjoy a hands-on Vietnamese Cookery Class followed by a delicious social meal with your creations – 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.  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.

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, all ingredients, the meal and any leftovers can be taken home

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

Nina is best described as a spice geek, or more poetically the spice sommelier, we have joined forces to bring you a cookery class, specialising in blending spices – techniques, how to, working with different flavours, tasting and identifying.  You will do hands-on spice mixing, taking 2 blends home – Nina will use the spices she mixes to make you all a meal to enjoy during the class

Skills you will Learn:

How to pick which spices and how to blend

How the class will run:

With a drink on arrival, Nina will then show and talk about different spices, how to identify them and which flavours work together.

She will demonstrate and spice blend, and use this to cook a delicious meal for the group

Guests will then make their first spice blend

A second demo will follow before guests make a second blend

Together make an Indian Slaw

Meal to share

What’s included:

Glass of fizz on arrival, all the spices you need to make 2 blends to take home, the meal that Nina cooks to share

Skill Level: All Abilities

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

Sunday Lunch is a traditional eating out experience, spending time with your friends and partners relaxing before the new week starts.  The menu will be modern Bistro style, not a traditional Sunday Roast.

Ditch the conventional restaurant meal and have fun with your partner or friends. Become chefs for the day, 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 lunch is led by Chef sharing his knowledge and love of food, offering a sprinkling of tips and tricks along the way. Lunch 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 events 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

Thai cuisine is one of the tastiest foods on the planet – fresh, healthy and potentially mind blowingly spicy! This is the fourth in the series of our 3 hour Thai masterclasses 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:

Chilli seafood noodles – Pad Kee Mao

Chicken Satay with peanut sauce and cucumber relish

Spring rolls

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

Learn to choose and cook the freshest locally sourced fish. Our fish is bought from Evans fishmongers on Didsbury highstreet.

We offer a series of fish classes, this class shows you how to cook prepared fish, from the fishmonger and turn it into an amazing dinner or simple supper for no fuss entertaining.

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

What you will learn.

• Choose the right type of ready to cook fish
• Sauces, marinades and sides
• Quick simple mid week dinners which also work well for a dinner party
• Plate up to perfection – wow your guests

What you might cook, depending on availability

Hake shoulder, Whole red rea bream, Asian style salmon fish cakes

Tastes will be medittereaean, South East Asian and Southern Indian

Part of the Package

Complimentary glass of prosecco or beer on arrival, you’ll eat the food as you cook and take home left overs.

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level – All Abilities

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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 dining out – included in Manchester Confidential’s Top 10 Manchester Pop Ups & Supper Clubs!

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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 as delicious as they are good for you – Italian Flavours

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 healthy eating main, side and desert – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

All classes can be adapted to suit most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at checkout

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 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

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthily without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free – all Fit Food classes are gluten free
• Vegan & Vegetarian options always availalable.
• All skill levels.

Learn to cook Fit, healthy, repeatable meals with a focus on taste. This class specifically looks at plant based protein dishes to balance your diet, inspiration for dishes to cook at home and take with you. All the dishes are big on taste and simple to prepare.

All classes can be adapted to suit most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at checkout.

Our 3 hour cookery 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, main, starter and mid morning snack – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

Kitchen Maverick Jan spends his time researching different diets – This class was first delivered to the wellness team at Bupa on behalf of UK Sport – if you’d like to know more about our workplace wellness workshops contact lovetocook@foodsorcery.co.uk

Skills you will learn:

• Tips and tricks to make delicious plant based dishes packed with protein

What’s included

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

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthily without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free – all Fit Food classes are gluten free
• Vegan & Vegetarian options always availalable.
• All skill levels.

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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

Learn 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 cookery 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 – a main, side and desert

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.

What’s included

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

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthily without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free – all Fit Food classes are gluten free
• Vegan & Vegetarian options always availalable.
• All skill levels.

Japanese Cuisine is experiencing ever increasing popularity in the UK and at Food Sorcery we have combine two of our favourites into a great night out – starting with Gyoza we will demonstrate and you will make these tasty little dumplings – various fillings and dipping sauce, before we enjoy all things Ramen and Noodle.

Japanese dishes are fast becoming a go to street food because of their healthy low fat options and bowls of goodness packed with taste and flavour. As consumers we progress from instant packs of noodles and become much more aware of flavours, this class will teach you to recreate your new found favourites at home. However simple the ingredients the technique is in getting the yin and yang just perfect and selecting the freshest of ingredients.

In this class chef Jason will show you to create an unforgettable meal, meaning you’ll never go near those packet noodles ever again. Whilst using simple ingredients, these dishes aren’t always simple to make without the know how.

Naturally low in dairy and fat, you will learn the tips and trick to enjoy making these dishes.  You will have the chance to taste your efforts as you go along or take home to enjoy your masterpieces. Long gone will be the days of squidgy noodles hiding in the bottom of a bowl of salty stock and overcooked veggies.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious ramen and noodle dishes at home. You will learn about the different types of noodles and how to cook them, as well as how to make the perfect stock and how it should taste and look

What’s included

Drink on arrival, all ingredients, eat as you cook and any leftovers can be taken home

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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 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.  As the dishes are ready, we eat as they are piping hot.  Some dishes will be individually prepared, some of the larger fish will be shared.

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
• 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 event.

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!

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

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 £25 per child – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

Mexican cookery is a flavoursome, colourful and healthy.

In this masterclass we will explore the traditional Mexican flavours and methods of cooking to produce a delectable menu of varied dishes.

Vegetarian alternatives available if required

Skills you will Learn:

How to use traditional methods and flavours of Mexico

Examples of what you might cook:

Traditional soft corn tacos and flour tortillas from scratch

Delicious salsa’s and dips

Quesadillas – folded and stuffed tortillas

Tamales – filled and baked dough parcels

Frijoles – spiced black beans

Fresh and tangy salads

Spiced Rice

Mexican desserts such as churros

What’s included:

Refreshments and you’ll enjoy the food you create with a glass of wine, plus food to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

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

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – Lab Gai

• Second Dish – Thai style fish with crispy ginger and tamarind sauce

• Pudding – Let us surprise you!

What’s included:

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

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level: All Abilities

If you are lucky enough to travel in Malaysia, your senses are swamped with noise, colour and smells – the sum of many delicious parts, Malaysian cuisine’s influences include Chinese, Indian and Malay.

This class is a mixture of demonstration and hands on cookery, together you will prepare dishes that you will sit and enjoy together at the end of the class with a well earned meal!

Examples of what you might cook:

Malaysian Fish Curry

Beef Rendang

Malaysian Achar pickle

Murtabak

Deep fried fish with sweet chilli sauce

What’s included:

Refreshments and you’ll enjoy the food you create with a glass of wine, plus, if any leftovers, food to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

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

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

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

• How to make a starter from the beginning, how to take care of it and feed and nurture it using a variety of readily available ingredients.
• You will also be shown how to shape the dough to achieve the best looking loaves and simple cutting effects to make those enviable patterns so that your bread has that professional appearance.
• We will also be discussing and using many different types of grain and show you how easy it is to make a super fast version of sourdough for an every day supply of better bread.
• No bread is complete without the best butter to go with it and we will show you how to make this creamy best friend in minutes using the simplest of techniques and ingredients.
• You will take home a starter which has already been alive for a number of years to get you going as soon as you get home, as well as the beginnings to make your own to nurture and share amongst friends, along with a loaf made by our chef and one of your own creations and some dough to get you started straight away.

What’s included:

Lunch will be provided in the way of home made soup and a selection of sourdough breads of course, along with meats and cheeses and glass of fizz or beer on arrival.

You’ll take home a starter, some dough as well as a sourdough loaf made by chef as well as your own.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Spices are at the heart of Indian Cookery. They can be earthy, spicy, warming, sweet or floral. They can add colour and flavour on their own, and be combined to create delicious flavours. Some people know exactly how to do this, but if you need a little extra confidence, then this is the class for you. Learn the art of Indian Cookery and how to use spices to create delicious meat or vegetarian meals.

At Food Sorcery we are lucky to work with Jason Palin who has cooked in more that 40 countries around the world, his tales of cooking & selling chapati on the beach in Southern Indian are priceless.

Vegetarian alternatives available if required

Skills you will Learn:

How to use spices and spice mixes in Indian cookery

Examples of what you might cook:

Laccha Paratha – soft layered crispy edge breads

Xacuti – Goan Coconut Chicken Curry

Lamb Dhansak – Parsi Lamb Lentil Curry

Ba Ka Kneema – Spiced Minced Eggs

Pudine Ki Chutney – Mint Coriander Chutney

Macchi Ke Cutlet – Fishcakes

Espress Dal

Indian Breads – including Naan, Paratha, Roti and Chapati

Spiced Rice

Raita

Bhaji

What’s included:

Refreshments and you’ll enjoy the food you create with a glass of wine, plus food to take home

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 as you cook through the evening and take home any 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 dining out – included in Manchester Confidential’s Top 10 Manchester Pop Ups & Supper Clubs!

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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 chance to explore bringing Asian flavour to your vegetarian and plant based diet.  With the drive to increase the amount of plant based food in our diets, we like to step back and look at how to make it taste fantastic.

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 class can be adapted for a Vegan diet.

This weekend class has the opportunity to delve deeper than our midweek class

What’s included:

All ingredients; food you prepare for throughout to eat and to take home

Welcome drink, all ingredients, expert chef tuition and all the washing up!

Skill Level: All Abilities

Pies are the ultimate in comfort food, and the success of a pie starts with perfect pastry.  Did you know that a pie has a filling that is already cooked, a pasty the filling cooks in its pastry parcel….

During this session you will be shown the art of pie making including a traditional (or your take on a) Cornish Pasty.

Skills you will Learn:

Salt crust pastry

Short Crust

How to make the perfect hand raised pork pie

How to make a traditional cottage pie

This class will concentrate on a classic salt crust (think homemade pork pie) and flaky pastry (the classic Cornish), the do’s and don’ts for pie fillings and how to perfect a pasty. Once you’ve perfected these, there will be no limit to your pie creations – take your creations and your new skills home in time for dinner!

What’s included:

Beer or glass of wine on arrival or when eating and your pie creations to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

Mexico has one of the most extensive street food cultures in Latin America, and Forbes named Mexico City as one of the foremost cities on the world in which to eat on the street.

Mexican street food, called antojitos (literally “little cravings”), is prepared by street vendors and at small traditional markets in Mexico. Street Foods include tacos, tamales, gorditas, quesadillas, empalmes, tostadas, chalupa, elote, tlayudas, cemita, pambazo, empanada, nachos, chilaquiles, fajita and tortas, as well as fresh fruit, vegetables, beverages and soups such as menudo, pozole and pancita. Most are available in the morning and the evening, as mid-afternoon is the time for the main formal meal of the day.

Our relaxed class looks at 3 or 4 tasty treats, demonstration and hands on cooking – eat as you go and take away what’s left…what better for a tuesday night!

What’s Included

Drink on arrival, all ingredients. Expert Chef tuition and we do the washing up!

Suitable for all levels of cooking ability, lots of fun

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.

During the class, we will delve into the world of fermentation, and you will learn how to get started with fermenting at home. You’ll drink Kombucha and Keffir on arrival and learn to make it as well as understand and the best places to buy ready made versions, both drinks are packed with probiotics, fundamental in helping to balance the gut microbiome.

You will then made kimchi and sauerkraut which you’ll take home in jars provided.

Both are famous side dishes which can be eaten with any meal and are traditionally made by fermenting cabbage but many other vegetables can be used. Korean kimchi is hot and spicy whilst sauerkraut has a distinctive sour flavour –  the result of lactic acid formed when the bacteria ferment the sugars in the cabbage leaves.

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. 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.

Skills you will learn:

Tips and tricks to make delicious fermented food.

What’s included

Probiotic drink on arrival and a jar each of quick kimchi and sauerkraut to take home.

Skill Level: All Abilities

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – 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 (vegan/vegetarian options on request) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

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

The modern chef has an armoury of sauces and marinades that lift and a polish their food; we have pulled together a class with a mixture of demonstration and hands-on cookery – sauces to dip into throughout the class so you can eat as you learn!

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.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Emulsions, pestos, flavoured oils
• BBQ Sauce
• Pepper Sauce
• Dipping Sauces (maybe even the Vimto special)
• Salted Caramel
• Butterscotch

What’s included:

Refreshments, nibbles to dunk and Sauces to take home

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

What to Bring:  We provide all ingredients and everything needed for a great event – arrival drink included and our well stocked bar is available to buy additional.  We encourage guests to bring their own apron and some Tupperware to take any left overs home.

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.

Sushi – iconic Japanese dishes, more available than ever in the UK – this is delicious to make at home and genuinely a fraction of the price of the pre-prepared packs.

Gyoza – delicious little dumplings

Ramen – you will never return to packet noodles!

Naturally low in dairy and fat, you will learn the tips and trick to enjoy making these dishes.  You will have the chance to taste your efforts as you go along or take home to enjoy your masterpieces. Long gone will be the days of squidgy noodles hiding in the bottom of a bowl of salty stock and overcooked veggies.

What’s included

Drink on arrival, all ingredients, meal at the end of the class

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

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 £25 per child – please call Mark on 0161 706 0505 to arrange

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable meals as delicious as they are good for you – Japanese Flavours

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 a main, side and desert – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

All classes can be adapted to suit most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know at checkout.

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 Healthy Japanes inspired dishes, expect Teriyaki and miso style dishes

What’s included

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

Suitable for:

• People who want to eat healthily without compromising on taste.
• Gluten Free – all Fit Food classes are gluten free
• Vegan & Vegetarian options always availalable.
• All skill levels.