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

We offer a series of fish classes, this one will show you a different fish and shellfish to that shown in the previous classes.

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

What you will learn.

• To master techniques such as skinning, filleting and boning.
• The most appropriate methods of cooking various fish and shellfish, including grilling, frying, baking, poaching and steaming.
• We will make a range of beautiful accompanying sauces, including hollandaise and tartare
• Receive an emailed pack of the recipes you made during the class
• No washing up – we take care of that for you!

What you might cook, depending on availability

• Calamari braised in red wine
• Moules marinieres
• Smoked mackerel pate
• poached catch of the day with a hollandaise sauce

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 – 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

We love Thai food, and we are really lucky to have met Chrochaba, who grew up in Bangkok with her Aunt who worked as a cook for the Thai Royal Family.  Chorchaba is passionate about her heritage and the food she loves.  This relaxed and social “supper club” will give you the opportunity to watch her work, ask her questions and most importantly try her food.  The food will be served banquet style and as one dish is finished, she will make more…ensuring there is plenty for everyone.  A truly unique Thai Food Sorcery experience!

A quote from Chorchaba

“I was about seven years old when I started cooking.  I lived with my Aunt who was a cook in one of the many Royal Thai households dotted around Bangkok.  She did things the old fashioned way even in those days and I had to learn fast if I was to avoid a telling off or even worse.  My early memories are filled with making sure I was in the right place at the right time in order to carry out my household duties on time and in the manner my Aunt insisted on.This meant that I had little time for play, or doing any of the things most kids my age did but, at the same time, I did not feel too badly done by.”

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’s included

Glass of wine or beer on arrival and plenty of food to enjoy

Welocme nibbles of Thai Prawn Cracker with  home made sweet chilli sauce

Starters: Chicken Satay and toast with peanut sauce

Weeping Tiger spicy beef salad

Mains: Curry Chicken; Vegetable curry; Beef Mushroom and spring onion; Pad Thai Noodles; Aromatic Rice

Skill Level: Chrochaba is an expert in Thai food so you don’t need to be!

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 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 redults 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

Morning wrap around care available from 8am to 9.30am – this is £5 per child per day, payable in cash on the day.

Your children learn the skills they need to cook with confidence, a skill that will stay with them for life. Sample Day; 9.30am to 12noon – Cooking Session; 12noon to 1pm – Lunch; 1.15pm to 2.15pm Cooking Session; 2.15pm to 3.30pm – time to let off steam with a bootcamp in the gym.

Some previous menus below – send in any requests!

Pizza Day! Sleeves rolled up we will make the dough, learn to knead, all about yeast and how it needs time to work its magic. Thenit’s time to make the toppings.

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 or Gnocchi, rolling, filling – various sauces – 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

We are able to accomodate most allergies and dietary requirements, please let us know when you book.

Note: we are a fully operational kitchen therefore an identified risk of cross contamination from all food allergens, please chat to us about any concerns.

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

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

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.

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

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, poached eggs

Spices

Protein Replacements

What’s included:

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

Coffee on arrival, glass of wine during lunch

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

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

Great Thai recipes are brought to life by a base of great pastes and sauces – join us to learn authentic Thai Green Curry Paste, Sweet Chilli Sauce and Peanut Sauce.   Chorchaba learnt her trade from her Aunt while growing up in Bangkok, she was a cook in the Thai Royal household .  Everything in the class is created from scratch and we will have some nibbles to test the sauces and pastes – you will take your creations home.

From experience we can assure you that once you have tried Chorchaba’s sauces, you won’t want to go back to the manufactured pastes and sauces – we always have some sweet chilli sauce in the fridge for adding to lunch!

What you will cook:

Sweet Chilli Sauce

Peanut Sauce

Thai Green Paste

What’s included

Glass of wine or beer on arrival, the sauces you make to enjoy with some nibbles on the night and to take home.

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.

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 understand how it’s made at home 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, 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

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

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

Ditch the conventional restaurant meal and have fun with your partner or friends. Become chefs for the evening, chopping, slicing, squeezing and peeling all the ingredients you need to produce a restaurant-style meal of your own creation.

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

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

What you will Learn

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

Some example menus are below. Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Food Sorcery ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced and a vegetarian option is always available.

Example menu

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

• Second Dish – the main event will feature meat, fish or poultry (veggie options always in stock) and some seasonal veg and appropriate carb. This may be traditional, globally inspired or invented… go with it!

• Pudding –Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal. Opt for the classics or something more adventurous for example melting middle chocolate puds, sticky toffee, or even a soufflé.

What’s included:

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

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level: All Abilities

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

This event is about enjoying the BBQ experience (yes we have a bar) with a focus on developing core BBQ skills of fire control, meat and vegetable, preparation and cooking. We will also touch on spicing and marinading to achieve specific goals.

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

What you will learn.

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

The importance of good quality meat, where to find it and what to do with it.

You will be shown how to prepare, season and butcher the meat or fish you will be cooking. You will then break into groups to prepare your own meat ready to BBQ.

You will be shown how to make Kebabs and flavour with herbs and spices and the sides that go with it. You will then break into groups to prepare your own kebabs (bespoke to your tastes) and learn how to shape, skewers and cook like a pro (bye bye takeaway).

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

Dishes

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

First Dish – Meat, Fish or Chicken – focus on preparing larger pieces of meat or whole chickens or fish for optimal results over the open flame.

Kebabs – Learn the secrets of delicious and intensely flavoured kebabs, served with sides (which you will learn to prepare) and flat bread.

BBQ Salads.

Part of the Package

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

The BBQ’s and charcoal.

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

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level – All Abilities

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

Find out how to make the perfect paella, the secrets of Spanish cuisine and enjoy some tasty tapas.

Many of us are familiar with traditional Spanish tapas of years gone by, however there’s so much more to this amazing cuisine full of punchy and vibrant flavours.

Skills you will Learn:

Join us to learn to cook amazingly authentic Spanish food in this fun and informative class. We will produce a huge paella which everyone will contribute to making by covering all the different elements of this very social dish. It’s not uncommon in Spain for people to stand around the large impressive paella pan and chat about food and life waiting to dine on the fruits of your labour. When your feast is ready, take a seat among fellow foodies and enjoy this impressive Spanish feast. Relish the satisfaction of eating a meal you prepared and leave the cookery class with fresh cooking inspiration

Spanish food is renowned for its bold and punchy flavours and this class is no exception. You’ll learn to make food that is seriously delicious at the same time as learning some new skills that will apply across all your cooking.

You will be welcomed with a wonderful tapas canapé, you will create a traditional chicken and prawn paella and regional tapas.

At the end of the class you will sit together and enjoy your amazing Spanish food and discuss new found cookery skills.

Examples of what you might cook:

• Fried padron peppers
• Griddled spring onions with romesco sauce
• Calamari
• Gazpacho
• Pan con tomate
• Chicken and prawn paella

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

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

Though Sri Lankan food has parallels to South Indian food, yet it remains distinctly its own form of cuisine.

Throughout years of colonization and influence from other countries, Sri Lanka has adapted its food culture into a blend of different curry concoctions and tasty dishes.

A few things about Sri Lankan food can be said with certainty: Sri Lankans thoroughly love spices, they love food that explodes with flavor, and many enjoy deep fried, and very tasty, snacks. Whatever you choose to eat in Sri Lanka, your mouth is going to rejoice with happiness.

Sri Lanka, being an island with a tropical climate, coconuts and fish are two of the most influential components of Sri Lankan cuisine. Fish is made into curries, and coconut in some form or another, is a dominant ingredient in cooking.

Rice and curry is the Sri Lankan staple, though various kinds of bread, both roti style flatbreads and even loaves of bread, are very common.

Examples of what you might cook:

Aubergine moju (pickle)

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

A class learning to cook a fit, healthy, repeatable meals as delicious as they are good for you – Inidan 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 – recipes will be sent to you via email after the event.

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

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

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. Our chef has also perfected the lightest potato gnocchi and creamiest of risottos with lots of flavour. We can even show you how to make arancini with your left over risotto, just like the Italians do.   It’s a lovely class, plenty to eat and also to take home!

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

Wild Mushroom Risotto

Light Potato Gnochhi

What’s included:

Refreshments, meal and glass of wine, pasta 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

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

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.

This weekend event gives the opportunity to get more into the detail and plan a delicious meal that you can enjoy with the other guests – you can make this a takeaway if you prefer!

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

Weekend brunch has become one of the most popular meals of the week for friends and family to gather for. Why not take advantage of the extra day off with this bottomless bank holiday brunch and cooking class.

With so many variations and brunch menus now becoming an all day affair why not come and learn how to make the perfect poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. How to make amazing eggs benedict with smoked salmon, or even a world food brunch favourite such as shakshouka of smokey spicy tomatoes, beans and peppers and eggs. Many people struggle with something so simple as the perfect egg so in this class we are going to introduce you to some of the best eggs on the market from Clarence Court, to locally produced free range and even the ever so tasty quails egg.

Kick start your bank holiday with unlimited prosecco or lager while you learn a collection of dishes to satisfy your stomach and inspire your imagination.

Skills you will Learn:

A collection of game-changing brunch skills.

Shakshouka – poached eggs, Mexican Style!

Eggs many ways using some of the best on the market

What’s included:

Unlimited prosecco or lager

Brunch which you will eat with us

Skill Level: All Abilities

If you are lucky enough to travel in Indonesia, your senses are swamped with noise, colour and smells – there is a street food culture and the hawkers enthusiastically shout competitng to sell their dishes – they use fresh herbs and spices cleverly to make exciting moorish food – you’ll be booking your flights to Bali by the end of the class.

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 beer or glass of wine!

Examples of what you might cook:

Rendang

Nasi Gorang

Nasi Uduk

Coriander Lime Rice

Sweet Martabak

Soto Betawi (Jakarta soup)

Babi Pangang (Batak grilled pork)

Sate Ayam / Sate Kambing (satay)

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

Thai cuisine is one of the tastiest foods on the planet – fresh, healthy and potentially mind blowingly spicy! This is the first 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:

Pad Thai Noodles Vegetable

Chicken Green Curry

Chicken Galangal Soup

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

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

This workshop is a foodie’s dream!  Your day will be a mix of demonstration, hands on cooking, photography tuition and lots of time to put your skills to the test…plus a lovely lunch.  A relaxed day, take photos of the chef in action, beautiful locally sourced ingredients, the cooking process and then the finished product.

For once, 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!

How the day will run – photo opportunities throughout

Coffee on arrival, introductions and some photography theory

Chef demo – fresh tacos, various sauces and toppings.

Hands-on cooking, plating up and styling your finished shot.

While you play with cameras, chef makes you a tasty lunch to enjoy with a glass of wine

Chef demo – taking a simple mackeral, stuffing and cooking

Hands-on cooking, plating up and styling your finished shot.

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

Remember how good those mezes tasted beside the Aegean and the amazing kakavia and baklava at your favourite Greek restaurant? now imagine enjoying those flavours at home with your own delicious Greek food…

In this Masterclass you’ll explore the traditional Greek flavours and methods of cooking to produce a delectable menu of varied dishes.

We can accomodate most allergies and dietary requirments, just let us know when you book.

Skills you will Learn:

The culinary secrets of this ancient land and how fresh ingredients such as garlic, olive oil, lemons, herbs and spices combine with special techniques for truly authentic Greek recipes and flavours.

Examples of what you might cook:

Beef Stifado

Santorini Fava

Souvlaki

Hoummus and Tzatziki

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

Ramen and Noodle 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 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. If you love ramen and noodles you will come away from this class confident enough to cook yourself the most amazing bowl of happy healthy food.

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

Examples of What you might cook:

• Perfect ramen noodle soup
• Stocks and spices for ramen
• Singapore noodles
• Soba noodle bowls
• Drunken noodle chilli
• Teriyaki noodle bowl

What’s included

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

Skill Level: All Abilities

Chef: Jason Palin

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

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

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

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

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

Morning wrap around care available from 8am to 9.30am – this is £5 per child per day, payable in cash on the day.

Your children learn the skills they need to cook with confidence, a skill that will stay with them for life. Sample Day; 9.30am to 12noon – Cooking Session; 12noon to 1pm – Lunch; 1.15pm to 2.15pm Cooking Session; 2.15pm to 3.30pm – time to let off steam with a bootcamp in the gym.

Some previous menus below – send in any requests!

Pizza Day! Sleeves rolled up we will make the dough, learn to knead, all about yeast and how it needs time to work its magic. Thenit’s time to make the toppings.

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 or Gnocchi, rolling, filling – various sauces – 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

We are able to accomodate most allergies and dietary requirements, please let us know when you book.

Note: we are a fully operational kitchen therefore an identified risk of cross contamination from all food allergens, please chat to us about any concerns.

Morning wrap around care available from 8am to 9.30am – this is £5 per child per day, payable in cash on the day.

Your children learn the skills they need to cook with confidence, a skill that will stay with them for life. Sample Day; 9.30am to 12noon – Cooking Session; 12noon to 1pm – Lunch; 1.15pm to 2.15pm Cooking Session; 2.15pm to 3.30pm – time to let off steam with a bootcamp in the gym.

Some previous menus below – send in any requests!

Pizza Day! Sleeves rolled up we will make the dough, learn to knead, all about yeast and how it needs time to work its magic. Thenit’s time to make the toppings.

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 or Gnocchi, rolling, filling – various sauces – 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

We are able to accomodate most allergies and dietary requirements, please let us know when you book.

Note: we are a fully operational kitchen therefore an identified risk of cross contamination from all food allergens, please chat to us about any concerns.

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

Learn the secrets of some of the most traditional Portuguese recipes

When it comes to the great cuisines of Europe, most of us zero in on the big three: France, Spain and Italy, however Portugal has a rich gastronomic tradition and its contribution to the culinary world has been immense. Famous for seafood and Mediterranean influence, it’s the colonial past that has introduced a wide variety of spices including piri piri – African bird’s eye chili pepper, black pepper, cinnamon, vanilla and saffron. Olive oil is one of the bases for cooking and flavouring food as is garlic and herbs such as bay and parsley are widely used.

Skills you will Learn:

In this class, chef will teach you the secrets of the most traditional Potruguese recipes. When your feast is ready, take a seat among fellow foodies and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Relish the satisfaction of eating a meal you prepared and leave the cookery class with fresh cooking inspiration.

Examples of what you might cook:

Caldo Verde – A warming soup or sopa of Kale potatoes and chorizo

Pataniscas Salt cod fritters, a true taste of Portugal

Portuguese dark pork loin in garlic sauce or with a piri piri sauce – Porco preto com molho de alho

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

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

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

Fresh pasta is a delight, and learning to make it is a life skill that stays with you.  During this afternoon 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 afternoon, culminating in a delightful dinner prepared by you!

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, early evening meal and with glass of wine, pasta you have made 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

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

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

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

Great Thai recipes are brought to life by a base of great pastes and sauces – join us to learn authentic Thai Green Curry Paste, Sweet Chilli Sauce and Peanut Sauce.   Chorchaba learnt her trade from her Aunt while growing up in Bangkok, she was a cook in the Thai Royal household .  Everything in the class is created from scratch and we will have some nibbles to test the sauces and pastes – you will take your creations home.

From experience we can assure you that once you have tried Chorchaba’s sauces, you won’t want to go back to the manufactured pastes and sauces – we always have some sweet chilli sauce in the fridge for adding to lunch!

What you will cook:

Sweet Chilli Sauce

Peanut Sauce

Thai Green Paste

What’s included

Glass of wine or beer on arrival, the sauces you make to enjoy with some nibbles on the night and 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 updated and accessible BBQ course that will give you the skills to cook on the open flame with confidence. Take your place as pit master for the day and whip up some classic BBQ dishes to your preference wth friends and our friendly group.

This event is about enjoying the BBQ experience (yes we have a bar) with a focus on developing core BBQ skills of fire control, meat and vegetable, preparation and cooking. We will also touch on spicing and marinading to achieve specific goals.

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

What you will learn.

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

The importance of good quality meat, where to find it and what to do with it.

You will be shown how to prepare, season and butcher the meat or fish you will be cooking. You will then break into groups to prepare your own meat ready to BBQ.

You will be shown how to make Kebabs and flavour with herbs and spices and the sides that go with it. You will then break into groups to prepare your own kebabs (bespoke to your tastes) and learn how to shape, skewers and cook like a pro (bye bye takeaway).

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

Dishes

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

First Dish – Meat, Fish or Chicken – focus on preparing larger pieces of meat or whole chickens or fish for optimal results over the open flame.

Kebabs – Learn the secrets of delicious and intensely flavoured kebabs, served with sides (which you will learn to prepare) and flat bread.

BBQ Salads.

Part of the Package

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

The BBQ’s and charcoal.

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

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level – All Abilities

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

Didsbury Arts Festival – Curiosity

What food are you most curious about, but for various reasons are yet to try?

This is your opportunity to try it all, so bring an appetite for adventure and be prepared to taste one-off dishes with ingredients sourced locally and even foraged from the banks of the river. From Didsbury Wasabi to wild garlic dessert, this will be an afternoon of intrigue, fun and delicious exploration.

This chefs table event at Food Sorcery will allow you to watch, learn and enjoy food prepared by chef. Find out cheffy tips and tricks to enhance flavours, ask chef about where food is sourced, the origins and history of flavours and how to forage for ingredients.

This event is aimed at people who have a passion for food and an adventurous spirit eager to learn more. Customers will see the food they are going to eat prepared by chef, if time allows the group will forage for ingredients along the banks of the river. Whilst watching chef, guests can ask questions and learn cooking tips before sitting down to enjoy a sociable meal