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 Snapper – work in twos) – cook en papillotte ;

Flat Fish (sole, plaice) – filletting, sauces and different cooking styles

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 will demo the sauce or something to impress so that you can enjoy your pasta 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

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.

Let Fiona Carter take you on a taste journey of vegan flavour and goodness.

“Having moved to a vegan diet when it wasn’t as popular as it is now, the choices in restaurants were poor, often having a side dish of veg and a portion of chips and falling into making the same food at home. Fed up, I began to create dishes full of flavour and goodness. Very quickly I saw a massive change in my wellbeing, my skin, sleep and energy levels improving. My asthma disappearing and generally feeling healthier and with that happier. As my recipe repertoire improves, so does the choice now in restaurants and supermarkets. People often say they would like to adopt a more plant based diet, but don’t know where to start.

So that is what I do now – I teach people simple recipes, that are free from animal products, but full of flavour, vitamins and minerals”.

Fiona has been teaching Vegan cookery classes for many years, we are thrilled that she has joined the Food Sorcery to deliver a fabulous day of cooking a vegan Sunday Roast.

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.

Pasta, Gnocchi and Risotto are sometimes a minefield and a mystery to the every day home cook. During this cookery class, we look at the staples of Italian cuisine Pasta, Gnocci, Risotto. You will learn to make the lightest touch gnocchi, use a pasta machine to make shape and use fresh pasta, plus create a fantastic risotto – once you’ve learnt the basics you’ll be able to get creative with flavours at home. If time allows chef will demo some simple sauces to compliment your creations.

It’s a busy class with lots to get through so we eat as we work, and there will be plenty to take home to enjoy with the family later.

Buon appetito!

Examples of what you might cook:

Egg pasta dough – Tagliatelle

Wild Mushroom Risotto

Light Potato Ricotta Gnocchi

What’s included:

Prosecco or beer on arrival, and eat as you cook with plenty left over 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.

We demo making Kombucha and Keffir on arrival which you can drink or take away – (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.  Jan will answer any questions on options you can think of

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 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