Indian street foods are known worldwide for their taste, diversity and easy accessibility in various cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore to name a few. Few street dishes like kathi rolls, daulat ki chaat, chhole bhature and misal pav are quite famous.

Join us for a fun and informative evening of demonstration and hands-on cooking, we will look at a variety of different street food which you will eat as you cook and take home any leftovers.

Most allergies and dietary requirements available, just let us know when you book or get in touch with any questions

Examples of what you might cook:

• Aloo Tikki, crunchy roadside re-treat
• Tunde Kabab, a boastful treat of the rich Awadh culture
• Litti Chokha, a dish that talks about simplicity
• Chaat, A colorful fusion of taste
• Akki rotti, the food on which the IT capital runs

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create throughout the class and any leftovers can be taken home if you bring suitable containers. Food Sorcery can’t take responsibility for any food taken away from the cookery school.

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits and soft drinks to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

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 a sauce or something to impress to go with 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
• Tortellini
• Tagliatelle
• Farfalle

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Take home all the pasta you make – bring suitable containers!

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits and soft drinks to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Cooking Together events are the perfect blend of meal out and cookery class – sociable foodie fun.  One ticket is for 2 people and you will cook your meal together. Our menus usually contain fish or meat but we can cater for vegetarian, vegan and allergy options, please advise in the notes when booking.

Enjoy canapés and a complementary glass of fizz on arrival, and Chef will guide you through creating your meal, sharing their knowledge and love of food with cooking and presentation tips throughout.

Cooking Together events can be exclusive for groups of friends or family – if you have something in mind, get in touch.

Examples of what you might cook:

Please feel free to make requests in advance of the event. Ingredients are seasonal and locally sourced. Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

• Starters  –Scallops with a lime shallot butter
• Main – Fillet Steak, Pont Neuf Potatoes; Crispy Seasonal Greens; Bearnaise Sauce
• Pudding – Chef-made so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

Allergies, vegan/vegetarian options always available on request – just let us know in the notes when booking.

What’s included:

Complimentary Canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival (soft drinks also available), and the food you prepare. Copies of the recipes will be emailed afterwards. Most importantly, you don’t 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

Enhance your barbecue repertoire with this BBQ cookery class. You will learn basic skills such as lighting the BBQ and temperature control, alongside creating lots of tasty dishes.

This event is about enjoying the BBQ experience (yes we have a bar) with a focus on preparing and cooking meat, fish, vegetables and sides. 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.

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

You will be shown how to prepare and season the meat or fish you will be cooking.

You will be shown how to make Kebabs and flavour with herbs and spices and the sides that go with it.

Example Dishes – depending on availability

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

Welcome drink, all ingredients

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

Japanese Cuisine is experiencing ever increasing popularity in the UK and at Food Sorcery we developed a weekend class that explores three of the most popular dishes – all can be replicated at home and during the class you will have the opportunity for plenty of hands-on cookery, demonstration and a sociable meal at the end.

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

Gyoza – delicious little dumplings

Ramen – you will never return to packet noodles!

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

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home if you bring suitable containers. Food Sorcery can’t take responsibility for any food taken away from the cookery school.

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits and soft drinks to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

 

If you are a coffee lover and 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

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

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

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

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

What’s included:

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

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

Skill Level: All Abilities

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’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home if you bring suitable containers. Food Sorcery can’t take responsibility for any food taken away from the cookery school.

Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Enjoy a hands-on Vietnamese Cookery Class – 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.  To maximise your time, you’ll eat as you cook – any left overs can be taken home in your suitable container.

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 flavours 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:

• Bánh xèo – Vietnamese  Pancakes with dipping sauce
• Chicken Pho- Fragrant and aromatic chicken broth served with rice noodles and tender pieces of chicken
• Lemongrass Shrimp over Rice Vermicelli and Vegetables (Bun Tom Nuong Xa)
• Pickled Carrot & Daikon Salad- Crunchy and perfectly pickled carrot and daikons

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create throughout the class and any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!.

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level – All Abilities

 

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

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

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

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

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

What you will Learn

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

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

Example menu – the menu changes every six weeks

• First Dish – Lab Gai
• Second Dish – Thai style fish with chilli garlic sauce
• Pudding – Let us surprise you!

What’s included:

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

Fully Stocked Bar

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

Skill Level: All Abilities

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 a sauce or something to impress to go with 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
• Tortellini
• Tagliatelle
• Farfalle

What’s included:

Glass of prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home – bring suitable containers!

Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Thai cuisine is one of the tastiest foods on the planet – fresh, healthy and potentially mind blowingly spicy!  Famous for their street food, this fast moving class, looks at a variety of dishes with a combination of demonstration and hands-on cooking, culminating in a delicious meal.

We have a series of Thai cookery classes run by the fabulous Chorchaba Harper – this class is a little longer than usual, you get to cook a fabulous meal which you will then sit down to eat, in the company of others.

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:

A variety of Thai food – all delicious.  A combination of demonstration and hands-on cookery with a meal at the end of the class

Examples: Lab Gai, Satay Chicken, Pad Thai, Chilli Basil, Coconut Rice.

Chorchaba 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 Prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home – bring suitable containers!

We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, a range spirits and soft drinks to enjoy – additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Copies of the recipes will also be emailed to you after the class.

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Skill Level – All Abilities

Enhance your barbecue repertoire with this BBQ cookery class. You will learn basic skills such as lighting the BBQ and temperature control, alongside creating lots of tasty dishes.

This event is about enjoying the BBQ experience (yes we have a bar) with a focus on preparing and cooking meat, fish, vegetables and sides. 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.

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

You will be shown how to prepare and season the meat or fish you will be cooking.

You will be shown how to make Kebabs and flavour with herbs and spices and the sides that go with it.

Example Dishes – depending on availability

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

Welcome drink, all ingredients

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

From a very young age Farzana Ullah has been surrounded by Indian food with recipes and techniques being passed down through generations. Farzana learnt the wonderful authentic dishes that she now cooks from her Mother.

Her dishes have been perfected over many years, cooking for friends and family  who are the best and toughest judges of all! Having become a master of all types of Indian cooking, from traditional curries to more popular dishes, Farzana has been teaching people to cook for many years – it’s our pleasure to welcome her to Food Sorcery to teach you authentic Indian cooking.

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!

The class can be adapted to most allergies and dietary requirements, just let us know when you book – Vegetarian & Vegan alternatives available.

Examples of what you might cook:

Butter Chicken (Tofu option on request)

Tandoori Chicken

Mattar Paneer

Channa Chat

Chapatis

Pilau Rice

What’s included:

Glass of Prosecco, beer or soft drink on arrival additional beverages can be purchased using card or cash.

Enjoy the food you create at our sociable table at the end of the class – if there are any leftovers you are welcome to take them home – bring suitable containers!

The added bonus is the washing up is all done for you!

Fully Stocked Bar

We have a fully stocked bar with some amazing wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks. These can be purchased using card or cash.

Skill Level – All Abilities