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

Examples of what you will learn:

• Traditional Cornish Pasty
• How to make the perfect hand raised pork pie
• Traditional Apple Pie

This class will concentrate on the do’s and don’ts for pie fillings and how to perfect a pasty. Once you’ve perfected these, there will be no limit to your pie creations – take your creations and your new skills home in time for dinner!

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

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

Fully Stocked Bar:

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

Skill Level: All Abilities

This class explores the art of patisserie whether you want to build on your existing skills or gain new knowledge you’ll leave with the skills and passion to be creative with patisserie

Typical Recipes: things might change due to availability 

• Linzer Torte
• Caramel slice tray bake
• plated fruit tart
• Eccles cakes

What’s Included:

Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need. You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations. We have takeaway containers or you can bring your own.

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

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. Victoria

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Bakes you might make:

• Brownie Tray Bake
• Scones
• Millionaires cake

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

Refreshments throughout the class and take your tasty bakes home.

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

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

What you might make:

•   Traditional French Apple Tart
•   Profiteroles
•   Citron Curd Tart

What’s Included:

Coffee on arrival, all ingredients you need.  Lunch will be provided and served with your delicious French treats for dessert! Take home the rest of your creations

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

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.

Matt has been baking and teaching for many years and runs a successful bakery in Hale, he is full of technical know how about how to achieve great sourdough results.

In this easy class for sourdough beginners, we teach 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.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

What’s included:

Lunch will be provided in the way of sourdough bread along with meats and cheeses and coffee on arrival

You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

We have all the equipment you need but please bring or buy one of our bannetton’s

What you need to Bring:

Either bring a bannetton or purchase one of ours on the day for £10. We have round ones, you can purchase an oval shape if you’d prefer. If you don’t want to purchase a bannetton you can bring a colander with a damp towel to take your dough home.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Introduced in the early 1840’s afternoon tea was created to stem the hunger between an early breakfast and a late evening meal, it has since evolved into an inventive art-form with chef’s creating ever more interesting flavours and delicacies. In this class you will learn to bake an array of treats which you will enjoy eating in our dining room.

Typical Recipes: things might change due to availability 

• Scones
• Lemon posset
• Sucre Tortes
• Mini load cakes

What’s Included:

Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need. You will sit down to eat at the end of the class and can take home any extra creations.

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

• Layered Mousse Cake
• Chocolate bread & butter pudding
• Chocolate brownie Pudding with sea salt, caramel, tea & figs
• Chocolate fudge cake
• Chocolate Mud Cake
• Rocky Road Brownies
• Chocolate Ganache tarts

What’s Included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need. You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations.
• We have basic takeaway containers, however you are welcome to bring your own.
• 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

Few activities provide such gratification as baking – spend the day discovering how to make the most delicious classic patisserie treats with Victoria Richardson.

Victoria is the former tutor of ‘Slatterys School of Excellence’ a trained chef, pastry chef, confectioner, cake designer and chocolatier. She has a vast amount of knowledge and shares her skills in such a way that you cannot help but be as enthusiastic as she is.

Examples of what you might make: (we’ll select the best on the day, so we might surprise you!)

• Sable Breton with raspberry’s, butter sables filled with creme patisserie and raspberries.
• Pate au choux craquelin eclairs, lemon & blueberry filled craquelin topped pate au choux.
• Tarte aux pommes, crisp sweet pate sucre, the classic glazed apple tart.
• Macaron

You will make at least three different dishes and Victoria will demonstrate additional items. You will leave with plenty to take home and the knowledge to create classic treats at home.

What’s included:

• Tea/coffee or soft drink on arrival and refreshments throughout the day, along with all the ingredients. A light lunch will be served, and you will take home your tasty treats.
• We have simple takeaway containers, although feel free to bring your own Tupperware!
• We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks – 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

Making bread at home is both a treat and a satisfying experience.  We have arranged this Introduction to Bread Making to demonstrate how versatile the skills are – this is a really hands-on class and you will make a variety of different breads during the day.

We are thrilled to be working with baker Steph Clubb for this class, she has a wealth of experience in bread making and teaching – you’ll leave armed with the knowledge and expertise to bake more.

Starting with a coffee, we will demonstrate and you will make an enriched dough – this will prove and become a brioche style bun – Tangzhong burger bun.

Your main dough will prove over lunch time and during the afternoon session, you will use this to make a traditional loaf and bagels.  If there is time, Steph will demo something lovely to accompany your bake!

What’s included:

Coffee on arrival, all ingredients you need.  A light lunch will be provided.

You will take home bagels, traditional loaf and Tangzong.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. Victoria

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Bakes you might make:

• Brownie Tray Bake
• Scones
• Millionaires cake

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

Refreshments throughout the class and take your tasty bakes home.

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

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

Victoria is the former tutor of ‘Slatterys School of Excellence’ a trained chef, pastry chef, confectioner, cake designer and chocolatier. She has a vast amount of knowledge and shares her skills in such a way that you cannot help but be as enthusiastic as she is.

What you might cook: (we’ll select the best for the day, so we might surprise you!)

• Swiss Roll – mixing, rolling and decorating
• Scones – the perfect afternoon tea delight!
• Crinkle Cookies

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team. You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

• Tea/coffee or soft drink on arrival and refreshments throughout the day, along with all the ingredients. A light lunch will be served, and you will take home your tasty treats.
• We have simple takeaway containers, although feel free to bring your own Tupperware!
• We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks – 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

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. Victoria

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Bakes you might make:

• Brownie Tray Bake
• Scones
• Millionaires cake

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

Refreshments throughout the class and take your tasty bakes home.

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

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

Victoria is the former tutor of ‘Slatterys School of Excellence’ a trained chef, pastry chef, confectioner, cake designer and chocolatier. She has a vast amount of knowledge and shares her skills in such a way that you cannot help but be as enthusiastic as she is.

What you might cook: (we’ll select the best for the day, so we might surprise you!)

• Swiss Roll – mixing, rolling and decorating
• Scones – the perfect afternoon tea delight!
• Crinkle Cookies

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team. You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

• Tea/coffee or soft drink on arrival and refreshments throughout the day, along with all the ingredients. A light lunch will be served, and you will take home your tasty treats.
• We have simple takeaway containers, although feel free to bring your own Tupperware!
• We have a great bar with some amazing wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks – 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

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

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

Examples of what you will learn:

• Traditional Cornish Pasty
• How to make the perfect hand raised pork pie
• Traditional Apple Pie

This class will concentrate on the do’s and don’ts for pie fillings and how to perfect a pasty. Once you’ve perfected these, there will be no limit to your pie creations – take your creations and your new skills home in time for dinner!

What’s included:

Glass of fizz, beer or soft drink on arrival. Enjoy the food you create as you cook, any leftovers can be taken home – bring suitable containers!

We provide all ingredients and can cater to most dietary needs, please tell us in the notes when booking. Copies of the recipes emailed to you after the class.

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

Fully Stocked Bar:

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

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.

Matt has been baking and teaching for many years and runs a successful bakery in Hale, he is full of technical know how about how to achieve great sourdough results.

In this easy class for sourdough beginners, we teach 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.
• You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

What’s included:

Lunch will be provided in the way of sourdough bread along with meats and cheeses and coffee on arrival

You’ll take home a starter, a sourdough loaf part made by you as well as your own dough to cook at home.

We have all the equipment you need but please bring or buy one of our bannetton’s

What you need to Bring:

Either bring a bannetton or purchase one of ours on the day for £10. We have round ones, you can purchase an oval shape if you’d prefer. If you don’t want to purchase a bannetton you can bring a colander with a damp towel to take your dough home.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Skills you will learn 

• Tempering
• Spun chocolate
• Creating chocolate Cups
• Ganache
• Hand Piping

What’s Included:

• Tea/Coffee or soft drinks on arrival, all ingredients you need. You will sit down to a light lunch during the class and will take away your creations. We have basic takeaway containers, however you are welcome to bring your own.
• 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 an artisan bread making day with Steph Clubb, this is a technique-based class where you will create specialist breads from around the world. The day is suited to home bakers who want to refine their skills and learn the versatility of dough.

Steph has been teaching fantastic bread classes at Food Sorcery, we are thrilled to offer this artisan class that complements her Tangzhong, bagels and traditional loaf class perfectly – If you enjoyed her last class, you’ll love this one.

Techniques you will learn:

• Platting
• Slicing
• Stretching
• Enriched dough

Breads you might make on the class:

• Swiss Zopf – using enriched dough
• Italian Drago con Coda – dragon tail bread
• French Tabatiere (snuff box) loaf using a overnight pre ferment

What’s included:

Tea, Coffee or soft drink on arrival, all the ingredients and equipment you need. A light lunch will be provided and refreshments available all day.

Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class, and you get to take your tasty bakes home.

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

Skill Level – All Abilities

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious cakes and bakes. Victoria

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Bakes you might make:

• Brownie Tray Bake
• Scones
• Millionaires cake

This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

What’s included:

Refreshments throughout the class and take your tasty bakes home.

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

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

What you might make:

•   Traditional French Apple Tart
•   Profiteroles
•   Citron Curd Tart

What’s Included:

Coffee on arrival, all ingredients you need.  Lunch will be provided and served with your delicious French treats for dessert! Take home the rest of your creations

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

Spend quality time with your child/teen baking glorious Christmas cakes and bakes. This class is about spending time with your child by doing an activity which requires working as a team.   You will be so pleased with your bakes and be able to show off your skills again and again!

Victoria is the former tutor of ‘Slatterys School of Excellence’ a trained chef, pastry chef, confectioner, cake designer and chocolatier. She has a vast amount of knowledge and shares her skills in such a way that you cannot help but be as enthusiastic as she is.

What’s included:

Refreshments throughout the class and take your tasty bakes home.

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

See additional options in the basket if you would like to add an additional adult or child – you will work as a three at one workstation.

Making bread at home is both a treat and a satisfying experience.  We have arranged this Introduction to Bread Making to demonstrate how versatile the skills are – this is a really hands-on class and you will make a variety of different breads during the day.

We are thrilled to be working with baker Steph Clubb for this class, she has a wealth of experience in bread making and teaching – you’ll leave armed with the knowledge and expertise to bake more.

Starting with a coffee, we will demonstrate and you will make an enriched dough – this will prove and become a brioche style bun – Tangzhong burger bun.

Your main dough will prove over lunch time and during the afternoon session, you will use this to make a traditional loaf and bagels.  If there is time, Steph will demo something lovely to accompany your bake!

What’s included:

Coffee on arrival, all ingredients you need.  A light lunch will be provided.

You will take home bagels, traditional loaf and Tangzong.

Skill Level: All Abilities

Enjoy an artisan bread making day with Steph Clubb, this is a technique-based class where you will create specialist breads from around the world. The day is suited to home bakers who want to refine their skills and learn the versatility of dough.

Steph has been teaching fantastic bread classes at Food Sorcery, we are thrilled to offer this artisan class that complements her Tangzhong, bagels and traditional loaf class perfectly – If you enjoyed her last class, you’ll love this one.

Techniques you will learn:

• Platting
• Slicing
• Stretching
• Enriched dough

Breads you might make on the class:

• Swiss Zopf – using enriched dough
• Italian Drago con Coda – dragon tail bread
• French Tabatiere (snuff box) loaf using a overnight pre ferment

What’s included:

Tea, Coffee or soft drink on arrival, all the ingredients and equipment you need. A light lunch will be provided and refreshments available all day.

Copies of the recipes will be emailed to you after the class, and you get to take your tasty bakes home.

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

Skill Level – All Abilities

Making bread at home is both a treat and a satisfying experience.  We have arranged this Introduction to Bread Making to demonstrate how versatile the skills are – this is a really hands-on class and you will make a variety of different breads during the day.

We are thrilled to be working with baker Steph Clubb for this class, she has a wealth of experience in bread making and teaching – you’ll leave armed with the knowledge and expertise to bake more.

Starting with a coffee, we will demonstrate and you will make an enriched dough – this will prove and become a brioche style bun – Tangzhong burger bun.

Your main dough will prove over lunch time and during the afternoon session, you will use this to make a traditional loaf and bagels.  If there is time, Steph will demo something lovely to accompany your bake!

What’s included:

Coffee on arrival, all ingredients you need.  A light lunch will be provided.

You will take home bagels, traditional loaf and Tangzong.

Skill Level: All Abilities