This is the course in most demand.  Everyone wants to be able to invite their friends over for great food.  What better way to learn than watch a chef demonstrate some key techniques and then be guided through each stage in the hands-on kitchen.  This course has an autumn theme with plenty of exposure to seasonal ingredients.  Look forward to entertaining your friends effortlessly. 

It is all very well to want to entertain friends to great food but what should you cook if you have 45 minutes rather than half a day?  The answer is to have a wide source of ideas from which you can make quick choices, to use few and fresh ingredients and to cut out the complicated techniques.  The fact that these recipes do not take long does not mean there has to be any compromise on flavour.  While the results are very suitable for entertaining others, you may just want to have more ideas for what to cook at the end of a tiring day.

This informal evening class is a fun way to gain confidence about entertaining your friends, looking to the East for ideas and inspiration. Lynda and her team will lead you through a range of accessible ingredients and develop confidence in producing authentic flavours. The course aims to demystify these tastes, particularly those from Thailand and India, to bring some new and exciting twists to your everyday cooking. Many of the ideas are ideal for bringing something quick to the table - perfect for when time is in short supply.

Ask any chef which is the most important building block and they will inevitably single out knife skills.  Move away from your old slow, cumbersome ways and learn how to slice and dice like a pro over the course of an evening.  Watch and understand each technique and then practice under a watchful, encouraging eye.  You will soon be chopping and filleting with confidence.  The ingredients are chosen so that your work builds towards a light supper on which to finish the evening.  A skill for life with advice on buying, storing and sharpening knives thrown in.

This is the course in most demand.  Everyone wants to be able to invite their friends over for great food.  What better way to learn than watch a chef demonstrate some key techniques and then be guided through each stage in the hands-on kitchen.  This course has an autumn theme with plenty of exposure to seasonal ingredients.  Look forward to entertaining your friends effortlessly. 

In this relaxed evening course, you get the chance to see some stunning ideas and then find out how straightforward they are as you recreate them. Take the worry out of feeding friends or family and make the most of what is on the shelves during the autumn months.

This course will show you the techniques and methods to create modern and innovative accompaniments for fish, poultry and meats.  If you want to develop your techniques and repertoire further, this is a significant opportunity for you to bring added flavour, dimension and colour to your cooking.  A hugely valued class by those who have attended in the past.

This is not a Spanish tapas course but tapas seems the best word, conjuring up informal social snacks staving off hunger rather than being a full meal in themselves. Drawing ideas from different countries, these are creative snacks. Put a few of them together and you have a meal, your very own tasting menu. In addition, we move away from the tired canapés that are churned out and come up with innovative and really tasty ways to get any party off to a flying start.