Cutting out gluten from your diet will require more careful shopping but it should not mean that cooking is more challenging or the results less interesting. This class will focus on the wealth of different gluten-free flours, will demystify the techniques involved and will let you look at gluten-free cooking in a different light. From pasta, pizzas, breads and pastry to cakes and biscuits, we will give you the inspiration to find new ways to eat a healthier gluten-free diet.

This popular course attracts vegetarians and non-vegetarians in equal numbers, eager for creative ideas and balanced eating.  We often start with a single vegetable and then cheeses, oils, spices, herbs, grains, nuts and pulses are used to enhance its starring role in extraordinary ways.  We have selected from our favourite vegetarian dishes so that you can perfect particular techniques that can then be used with other vegetables.  A great course for all cooks who want to stretch their culinary imagination and for vegetarians proud to strut their stuff in any company.

This evening is one of a series of pop-up restaurants organised, hosted and cooked by our full-time certificate students and one not to be missed!  It is a wonderful opportunity to experience and sample the highlights of where their culinary journey has taken them so far.  Overseen by our highly experienced team of in-house tutors - sit back, relax and enjoy a five-course tasting menu in the intimate surroundings of DCS.  This promises to be a fun, sociable and ultimately unique night out.

At its best, Italian cooking is essentially good home-cooking, focusing on seasonal ingredients and this course has always been one of our most popular with its deep gutsy flavours. The evening will celebrate this style as we prepare dishes on the night which will range from starters and pasta dishes through to main dishes, and of course, dessert!  This promises to be a very enjoyable night, leaving you inspired with everything you need to know to recreate the perfect Italian meal at home.  Buon Appetito!

Learn how to preserve the best of Irish summer produce in this one-off evening class.  We’ll introduce you to the principles of preserving and take you through sugar proportions, pectin, methods for testing, setting points and storing.  You’ll head home with the confidence to experiment with all sorts of wonderful fruit, vegetables.  Look forward to a range of preserves to enjoy with breads, cheese, meats or to use as a base for desserts.    

A Lyonnais speciality, the French love their éclairs.  Fauchon, the renowned Parisien patisserie, features an annual éclair weekend every September and many more boutique patisseries have cropped up around the city dedicated more or less to the exclusive creation of exciting sweet and savoury flavour combinations.  We’ll show you all you need to know for making a well-risen puff to the secret of the glossiest icings.  Light choux pastry filled with crème patissiere forms the basis of these delectable pastries.  Learn the ropes from classic chocolate, coffee to the more unusual fillings of passionfruit, raspberry, lemon, orange, lime & verbena.  Savoury combinations include gruyere, smoked pancetta & red onion marmalade, goats cheese & pesto, confit of figs & duck pate. Catch the wave of this latest trend and discover how delectable and versatile these little pastries can be.

This course is all about fabulous, delicious food that also provides great health benefits.  Designed to give you lots of ideas of how to feed your friends and family, these nutritious recipes will use a variety of wholefoods: fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, wholegrains, legumes, lean meats and fish, natural sugars and good quality fats, that will be of wide interest to anyone who wants to cook with an eye to healthy living. Cook better, feel better.

Expect great lunch and dinner ideas, radically different but all sharing the benefit of very little to wash up! A one pot ­dish can be the source of a meal for many friends and family, and one quick and easy recipe can become the inspiration for many variations. This fun and accessible evening class is just the inspiration you’ll need to get you fired up for a summer full of seasonally specific dishes.

At Dublin Cookery School, we take pizzas very, very seriously. We start with a great dough which needs good technique to perfect. Then we move to sauces, just enough to cover the base. And then to the toppings.  This is where we get creative, not by piling high but by working out some stunning combinations - original gourmet toppings. Master all the elements of pizza-making and you will have the confidence to develop your own unique recipes.  After this course, we promise that you will never think of pizza in the same way again.  We can almost smell those wonderful aromas already!

The essence of good Indian cooking revolves around the use of spices, not only combining them but drawing out several flavours from a single spice - by roasting, grinding or frying.  This course will show you how to use them in different ways, drawing on recipes from different parts of India.  After a short demonstration we will guide you through each step, before moving into the hands-on area, to ensure you can recreate these dishes at home.

Canapes and tapas are the best words to conjure up informal social snacks staving off hunger rather than being a full meal in themselves. Put a few of them together and you have a meal, your very own tasting menu. Drawing ideas from different countries, these creative snacks are perfect for enjoying outdoors or indoors this summer.

This evening is one of a series of pop-up restaurants organised, hosted and cooked by our full-time certificate students and one not to be missed!  It is a wonderful opportunity to experience and sample the highlights of where their culinary journey has taken them so far.  Overseen by our highly experienced team of in-house tutors - sit back, relax and enjoy a five-course tasting menu in the intimate surroundings of DCS.  This promises to be a fun, sociable and ultimately unique night out.

Macaroons are one of the most difficult patisserie products to perfect, so at DCS we will teach you some of the magic and take you through the step by step methods of producing the perfect macaroon every time. You’ll be amazed at what you will learn to create, as you get to grips with the methods of making these little confections along with an assortment of incredible flavours.  Once mastered, there will be no end to the colours and combinations you will have at your fingertips.

Street food is the latest trend and one area that has become a huge focus recently. Dishes served outdoors are being stepped up a notch and street vendors are no longer seen as a pitch on the road to rush past and grab something quick from, but as somewhere to pick up delectable cuisine from all over the world – you only have to visit your local food and farmers market to witness it.  The concept of street food is very much a social one, a flexible type of cuisine and can fit in with people’s busy day to day lives.  From the flavours of Latin America, the Mediterranean and the Middle East to the pungent spices of the Far East, there is something to appeal to every palate.  Think delicious empanadas; falafels and flatbreads; satays, fritters, noodles, rice dishes, tempura and steamed fish in banana leaves; samosas, bhajis, raitas and chutneys; quick pastas and grilled meats and fish.