Cook up some fabulous treats during this superb day of family fun.
You will be greeted with a coffee or soft drink and some Brompton biscuits to inspire you for the day ahead.

Our chef will demonstrate creative and fun recipes and then you will start cooking together. You will break for a relaxing lunch in our stunning dining room and eat some of the dishes you have prepared with a well-earned complementary glass of wine/soft drink. Cooking resumes in the afternoon and you will make something impressive to take home.

Surprise your family and friends with what you have achieved!

Children should be over 10 years.

9.45am to 4pm

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This hands-on course is for anyone interested in mastering the art of the hand-made loaf. Using top quality flour and grains you will produce a wide variety of loaves using traditional methods of kneading, proving and baking. Not only will you come away with the skills and the confidence to make them over and over again in your own kitchen.

The course will include coffee on arrival, a delicious two course lunch served with a complimentary glass of wine. You will be able to take home the breads you have made and the recipes of the day.

9.45am to 4pm

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The name says it all! Here is your chance to try out some fabulous new supper ideas on this practical full day course. The menus are changed seasonally.

The day starts at 9.45am with a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits before going through to the kitchen to meet the chef. Our chef will demonstrate each course before you commence cooking. You will break for a relaxing lunch eating some of your culinary creations with a complementary glass of wine.

We will provide all the ingredients, Brompton apron and recipes of the day and you will be able to take home something impressive you have created.

New Seasonal Menu for Winter

Roasted Cod with Kumquat Marmalade & Green Pepper Dressing

Chargrilled Lamb with Rocket Pesto

Filo wrapped Pheasant with a Wild Mushroom Sauce

Mango & Lemongrass Tart with Coconut Pastry

Chocolate & Pistachio Fudge


This practical course will include coffee and Brompton biscuits on arrival, a 2 course lunch with complimentary wine, all ingredients and equipment.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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In 2007 Anita Sharma-James set up ‘The Spice Trade’, an Indian cookery school giving scores of people the confidence to cook Indian food, sharing her culinary heritage and culture. (see her profile on the Chef's page). On this course she will be inspiring you to understand Indian cuisine, blend spices and even cook fresh chapattis.

Menu:

Tamarind Chicken & Bell Pepper Curry

Delicately Fragrant Basmati Rice

Pakoras served with Mint, Apply & Onion Relish

Spicy Lentil Dhal

Fresh Chapattis

9.45am to 4pm

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Celebrity chefs may be new converts and simple street food is certainly the height of fashion but at Brompton we have always been fans of vegetarian food as this course will show. During your day you will create dishes that promote delicious seasonal veg to stardom while tapping into exciting new store cupboard ingredients and taste combinations. Whatever your past associations with vegetarian food, our chef will help you master dishes which would excite the palates of even the most hardened carnivores.

9.45am to 4pm

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Calling all Men!!

This Practical Cookery Course is aimed at developing your culinary expertise so that you have the confidence to master a 3 course dinner at home. Arrive at 9.45am for a cup of Coffee and Brompton biscuits and then our chef will demonstrate a wonderful menu that may include Roasted Belly Pork with Sweet Potato Rosti with Chilli Mushrooms and Watercress Pesto, Chicken & Chorizo in Rioja, Apple Custard & Honey Tart and Individual Foccaccia Rolls. Then it will be your turn to cook!

You will break at 1pm for lunch sampling some of your culinary dishes with a well-earned glass or two and then return to the kitchen until 4pm. We will box up what you have cooked and you can return home with something special you have prepared.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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This popular practical course will show you the best way to source, prepare, cook and serve different types of fish and shellfish such as Baked Sea Bass, Cracked Crab, Deep Fried Chilli Squid, Moules Mariniere, Scallops on the Half Shell, Pan Roasted Hake with Parsley. Our experienced chef will demonstrate this fantastic selection of fish and seafood and then you will cook all of them.

The practical cookery course will include a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits on arrival and a 2 course lunch served with a complimentary glass of wine.

If you have loved this course look out for Fantastic Fish B - even more fish for you to learn about and cook.

This full day practical cookery course includes a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits on arrival, 2 course lunch (the fish dish you will have cooked!) and something to take home.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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This popular practical course will show you the best way to source, prepare, cook and serve different types of fish and shellfish. Our experienced chef will demonstrate a fantastic selection of fish and seafood and then you will cook all of these dishes. Menu may include Devilled Oysters, Pan Fried Mackerel served with a Tomato, Chilli & Lime Salsa, Razor Clams, Roasted Monkfish wrapped in Parma Ham, Sole Goujons with an Orange & Curry Cream Sauce.

If you have loved this course look out for Fantastic Fish A - even more fish for you to learn about and cook.

This full day practical cookery course includes a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits on arrival, 2 course lunch (the fish dish you will have cooked!) and something to take home.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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Master the art of the perfect sponge, create melt in the mouth pastries and make muffins to die for. Learn some new recipes for tea time treats and try your hand at delicate patisserie to add to your dessert repertoire. Our chef will demonstrate each recipe before you cook!

A full day practical course includes a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits on arrival, a delicious lunch with a complementary glass of wine and collectable recipes to take home.

Sample Menu:

Almond & Orange Florentines

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Lemon Curd

Millefeuilles using Rough Puff Pastry

Saffron Clotted Cream Cake

Sweet Potato Galettes

9.45am - 4.00pm

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This class will take you through the techniques of preparing, marinading and cooking different cuts of locally sourced meat.

After a coffee and a little something to invigorate your taste buds, the day will begin with a demonstration of different dishes. And then it will be your turn to cook! At lunch you will enjoy some of the food that you have created, washed down with a complimentary glass of wine and a chance to chat with your fellow classmates in the stylish dining room. After lunch cooking will resume, and we will box up anything else you have created to take home with all the recipes of the day.

Sample menu:

Salad of Pigeon Breast with Toasted Hazelnuts & Raspberry Dressing

Pork Loin with Wild Mushroom Risotto & a Mustard & Cider Cream

Stuffed Saddle of Rabbit with Tarragon Mash & Baby Carrots

Shin of Beef with Dauphinoise

Course includes coffee and Brompton biscuits on arrival, 2 course lunch with complimentary glass of wine, all ingredients and equipment.

9.45am - 4pm

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Are you bewildered by the huge range of spices and herbs on display these days? Are you doubtful whether you know your sumac from your galangal? Is it all Fenugreek to you?

At Brompton we believe the best way to learn is through hands on experience and never more so than on this course. You will create exciting, authentic dishes which will really help you understand how to use a broad range of spices as well as introducing you to flavours which we hope will become regular players in your future cooking.

9.45am to 4pm

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Isn't there something rather glorious about Italian cooking! Amo la cottura italiana!

After a cup of coffee and a little something to invigorate your taste buds the day will begin with a demonstration of Italian recipes and then you will commence cooking! You will enjoy using these recipes at home.

You will break for a relaxing lunch in the stylish and contemporary dining room to enjoy some of the dishes you have created, with a well-earned complimentary glass of wine. The cooking class will resume in the afternoon and we will box up anything else you have created to take home.

Menu may include:

Involtini di Melanzane - Aubergine rolls with Parma Ham

Basil Gnocci with a Sundried Tomato & Parmesan Sauce with Wild Rocket

Petti di Polo con Salsina ai Capperi - Chicken Breasts with Caper Sauce

Walnut and Coffee Frangipane Tart

Limoncello Pannacotta with fresh Strawberry Sauce


December course - new seasonal menu

9.45am to 4pm

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This one day course is designed to give confident cooks who love to entertain some inspired dinner party menus using more advanced techniques and skills . You will start the day with a coffee and something to nibble on, to get your taste buds going, before going through into the demonstration session. Your chef for the day will take you through a range of challenging recipes for a special 3 course dinner party.

You will break for a relaxing lunch in the stylish and contemporary dining room, to enjoy some of the dishes you have created, with a well-earned complementary glass of wine. The cooking class will resume in the afternoon and we will box up anything else you have created to take home.



Suggested Menu for November:

Sea Bass Tartar served with a Lemon Zest Confit


Slow Roasted Lamb Rump in a Merlot Reduction with Wilted Spinach

Baked Cherry Tomatoes topped with Black Olives

Butter Baked Potato Fondant


Champagne Jelly with Candied MInt Leaves


Chocolate Parfait in a Marbled Chocolate Cage



Level: Advanced Cooks

9.45am - 4.00pm

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This course is perfect for those who have already attended part 1 or for those who would like to expand their knowledge of the subject. Using traditionally milled flours we will produce yeasted loaves and buns from own nation's heritage as well as learning about leavens and sour doughs. We will look at the use of yeast in griddle breads and enriched doughs such as crumpets. By the end of the day you will go home with a fantastic selection of hand-made breads to be proud of and inspiration to make more.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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This course will provide you with the basic skills necessary to make the best use of your home reared pig.

A mixture of demonstration and hands on practical work with Rob Cunningham from Maynard's Farm -recognised as a 'Superfood Hero' by Rick Stein for their dry cured bacon - will enable you to butcher a side of pork and learn how to cure your own bacon. Then take home and enjoy some of the fruits of your own labour.

The course starts with the basic butchery of a side of pork. You will learn where each joint of pork comes from and how best to use it. Learn how to produce your own dry cured bacon as it was done years ago - simple no fuss bacon cured in the old fashioned way. Take it home with you and mature it and enjoy it at your leisure.

This course includes a cup of coffee on arrival and a delicious 2 course lunch and complimentary glass of wine.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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This is a practical full day teaching beginners the essentials of cookery.

Arrive at 9.45am for a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits and then go through to the kitchen to meet the chef.

Our chef will demonstrate various recipes which will include the basics of making pastry, the use of eggs in your cooking, a bechamel sauce and meat and vegetable preparation. Surprise yourself with the art of souffle making!

Recipes may include:

Moroccan Vegetable Soup
Double Baked Smoked Salmon Souffle
Pork Tenderloin with Sunblush Tomatoes and Spinach
White Chocolate Panacotta
Damson & Frangipane Tarts

You will break at 1pm for lunch sampling some of your culinary dishes with a well-earned glass or two and then return to the kitchen until 4pm. We will box up what you have cooked and you can return home with something special you have prepared.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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This is a full day practical course aimed for those who want to improve their pastry making skills.

Pastry has come on a long way since the Romans started making pies! During your day at Brompton our chef will show you how to create buttery tart shells, light as air puff pastry, delicate choux and much more besides. Whether you want to perfect your skills or even if you have never made pastry before this course has a real “feel good factor”.

This course includes a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits, a two course lunch (including something you have made) all recipes, equipment and ingredients.

9.45am to 4pm

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After a cup of coffee and a little something to invigorate your taste buds the day will begin with a demonstration of sumptuous desserts such as Baked Chocolate Tart with Hazelnut Pastry, Baked Lime & Coconut Cheesecake, Raspberry Souffles, Lemon & Greek Yoghourt Parfait and Chocolate Orange Filo Pears and then you will commence cooking!

You will break for a relaxing lunch in the stylish and contemporary dining room to enjoy some of the dishes you have created, with a well-earned complimentary glass of wine. The cooking class will resume in the afternoon and we will box up anything else you have created to take home.

9.45am to 4pm

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This course is perfect for anyone who feels there are some skills they have forgotten or some they never learned. By the end of the day students will be confident masters of the building blocks required in the kitchen.

You will create delicious dishes while learning practical methods which will be endlessly useful in your own kitchen – knife skills, stock preparations, soups and sauces, understanding cuts of meat, filleting fish - all the way through to perfect pastry and sponges.

This course will include a cup of coffee on arrival, a delicious 2 course lunch (that you will have cooked) and complimentary glass of wine. You will be able to take home anything you have made and the recipes of the day.

9.45am - 4.00pm

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Plan ahead for those hazy lazy days of Summer Entertaining!

After a cup of coffee and Brompton biscuits the day will begin with demonstrations of different seasonal recipes followed by your cooking! You will break for lunch and enjoy some of your culinary creations with a complementary glass of wine. We will provide all the ingredients and recipes and you will go home with sometime impressive you have prepared.

Seasonal recipes may include:


Stuffed Chicken Spirals with a White Wine Sauce

Broad Bean, Goats Cheese & Sun Blush Tomato Tart

Heather Honey Parfait with Gooseberries, Elderflower & Raspberries

Mango & Coconut Strudel

Limey Baked Salmon with Toasted Pine Nuts

9.45am - 4.00pm

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Indisputably, one of modern France's greatest treasures is its rich cuisine. The French have an ongoing love affair with food, and their reverence for time spent eating is evident in any culinary establishment nationwide. It is also manifested in the traditional family gatherings around the home dinner table, particularly the Sunday mid-day feast which is prepared lovingly over many hours and consumed leisurely through a bevy of appetizers and main courses, usually accompanied by a number of wines.

Our chef will teach you to cook some fabulous regional recipes. She will demonstrate and then it will be your turn to cook. You will be able to break for lunch enjoying some of your culinary creations with a complementary glass of wine. After lunch you will return to the kitchen until 4pm and we will box up anything else you have cooked for you to take home.

The menu may include:

Veloute de Roquefort

Cailles a la Vigneronne (Quail)

Cassoulet d"Agneau (Lamb)

Pommes Boulangere et Chou aux Lardons

Creme au Cafe avec Galettes a l'Orange

9.45am to 4pm

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A superb day preparing some delicious Spanish, Italian and French dishes to get you in the mood for the summer. This is a practical full day course.

After each demonstration you will cook each dish. Lunch will be served at 1pm and you will be able to enjoy your culinary creations with a complimentary glass of wine. Afterwards you will continue cookery and be able to go home with the dishes you have prepared earlier and all the recipes of the day.

Sample Menu:

Parmesan Baked Ricotta with Tomato Olive & Basil

Andalucian Chicken with Orange

Pissaladiere- Provencal Onion Tart

Chilled Fennel Gazpacho with Olive Croutons

Blood Orange Jelly with Chantilly Cream

9.45am to 4pm

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