This fun workshop is open to all ages and abilities. Join us for some delightful Autumnal baking, making the most of seasonal ingredients. Recipes will include: A proper (and particularly delicious)...
Have you ever wondered how to make the perfect, golden crusted pie? Come and learn how to make pastry and the "perfect pie". This workshop is open to all ages and...
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Thank you so much Kristi for a very enjoyable Moroccan Festive morning.
As well as cooking Flat breads, how to make preserved lemons, 2 traditional Tagines , one chicken, one vegetable, Chermoula dressing and Loubia, a white bean stew, we also learnt about the culture and how to balance the spices . We finished the day sitting all together and sharing what we had cooked.
I cannot recommend the Ground Up Cookery school enough for all they do to make this a very enjoyable time, learning and having fun. I will be back.
Wendy
It was an excellent course, great people and thoroughly enjoyable.
Hopefully you will run of the same and I can bring my family on them!
A marvellous 'productive' morning putting everything together and learning how the spices blend, create heat yet not hot, finding the kneading of the bread relaxing and meditative. Kristie was great in making it relaxed, informative and sharing top tips for techniques to take home. (Along with gentle reminders of steps in the process!)
An immersive experience as always with great company and splendid meal to share at the end.
Spice rack is in full use
A great morning learning and cooking with the warm tasty Moroccan spices, simple to produce lots of really wonderful dishes for the group lunch in just a few hours. Top tips acquired too. Lovely absorbing course.
An excellent 2 hrs of interesting tasting and drinks, very informative and takeaways to try at home.
This was my fourth course with Ground up cookery school and each one has been fantastic!
Colin has a great knack of explaining things, I have learnt so much!
Who knew that fermented swede would taste so good!
Thank you Colin 😊
If you thought nettles were best avoided because they sting you, well Colin at the Ground up cookery school will change your mind and they will become your best friend. We learnt how to make, and tasted 5 things with nettles, all healthy and nutritious, in fact you would be hard pushed to believe you were eating nettles.! As always a fun and informative afternoon. Now if you will excuse me I am off to get some nettles.
A great little session that flew by in no time. I went along with my son and we both got the opportunity to make our own pizza dough to take away. Prepared dough was provided for us to make out own and eat it for lunch.
We both thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm now putting into practice what I learned.
The location was lovely, Kristi was an excellent instructor and we both enjoyed ourselves.
It was a great course and we both really enjoyed it pizza making
My friends and I had a lovely morning in beautiful surroundings making dealious truffles and chocolates, what better thing could you do on a Sunday afternoon.
Thanks again for a lovely session
Enjoyed the class
Attended The Artisan Chocolatier Masterclass Sunday 18th May.
Had a lovely informative morning and took home some amazing chocolates. Mikael who our tutor today was very knowledgeable, helpful and professional. It was a lovely way to spend Sunday . Met lovely would be chocolatiers too. Thankyou Ground Up .
Just spent a lovely few hours at Ground Up Cookery School learning to temper and work chocolate ended in making ganache filled chocolates nut clusters and truffles. Very professional and good fun too
Mikeal made us very welcome and put everyone at ease. He presented easy to follow demonstrations and was on hand to guide us throughout the morning.
Really enjoyable and in a lovely setting. I loved the ravioli!
Thank you.
If you have always wondered what you can eat from the hedgerows, then look no further than the Groundup Cookery School. The day is full of information, tastings, walks in the countryside and much more. Colin is very knowledgeable, and the whole day is fun, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and the highlight of the day, for me, was all of us cooking different recipes of foraged food and sitting down to share it together. It doesn't get much better than that!
Wendy
Having grown up in a fishing and farming community on the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, Colin has always been surrounded by the finest seasonal ingredients and driven by the necessity to make the most of them. Over 30 years as a professional chef has seen Colin work in a variety of different roles from charter yachts and boutique hotels to leading catering companies this has given him the opportunity to showcase his skills to the most discerning of guests.
Having grown up in a fishing and farming community on the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides, Colin has always been surrounded by the finest seasonal ingredients and driven by the necessity to make the most of them. Over 30 years as a professional chef has seen Colin work in a variety of different roles from charter yachts and boutique hotels to leading catering companies this has given him the opportunity to showcase his skills to the most discerning of guests.
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Thank you so much Kristi for a very enjoyable Moroccan Festive morning.
As well as cooking Flat breads, how to make preserved lemons, 2 traditional Tagines , one chicken, one vegetable, Chermoula dressing and Loubia, a white bean stew, we also learnt about the culture and how to balance the spices . We finished the day sitting all together and sharing what we had cooked.
I cannot recommend the Ground Up Cookery school enough for all they do to make this a very enjoyable time, learning and having fun. I will be back.
Wendy
It was an excellent course, great people and thoroughly enjoyable.
Hopefully you will run of the same and I can bring my family on them!
A marvellous 'productive' morning putting everything together and learning how the spices blend, create heat yet not hot, finding the kneading of the bread relaxing and meditative. Kristie was great in making it relaxed, informative and sharing top tips for techniques to take home. (Along with gentle reminders of steps in the process!)
An immersive experience as always with great company and splendid meal to share at the end.
Spice rack is in full use
A great morning learning and cooking with the warm tasty Moroccan spices, simple to produce lots of really wonderful dishes for the group lunch in just a few hours. Top tips acquired too. Lovely absorbing course.
An excellent 2 hrs of interesting tasting and drinks, very informative and takeaways to try at home.
This was my fourth course with Ground up cookery school and each one has been fantastic!
Colin has a great knack of explaining things, I have learnt so much!
Who knew that fermented swede would taste so good!
Thank you Colin 😊
If you thought nettles were best avoided because they sting you, well Colin at the Ground up cookery school will change your mind and they will become your best friend. We learnt how to make, and tasted 5 things with nettles, all healthy and nutritious, in fact you would be hard pushed to believe you were eating nettles.! As always a fun and informative afternoon. Now if you will excuse me I am off to get some nettles.
A great little session that flew by in no time. I went along with my son and we both got the opportunity to make our own pizza dough to take away. Prepared dough was provided for us to make out own and eat it for lunch.
We both thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm now putting into practice what I learned.
The location was lovely, Kristi was an excellent instructor and we both enjoyed ourselves.
It was a great course and we both really enjoyed it pizza making
My friends and I had a lovely morning in beautiful surroundings making dealious truffles and chocolates, what better thing could you do on a Sunday afternoon.
Thanks again for a lovely session
Enjoyed the class
Attended The Artisan Chocolatier Masterclass Sunday 18th May.
Had a lovely informative morning and took home some amazing chocolates. Mikael who our tutor today was very knowledgeable, helpful and professional. It was a lovely way to spend Sunday . Met lovely would be chocolatiers too. Thankyou Ground Up .
Just spent a lovely few hours at Ground Up Cookery School learning to temper and work chocolate ended in making ganache filled chocolates nut clusters and truffles. Very professional and good fun too
Mikeal made us very welcome and put everyone at ease. He presented easy to follow demonstrations and was on hand to guide us throughout the morning.
Really enjoyable and in a lovely setting. I loved the ravioli!
Thank you.
If you have always wondered what you can eat from the hedgerows, then look no further than the Groundup Cookery School. The day is full of information, tastings, walks in the countryside and much more. Colin is very knowledgeable, and the whole day is fun, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and the highlight of the day, for me, was all of us cooking different recipes of foraged food and sitting down to share it together. It doesn't get much better than that!
Wendy
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