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Join chef Robin Popham to bring the restaurant home with this new class for Autumn! Take the best of the seasons produce then add some simple techniques borrowed from professional kitchens to create a dinner party menu to ‘wow’.
Menu:
- Wild mushroom pate with beetroot carpaccio
- Venison steak with fondant celeriac, soused kale & blackberry sauce
- Chocolate fondant with poached pear
The key to culinary success is balancing flavours and textures, allowing each ingredient to shine. Each dish will show how contrast and seasoning can effortlessly achieve this.
Beginning with a light mousse & fresh crunchy beetroot, this starter demonstrates a few tips on elegant presentation. This is also a dish that can be prepared a day or two ahead of time, freeing you up to enjoy the company of friends.
The main event showcases a very local wild meat, venison. Cooking a steak to perfection can be daunting, but a few simple tips make all the difference! Then finish off with an elegant sauce made in just a few minutes.
End with a showstopper, chocolate fondant! A delicate sponge that floods the plate with rich chocolate sauce, this is a dessert to impress that can also be made well in advance.
This menu is packed full of tips and techniques to make entertaining at home a pleasure at any time of year.
Lunch Included:
Once you have been versed in the art of making the best this season has to offer, you will sit down to eat the fruits of your labour, with a well deserved glass of wine.
All abilities welcome
Class size
8
/ 4 hr
- On arrival you will be met by the cookery school staff and offered refreshments whilst you sign in and meet the other participants.
- Class sizes are small to offer a hands-on learning experience. Occasionally we may ask you to work as a pair or as part of a group.
- All ingredients and equipment are provided, including aprons.
- Refreshments will be available during the course, including a glass of wine if your course includes a meal.
- All cookery courses include a recipe pack to take home, which can also be sent to you digitally.
- Course times are approximate and may sometimes run beyond the end time advertised.
- Allergies and Dietary Requirements: Some classes are able to cater for specific dietary requirements but not all, please let us know of any allergies at the time of booking.
- Gifts: If you are booking the class as a gift, please ask the recipient to get in touch directly to inform us of any allergies ahead of the class by emailing: cookeryschool@honestygroup.co.uk
- Booking for others: Please make sure that all email correspondence is forwarded on to gift recipients and others you have booked for to ensure that they have received full instructions.
- Sustainability: Some of our classes may have leftover food for you to take home. In the interests of sustainability please ensure you bring containers with you.
- Safety and Hygiene:Â In the interests of safety and hygiene we request that closed in shoes are worn and hair is tied back whilst cooking.
- Honesty Cookery School
- The Barn, North Sydmonton House
- North Sydmonton
- Hampshire
- RG20 4UL
- UK
Book a class
19th October 2023
Autumn Inspiration in the Kitchen
/ 4 hr
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North Sydmonton House, The Barn, North Sydmonton, Newbury RG20 4UL 
07708 620287 Got an enquiry? - Cookery School
The Barn, North Sydmonton House, North Sydmonton, Newbury RG20 4UL, UK
FAQs
Cook Together tickets allow an adult and a child between 10 – 18 years to book onto a course for a cheaper price. You will work together at the same workstation and produce enough food for you both to eat. This is part of our drive to encourage young people to enjoy cooking from scratch.
We have eight workstations and accommodate larger groups by working in pairs or small groups around each station. People often report they enjoy working in this way as it makes the event sociable and allows people to take a short break from the cooking as there are others to take over.
Most of our scheduled courses are for adults only. However, where you see a ‘Cook Together’ ticket offered then you can book for a place for a child over the age of 10 years with an adult.
It is also possible to book a bespoke course for children with an adult from the party remaining in charge of the group. Please make enquiries to cookeryschool@honestygroup.co.uk
We welcome people of all cooking experience and abilities. Our tutors will assess and adjust to your needs.
Some of our courses can accommodate allergies and special dietary requirements however for others the replacement of one ingredient for another will not work. As there is such a range in what people require we request that you ask at the time of booking by emailing cookeryschool@honestygroup.co.uk
All ingredients and equipment are provided, including aprons. For a cookery course we advise wearing layers as the cookery school can heat up once the ovens and hobs are on. Closed shoes are also requested for health and safety purposes and a band to tie back longer hair.
If you are attending a course that could be messy please adjust your clothing to take account of this.
We hope to make our courses as sustainable as possible and so request that customers bring containers to take home any food left over at the end of a course.
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