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Cookery schools offering Dinner party courses

Kent Cookery School

Region: South-East England Type: Barbecues, Breadmaking, Chinese, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Macaroons, Mexican, Pastry cakes and puddings, Tapas, Thai, Vietnamese Cost: Mid-range ££

Basic ingredients Based in a beautiful cobbled courtyard five minutes from Ashford in Mersham, Kent Cookery School has large vaulted ceilings and a beautiful separate … More →

Teen Cooks summer cookery courses in France

Budding chefs get to lick the whisk at Teen Cooks

Region: France Type: Chocolate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Pastry cakes and puddings, Residential, Students, Summer camps Cost: Affordable £

These week-long, residential cookery courses for 15 to 18 year olds are held between late July and early September in an attractive 200-year-old … More →

The Avenue Cookery School

Region: London Type: Baking, Breadmaking, Canapes, Chalet hosting, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Health and nutrition, Knife skills, Students, Vegan, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

This family-run cookery school has recently moved to new premises in Wandsworth, south-west London, and expanded its repertoire to include a range of … More →

B&H Kitchen

Region: London Type: Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Health and nutrition, Knife skills, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

London institution and lifestyle company, Bourne & Hollingsworth, has scaled the heights of creative endeavour – and its Clerkenwell buildings – to bring us … More →

Season, the Exclusive Cookery School

Region: South-East England Type: Advanced chef skills, Baking, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Health and nutrition, Italian, Knife skills, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

“So much to learn!” exclaim the dynamic team at Season Cookery School. It’s a mantra supported by an impressive array of cookery classes, … More →

Caboodle Food Cookery School

You are never too young or to old to learn to cook

Region: South-East England Type: Children, Chocolate, Dinner party, Students, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

With its background in nutrition and food safety courses, Caboodle Cook School has been training cooks for the past decade. Now home economist … More →

Seasoned Cookery School

Region: Central England Type: Baking, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Celebrity chef, Chocolate, Corporate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Game, Hen parties, Home smoking, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Malaysian, Pastry cakes and puddings, Peruvian, Pie making, Preserves and pickles, Sauces, Thai Cost: Mid-range ££

Basic ingredients: With its country estate setting and impressive roster of former MasterChef and Great British Bake Off finalists teaching classes, Seasoned Cookery School in Derbyshire has the ingredients … More →

Red Lodge Cooking Courses

Region: East of England Type: Advanced chef skills, Aga, Breadmaking, Butchery, Cajun, Dinner party, Italian, Men, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

A newly opened venture by experienced chef Peter Bunting, Red Lodge offers half or full-day cookery courses in a converted barn and shoot … More →

Jenius Social Cookery School

Region: London Type: Baking, Barbecues, Brazilian, Breadmaking, Butchery, Cheese, Children, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Mexican, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Tapas, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

“Making connections through food” is the Jenius Social motto and it is inscribed on the glass door of their bright, modern venue in … More →

Northcote Cookery School

Region: North-West England Type: Advanced chef skills, Barbecues, Breadmaking, British, Corporate, Dinner party, Hen parties, Italian, Knife skills, Michelin star, Pastry cakes and puddings Cost: Mid-range ££

There is just a glass wall between you and a live, working kitchen at this well-appointed cookery school beside the Northcote’s Michelin-starred restaurant. The school, which … More →

Philleigh Way

Region: South-West England Type: Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Christmas, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Italian, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

There’s a good looking earthiness to the courses offered at this farm-based cookery school near Truro run by brothers-in-law James Martin and head chef … More →

Food at 52

Region: London Type: Basic cookery skills, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Indian, Italian, Moroccan, Spanish, Tapas, Thai, Vietnamese Cost: Mid-range ££

Basic Ingredients: Food at 52’s new premises are just down the road from their original school in Clerkenwell. The new school is equally cool, with an … More →

River Cottage Chef’s School

Region: South-West England Type: Advanced chef skills, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Celebrity chef, Cheese, Chocolate, Dinner party, Diploma, Fish and seafood, Game, Health and nutrition, Home smoking, Knife skills, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Students, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

The expanding River Cottage HQ’s latest venture is all about giving career-minded cooks a step-up the culinary ladder. The range of programmes are … More →

Abinger Cookery School

Region: South-East England Type: Advanced chef skills, Barbecues, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Celebrity chef, Chalet Cookery, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Knife skills, Men, Pastry cakes and puddings, Residential, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

Lewis Davies showed his flair for property development when he took a disused pub in the Surrey Hills and transformed it into the … More →

Cooks, The Carlton School of Food

Region: North-East England Type: Barbecues, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Celebrity chef, Children, Chocolate, Corporate, Dinner party, Foraging, Game, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles Cost: Mid-range ££

Not many cookery schools are set in the Downton-style kitchens of a country house. Carlton Towers, as the name suggests, is a grand, … More →

The Cooking Academy

Kumud teaching a young people's cookery class

Region: South-East England Type: Children, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Health and nutrition, Indian, Knife skills, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Men, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Students, Tapas, Thai, Vegetarian, Vietnamese Cost: Mid-range ££

The Cooking Academy places health and nutrition at the heart of its teaching. Kumud Gandhi, who established the school in her homely kitchen … More →

Demuths Cookery School

Region: South-West England Type: Breadmaking, British, Dinner party, French, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Moroccan, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian, Vietnamese Cost: Mid-range ££

Basic Ingredients: Professional vegetarian chef Rachel Demuth was a founder of the Neal’s Yard Bakery in Covent Garden before turning her attentions to Bath, where she … More →

The Wellbeing Farm Cookery School

The Wellbeing Cookery School has all mod-cons in a country setting

Region: North-West England Type: Barbecues, Breadmaking, British, Cheese, Children, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Eco-friendly, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Health and nutrition, Indian, Knife skills, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Students, Thai Cost: Affordable £

Situated down the lane from the local moorland village of Edgworth and just 20 minutes from Manchester, Celia Gaze transformed Wheatsheaf Hill Farm into … More →

Miele cooking courses

Region: Central England, London, South-East England Type: Breadmaking, British, Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Indian, Italian, Pastry cakes and puddings, Tapas, Thai Cost: Affordable £

The Miele Creative Living concept showcases its range of kitchen products via cookery courses, demonstrations and appliance schools, in Abingdon, London and Sutton Coldfield. Not … More →

The Culbone Cookery School

Chef Jack Scarterfield talks seafood at a class in the Culbone kitchen

Region: South-West England Type: British, Butchery, Children, Chinese, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Game, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Residential, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

The Culbone Cookery School celebrates the best seasonal produce from Exmoor both in its home-style teaching kitchen and in its award-winning restaurant. Beautifully sited … More →

Rosemary Shrager Cookery School

Region: South-East England Type: Advanced chef skills, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Celebrity chef, Children, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Game, Health and nutrition, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

Celebrated culinary all-rounder Rosemary Shrager brings a wealth of experience to her new cookery school in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. She fronts the school … More →

Let’s Cook Scotland!

Region: Scotland Type: Breadmaking, British, Cheese, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Indian, Italian, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Students, Tapas, Thai Cost: Affordable £

Basic ingredients: Let’s Cook started in December 2009 when owner and head tutor, Sarah Mellersh, returned to her native Scotland to fulfil a burgeoning desire to … More →

The WI Cookery School at Denman

Region: Central England Type: Advanced chef skills, Breadmaking, British, Celebrity chef, Cheese, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Corporate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Foraging, French, Full range, Health and nutrition, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Men, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Residential, Spanish, Students, Tapas Cost: Affordable £

Basic ingredients: It’s more than simply preserves on the jam-packed roster of cookery classes run by the WI at Denman near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Students can … More →

Flavours School of Cookery

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Region: South-West England Type: Advanced chef skills, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Cheese, Children, Chinese, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Men, Mexican, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Spanish, Tapas, Thai, Vegetarian, Vietnamese Cost: Mid-range ££

Hands-on cookery with a smile is the flavour of the day at this Dorset cookery school, fronted by highly experienced resident chef, Des … More →

Jace Catering and Training Cookery School

Region: South-East England Type: Baking, British, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Pastry cakes and puddings Cost: Affordable £

A brand new venue in Wallington heralds the arrival of short cookery courses from March 2013, courtesy of Surrey’s Jace Catering and Training … More →

Rachel’s Kitchen

Region: London Type: Breadmaking, British, Canapes, Corporate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Japanese, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

Basic ingredients: Anyone daunted by the prospect of cooking a meal from scratch but keen to learn would no doubt be inspired by Rachel Davies’ … More →

Blackfriars Restaurant and Cookery School

Region: North-East England Type: Breadmaking, British, Children, Chocolate, Dinner party Cost: Affordable £

Described as the cornerstone of Newcastle’s historic past, the banquet hall here is a nod to the restaurant’s medieval roots and origin as … More →

No.7 Cooking Academy

Region: South-East England Type: Advanced chef skills, Celebrity chef, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Full range, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Michelin star, Pastry cakes and puddings, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

Basic ingredients: Located at No.7 the High Street in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, the No. 7 Cooking Academy is run by globetrotting chef, Dennis Van Golberdinge and his … More →

Colstoun Cookery School

Colstoun House is home to Scotland's first sustinably focused cookery school

Region: Scotland Type: British, Dinner party, Eco-friendly, Game, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Organic, Residential, Students, Thai Cost: Affordable £

Scotland’s first sustainable, organic cookery school is based in the beautiful grounds of Colstoun Estate, just 30 minutes from central Edinburgh. Courses take … More →

Bridge 67 Cookery School

Region: Central England Type: Barbecues, Breadmaking, Children, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Game, Indian, Italian, Men, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Thai Cost: Affordable £

Basic ingredients: From its humble beginnings in a farmhouse kitchen in 2006, Bridge 67 has upgraded to a purpose-built cookery school run by three experienced chef … More →

The Cookery School, Isle of Wight College

Region: South-East England Type: British, Children, Dinner party, Diploma, Fish and seafood, Indian, Italian, Men, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Thai Cost: Affordable £

This cookery school has been closed and there are currently no plans to relocate it. This brand-new cookery school based in Newport is … More →

Coghlans Cookery School

Region: Central England Type: Breadmaking, Butchery, Christmas, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Game, Health and nutrition, Italian, Knife skills, Men, Pastry cakes and puddings, Sausage making, Students, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

Basic Ingredients: The professional and fully equipped kitchens at the Coghlans Cookery School in Chesterfield host a vast array of courses, aimed at all levels, that … More →

The Spinney School of Fine Food

Region: Central England Type: Breadmaking, Children, Chinese, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Game, Hen parties, Indian, Italian, Men Cost: Mid-range ££

Basic ingredients: The purpose-built teaching kitchen at The Spinney School of Fine Food is compact with a homely country kitchen ambience. It boasts a central four-oven … More →

Fairyhouse Food and Wine School

Region: Republic of Ireland Type: Breadmaking, Children, Christmas, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Health and nutrition, Italian, Men, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

Basic Ingredients: Owner Billie O’Shea trained at the excellent Ballymaloe cookery school before establishing Fairyhouse Food and Wine, a few miles north of Dublin in Co … More →

Dishy Cookery School

Region: South-East England Type: Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Pastry cakes and puddings, Sausage making, Tapas, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

Basic Ingredients: With good links from London Waterloo, this Surrey based cook school offers five-hour day courses from its homely but smartly equipped kitchen in the … More →

The Cook School Scotland

Region: Scotland Type: Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Game, Indian, Italian, Mediterranean, Pastry cakes and puddings, Tapas Cost: Mid-range ££

The highly experienced and affable chefs at this state-of-the-art cook school in Kilmarnock welcome first-time foodies and fanatics alike as they set about … More →

The Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School

Region: North-East England Type: British, Canapes, Celebrity chef, Children, Chocolate, Dinner party, Game, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Men, Michelin star, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Residential, Students Cost: Affordable £

This new cookery academy is on a working pig farm but is kitted out with a smart modern teaching kitchen. There’s a healthy … More →

Stamford Cookery School

Region: Central England Type: Barbecues, Breadmaking, Children, Chocolate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Hen parties, Home smoking, Italian, Japanese, Pastry cakes and puddings, Pate and terrine Cost: Mid-range ££

As far as we are aware Stamford Cookery School is now closed. Basic ingredients: Opened in March 2011 in the centre of the market town of … More →

Blackheath Cooks

Region: London Type: Butchery, Children, Chocolate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Men, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

The lovely website for this new cookery school and cook shop in South-East London promises a smart up-to-date culinary experience. Joy Neal set up … More →

Edinburgh School of Food and Wine

Region: Scotland Type: Advanced chef skills, Barbecues, Breadmaking, British, Chocolate, Dinner party, Diploma, Fish and seafood, French, Italian, Mediterranean, Men, Mexican, Pastry cakes and puddings, Thai Cost: Mid-range ££

Aside from its fantastic location in an 18th-Century coaching house in the grounds of Newliston House, just 12 miles from the city, the … More →

The Chef’s Room Fish and Cookery School

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Region: Wales Type: British, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Knife skills, Lebanese, Moroccan, Preserves and pickles, Thai Cost: Affordable £

Set in a modern kitchen in the World Heritage listed town of Blaenavon, the Chef’s Room adjoins long-standing fishmongers and food shop, Vin … More →

The Old Rectory Cookery School

Region: South-East England Type: Children, Corporate, Dinner party, French, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Pastry cakes and puddings, Picnic, Spanish, Students Cost: Mid-range ££

Based in a Georgian house in the village of Bentley on the Surrey/Hampshire borders, the Old Rectory Cookery School was once the home of Jane Austen’s brother … More →

Divertimenti Cookery School

Region: London Type: Aga, Barbecues, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Celebrity chef, Children, Chinese, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Eco-friendly, Fish and seafood, Full range, Greek, Health and nutrition, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Macaroons, marmalades and chutney, Mediterranean, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Affordable £

Basic ingredients: Based in South Kensington, the original kitchenware shop, Divertimenti, offers several classes and demonstrations a day run by some of the best in the … More →

Cookery School at Little Portland Street

Region: London Type: Advanced chef skills, Baking, Breadmaking, British, Celebrity chef, Chocolate, Corporate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Diploma, Eco-friendly, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Game, Gluten-free, Greek, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Middle Eastern, Organic, Pastry cakes and puddings, Picnic, Pie making, Preserves and pickles, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian Cost: Mid-range ££

Rosalind Rathouse is the professional chef and self-confessed food obsessive who runs, with great success, the Cookery School. Situated two minutes from Oxford … More →

Cookery schools offering Dinner party courses

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