
Cookery schools offering Foraging courses
10 really interesting cookery classes

Type: Foraging, Health and nutrition, Japanese, Residential, Thai, Vegetarian
Knife-skills? No-thrills. Bread-making? Half-baked. Pasta? Passé. If your feeling jaded in the kitchen and in need of a new challenge, we’ve found ten refreshingly different … 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
Chequers Kitchen Cookery School

Region: South-East England
Type: Advanced chef skills, Children, Corporate, Foraging, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Home smoking, Indian, Knife skills, Students
Cost: Affordable £
New premises herald a new venture in the Chequers kitchen where the skills of the Swiss-trained South African head chef Pieter van Zyl combined with … More
White Pepper Cookery School

Region: South-West England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Children, Christmas, Corporate, Diploma, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Men, Michelin star, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Thai
Cost: Mid-range ££
Basic ingredients: White Pepper is one of the most appealing cookery schools in the UK offering exceptional cookery courses and food experiences to both the amateur and … More
Vale House Kitchen

Region: South-West England
Type: Advanced chef skills, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Celebrity chef, Christmas, Cupcakes, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Vegetarian
Cost: Mid-range ££
Bod and Annie Griffiths have taken a lot of time and care to get the detail just right at their newly opened state-of-the-art cookery … 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
Welsh Cookery School of Artisan Food

Region: Wales
Type: Breadmaking, Celebrity chef, Cheese, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Home smoking
Cost: Affordable £
The team at the Welsh Cookery School of Artisan Food is on a “real food” journey that introduces students to experts in beer, … More
The Mike Robinson Game and Wild Food Cookery School

Region: South-East England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Home smoking, Italian, Pastry cakes and puddings
Cost: Premium £££
Basic Ingredients: As the name would suggest, this is all about plundering the natural surroundings – in this case, the charming Berkshire village and home of … More
Harts Barn Cookery School

Region: South-West England
Type: Breadmaking, Children, Chocolate, Corporate, Cupcakes, Foraging, Hen parties, Home smoking, Italian, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Vietnamese
Cost: Affordable £
Basic Ingredients Gloucestershire’ s Forest of Dean provides the historical hillside setting for this new cook school (opened June 2011) at the Hart’s Barn Rural Enterprise … More
Food Safari

Region: East of England
Type: Breadmaking, Butchery, Cheese, Eco-friendly, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Home smoking
Cost: Mid-range ££
Basic Ingredients: Not your average cook school, Food Safari is the brainchild of Polly and Tim Robinson whose passion for Suffolk as “a perfect destination for … More
The Tideswell School of Food

Region: Central England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Chocolate, Corporate, Eco-friendly, Foraging, Game, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Students, Tapas, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Mid-range ££
Please note this cookery school is now closed Basic Ingredients: With a whopping average of 20 courses per month on offer at this Derbyshire cookery school … More
Webbe’s Cookery School

Region: South-East England
Type: Breadmaking, Canapes, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Tapas
Cost: Affordable £
Based in Rye, on England’s south coast in historic 1066 Country, the cookery school is a natural extension of Paul Webbe’s passion and knowledge … More
Thyme at Southrop

Region: South-West England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Full range, Indian, Italian, Picnic, Tapas, Thai
Cost: Mid-range ££
A team of chefs and experts run this really fresh looking cookery school in the Cotswolds offering cooking, gardening and foraging courses, as … More
Loaf Cookery School

The aptly named Tom Baker has been branded the “culinary Robin Hood” of Birmingham for his community cookery school that he runs from … More