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Get baked! Gluten-free style. Save some time for Elvira and learn from the best in the business so you'll never feel excluded from high society's finest flour-heavy tradition again. Bring on Afternoon Tea.

In this class

You'll be mastering some practical recipes that you can take away and replicate in your very own kitchen. This two-hour class will get you reaching those dizzy, gluten-free highs with mini sponge cakes, scones and, as if that wasn't enough, some sun dried tomato cornbread muffins to top it off.

Elvira will take you through the motions, making sure you come away with some beautiful, tasty, gluten-free goodies. Her recipes truly are unique, so you'll never want to sponge off standard recipe books again! Trust us - the proof is in the pudding.

Now you can

Make delicious, all-inclusive desserts for the family at home without worrying about different dietary needs;
Impress your gluten-free friends with your thoughtfulness;
Add cake decorating to your armoury of talents.

Gluten Free: Afternoon Tea Baking

Savoury snacks, gluten-free in Elvira's Secret Kitchen. It doesn't get much better than this. These little savoury gems will get you through the day and - better still - you'll be able to do it again, and again, in the comfort of your very own home.

In this class

This hands-on workshop will build your confidence in 'freeform' baking. Make baked goods without having to compromise on health and taste. Tarts, quiches and breads galore, all you'll be wanting after this, is more! (Sorry, sometimes we get so excited we rhyme.)

On the menu:

Shortcrust pastry filled with mushroom;
Shortcrust pastry filled with spinach, leek;
Mediterranean style bread muffin.

Now you can

Make delicious homemade quiche for a family lunch, or go wild and whip up a few secretly healthy canapés for dinner guests;
Surprise your gluten-free friends with how thoughtful you can be;
Satisfy those hunger pangs without giving yourself a food baby.

Gluten Free: Savoury Baking Class

Come and join our Savoury Sunday Brunch Class with bottomless Bloody Mary's. You will learn how to cook up the best Eggs Benedict- perfect for a lazy Sunday morning!

Greeted with a drink, you will sit down and watch a full demonstration on what you will be cooking. You will then get to make the dishes yourselves before dining round our table with new and old friends.

Savoury Sunday Brunch Menu

Bottomless Bloody Mary’s and Bellini's
Eggs Benedict with Clarence Court Eggs

What We Offer

Fun and upbeat classes
Recipe booklet emailed to you after te class
Everything provided including bottomless Bloody Mary's and Bellini's

Skills Acquired

Making the best Eggs Benedict and Hollandaise Sauce!
Time management

Savoury Bottomless Brunch Cooking Class

Buttercream cakes are extremely popular, so why not learn how to pipe your own? This class will give you all the tips and tricks required to decorate your cakes with delectable piped buttercream, bound to give your recipes an element of glamour!

In this class

This fun and hands-on class will provide you with the chance to learn all the best tips, tricks and secrets required to pipe buttercream.

The class will cover the following techniques:
Get baking tips on how to make the perfect cake
Learn how to split, level and prepare a cake for covering with buttercream
Learn how to colour buttercream
Learn how to prepare your cake with buttercream for decorating
Use two nozzles to create two piped effects(ruffles and shell effect as shown in image) on the side of the cake
Finish off your cake with a piped rose buttercream swirls
Go home with an information and recipe sheet and your cake in a box

All equipment and materials will be provided for students in the class, and a range of teas and coffees will also await them to create a warm and relaxing atmosphere.

Please note that these classes are adult classes.

Now you can

Pipe delicious buttercream for all your cakes to give them an elegant and impressive edge
Use the techniques learnt during the class to expand your repertoire and try out new styles
Show your friends and family what you have been taught and start baking and decorating cakes as a group!

Keep / Eat

A recipe and information sheet will be provided for you to take home at the end of the class, ensuring that nothing is forgotten. You will of course be ale to take home all your delicious creations as well!

Piped Buttercream Cake Decorating Class

In our class learn how to make a show stopping chocolate ganache drip cake.  The most popular cake style of the year, ganache drip cakes are perfect for those that want to decorate with buttercream, chocolate and other yummy toppings.  You'll learn how to:

Split, fill and prepare a cake for covering with buttercream
Achieve a smooth finish with buttercream, the perfect base for your ganache drip
Be shown how to make chocolate bark as well as make gold dusted chocolate decorations for your cake
Learn how to make the perfect chocolate ganache for the drip effect around your cake
Go home with a show stopping cake to enjoy

Decorate a Chocolate Ganache Drip Cake

Learn a new skill and take your cake decorating skills to the next level. This fun and inspiring class is all about sugar flowers and we will show you how to create a selection of beautiful sugar flowers.

Create Stunning Sugar Flowers

Have you ever wanted to ditch the 9 to 5 to start your own cake business, been made redundant and want to take this opportunity to start something up or have you started already and looking for help and advice?  This class will guide you through all there is know about starting your cake business from home.  After being made redundant from her marketing and PR job, Nathalie set up Rock Bakehouse and has a wealth of experience on starting out, running and growing a business successfully.

We will cover:

Getting started – what you need to do before starting out
Food safety and hygiene– what you need to do to make sure you’re registered correctly
Setting up a business legally – sole trader, limited, partnership – as well as registering your business
Websites – how to create one and what you need to consider
Pricing –we will show you how to price your cakes correctly so that you make your business viable – this is key in your business and something many struggle with
How to deal to customers, orders and consultations
Balancing work and home life
Marketing and social media – how to market your business and use social media
Accounting
And other things you'll need to know to run a successful business

How to Start a Cake Business

In this cupcake decorating masterclass we will show you how to  decorate your cupcakes using a number of different techniques.  This is the perfect all round cupcake decorating class and suits beginners but also those who want to improve and learn new decorating skills.  You will:

Make a selection of different decorations from sugarpaste and florist paste and learn their individual uses
Learn to use a variety of different types of cutters, moulds, stamps, textured mats and more
Use texture mats on sugarpaste to create different effects
Make buttercream from scratch and watch how to get the right consistency for piping and spreading
Learn how to pipe buttercream swirls
Learn how to top your cupcakes with sugarpaste discs
Get information about timings, making big batches of cupcakes and decorating in advance

Further information
All equipment and materials are included in the class.   The class starts at 10am.  Tea, coffee and water will be supplied.  All you need to bring is a packed lunch.  We provide a fun and relaxing atmosphere in all our classes.  Our small class sizes also ensure you get one to one attention so that you get the most out of the session.  In each class you’ll learn all the tricks of the trade, get to practice the techniques you’re shown and go home with new found skills which you will be able to use time and time again.

A recipe and information sheet will be provided for you to take home plus your cake creations! Please note our classes are adult classes, the minimum age for students in the classes is 16 years old unless stated otherwise

Ultimate Cupcake Masterclass

Do you feel like you want to eat healthier but you just don't have the time or energy to cook? And would you also like the chance to meet other lovely local mums? Join health coach and fellow new mama Emma Hollingsworth to discover new ways to whip up a delicious meal with minimal effort as well as learning about smart snacking and lots of 'mum hacks'!

The class will begin over tea and coffee while Emma explains how to make delicious snacks, which you will then get to make (and try) for yourself. You will enjoy a delicious plant based home cooked lunch as well as joining Emma in making some of her famous sweet treats.

There will be a Q&A session at the end and the chance to have a complimentary health coaching assessment if you like - PLUS you get to take as much as you like of what you make with you! You'll also leave with a folder of tips, tricks and recipes to try out at home!

This class is super casual so please feel free to bring your little ones if you like!

Healthy Eating for New Mums

Come and join our Easy Christmas Cooking Class with supper and wine included. You will be taught how to cook a traditional Christmas Menu including the best roast potatoes and a delicious Christmas pudding!

Greeted with a drink, you will sit down and watch a demonstration on what you will be cooking. You will then get to make the dishes yourselves before dining round our table with new and old friends.

Easy Christmas Menu

Pigs in Blankets
Roast Turkey
Roast Potatoes
Celeriac Mash
Bread Sauce
Sprouts with Bacon and Chestnuts
Christmas Pudding
Mince Pies
Brandy Butter
Brandy Creme Anglais

What We Offer

Fun and upbeat classes
Recipe booklet to take home
Everything provided including supper and wine

Skills Acquired

Making a delicious Christmas inner!
Time management
Table setting and much more…

Easy Christmas Dinner Cooking Class

After this week-long course you will be able to work in a chalet, on a yacht, or cook for families in their holiday homes. Students are required to have a basic knowledge of cooking beforehand (for the basics, check out The Beginner Booking Course). This course is designed to teach students a combination of the important theoretical stuff (e.g. recipes, food pairing, etc.) as well as the hands on stuff (such as knife skills and presentation).

In this course

Whether you fancy working for a family in your time before university, or want to improve your cooking skills and start thinking about becoming a professional chef, this course will help you reach the next level in only 5 days.

What you will learn:
fantastic knife skills
some great variations of bread making (including Diana's famous bread)
elaborate cake making
how to make your own soft drinks
food presentation
boning meat and handling fish
preparing and cooking a variety of vegetables
learning to cook international foods and different techniques
canapé making

You will also get your own copy of The Avenue's cookbook, and an apron to take home with you

Sample menu:

Twice Baked Cheese Soufflé with a Red Pepper Coulis
Thai Green Curry with Lemon Saffron Rice and a Vegetable Stir Fried
A Trio of Raspberry Macaroons, Raspberry Cheesecake and Raspberry and Orange Parfait

Now you can

invite your mum round for dinner and make her feel special
read your favourite recipes and feel inspired not overwhelmed
bake a trio of desserts

Eat

As well as bagging some kick ass kitchen skills, you will also get your own copy of The Avenue's cookbook, and an apron to take home with you

Intermediate Cooking Course

Spend the morning with Cookie Girl in North London where you will learn to bake a cake, make delicious buttercream to fill and ice it in lots of elaborate and beautiful ways. AND, you get to take it home with you so you can share it with your loved ones.

In this class

No previous baking/decorating/piping skills are needed.just turn up and have a good time!

Cookie Girl (also known as Xanthe) will impart her baking wisdom on you with techniques to ensure your cake mixture can't fail. You will learn how to scale up any recipe for endless layering and the best ways to adapt your favourite bakes. Once your cake is cooled the fun really begins, as you let your artistic side run wild while mastering the stunning ruffle effect before creating a beautiful rose centrepiece. All it takes to become a cake decorating pro is to learn how to:

fill a piping bag properly (not the improper way - you wouldn't want to do that now would you?)
deal with the dreaded curdled cake mixture
perfect the icing recipe so it's light and fluffy
use a cake cutter to size your layers correctly
master the ruffle effect
create a crumb coat to contain the crumbs (because no one wants to have to tidy those up)!

Everything is provided by Cookie Girl including aprons, tea, coffee and cupcakes, so all you need to bring is yourself and some baking enthusiasm.

Baking aside, you're guaranteed to have a ball - bring those cake-loving friends of yours or meet some fellow baking enthusiasts. You can even bring a date - what a great way to break the ice(ing).. (sorry).

By the way:

The class only has 8 spots - hurry, make sure you get yours!
You can also buy a signed copy of Xanthe's best-selling book "Eat Me" for £15

Cake Baking & Decorating

Great cooking for blokes who need a gentle push into the kitchen!

In this class

We all love the men in our lives  - whether they are brothers, uncles, dads, husbands, boyfriends or just friends. What would be EVEN better, is if they could learn to cook up a storm in the kitchen - which is exactly what this class is all about.

This class starts off with a few drinks (some beers for the lads!) and then goes through a simple, step-by-step process for pure kitchen perfection. This class will teach these lucky, chosen men what they need to know; for those nights when staying in is exactly what everyone needs! There are a number of recipes on the agenda, some very special and some absolute classics. Class members will return home fully fed and ready to take on any kitchen challenge (although slightly dependent on earlier beer intake)!

Cooking for Men

Learn to cook meals the whole family can enjoy - with no compromises! Family is at the heart of cooking, and you can get to the heart of it by learning traditional one-pot, quick, slow-cook and flavourful family dishes.

In this class

You don't need much cooking experience for this and you don't even need a big family, but we are hoping to hear some funny stories about previous demands that children/husbands/wives have made...so come hungry and happy!

Kids (and sometimes our husbands / wives) can have very different views on what they fancy eating, and boy can that become a tricky situation. This class will help you:

with those times when the young ones want chocolate cake and ice cream for dinner and you want poached salmon and asparagus with a creamy hollandaise sauce.
learn one-pot dishes, quick bits and bobs as well as slow-cooked recipes

Its so easy to make good food that both you and the children will love and you should all be able to tuck into the same dishes as a family. The food you learn about in this class will certainly get everyone jumping around the kitchen.

Just bring yourself and COME HUNGRY!

Family Cooking Made Easy

This is an evening class teaching the best prepared ahead dinner party dinners! Learn preparation, cooking and knife skill techniques and learn how to balance cooking and entertaining in the best way for a dinner party.

Hosting a dinner party is usually pretty stressful, time consuming and, more often than not, it all ends up a bit rushed. If you would rather spend more time entertaining your lovely guests and less time cooking on the night, look no further - this is the one!

This class will teach you a bunch of amazing recipes and cooking techniques, all of which let you easily prepare almost all of the courses completely in advance, leaving you plenty of time to get yourself looking fabulous (not to say you weren't already!) and enjoy the company of your guests.

Each class will see you preparing a 3-course menu and then enjoying a good amount of it (+ some booze) afterwards Come Hungry!

Typical recipes:

Zesty salmon bites
Brazilian cheese buns
Warm roquefort cheesecakes with roasted tomatoes
Seared tuna with soy-mirin dressing
Duck confit
Stuffed pork tenderloin
Dauphinoise potatoes
Hazelnut meringue roulade & passion fruit coulis
Chocolate ginger cheesecake

Dinner Party Cooking

Learn how to cook delicious food for children!

In this class

Are you, your nanny, or your au pair struggling to feed your children delicious and nutritious home-made food? Well then look no further, Emma's Kitchen is here to help.

You will be taught to cook an impressive repertoire of meals for children that will develop your general kitchen skills along the way. For absolute beginners, you start with the basics; from the perfect chopping of an onion, through to preparing all sorts of simple staples that children absolutely love. This class has so much packed into it and you will make anything from homemade salmon or chicken in breadcrumbs, to authentic pasta sauces; omelettes, lasagna, creamy tomato chicken and the most scrumptious speedy stir-fry.

Also, Emma's Kitchen includes some of the more everyday things such as steaming vegetables and cooking rice, couscous and mashed potato. And, you will also dabble with some easy one-pot dishes that will become firm favourites with your children.

How to Cook for Children

Experience fun English cooking courses, workshops and classes. Whether its making a bottomless brunch or roast, baking the ultimate cupcake or cooking a full English breakfast with a twist. As the classes provide fun and new ways to improve you English cooking from molecular gastronomy to baking gluten free with our passionate and English chefs.

English Cooking classes, courses, learning kits and gifts on Obby

Gluten Free: Afternoon Tea Baking

Gluten Free: Savoury Baking Class

Savoury Bottomless Brunch Cooking Class

Piped Buttercream Cake Decorating Class

Decorate a Chocolate Ganache Drip Cake

Create Stunning Sugar Flowers

How to Start a Cake Business

Ultimate Cupcake Masterclass

Healthy Eating for New Mums

Easy Christmas Dinner Cooking Class

Intermediate Cooking Course

Cake Baking & Decorating

Cooking for Men

Family Cooking Made Easy

Dinner Party Cooking

How to Cook for Children

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English Cooking classes, courses, learning kits and gifts on Obby

Gluten Free: Afternoon Tea Baking

Gluten Free: Savoury Baking Class

Savoury Bottomless Brunch Cooking Class

Piped Buttercream Cake Decorating Class

Decorate a Chocolate Ganache Drip Cake

Create Stunning Sugar Flowers

How to Start a Cake Business

Ultimate Cupcake Masterclass

Healthy Eating for New Mums

Easy Christmas Dinner Cooking Class

Intermediate Cooking Course

Cake Baking & Decorating

Cooking for Men

Family Cooking Made Easy

Dinner Party Cooking

How to Cook for Children

Use obby giftcardson any learning kit

Use obby giftcards
on any learning kit