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Our team are ready and equipped to share as much information as possible to enhance your gluten free baking session. We will show you how to use good quality flours and other baking ingredients to create gluten free bakes with no nasties.
Your bakes may include a range of well-known traditional cakes like Victoria Sponge to Sticky Toffee Pudding, muffins, cookies and other treats for you to enjoy. We will focus on baking techniques, easily accessible ingredients and ways of making your cakes less sugar loaded.
Learning with our cookery team is fun, relaxed and enriched by inspiring discussions with other foodies! Our classes are great experiences for everyone interested in adding to their knowledge of gluten free baking. If you are a coeliac please call our team to check your suitability for the class.  Please also note that we often use nuts in our baking.
Working with our experienced instructors, you will leave with a sense of accomplishment and more importantly, your own bakes to share with family and friends.

Class snapshot - here’s what to expect in your class:
•	Complimentary glass of wine
•	Soft drinks throughout to keep you going
•	Approachable and welcoming host team
•	Easy to understand demonstration
•	A true understanding of gluten free baking techniques
•	Bakes to take home
•	Hands-on class with great tips, shortcuts and group discussions
•	Recipes handed out in class and emailed to your inbox
•	All facilities, equipment and ingredients are included

Skills acquired:
•	Confidence baking a variety of gluten free kitchen classics
•	Ability to bake new recipes on your own
•	Ability to improve your own recipes and be creative
•	Ability to bake with good quality, easily accessible ingredients

Our classes typically include baking:
Chef's favourite gluten free bake and a selection from this list
Lemon polenta loaf cakes
Victoria and elderflower sponge cakes
Savoury muffins
Cookies and biscuits

This class is also available for private group booking. Contact hello@obby.co.uk for more information.

Gluten Free Baking Class

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

This class is available anywhere in London from the comfort of your own home, or you can head down to Elvira's pantry in South London. If none of the proposed dates work for you, please suggest a day and a time (using the link underneath the dates). It couldn't be simpler, right?

In this class

Sweet baking, like you've never seen it before. From the comfort of your own home or in Elvira's kitchen in Beckenham, experience some of the finest gluten-free delights in the land. But you won't just be eating them, you'll be able to replicate these irresistible beauties again, and again, and again, wherever you go.

You'll be guided through some of the tips and tricks to prepare not only a range of gluten-free cakes and tarts, that aren't just delicious but also stunningly decorated. Here's what you'll be perfecting at Elvira's Secret Kitchen:

a breath-taking lemon and raspberry polenta cake
a pumpkin and chocolate cake to die for
a delicious blueberry and lemon loaf cake
a jam tart you won't be forgetting in a hurry!

Now you can

Make delicious desserts for the family at home and not feel guilty about accidentally finishing half a cake
Impress gluten-free guests with your thoughtfulness and talent at your next tea party
Amaze your friends with delicious homemade cakes to cries of 'I can't believe it's not gluten!'

Gluten Free: Cake Baking class

An introduction to the methods of gluten free sourdough bread baking. We look at the different flours which can be used, how to make and maintain starters and how to avoid unnatural additives.

On this course you will get basic understanding of sourdough, learn about the differences between gluten and gluten free bread and learn about the different types of gluten free flours and binders. We will each make a sourdough starter and learn how to maintain it successfully.

We will learn how to make simple sourdough gluten free breads including flatbreads, loaves, sourdough crackers and more.

This course runs over 2 x 1.5 hour live Zoom sessions between 1:30-3pm over 2 consecutive Sundays with an accompanying Whatsapp group to provide support.

Gluten Free Sourdough

This cake decorating class has been updated and is a one day class where you will learn all there is know on how to cover and decorate a sponge cake with sugarpaste.  The class is suitable for complete beginners or for those that want to brush up or perfect their cake covering skills.
In this class you will learn:

All about cakes and which ones are suitable for icing
How to split, level, cut and fill and a cake ready to be iced
How to apply a crumb coat to prepare your cake ready to be iced
How to prepare and roll out your icing for covering
How to cover your cake so that you get a professional, neat and flawless finish
Working with levellers, spacers, smoothers and other equipment correctly
How to colour your icing correctly and what colourings to use
How to finish off your cake board and cake
Floral Wreath - learn how to make pretty flowers and leaves and learn how to arrange on your cake
Lettering - Learn how to use make letters for your cakes which will allow you to put any message on a cake
Colour palettes – how to find the correct colour scheme for your cake and incorporating it into the design
Be able to ask any question you may have about cakes and cake decorating

Celebration Cake Decorating Class

Join this fun and hands-on class in which you will learn how to decorate delicious cupcakes with buttercream swirls. Your cakes will never be the same again!

One of our most popular cupcake decorating classes.  Learn how to decorate six cupcakes using buttercream and sugarpaste decorations. A great introduction to cupcake decorating, this short class is perfect for complete beginners or those looking to brush up on their decorating skills.

What is covered in the class:

Get baking tips on how to make the perfect cupcakes
Learn all about sugarpaste, its uses and how to work with it
Colour sugarpaste and learn how to create a successful colour palette for your decorations
Learn how to make decorations from sugarpaste using different cutters and equipment including sugar roses
Get tips on how to get the perfect buttercream for piping
Learn how to pipe buttercream using different nozzles to create different effects
Decorate all your cupcakes using the decorations you have made
Go home with an information and recipe sheet and your cupcakes in a box

Further information: All equipment and materials are included in the class.  The class starts at 7pm.  Tea, coffee and water will be supplied.  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

Cupcakes and Buttercream Swirls Class

Who doesn't love buttercream? In this class you will learn how to create beautiful and delicious buttercream flowers, perfect for decorating cakes and cupcakes!

You will:

Be shown how make buttercream and how to colour it correctly
Learn how to pipe a variety of different flowers out of buttercream only
Go home with six beautiful cupcakes to enjoy
Be able to ask any questions you may have

All equipment and materials are included in the class.  Tea, coffee and water will be supplied.  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.

Buttercream Flowers Class

Leap into the festive spirit with this fun and proactive Christmas cupcake decorating workshop! Perfect for those who want to add a little creativity to their festive cheer, this class is suitable for students of all baking experience.

This class will cover all the necessary techniques required to take your cupcake decorating to the next level, with a festive spin!

The following is covered in the class:

Get baking tips on how to make the perfect cupcakes
Learn about sugarpaste, modelling paste and florist paste
Colour your pastes and learn how to create a successful colour palette for your decorations
Learn how to make decorations from sugarpaste, modelling paste and florist using different cutters and equipment
Get tips on how to get the perfect buttercream for piping
Learn how to pipe buttercream using different nozzles to create different effects
Learn how to dome your cupcakes with buttercream and sugarpaste discs
Decorate all your cupcakes using the decorations you have made
Go home with an information and recipe sheet and your cupcakes 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

Add a creative string to your bow
Create a range of wonderfully decorated cupcakes for yourself and as personal gifts
Bake with the family this Christmas using the techniques, tips and tricks that you learnt during the class

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!

Christmas Cupcake Decorating Workshop

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

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

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

This popular two tier cake decorating class is a one day class where you will learn all there is know about tiered cakes.  This class is suitable for intermediates who have some cake covering experience who would like to further their cake decorating skills and learn how to tier a cake correctly.  You’ll also make a selection of sugar flowers as well as a plaque to create a stunning two tiered masterpiece.
In this class you will learn:

All about cakes and which ones are suitable for icing
How to split, level, cut, fill and crumb coat your cake ready to be iced
How to roll your icing and cover your cake so that you get a professional, neat and flawless finish
How to prepare a dummy cake for covering with sugarpaste
Learn how to achieve sharp edges on your cakes, a popular trend in wedding and celebration cakes
Working with levellers, spacers, smoothers and learn how to use dowels and make sure that your cake is level and straight for tiering
Sugar flowers – you’ll make a selection of sugar flowers to decorate your cake with
Blackboard plaque - you'll make a plaque and learn how to paint initials or a message on it
Timings – we will discuss all there is know about timings, especially when it comes to making wedding cakes
Be able to ask any question you may have about cakes and cake decorating

2-Tier Cake Decorating

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

Learn how to make healthy snacks and nibbles to entertain your guests. Whether you are a first-timer, or a gluten free cooking and baking expert, this class is for everyone!

The details

This class is about more than just ticking the boxes and following a recipe. Its about learning how to balance a healthy, gluten free lifestyle with some absolutely delicious snacks and treats. Win-win right?

What better way to spend a Thursday evening with some friends, making (and eating!) some deliciously healthy savoury snacks. And if you can't find a friend to join you, don't worry! You will be joined by some fellow Obby lovers who will make you feel right at home.

And there is no need to bring anything but fabulous self. Your lovely chef Ceri, a certified natural chef, will bring everything you need.

Now you can

buckwheat almond quiche
cheesy chickpea biscuits
oaty crackers
and most importantly, how to work with gluten free pastry, a notoriously tricky customer!

Gluten free savoury bites - Obby

Gluten Free Savoury Bites

Discover how to make delicious gluten free sweet treats. Whether you are a first-timer or close to joining the Great British Bake Off, this class is for everyone! Go through the ingredients and recipes and then try them out in the Avenue School's fabulous kitchens.

In this class

This class is about more than just ticking the boxes and following a recipe. Its about learning how to balance a healthy, gluten free lifestyle with some absolutely delicious (but healthy) sweet treats. What's not to love!

You will learn how to make:
cookies, cakes and brownies using loads of different gluten free flours and techniques;
seasonal summer fruit as simple decorations for cakes.

No need to bring anything but your fabulous self. Your lovely chef Ceri, will bring everything you need and guide you through these great recipes.

Now you can

Enjoy making cakes even if you cannot enjoy gluten;
Impress your friends with incredibly light gluten free pastry;
Give gluten free sweet treats as presents - much better than chocolates;

Eat

You will get to eat any of your sweet creations made in class and take home any leftovers to impress your friends.

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Gluten Free Sweet Treats

Learn how to combine homely Italian cuisine with healthy gluten free living. Whether you are a first-timer, or a gluten free pasta making expert, this class is for everyone! Go through the recipes, try them out in the Avenue's fabulous kitchen and then eat your efforts.  Delicious...

And if you cannot find a friend to join you, do not worry! You will be joined by some fellow Obby lovers who will make you feel right at home.

No need to bring anything but your fabulous self. Your lovely chef Ceri, a certified natural chef, will bring everything you need and guide you through these great recipes.

In this class

What a great way to spend an afternoon with like-minded gluten free pasta lovers. You will learn and then eat the following dishes:
Gluten free gnocchi;
Gluten free gnudi (a type of naked ravioli);
A delicious herby sauce to accompany;
And on top of it all, gluten free farinata (a fabulous Ligurian flatbread made from chickpea flour).

Now you can

Enjoy pasta even if you cannot enjoy gluten;
Impress your friends with these incredibly light pasta dishes;
Love pasta - hate bloating...this is the course for you.

Eat

We will send you home with all the know how to replicate four great Italian dishes. Do not forget to invite your new found Obby friends to dinner!

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Gluten Free Gnocchi & Gnudi

Learn all you need to know to cook gluten free pasta!

In this class

This class is about more than just ticking the boxes and following a recipe. Its about learning how to balance a healthy, gluten free lifestyle with some absolutely delicious snacks and treats. Win-win right?

You will learn how to make:

your own flour blends
why wholegrains, sprouting and grinding your own flour is a wise nutritional choice
put your blends into action with some fabulous yet simple recipes

And there is no need to bring anything but fabulous self. Your lovely chef Ceri, a certified natural chef, will bring everything you need

YOUR GUIDE

The Avenue Cookery School in Putney is a family run business, running for the last ten years. Diana Horsley is known for creating twists on classical dishes. She is an innovative teacher and will delight your palette with culinary creations you have never even dreamed of. If you are into gluten free, there are plenty of other classes in the gluten free series! Check out her blog http://theavenuecookeryschool.com/blog/

Now you can

be knowledgeable about what is still quite a tricky subject to grasp (maybe that's just me)
if you are one of the many that can't tolerate gluten. stop the bloat !
be on hand to share your knowledge with friends that also want to try this healthy lifestyle

Eat

What better way to spend a Thursday evening with some friends, making (and eating!) some deliciously healthy gluten free treats and learning all about nutrition. And if you can't find a friend to join you, don't worry! You will be joined by some fellow Obby lovers who will make you feel right at home.

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Gluten Free Flour Making

Learn all you need to know about Gluten Free cooking!

Whether you are a coeliac or just prefer to live a gluten free lifestyle, Diana and the professionals at The Avenue prove to you that you can cook gluten free food that is easy to make, nutritious and above all, delicious.

Greeted with a glass of wine, the class will begin with a demonstration. Here we will talk to you about gluten free cooking, and the different flours there are available to you. It's then over to you to give it a go! Our chefs will be on hand to help throughout the class.

Once everything is cooked, you will all gather around our dining table and feast on your Gluten Free creations.

Gluten Free Cookery Class Menu

Flat Bread with Beetroot Dip
Homemade Gnocchi with a Delicious Fresh Basil Pesto
Madeleine Tiramisu

N.B. Our cookery school is not a Gluten Free school so there could be traces of flour.

What We Offer

Fantastic Gluten Free recipes to take home
Lots of Gluten Free cooking tips and tricks
All facilities, equipment and ingredients are included
Bottomless booze!

Skills Acquired

Confidence using gluten free products
Ability to cook different recipes
Brilliant Gnocchi making skills!


Gluten Free Cookery Class

Join this fun and inspiring cactus and tepee cupcake workshop and learn all of Cookie Girl's best tips, tricks and secrets to transform your baking!

In this class

This fantastically original Christmas event is a one off in conjunction with Platform at Habitat.

In this class, Cookie Girl (real name, Xanthe) will illustrate how to construct your Gingerbread Tepee and decorate it with delicious edible lace.

You will then be shown how to create quirky and fun edible Christmas Cactus cupcakes. 4 of them to be precise!

Now you can

Create and then eat some delicious cupcakes, and have big old laugh whilst doing so!
Re-create these treats at home with the family
Create your own personal and fun gifts

Keep / Eat

Take home all that is made during the class.

Tepee and Cactus Cupcake Workshop

Let's get baking! Create your own gluten free baking masterpiece as our passionate teachers provide an experience for you to learn to bake with gluten free flour and create your own gluten free brownies, cookies or even scones. For you to take home and show off your new gluten free baking skills to family and friends.

GLUTEN FREE BAKING classes, courses, learning kits and gifts on Obby

Gluten Free Baking Class

Gluten Free: Afternoon Tea Baking

Gluten Free: Savoury Baking Class

Gluten Free: Cake Baking class

Gluten Free Sourdough

Celebration Cake Decorating Class

Cupcakes and Buttercream Swirls Class

Buttercream Flowers Class

Christmas Cupcake Decorating Workshop

Piped Buttercream Cake Decorating Class

Decorate a Chocolate Ganache Drip Cake

Create Stunning Sugar Flowers

Ultimate Cupcake Masterclass

How to Start a Cake Business

2-Tier Cake Decorating

Healthy Eating for New Mums

Gluten Free Savoury Bites

Gluten Free Sweet Treats

Gluten Free Gnocchi & Gnudi

Gluten Free Flour Making

Gluten Free Cookery Class

Tepee and Cactus Cupcake Workshop

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GLUTEN FREE BAKING classes, courses, learning kits and gifts on Obby

Gluten Free Baking Class

Gluten Free: Afternoon Tea Baking

Gluten Free: Savoury Baking Class

Gluten Free: Cake Baking class

Gluten Free Sourdough

Celebration Cake Decorating Class

Cupcakes and Buttercream Swirls Class

Buttercream Flowers Class

Christmas Cupcake Decorating Workshop

Piped Buttercream Cake Decorating Class

Decorate a Chocolate Ganache Drip Cake

Create Stunning Sugar Flowers

Ultimate Cupcake Masterclass

How to Start a Cake Business

2-Tier Cake Decorating

Healthy Eating for New Mums

Gluten Free Savoury Bites

Gluten Free Sweet Treats

Gluten Free Gnocchi & Gnudi

Gluten Free Flour Making

Gluten Free Cookery Class

Tepee and Cactus Cupcake Workshop

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Use obby giftcards
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