Intensive Chef Skills Workshop

Elevate your cooking skills with a 5-hour intensive chef skills class in Essex.



5 hours Class size 10 guests       £249

Join us for an immersive 5-hour intensive chef skills class designed to elevate your cooking techniques and boost your culinary confidence. This hands-on experience will start with mastering essential knife skills, including boning meat, filleting fish, and perfecting vegetable cuts, setting the foundation for the rest of the day.
You'll then put your new skills into practice by creating a stunning 4-course taster menu, which includes:
  • Appetizer: Home-smoked trout and carpaccio of salmon timbale, served with lime-cured ribbons of courgette.
  • Starter: Crispy skin fillet of sea bream on pernod-braised fennel, with delicate asparagus shavings and a parmesan crisp.
  • Main: Ballotine of chicken stuffed with wild mushrooms and truffle, complemented by pomme mousseline, basil and rocket puree, crispy chicken skin, and a drizzle of toasted hazelnut oil.
  • Dessert: Oeufs à la neige with a delicate caramel cage.
Whether you're a budding chef or an experienced cook looking to refine your skills, this class offers the perfect opportunity to learn, create, and indulge in a variety of exquisite dishes.
What you'll get
  • All ingredients and equipment needed to craft taster dishes to enjoy together at the end of the class
  • Apron to wear throughout
  • Recipes via email
Location

Ann's Smart School of Cookery - 1 Bond Street, Chelmsford

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Ann's Smart School of Cookery
Ann's Smart School of Cookery

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female Women-owned

Ann Hood, owner of Ann's Smart School of Cookery and past contestant of BBC Masterchef (January 2009), started the cookery school in Essex, due to her passion for cooking. In the seventeen years it has been operating it has grown from strength to strength, offering cookery adventures for everyone.

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2026-06-12 15:00:00
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