Cooking with Fire and Smoking Workshop

Cooking with fire is one of the oldest, most primal ways of enjoying food, and this cooking class will teach you how to enjoy these delicious methods all year round. From setting up your equipment to making a variety of spice rubs and aromatic additions, you'll gain a deeper insight into cooking, improve your relationship with food and inspire your kitchen creativity.Under the watchful eye of your talented teacher, you'll begin by learning how to set up and light a fire pit, a clay oven and many different types of BBQs and smokers, using charcoal and wood from the Forest of Dean and Herefordshire. As this is a seasonal class, you'll be working with a variety of different ingredients and recipes depending on the time of year — examples include smoked feta, rubs, cooking mutton joints, BBQ vegetable selections, jointed chickens, lamb kebabs, stuffed flatbread, even a whole Christmas feast!No matter what's on the menu for the day, you'll learn how smoke and fire can impart their unique flavours and characteristics to your food, elevating even the simplest dishes to incredible heights. At the end of the class, you'll gather round the fire with your fellow students to enjoy what you've made together — the perfect end to a unique cooking experience. All the ingredients and tools to make a variety of smoked and fire-cooked food to enjoy after the class. Read more details