For the Love of Carbs Cookery Class

Find your new favourite gluten-free recipes in this cooking class in Manchester!



3 hours 15 mins Class size 15 to 30 guests       £65 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

Settle in and Enjoy Nibbles!

Settle in and Enjoy Nibbles

Start with kale blinis and garlic yogurt dip -- enjoy gluten-free appetizers while meeting new people. Share why you’re here, what you hope to learn, and your favourite gluten-free cooking tips!


Get Making Koftas

Get Making Koftas

Air fried butternut squash kofta’s with curry sauce - yum! Learn to make the best curry sauce from scratch, perfect for dipping your koftas into.


Time to Make Fritters

Time to Make Fritters

Sweetcorn and halloumi fritters with chilli honey. A great recipe that's super social and ofcourse super tasty too! The only problem is not eating them all at once.


Making Garlic Naan

Making Garlic Naan

Learn to make the-best naan and yep -- without the gluten! Just because we don't want gluten doesn't mean we should skip out on bread -- give us the naan!


Sesame Soy Carrot Salad

Sesame Soy Carrot Salad

Bring colour and flavour to your plate with colours of the rainbow! As veggies are our friends, we invite them to dine with us and we quickly spin together a carrot salad to accompany all the other amazing dishes.


Eat What You've Made!

Eat What You've Made

There’s a little time at the end to taste what you’ve made -- though most is meant to be taken home (if you can resist!). Enjoy the rewards of your hard work with some seriously delicious food.


Take it Home!

Take It Home

Pack your food into Tupperware (please bring from home) to take and enjoy later. Head home feeling lighter, more confident, and buzzing from a fun, laughter-filled evening -- hopefully with some new friends too!


We all love carbs but don’t want compromise. If you’ve ever tried a gluten-free item that tastes like cardboard, you’ll know what we’re talking about. Embrace your inner carb-lover in this class and don’t hold back, as you learn from our Nutritionist and Coeliac, Molly, as she shares her best-kept-secret gluten-free recipes that don’t compromise on taste, texture or creativity.
Whatever reason you choose to say no to gluten, whether for your own reasons or to support someone else, come along to this cooking class in Manchester to discover tasty new recipes, connect with others and learn tips and tricks to make gluten-free food the tastiest it’s ever been.
This workshop is suitable for all experience levels and offers a welcoming space to explore new cooking techniques with confidence!
What to expect:
  • Enjoy kale blinis with garlic yoghurt dip on arrival
  • Step-by-step guidance preparing gluten-free recipes
  • Learn to make air-fried butternut squash koftas with curry sauce
  • Then sweetcorn and halloumi fritters with chilli honey.
  • Learn how to make perfect gluten-free garlic naan!
  • Then a sesame soy carrot salad for colour and balance.
  • Tips, techniques, and nutritional insights for gluten-free cooking.
  • A social and supportive environment to share experiences and recommendations.
  • Take home the delicious food you create!
Leave with a spring in your step, knowing you’ve mastered delicious, light and fluffy gluten-free recipes, ready and excited to elevate your everyday meals.
Please note: This class is aimed at people living a gluten-free lifestyle and is not suited to Coeliacs (due to cross contamination)
At the end of the class, you’ll gather around the table to enjoy your creations together or take them home to share. Recipes and all ingredients are provided, so you can take your newfound skills and recreate these tasty, gluten-free recipes anytime!
And remember - *Every ticket purchased provides a hot meal for someone affected by food poverty* Guests are also welcome to bring along any unwanted kitchen equipment, which will be redistributed to local Greater Manchester community hubs.
What you'll get
  • Aprons.
  • Recipes for how to make.
  • Step-by-step guide by gluten-free cooking leader.
  • All food made is available to takeaway!
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
What to bring
  • Tupperware to take food home.
  • Additional drinks bottles (water is provided but in case you want your own).
Add-on available for this class
  • Keep your apron (£29)
You can add this when you book (optional).
Suitable for

This class is great for a team building activity, birthday or hen do.

Location

The Plant Room, Freight Island - 11 Baring St, Manchester M1 2PZ

From Picadilly station, leave via both sets of escalators at the exit towards the trams, head for the ground floor to exit the station. Walk out, cross the road, take a left and follow the road. You should soon see Freight Island on your right (red brick building), walk towards and towards the right hand side towards the iron gates, walk through the gates, state you are here for Cookery School, walk through and round to the back. There is a large greenhouse-like building (that's us!)

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Cracking Good Food
Cracking Good Food

female Women-owned

Cracking Good Food launched in 2010, with the aim of encouraging and supporting more people to cook affordable, seasonal and nutritious homemade food from scratch.
Driven by our belief that EVERYONE deserves good food, our mission is simple: to work collaboratively with others to alleviate food and fuel poverty and increase food sustainability across Greater Manchester.
We enthuse, encourage, and teach individuals and groups how to source and cook affordable, healthy, and tasty food from scratch, whilst minimising both food waste and our environmental impact.
We do this by delivering accessible and empowering cooking courses and training, as part of a wider campaign for affordable, sustainable & healthier food for all. Since Covid we have harnessed over 20, 000 of volunteer hours to cook & distribute over 104, 000 meals for people in need of support across Greater Manchester.
Throughout all of our work, we strive to show by example that eating sustainably and seasonally is both possible and affordable.

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2026-06-12 15:00:00
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