Foodie Thursday: The Cooking School at Dean Clough

Release your inner Jamie, Gino or Gordon at The Cooking School in the heart of the Yorkshire Pennines – but no swearing please!

Cooking can make some people break out in a nervous sweat and is like a refreshing Sea Breeze for others, but no matter where you happen to fall between these two extremes, The Cooking School at Dean Clough will have a course for you to get stuck in to at their state-of-the-art kitchen.

Just looking at the extensive list of courses makes us salivate! Take the Artisan Bread Making course for example, a carb-fuelled class that will teach you the age-old art of making traditional tempting breads by hand. You’ll fold and knead different pieces of dough that will slowly come to life in the oven and form a classic ciabatta, a crusty French baton, flatbread, naan bread and focaccia while that comforting aroma wafts through the air -  ahhh bready heaven!

There’s also a range of courses for the younger crowd, with junior and teen chef clubs led by experienced food tutors. Soon you’ll be able to put your feet up and let your mini Michelin-star chefs in the making whizz up a winter broth with herb dumplings and chocolate orange bread and butter pudding for dessert. Yum!

And if you’re looking to impress friends with your very own Come Dine with Me dinner party, why book yourself on a Pasta Masters course and learn how to make the perfect pasta with Gip Dammone – owner of the award-winning Salvo’s Restaurant. Or if you really want to pull out all the stops then try the Art of the Canapé course and learn how to magic up fancy canapés that will wow even the fussiest of guests.

Prashad at The Cooking School from The Cooking School @ Dean Clough on Vimeo.

The course we’re most crazy about though has to be the ‘Secrets of Prashad’, an in-depth Indian cookery class led by highly-acclaimed Chef Kaushy Patel. Kaushy’s restaurant was featured on the Channel 4 TV series Best Restaurant – and her authentic Asian cooking wowed Gordon Ramsey, so let’s just say she knows a thing or two about creating the perfect dhal or papodom and so will you by the end of the course!

To have a butchers at the full course listings and find out more about the school visit: thecookingschool.co.uk

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