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BACK TO SCHOOL There’s always time to learn new skills, and you’ll have fun doing it, too, at these top local cookery schools…
ASHBURTON SCHOOL OF COOKERY
If you’re feeling inspired by the new series of GBBO, then grab your apron and head off to the foodie town of Ashburton where the award-winning cookery school has just launched its new Christmas cookery day courses. They’re now offering a brand new course called Christmas Bakes, a revamped class called Edible Eats, and – especially helpfully – one called Perfect Christmas Dinners, which includes some great cheffie twists such as hassleback ‘sprouts’ (which aren’t sprouts at all, but balls of green Savoy cabbage stuffed with delicious fillings). All are day courses, running from 9.30am to 4.30pm, and include a delicious lunch. ✱ ashburtoncookeryschool.co.uk
MANNA FROM DEVON Manna from Devon cookery school owners David and Holly have been teaching wood-fired cooking since 2008, and are Devon’s undisputed king and queen of this technique. Their Wood-Fired Oven Cookbook is now on its fifth reprint,
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and the relaxed courses, which they run from their Kingsbridge home, are hugely popular, with students coming from all over the country, as well as Europe. Expect more than pizzas from this cookery school – wood-fired meringues, anyone? − which has just been appointed a brand ambassador for Morso stoves. ✱ mannafromdevon.co.uk
THE FUN KITCHEN
It’s now compulsory for school kids to take cookery lessons, and Exeter’s multiaward winning Fun Kitchen is way ahead of that trend, delivering fun, hands-on pop-up cookery workshop experiences at events, shows and schools across the county and further afield. Its mobile kitchens transform halls, classrooms, playgrounds, arenas and festival marquees into fun, flour-filled cookery school kitchens. Fun Kitchen is the brainchild of Joe Mann, who says, “We want to give kids the skills, knowledge and confidence to enjoy making their own, great-tasting, healthier foods.” ✱ funkitchen.co.uk
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