seasonal Demos FOR UP TO EIGHT PEOPLE
£75 PER PERSON (INCLUDES LEARNING MATERIALS & LUNCH WITH WINE)
10AM - 2PM
Join me in my Wimbledon kitchen, where I demonstrate a minimum of three dishes using seasonal produce, each with elements that can be prepared in advance.
I cover:
· what's 'good to eat now'
· which ingredients can be prepared in advance and how to handle them
· key know-how to help you reproduce and adapt the dishes without recipes
I usually focus on making very humble British ingredients taste delicious (eg winter cabbage, spring greens, butternut squash), but occasionally, perhaps around ‘high days and holidays’, I might show how a more expensive ingredient, such as lobster, can be used judiciously.
Being able to cook without recipes isn’t achievable in just one morning, but I hope at the very least my demos will prompt a different way of thinking about cooking, a new appreciation of seasonal food and provide some useful knowledge along the way. Many of my participants are returning customers, and confirm that they have made changes to their shopping and cooking habits thanks to the information picked up on the demos.
Previous dishes have included spelt risotto with cavolo nero; noodles and slow-cooked beef; kale, blood orange and feta salad; fish tacos; pork, fennel and potato gratin; lobster mac 'n' cheese; pheasant pilaff; Thai mussels.
HOW TO BOOK
Booking is via the third-party ticketing and registration platform Eventbrite (www.eventbrite.co.uk). You can access the relevant pages on their website by clicking on the dates below. Full payment must be made at the time of booking. If you'd like to be notified as soon as I release new demo dates, please sign up to my newsletter, or follow me on Instagram.
Upcoming demos
Friday 5 October 2018, 10am-2pm
Friday 12 October 2018, 10am-2pm
PRIVATE DEMOS
If you would like to arrange a private demo for a group of friends or colleagues, please drop me a line at info@thebooklesscook.co.uk, letting me know which days of the week suit you best. I'm not usually available on weekends or evenings, but can occasionally make exceptions. Once we have agreed a mutually convenient date and time, I will email you a questionnaire to capture the details I need to help me plan your demo. Upon receipt of your completed questionnaire, I will send you a link to enable payment via the Eventbrite website. You will have one week to complete the questionnaire and make payment before your chosen date is released.
Testimonials
“I really enjoyed your demo. You managed to pack quite a lot of information into the time (and I could tell you spent a lot of time researching), but at the same time it was also entertaining! Lunch was delicious, and a real treat after seeing the dishes being built up bit by bit.”
“Mel, you are a fantastic cook, full of practical advice to make anyone feel that a wonderful homemade meal is something easy and enjoyable. Thank you for making me feel inspired to go beyond my basic (and sometimes boring) family meals!”
“Your demonstrations are so inspiring and delivered in such an informative way. All the tips on seasonal produce and flavours of the world are so helpful and I loved the beautiful information cards that I got to take home. I have produced three meals this week without even looking at a recipe and even made my own stock! It was also lovely to meet the other people who attended and finally, actually getting to eat your delicious food with a glass of vino was the perfect ending to very enlightening morning… I will be highly recommending your Bookless Cook demos in the future.”
“I have been completely blown away by how fantastic today was, I have learnt so much and been so inspired...I thought your choice of the various ingredients were so clever, to be in season is something so obvious but probably not always understood. I have never cooked lobster, pheasant or mussels, how brilliant to have the opportunity to learn how to cook all of them! The tips on oil, rice, breadcrumbs, meat (how to cook, which temperatures, what is tough/tender) etc were so fantastic.”
“I just made the lobster macaroni...We are at friends tonight and that’s what I am taking. V v pleased ! Really really enjoyed our lesson. Will be back!”
“You were really skillful and knowledgeable and imparted your knowledge in a relevant, fun and completely unpatronising manner.”