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Our classes
At YORK Cookery School, you can explore your culinary curiosity with our wide range of classes. From delicate French pastry to robust Indian curries, you're sure to find a class that will tantalise your tastebuds!
Choosing a class is easy:
- You can select a type of cookery that interests you from the buttons below and a list of classes in that category will be shown.
- Click 'All classes' and you can simply scroll through the full list of classes.
Classes are in date order with the upcoming classes at the top.
Our high-quality, embroidered YORK Cookery School aprons are available to buy when you book a class or buy a voucher. Simply add them to your order and they can either be posted to you or collected in class when you come to see us.
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Childrens Baking

Children's Chocolate Workshop

Join Andrew Thwaite to create your very own chocolate bars and lollies.
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Children's Chocolate Workshop

Join Andrew Thwaite to create your very own chocolate bars and lollies.
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Children's Chocolate Workshop

Join Andrew Thwaite to create your very own chocolate bars and lollies.
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French Macarons

Our amazing chef, Fabrice Teston, will demonstrate and teach the techniques required to make several different flavours of macaron. A very popular course so be sure to book soon!
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Children's Chocolate Workshop

Join Andrew Thwaite to create your very own chocolate bars and lollies.
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Food Survival Skills!

Join the wonderful Sandy Docherty to learn the processes of creating the most delicious recipes including pizza and minestrone soup. Lovely autumn comfort food.
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Sushi

Come and join expert tutor, Dan Graham and learn the skills and techniques to create a wide rage of sushi classics.
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Pastry Classics

Come and learn the best and easiest ways to make pastry with the wonderful chef Sandy Docherty.
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Day 1 - Introduction to Tempering and Fillings

Join Andrew Thwaite for an introduction to chocolate making. Learn new skills of tempering and filling.
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Day 2 - How To Make A Stable Ganache and Ganache Basics

Join Andrew and learn how to make the perfect ganache alongside many other skills including use of cream, creating salted caramels and use of fruit purees.
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Day 3 - How To Create The Perfect Truffle

Join Andrew as he teaches you how to make the perfect truffle.
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Day 4 - How To Create Slab Ganaches And Basic Enrobing

Join Andrew as he teaches you how to perfect the perfect slabbed ganache and hand dipping techniques. Along with piping and using creative colour sheets.
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Day 5 - Adding Value To Your Chocolate Range

Join Andrew as he shows you how to make additions to your chocolate creations with out making it hard work. You will also be making a variety of confectionary.
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Chocolate Showpiece Sculpture

A very intensive THREE DAY course on the art of creating a masterpiece in chocolate with the highly acclaimed Martin Chiffers. £895 + VAT
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Chocolate Bon Bons & Confectionary

An intensive TWO day course in making chocolate bon bons and confectionary with the highly acclaimed Martin Chiffers. £595 + VAT
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Vegan Chocolates Course

Love filled chocolates but would prefer to investigate a variety of vegan options then this is the course for you!
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Vegan Dessert & Patisserie Course

Discover how to create delicious plant based desserts on this Vegan Desserts Course with Shona Sutherland and Andrew Thwaite.
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French Macarons

Our amazing chef, Fabrice Teston, will demonstrate and teach the techniques required to make several different flavours of macaron.
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Chocolate Showpiece With Chris Zammit - THREE DAYS

Join Chris Zammit on a 3- day Chocolate Showpiece course. This is suitable for students in the catering trade, pastry chefs and other professional or semi-professional persons interested in gaining the necessary knowledge and experience for working with chocolate.
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Thai street food

Join one of our expert tutors, as they introduce you to the variety of Thai Street food traditionally prepared by street vendors right across Thailand.
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Seasonal Game with Dan Graham

Join our expert chef, Dan Graham, as he shows you how to get the best from seasonal game meats. You'll be recreating the dishes to eat and take home.
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Skills class - Knife skills

Learn how to handle a knife both correctly and safely in this short evening class. Techniques include the 'rock-chop', julienne (matchsticks), brunoise (fine dice) and chiffonade (ribbon cut).
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Sourdough Breads

Learn how to produce fantastic Sourdough bread with a beautiful crust and crumb.
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The Perfect Roast

Join Fiona McBeath as she shows you how to create the perfect roast dinner.
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Vegan & vegetarian cooking

Learn some fabulous new vegetarian and vegan dishes using seasonal produce.
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Winter Game with Steph Moon

Learn how to prepare winter game and recreate the delicious dishes.
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Slow Cooking and Soups

What is better on a cold winters night than to settle down to a hot bowl of soup or a warming stew. You'll learn how to make theses delicious dishes and more.
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Halloween Chocolate Making With Andrew Thwaite

A chocaholics dream day out! Join expert chocolatier, Andrew Thwaite, where you’ll learn how to temper chocolate and create a variety of delights which could be for a gift, or just for yourself!
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Halloween Chocolate Making With Andrew Thwaite

A chocaholics dream day out! Join expert chocolatier, Andrew Thwaite, where you’ll learn how to temper chocolate and create a variety of delights which could be for a gift, or just for yourself!
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Sushi

Come and join expert tutor, Dan Graham and learn the skills and techniques to create a wide rage of sushi classics.
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Preparation for Christmas - Part One

Join Fiona McBeath to inspire you to prepare for the perfect Christmas.
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Decorating Your Christmas Cake

Two days of instruction of how to decorate your own Christmas cake.
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Preparation for Christmas - Part Two

Join Fiona McBeath to inspire you to prepare for the perfect Christmas.
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Christmas Gifts

Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Come along and learn how to make the most delicious treats you can give to family and friends with Sandy Docherty.
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Preparation for Christmas - Part Three

Join Fiona McBeath to inspire you to prepare for the perfect Christmas.
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Continental Breakfast Pastries

Learn how to produce fantastic French buttery Viennoiserie.
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Gingerbread House

Create your own gingerbread house using tradiational royal icing.
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Brush Embroidery Made Easy

Bistro Classics

Join Dan Graham to create some delicious classic bistro dishes. Content to be confirmed.
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Christmas Chefs Table

Pickles, pates & chutneys

Come and join tutor Fiona McBeath and learn how to prepare some fantastic Pickles, Pate's and Chutney's.
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Christmas Cooking

Scared of the Christmas meal? Steph Moon shares her secrets with you.