The 19th May is Food Revolution Day, as set up by the lovely Jamie Oliver! Now every day is Food Revolution Day for The Cooking School but we are fully supportive of Jamie’s initiative so here is what we will be up to this week. The Cooking School at Dean Clough – has a “Cakes [...]
Release your inner chef! Whether you want to learn to cook from scratch or polish your cooking skills, The Cooking School offers the very best culinary experience in the heart of the Yorkshire pennines. Available for individuals, educators and businesses in our beautifully designed, state of the art teaching facilities. Our blog gives you the latest tips and mouth watering recipes from our range of cooking courses to give you a taster. All profits from The Cooking School go to our Focus on Food Campaign which promotes teaching children to cook in UK schools.
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Salad Tips
It is really important to make sure that you wash salad leave to ensure that any harmful items are remove and that is tastes delicious. Salad is best washed shortly before use, it is best not to leave it soaking in water for long as vitamins and nutrients will be released. Drain the leaves in [...]
Guest Chef – David Lishman
We are welcoming David Lishman to The Cooking School this summer, so we thought you could get to know him better! In his words…. I am the son of a farmer, and started butchery immediately after leaving school. I bought the shop in Ilkley in 1986, age 21 – however the shop is now much [...]
A Marriage Made in Heaven with Cooking and Vinegars
When Womersley Foods asked us to think about how their range of delicious vinegars could be used in cooking; we were full of ideas. Womersley Foods was set up at Womersley Hall in Yorkshire in 1979 by Martin and Aline Parsons. Martin’s flair for combining the ingredients for Womersley probably started when, as a young [...]
Beer and Food – a Perfect Match!
We have our Beer Tasting coming up very soon so were thinking about the great pairings of beer and food. We have yet to confirm the beers for our evening, but initial lists looks to be pairing a range of sweet and savoury dishes including Tempura battered fish and Yorkshire Rarebit with beer and ale [...]
Pasta Masters Return to The Cooking School
Award winning Italian restaurant Salvo’s have been sharing the secrets of their success to a sell-out crowd at the Cooking School in Halifax. And it wasn’t just delicious food that kept the audience gripped, but owner Gip Dammone’s story telling and entertaining talent! Brothers Gip and John Dammone who are celebrating 35 years running their [...]
Box Tree at The Cooking School
The Michelin starred Box Tree Restaurant from Ilkley began its 50th birthday celebrations last week with a gourmet tasting event at the Cooking School at Dean Clough. The award winning restaurant team delighted a packed house of eager foodies at the Halifax school with a demonstration and tasting of their modern French classic menu. Head [...]
A Trip to London
The Cooking School headed for the first time ever to International Confex this week; the largest event organisation exhibition in the UK. We took a delicious demonstration of chocolate and raspberry soup to our stand with Conference Leeds and Welcome to Yorkshire. Executive Head Chef Matthew Benson Smith met some very colourful characters, including Andrew [...]
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