New year, new skills and lots of great food – as we enter 2018, these foodie courses across Wales are great chance to improve your cookery skills – whether you’re already a maestro who wants to find new tastes or that friend who wants to be the dreaded dinner host no longer!
Culinary Courses at Humble by Nature, Penallt
From Sausages to bread and chocolate, Humble farm (run by the one and only Kate Humble and her husband) offers a range of amazing food courses to perfect your skills – and the opportunity to host and attend supper clubs that are run throughout the year. Start the year with a trip to the farm to have a new experience, finesse your abilities to impress your friends and enjoy organic, homegrown food.
Admission: from £45. Info: 01600 714595 / http://www.humblebynature.com/
Sunday Mint and Mustard Cookery Experience, Penarth, Sun 14 Jan and Sun 21 Jan.
Expect to leave this high-end five-hour session with a mastery of curry, basmati rice and chapattis which, once perfected, you can enjoy at home – as well as receiving an apron and a recipe card to recreate the dishes. After the lesson, participants are treated to a two-course meal (which you won’t have to cook!) and a Q&A session with the chef.
Admission: £120. Info: http://www.mintandmustard.com/
Bakery courses at The One Mile Bakery, Cardiff
There’s few things quite as refreshing as waking up in the morning and smelling freshly-made bread. Such dreams could be a reality with the short one-day courses at One Mile Bakery, held most Saturdays. Not only will you learn the basics of preparing a granary, white or sourdough loaf, everyone is encouraged to experiment with flours and flavours to create your own unique invention.
Admission: £125. Info: 07939 211809 / https://www.onemilebakery.com/
How to homebrew coffee – 200 Degrees Coffee, Cardiff, Sat 13 Jan
Hot coffee makes everything better. From the morning kick-starter to the afternoon uplift, finishing with that espresso after an evening meal – there’s a type for every time and a style for every occasion. Now, this Cardiff coffee house is offering the chance not only to learn about the blackened beans enjoyed by their millions every day, but also how to get the best out of cafetieres, AeroPresses and drippers as well as different brew methods and recipes, plus a bag of coffee to take home.
Admission: £45. Info: https://200degs.com/
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