Dinner in a hurry. Quick and healthy meals with fresh ingredientsHeld at The Milestone (Full Day)

Simple enjoyable fast food is easy and quick to prepare, stress free and cheap. This course will show you how family meals can be prepared after a stressful day at the office in a short amount of time. All of the dishes are easily prepared in under half an hour.

Examples of previous dishes include:

Prawn, chickpea and spinach thai style curry, chilli and coriander zinger burger, Morrocan spiced lamb koftas with fruity cous cous stuffed pitas, poached salmon with a tomato and bean ragu.

learn how to make spicy indian potato cakes with a coriander, chilli and garlic chutney, an aubergine, pea and potato curry with home made chapatti. A complete south indian meal

Manisha Patel will be our guest chef for the day a Milestone family friend and an amazing cook!

This course will take you through the steps of filleting, scaling and pin boning a variety of fish types, including flat, round, oily and fresh water. You will then cook dishes with the fish you have prepared earlier in the day and learn the various techniques for cooking with different types of fish.

Examples of dishes from previous courses:

• Moules mariniere
• Spiced gilt head bream asian vegetable salad
• Roasted mackerel with Moroccan style cous cous and warm spices
• Pan fried plaice with samphire and caper buerre noisette
• Aromatic rainbow trout with carrot spaghetti en papillote

We will show you how to make a variety of complex breads using fresh yeast, dried yeasts and even no yeast.

Examples of dishes from previous courses:

• Fricasse of baby chicken with mushrooms
• Chicken liver sage and puy lentil broth
• Frissie pasta with lambs kidney, savoy cabbage and whole grain mustard sauce
• Pan fried lambs heart bruchetta with sautéed mushrooms and a tarragon butter sauce
• Flank of beef with crisp asian vegetables soy and sesame dressing

In this half-day course you will be shown how to prepare and cook a delicious two course meal for anytime dining, straight from the best-selling milestone cookbook First Catch Your Pig.

Examples of dishes from previous courses:

• Pea Pannacotta, shoots, seeds, soil & flowers
• Rump beef, sweetbread, oxtail & tongue cottage pie, watercress puree
• Pan fried salmon with roasted radish, nettle gnocchi, crab faggots & lemon balm emulsion
• White chocolate pave with cherries, sherry & maple syrup reduction

In our full day course, dedicated to our favourite animal, learn how to utilise every part of the pig. You will learn everything from curing to filleting.

The Milestone is renowned for using exclusive, local, rare breed pigs, and in this two and a half hour we will show you how to make home-made bacon, sausages and black pudding. It will include demonstrations as well as hands on sessions. You will learn everything there is to know about this lovable beast!

Pasta and Gnocchi full day course

Pasta is the ultimate comfort food, but not many people realise just how easy it is to make fresh, and how much more flavoursome it can be than dried pasta.

Along with gnocchi, these basic staples can form some of the most filling and delicious dishes in the world, and we are here to show you exactly how it's done!

Book on to this course for a full day, including lunch and learn how to make a variety of different types of fresh pasta and sauces to go with them.

Learn the different uses of each knife e.g. filleting, chefs knife, boning, paring and fine dicing

• Spaghetti vegetable
• Segmenting citrus fruits
• Turning and shaping
• Vegetable cuts / French names
• Chiffonading basil/cabbage
• How to sharpen your knife / knife maintenance

Learn the different uses of each knife e.g. filleting, chefs knife, boning, paring and fine dicing

• Spaghetti vegetable
• Segmenting citrus fruits
• Turning and shaping
• Vegetable cuts / French names
• Chiffonading basil/cabbage
• How to sharpen your knife / knife maintenance

Basic Bread MakingHeld at The Milestone (Half Day)

In this half-day course suitable for beginners, learn how to make bread dough from scratch. You will be provided with the skills and techniques needed for dough handling, shaping and baking

Basic Bread MakingHeld at The Milestone (Half Day)

In this half-day course suitable for beginners, learn how to make bread dough from scratch. You will be provided with the skills and techniques needed for dough handling, shaping and baking

We will show you how to make a variety of complex breads using fresh yeast, dried yeasts and even no yeast.

Examples of dishes from previous courses:

• Fricasse of baby chicken with mushrooms
• Chicken liver sage and puy lentil broth
• Frissie pasta with lambs kidney, savoy cabbage and whole grain mustard sauce
• Pan fried lambs heart bruchetta with sautéed mushrooms and a tarragon butter sauce
• Flank of beef with crisp asian vegetables soy and sesame dressing

In this half-day course you will be shown how to prepare and cook a delicious two course meal for anytime dining, straight from the best-selling milestone cookbook First Catch Your Pig.

Examples of dishes from previous courses:

• Pea Pannacotta, shoots, seeds, soil & flowers
• Rump beef, sweetbread, oxtail & tongue cottage pie, watercress puree
• Pan fried salmon with roasted radish, nettle gnocchi, crab faggots & lemon balm emulsion
• White chocolate pave with cherries, sherry & maple syrup reduction

Examples of dishes from previous courses:

• Fricasse of baby chicken with mushrooms
• Chicken liver sage and puy lentil broth
• Frissie pasta with lambs kidney, savoy cabbage and whole grain mustard sauce
• Pan fried lambs heart bruchetta with sautéed mushrooms and a tarragon butter sauce
• Flank of beef with crisp asian vegetables soy and sesame dressing

In our full day course, dedicated to our favourite animal, learn how to utilise every part of the pig. You will learn everything from curing to filleting.

The Milestone is renowned for using exclusive, local, rare breed pigs, and in this two and a half hour we will show you how to make home-made bacon, sausages and black pudding. It will include demonstrations as well as hands on sessions. You will learn everything there is to know about this lovable beast!

Pasta and Gnocchi full day course

Pasta is the ultimate comfort food, but not many people realise just how easy it is to make fresh, and how much more flavoursome it can be than dried pasta.

Along with gnocchi, these basic staples can form some of the most filling and delicious dishes in the world, and we are here to show you exactly how it's done!

Book on to this course for a full day, including lunch and learn how to make a variety of different types of fresh pasta and sauces to go with them.

Basic Bread MakingHeld at The Milestone (Half Day)

In this half-day course suitable for beginners, learn how to make bread dough from scratch. You will be provided with the skills and techniques needed for dough handling, shaping and baking

In our full day course, dedicated to our favourite animal, learn how to utilise every part of the pig. You will learn everything from curing to filleting.

Learn the different uses of each knife e.g. filleting, chefs knife, boning, paring and fine dicing

• Spaghetti vegetable
• Segmenting citrus fruits
• Turning and shaping
• Vegetable cuts / French names
• Chiffonading basil/cabbage
• How to sharpen your knife / knife maintenance

Learn the different uses of each knife e.g. filleting, chefs knife, boning, paring and fine dicing

• Spaghetti vegetable
• Segmenting citrus fruits
• Turning and shaping
• Vegetable cuts / French names
• Chiffonading basil/cabbage
• How to sharpen your knife / knife maintenance