Saturday February 26th Lindy Wildsmith: simple Italian supper party with friends - Cook now share later - cook a three course meal for two and take it home to share later To include pasticcio di polenta, Buridda fish casserole. Enjoy a glass of Prosecco and some nibbles mid-morning £75.00

Thursday March 3rd A masterclass with Shaun Hill chef/patron of the Walnut Tree Inn Abergavenny -cooking with poultry – pigeon on petits pois, poached chen with béarnaise sauce, roast quail with parsley risotto and southern fried chicken £85.00 to include a glass of wine with lunch.

Friday March 4^th 12pm Monmouth Women’s Festival – a tutored tasting Lindy wildsmith talks about her work as a food writer and teacher tickets £8

www.monmouthwomensfestival.org.uk

NEW Saturday March 5th - Claudine Bulstridge - Modern French Bistro: Goats cheese tarts with black olives, lardons and red onion confit, Salade Lyonnaise with poached egg, bacon, and frisee salade, Steak with Bearnaise sauce and frites, Vanilla creme brulee. £75.00 to include lunch and a glass of wine.

Saturday March 19th Franco Taruschio: The Basics: preparing and cooking fish. How to choose wisely, prepare and cook to perfection a range of simple fish dishes. Learn, with the help of Vin Sullivan’s award winning fishmongers to gut, fillet, and skin and cut fish. Learn to cook and cure fish such as red mullet, mackerel or anchovies.

Crostini with chickpeas and anchovy, perfecly crisp goujons of fish, a salad of new potatoes, rocket and mackerel Pugliese style and pan fried Salmon with rhubarb sauce and to complete the day a delicious limoncello tart with blueberries.£75.00 to include lunch and a glass of wine.

Saturday March 26th Hot Wok - Hurry this course is almost full. Creative Asian cooking with Shaun Nean and Martin Griffiths. Recipes still to be announced

Saturday April 2nd LINDY WILDSMITH - CURED, SALTED, SPICED, DRIED, SMOKED, POTTED, PICKLED AND RAW-Lindy will share with you some of the secrets from her new book. Learn how to cure British bacon, continental style loin and Italian pancetta. Marinate herring, pot crab, smoke duck breast, brine and roast belly pork. To include lunch and a glass of wine £75.00

Saturday April 9th Franco Taruschio: Spring fever – cook up some enthusiasm for the new season’s ingredients. Crostini di maro, lasagne with asparagus, grilled brill or red mullet with salsa verde and wild garlic and smoked bacon bubble and squeak and to finish the delightful Sicilian torta mimosa. To include lunch and a glass of wine £75.00

NEW Saturday April 30th Preserving with Clippy: Spring - hands-on traditional preserving class using seasonal fruit and veg with contemporary twists of ginger, chilli and garlic. Lovely forced rhubarb which is delicate at this time of year. Marma-chilli (marmelade with a hint of chilli) and early spring Rhubarb relish with warming spices of ginger and garlic. Take home 6 jars of preserve and a full recipe leaflet.

Saturday May 14th Easy Entertaining with Lindy Wildsmith. Lindy will take you through a menu of simple seasonal recipes to try out on your family and friends. Speck and crayfish cichetti, Spinach, watercress and rocket soup, spiced chcken with pistacio and carmelised peaches and frangipan tart.To include lunch and a glass of wine £75.00

Saturday May 21st Cooking with fish with Franco Taruschio. Crostini with mozzarella and alici, homemade taglioline with courgettes and tiger prawns, brodetto - Italian sea-food casserole and  to finish chocolate mousse with olive oil and chili and torcolletti biscuits. To include lunch with a glass of wine. £75.00

Saturday June 4th Italian summer sensations

hands-on with Franco Taruschio To include lunch with a glass of wine. £75.00

Wednesday June 8^th Summer in a bottle Lindy Wildsmith at Divertimenti Brompton Road London pickled raspberries, summer conserve, Italian giardiniera to take home and a Venetian salad of seared fillet of beef to cook and enjoy for lunch

Saturday June 25th Mediterranean menu, hands-on with Franco Taruschio To include lunch with a glass of wine. £75.00

Saturday July 2nd  3rd  Wye Valley Living Chepstow Race Course – Lindy and Franco will be demonstrating Italian Al Fresco food twice daily

details to be announced - visit

www.wyevalleyliving.co.uk

Saturday July 9th Sunshine or showers the ultimate summer supper party to be served in or outdoors. A caramelised vegetable tarte tatin, baked salmon with mascarpone, capers an sundried tomatoes, summer salads, dips an new ideas for summer fruits hands-on with Lindy Wildsmith. To include lunch with a glass of wine. £75.00

Saturday July 23rd Simple Seafood dishes hands-on with Franco Taruschio

Saturday September 3rd Pasta Master Class hands on with Franco Taruschio

Saturday September 10th Franco Taruschio: Welsh Italian Fusion Back again by request! Franco will cook up some classic Italian dishes using premium quality traditional Welsh ingredients, cockles, laverbread, oysters, leeks, lamb and more. To include lunch with a glass of wine. £75.00

Saturday and September 17th and 18th September Abergavenny Food Festival

The not to be missed food festival Abergavenny is to food as Edinburgh is to entertainment. It does not come better so don’t miss it!

www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com

Saturday October 1st Autumn in Le Marche, hands-on with Franco Taruschio. Franco returns to his native Le Marche to bring you a feast of seasonal dishes. To include Olive ascolane, his legendary vincis grassi, and more. £75.00 to include lunch and a glass of wine.

Saturday October 15th Morning glory - spice up your supper parties with a taste of Cambodia - green pepper corns, tamarind, galangal, coconut milk, oyster and fish sauces and vegetables revitalise the taste buds and give a new slant on eastern fish and meat dishes - hands-on with Lindy Wildsmith. £75.00 to include lunch and a glass of wine.

Saturday November 5th Franco Taruschio: game for the table – our game course is always a sell out so book early -great game recipes to show off to your family and friends. To include chestnut tagliatelle  and a delicious pheasant speciality. Lunch and a glass of wine. £75.00

Saturday November 12th Saturday LINDY WILDSMITH - CURED, SALTED, SPICED, DRIED, SMOKED, POTTED, PICKLED AND RAW Now is the perfect time to lay down your bacon and spice your meats in time for Christmas. Lindy will share with you some of the secrets from her book. Learn how to cure British bacon, continental style loin and Italian pancetta and to make some simple and wonderful dishes to wow your guests with. To include lunch and a glass of wine £75.00

November 19th Getting ready for Christmas. Make your Christmas cake, pudding and mincemeat and star-studded pies and Cranberry preserve to take home. £150.00 Hands-on with Lindy Wildsmith to include a light lunch and a glass of wine.

Saturday November 26th Simple festive food hands-on with Franco Taruschio

Saturday December 3rd The perfect lunch! Learn to produce the perfect roast lunch with all the necessary trimmings, a cocktail to kick it off, a pudding and starter that can be prepared in advance. Hands-on with Lindy Wildsmith to include lunch with a glass of wine £75.00

Saturday December 10th Christmas in Italy hands-on with Franco Taruschio. Christmas is all in the planning, Franco will take you through a menu of three dishes that can be made in advance of the celebrations plus nibbles and biscuits to take home. Lunch and a glass of wine £75.00.

To come!

Huda Johnson - Lebanese home cooking locally based Lebanese national Huda, will be cooking up some of her favourite family recipes for us at the Chef’s Room. This is a unique opportunity to sample one of the world’s most fascinating and sensuous cuisines

Claudine Bulstridge Knife skills a knife is the most important tool for any cook. You'll learn how to keep your knives sharp, how to joint a chicken and how to slice, dice and julienne all kinds of fruit and vegetables. All of your hard work will be transformed into a delicious meal for your to enjoy at the end of the class along with a glass of wine. Genoese winter vegetable soup with fresh mint pesto, Grilled Asian chicken with soy and chilli glaze, Thai peanut slaw and a tropical fruit salad. £75.00 to include lunch and a glass of wine

Lindy Wildsmith Advance party Learn some simple dishes to make ahead.  Gravalax, dill sauce, confit of duck and mashed potato, pears baked in perry with chilled mascarpone and toasted almonds. To include lunch with a glass of wine

Lindy Wildsmith: Moroccan magic - an array of exotic starter salads, bastela – a spiced seafood parcel and marinated oranges with pomegranate jewels. Goriba almond cakes. To include lunch with a glass of wine.

Franco Taruschio: Italian winter warmers - a menu of satisfying traditional dishes to keep out the cold and turn our minds to warmer climes. To include a cannellini bean, celery and potato soup and bracioline al pomodoro – rolled pork with tomato sauce. Lunch with a glass of wine. £75.00

Corporate and team building events and bespoke classes by arrangement

Guest chef tutored courses £85.00

Franco’s and Lindy’s courses £75.00

All courses include lunch and a glass of wine

Preserving courses with Clippy £75.00 – include a light l lunch and 6 jars of preserves to take home.

More courses and dates to be announced soon.

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