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Taking place in our restaurant, this small, hands-on masterclass is perfect for anyone interested in fermenting their own drinks, or vegetables.

Each workshop is seasonal and will focus on fermentation of vegetables and fruits available at that time of year. With different recipes available, why not attend both?

Under the guidance of Head Chef Matthew Briddon learn all you need to know about fermenting the best of the season's vegetables and fruits to make your own drinks, kimchi, sauces and more. 

The day includes refreshments, a delicious lunch in Iford Manor Kitchen’s restaurant and all materials and ingredients required for the course.

Timings:
09:30 - arrival, hot drinks and pastries
10:00 - Masterclass starts
12:45 - 2 course lunch in Iford Manor Kitchen 
13:45 - Masterclass resumes, followed by Q&A
15:15 - Finish

Please advise of any dietary requirements when booking and we will do our best to cater for them.

Please note, no refunds will be given except where the event has to be cancelled or postponed by us, or where we have been able to resell your tickets to the waiting list if you have told us in advance that you cannot attend. This includes for self-isolation reasons.

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Taking place in our restaurant, this small, hands-on masterclass is perfect for beginners, as well as those wishing to improve their bread-making skills. 

Award-winning Head Chef Matthew Briddon will teach you all you ‘knead’ to know about getting started, or improving your sourdough game.

The day includes refreshments, a delicious lunch in Iford Manor Kitchen’s restaurant and all materials and ingredients required for the course.

You will learn how to:

- start and care for a sourdough mother;
- make a simple, white sourdough loaf;
- make olive bread;
- conjure up sourdough dough balls (perfect for Saturday night pizza!);
- use up leftover mother to make sourdough crackers (for cheese & crackers); and
- Tips and tricks for kneading, shaping, scoring and baking.

Take home with you:
- Iford sourdough starter for you to use and look after at home;
- 4 sourdough recipes; and
- your own loaf of sourdough made by you on the day

Timings:
09:30 - arrival, hot drinks and pastries
10:00 - Masterclass starts
12:45 - Lunch in Iford Manor Kitchen
13:45 - Masterclass resumes, followed by Q&A
15:15 - Finish

Please let us know of any dietary requirements when booking. 

Please note, no refunds will be given except where the event has to be cancelled or postponed by us, or where we have been able to resell your tickets to the waiting list if you have told us in advance that you cannot attend. This includes for self-isolation reasons.

Get ready for the outdoor cooking season with this special demonstration from live-fire specialist Head Chef Matthew Briddon. This workshop will take place on the restaurant terrace of Iford Manor Kitchen. 

Not only do we cook on our wood and charcoal fired Bertha every day here in our kitchen at Iford, but Matthew was one of the chefs who first brought Meatopia to the UK and has done live cooking there many times. 

This workshop promises to provide you with all the hints and tips you need for an excellent live-fire season creating delicious food, whether on a BBQ, Big Green Egg, Bertha or other live-fire.

At Iford we also make our own sausages and Matthew, both our butcher and Master Charcutier, will talk you through making your own sausages at home.

The day includes refreshments, a delicious lunch in Iford Manor Kitchen’s restaurant and all materials and ingredients required for the course.

Timings:
09:30 - arrival, hot drinks and pastries
10:00 - Masterclass starts
12:45 - 2 course lunch in Iford Manor Kitchen 
13:45 - Masterclass resumes, followed by Q&A
15:15 - Finish

Please advise of any dietary requirements when booking and we will do our best to cater for them.

Please note, no refunds will be given except where the event has to be cancelled or postponed by us, or where we have been able to resell your tickets to the waiting list if you have told us in advance that you cannot attend. This includes for self-isolation reasons.