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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 Executive 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
15:30 - Finish

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.

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. 

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
15:30 - 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.

Let’s get saucy...

Taking place in our restaurant, with expert tuition from our Executive Chef Matthew Briddon, this small, hands-on masterclass is perfect for anyone interested in fermenting their own drinks, or vegetables.

Under his guidance you will learn everything there is to know about perfecting the 5 traditional French 'mother' sauces, from which you can go on to make many 'daughter' sauces. 

The five traditional sauces of French cuisine are: Bechamel, velouté, espagnole, hollandaise and tomato sauce

These sauces are considered ‘’mother’’ sauces because they are the basis for many other "daughter" sauces in French cooking for example, bechamel can be used to create mornay sauce (cheese sauce) and Espagnole is used to make demi-glace.

Learn how to make each of these mother sauces, and avoid common mistakes that are easily made.

The course will also include basic stock making which will consist of: Chicken broth and brown chicken stock, beef stock, veal stock

You will learn the art of making 'proper' gravy to accompany your Sunday roast, as well as how to turn your homemade stock into a restaurant quality jus.

The day includes refreshments, a delicious 2-course lunch in Iford Manor Kitchen’s restaurant, and all materials and ingredients required for the course. You will also be given receipes and notes to take home with you. 

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
15:30 - 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.

Taking place in our restaurant, this small, hands-on masterclass is perfect for anyone interested in learning how to make pasta and associated sauces frm scratch.

Under the guidance of Executive Chef Matthew Briddon in this hands-on you will learn how to make and shape 6 fresh pasta shapes, as well as accompanying sauces and pesto's. Everything you need to learn to make this delicious food at home. You will also be given receipes and notes to take home with you.

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

Timings:
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
15:30 - 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.