Top Things to do in Cornwall
Top 5 Cooking Classes in Cornwall, England
Cornwall is the extreme southwestern peninsula of England. It has the longest stretch of continuous coastline in Britain and it is one of the sunniest areas in the UK. With picturesque villages, Celtic ruins, light blue waters, gardens and parks and unique architecture it certainly is among the most scenic areas of England. Home of many events and festivals and the land of Cornish pasty, it is definitely worth visiting.
Restaurants in Cornwall
1. Fat Hen - The Wild Cookery School
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 36 reviews
Fat Hen is a Foraging & Wild Food Cookery School, established in 2007, in West Cornwall, by Caroline Davey. Fat Hen's bespoke hand crafted kitchen and teaching space is located in a restored granite barn on a farm in Cornwall. Beautiful natural materials including oak, slate and ash have been used alongside state of the art stainless steel equipment sponsored by SMEG & KENWOOD. The school offers unique foodie courses for people who want to get back to the original source of their food. Whether it be foraging for seaweeds and herbs, butchering venison or cooking crab to perfection, Fat Hen provides courses in all aspects of foraging and cooking wild food. If you can forage it, fish it or hunt it, we will show you how to cook it. Run by Caroline Davey in collaboration with our talented chefs, Fat Hen's Gourmet Wild Food Weekend has been chosen by the Saturday Telegraph as one of the best sustainable living courses in the UK.
Reviewed By davidmackey
Two events at Fat Hen: a seriously class act A birthday weekend, my wife went on a seaweed foraging and cooking day with 9 others and we booked Fat Hen’s ‘Crab-on-the-Beach’ offer on the following day for ourselves and 4 friends. Both events were superb. Foraging and learning about lava, gutweed, sea lettuce and the like made for an enchanting morning; watching and sharing cooking and eating a seaweed based meal more than fulfilled my wife’s dreams for the day. Something of a foodie, she was hoping for some excellent knowledge - an improved understanding of seaweed. She more than received this. (That we live 2.5 hours from the nearest coast is now our only slight challenge…) Crab-on-the-Beach took place on a September Saturday amidst non-stop sunshine. Caroline (Davey – the force behind Fat Hen) had set up a fire, tripod, wooden benches and table in a perfect spot on Sennen Beach – and brought with her a brown crab each to eat and some spider crabs to play around with. Cooked gently in an iron pot over the fire, cooled and then broken up and eaten, the eating of crab on the beach offered us one of life’s rich memories. Seaweed mayonnaise, partially foraged salad (my wife is now very excited by rock samphire) and homemade bread rolls just added to the pleasure. We can’t recommend this more warmly!
2. Rick Stein's Cookery School
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 85 reviews
Reviewed By Funkeltrumpet - St Ives, United Kingdom
A really brilliant day's experience. A great mixture of serious cookery, useful tips, good humour, marvellous food and lovely wine!
3. Cornish Lavender
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
We grow lavender to harvest it for the production of essential oils and offer tours to visitors with Cornish Pasty lunches and Cornish Lavender Cream teas.
4. Philleigh Way Cookery School
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 52 reviews
Philleigh Way is a cookery school based in south Cornwall that also offers unique dining experiences. Bordering the river Fal with the ocean a few miles away this balanced landscape of arable fields, pasture and ancient oak woodland is an inspirational place to learn about food and its provenance. The cookery school is run by brothers-in-law James Martin and chef George Pascoe who belongs to the fifth generation of Pascoes to hail from Court Farm, Philleigh, Cornwall. Their Next Generation Farmhouse Cookery style is inspired by recipes handed down over the generations, fantastic local produce and experience gained working in some of the top kitchens in Cornwall and around the globe. Their creativity, knowledge and enthusiasm make it the perfect place to reconnect with the land and sea, learn some old and new recipes and cook with some of the freshest seasonal ingredients Cornwall has to offer.
Reviewed By OliviaWhite - Colney Hatch, United Kingdom
From the moment you arrive in unspoiled, beautiful, rural Philleigh you just know you are going to experience cooking with a difference. It is surrounded by an abundance of woodlands and the local produce is exceptional quality. When I drove up to cookery school, the smell of the outside smoking (catering size) bbq was such a welcome addition!!! I knew straight away that the south east asian cooking class was going to be a memorable one. Having recently done a cookery course with Jamie Oliver and Waitrose in central London, Philleigh Cookery School is up there with a wealth of modern dishes and incredible talent. Rupert is eager to share with you all his worldly culinary knowledge and give great tips that are game-changers in the kitchen. Rupert has an incredible range of knowledge not only about every food known to man, (galangal is now a staple at home) but also about Cornwall itself. I would highly recommend taking a weekend Philleigh Cookery Course, all the dishes I made there have somehow worked their magic into so many of my usual dishes too. I am now fully stocked with tips and new gadgets that are not just gathering dust!!!
5. Mahe Cookery School
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
Adjoining Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Mahé is an exciting addition to Padstow’s vibrant gastronomic community. The interiors – featuring one-of-a-kind antiques and bespoke furnishings – provide an elegant, intimate space in which guests can discover how to create stunning dishes from No6's former head chef, John Walton.
Reviewed By BeverleyA198 - Reading, United Kingdom
Such a wonderful evening from start to finish. Drinks in the bar and then we were taken out to the table, drinks al fresco on a beautiful sunny day and then fantastic food served by two very talented chefs who answered all our questions and made us feel very welcome. The wine pairings were so well chosen, we are not connoisseurs but we loved everything we were given. Great evening.
