Experience Forestside Cookery School for your event.

We can accommodate parties from 10-24.

With great parking, easy access, and fantastic Smeg appliances.
Wonderful tutors, staff & great recipes, you’ll really enjoy your day with us.

You’ll have endless homemade lemonade and retire to our beautiful dining room
to eat your creations with a complimentary glass of chilled bubbly.
Be our guest, and we will host an amazing bespoke event.

Please get in touch with us via email or telephone,
info@forestsidecookeryschool.com or 07709 827 282.

Please see our Menus below the pic 👇

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Menus

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Asian Fakeaway

£65 per person / 2 hours
Crispy honey, chilli, sesame chicken.
Garlic, spring onion, ginger noodles.
Prawn crackers.
Steamed greens.

Add £10 per person / 2½ hours

Prawn sesame toast - dipping sauce.
or
Crispy vegetables spring rolls.
or
Pork, ginger & scallion potstickers.

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Italian Classics

£70 per person / 2½ hours
Burrata, overnight tomatoes, basil sourdough bruschetta.
Perfect gnocchi dumplings - rocket, basil & pine-nut pesto.
Truffled mushroom, spinach, parmesan risotto.

Add £10 per person / 3 hours

Fig, blue cheese & caramelised red onion flatbread.
or
Caprese classic salad, mozzarella, vine tomatoes, rocket & Italian olive oil.
or
Platter of Italian cured meats, olives & crostini.

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The Ultimate Smash Burger

£70 per person / 2 hours
Chefs' brioche seeded artisan buns.
Hand-chopped beef rump patties
Classic burger sauce.
Spicy pickles.
Hand-cut crispy garlic fries.

Add £10 per person / 2½ hours

Crispy bacon Caesar cos salad
or
Ultimate cheesy Mac & cheese.
or
Nduja sausage, garlicky flatbread.

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Italian Sourdough Style Pizza Party

£70 per person / 2 hours
Perfect biga fermented dough.
Roasted tomato, garlic & basil sauce.
Buffalo mozzarella.
Selection of artisan cured meats, vegetables & rocket.

Add £10 per person / 2½ hours

Garlic, chilli & herb dough balls - dipping sauce.
or
Arancini risotto crispy fritters.
or
Burrata, fig & onion jam bruschetta.

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Fabulous Japanese

£70 per person /  2½ hours
Crispy vegetable tempura - ponzu dipping sauce.
Donburi - sweet teriyaki-glazed chicken, green beans - steamed rice.
Wakame salad - mirin & sesame dressing.

Add £12 per person / 3 hours

Dynamite king prawns
or
Pork, kimchi gyoza
or
Chicken yakitori skewers

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Spicy Indian Class

£70 per person / 2 hours
Butter chicken.
Jeera rice.
Fluffy garlic & coriander naan breads.
Indian chutneys.

Add £10 per person / 2½ hours

Crispy onion bhajis - tamarind chutney.
or
Chickpea, potato & vegetable samosas.
or
Prawn puri – salad.

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Spanish Tapas Experience

£70 per person / 2 hours
Patatas bravas - roasted garlic aioli.
Artisan chorizo sausage, Rioja & honey.
Crispy calamari – lemon.
Cured ham, melon & basil.

Add £10 per person / 2½ hours

Spanish ham Croquetas
or
Fig, honey & Manchego pintxos.
or
Grilled whole pil pil jumbo prawn.

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Perfect Irish Steak Class

2 hours
Choice of Rump, Sirloin or Ribeye.

Dry 28 Dry Aged Local Beef.
Rump — £70 per person
Sirloin — £80 per person
Ribeye — £85 per person

Triple Cooked Chips.
Peppercorn & Whisky Butter Sauce.
Caramelised Beef Steak Tomato.
Garlic Portobello Mushroom.
Wild Watercress.

Add £12 per person / 2½ hours

Salt & Chilli Squid - Dipping Sauce.
or
The Perfect Prawn Cocktail.

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Artisan Donuts

£75 per person / 2 hours
Beautiful handcrafted donuts.
Dough from scratch.
Triple raspberry flavoured.
Oreo cookie & chocolate glazed.
Lime cheesecake glazed.

Add £10 per person / 2½ hours

Chef’s charcuterie platter (cured meats, cheeses, olives & crostini).
or
Asian street food platter (spring rolls, gyozas, prawn toasts & satay skewers).
or
Italian platter (garlic flatbread, burrata, figs, honey & cured ham).

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Great Forestside Bake-Off 
(in teams)

£80 per person / 3 hours
(Works well as an afternoon tea party)

The perfect Victoria sandwich.
Buttermilk afternoon tea scones.
Raspberry-glazed French tartlets.

Add £5.50 per person

Selection of hand-crafted sandwiches
(salmon & cucumber, coronation chicken,
honey-baked ham & mustard).

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Something sweet to finish...

If you fancy something sweet, our chef
can create the perfect finish to your event.

£10 per person

Choose one from below for your party.

Sticky toffee miso pudding.
Stout chocolate brownies.
Italian mini cinnamon doughnuts.
Crème brûlée, sable biscuits.
Pavlova, Chantilly cream & raspberries.
Lemon tart, sorbet & mango.

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All sessions last around 2 – 3 hours, depending on your chosen session.  

Please have all guests arrive 15 minutes before the start time, as sessions start punctually — any latecomers will have to catch up.

Please Note Our Minimum Per Group Booking is 10 for weekdays
and 16 for weekends.  

We require full payment up front on booking;
no refunds or credits will be given if numbers drop.

You can bring your own wine, but due to our health & safety regulations,
we cannot permit drinking alcohol whilst cooking;
it may be consumed in the dining area.

Service Charge is Not Included, 
But A Nice Gesture to The Staff Is Much Appreciated. 
 
Please Be Aware of Forestside Shopping Centre’s 4-hour Parking Limit.

"Fantastic day out, great for team building."

I went to the donut making class with my work and I've never been to a cooking class before, but this definitely sets the bar high for any I might go to in the future!

It's located in Forestside Shopping Centre on past Sainsbury's - I thought it would have been just a small unit in the main part of the mall but to my lovely surprise it was on up in a seperate larger unit at the back and up the lift.

The staff were brilliant with everyone - so kind, respectful and helpful during the whole process. Every ingredient for the donut making was measured and set out for us, so all we had to do was follow the step-by-step guide on the sheet. I didn't see the time (it was a 2-3 hour session) go in at all and was very relaxed during the whole process. Really nice after a difficult few weeks personally. People even said I looked to be in my element!

Chef Jeffers was amazing in giving us demonstrations the whole way through, and if there was something we weren't sure about or needed help with, he was never too far away with a smile and a joke to help us out. We got lots of tips on how to prove our dough and in making some yummy caramel sauce!

Shoutout to the rest of the staff too running around to get us ingredients, equipment, and everything set up! But there was nothing hectic or chaotic about the process - a really well oiled machine.

It was lovely to be able to chat and work with colleagues outside of our day-to-day jobs and have a little bit of craic in the meanwhile! Everyone, even the ones who weren't really bakers or cooks, had a fantastic time.

And we didn't come away without our donuts! We had around 12 to bring home - really nice to bring home for others to try and feel proud of what you made. They did only last a day due to them being made without additives and other things used to keep donuts longer from supermarkets, but far nicer than the shop bought ones for real!

If you're on the fence about going to a cookery class or worried you won't be able to do it, I would say to go and give it a go. I came away with more confidence that I could make this at home myself and found it was another lovely way of relaxing and taking my mind off things. I must make some over Christmas for everyone! Many thanks to Chef Jeffers and the team again for a wonderful day out!!!

"Professional, fun, and overall great experience."

"We hosted a group of travel agents from Northern Ireland to launch Topflight's 2020 Italy brochure on Wednesday 13th November. The team on the night of Chef Jeffers, Katie and the other girls couldn't have done enough. They were professional yet great fun, nothing was too much trouble. Our Italian themed menu went down a treat and the feedback from the corporate guests since the event has been excellent. Would highly recommend Forestside Cookery School for corporate events. Thank you all."

"Brilliant Birthday Party"

"Superb night out"

"High Recommend for Hen Parties."

Went to the cookery school for a hen party in November. Absolutely fantastic experience....could not rate it highly enough. Chef Jeffers makes the whole experience, as do his friendly and helpful assistants. It was great fun and we got to make beautiful tapas dishes and sat together at the end to eat all the treats we had made. The instructions were easy to follow after we were given a demo and at no point did we feel overwhelmed. An excellent experience for novice or experienced cooks alike. Defo worth a visit. Hope to go back soon :)

"Great Night's Craic"

Ten work colleagues had a great night making beautiful food with Chef Jeffers. Laid back atmosphere but efficient and well planned evening. We made 2 flavours of risotto and tiramisu, but he can cater for most requirements. You don't need to have great cooking skills and we all learnt something in a relaxed and fun way. You then get to eat your culinary fare onsite. A different night out for friends or family.