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Festive Workshops
Are you tired of the rush, stress and waste of Christmas and the festive period?
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Are you sick of having to spend all day in the kitchen while others get to have all the fun?
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Are you looking at the prices of the seasonal foods this year and thinking "I'm not paying that!"?
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Are you wanting to create memories, legacies and traditions of your own?
Wouldn't you like to increase your cooking skills, fill your pantry with amazing things you’ve only bought before, learn to make decorations and ornaments using easily found items around the home or foraged from outside, learn how to budget your time, make a plan and stick to it, make memories instead of meltdowns and have one of the best holiday celebrations and enjoy it for a fraction of the cost and only using a few moments of your time each day?
One of the questions I’m asked every year is: “How on earth do you do it all”
In these day courses I’ll explain how to plan, organise, cook, craft and enjoy the experience, without stealing more than an hour each day your precious time. In fact, you will start to look forward to that time and those around you might actually start to get involved to.
In answer to that question and others I have carefully curated these 4 workshops that stand alone or can be attended as a 4-week course.
For 26 years I worked as a chef, feeding anywhere from 25-500 people with from scratch wholefood meals – creating seasonal menus with 12-20 dishes on them, never quite knowing until that day what ingredients I would have to use.
Being made to use every last bit of the ingredients and find ways to reduce waste to the barest minimum due to tight restrictions and budgets.
For most of my adult life I have used these skills and others I have learned along the way to create a life for my family that is about the journey. Where skills and knowledge and time come before things and the spirit of the holiday season is kept year-round.
You will be taught my secrets for making the food stretch for far longer than a couple of days in the fridge.
You can have meals for weeks afterwards, sometimes months depending on your efficiency, needs and size of family.
You will learn how to plan like a professional event organiser and decorate like a home designer use their tips and tricks to make your life easier and cheaper.
The days will be a combination of step-by-step demonstrations and hands on-practical’s, with cooked and raw recipes. A mix of beginner to advanced level recipes and crafts so don’t worry if you are new to all this by the end of it you will feel you can do this and much more besides. Remembering that even if you are shuffling it is a step forward.
You will learn some basic arts and crafts to be able to replicate to make your own decorations and ornaments that can either be used as kindling if you have little to no storage space or you may just treasure from year to year. You’ll also learn the most effective ways to decorate your home like Santa’s workshop for next to nothing.
Learn to look at events like this and see them for what they are whilst shutting out the noise of the outside influences.PDF and print out of recipes, instructions, full workshop notes and worksheets used in the course.
​All ingredients and materials, tastes of the recipes, plus beverages, please bring your own lunch.
With a maximum of 3 attendees, these micro-group workshops are friendly and fun, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions and share ideas. If you would like to book a personalised workshop day course for yourself and friends, at your location, please contact me to discuss.
Hosted at my home, these 4 stand-alone workshops can be taken separately or as a 4-week course.
The day course starts at 10 (arrive from 9:30) and ends around 3pm.
£95 for the day in person, including all ingredients and materials used, printed and downloadable worksheets, beverages and a copy of the recipes.
£50 for the day remotely, including in real time access to the in-person workshop remotely, all downloadable and printable worksheets and recipes, ability to ask questions in real time.
​If you purchase all 4 days, you will have 1 extra day which is the Festive Masterclass. The date for this will be released shortly.
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