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For food lovers and home baking enthusiasts Christmas is the perfect time of year to share delicious home-made treats with family and friends. This hands-on one-day course will give you an ideal opportunity to get into the festive spirit, while learning how to bake a selection of Christmas favourites to perfection. Guided by our artisan baking tutor Emmanuel Hadjiandreou, an internationally renowned baker and author of the award-winning How To Make Bread, you’ll learn the practical skills needed to master making your own puff pastry, marzipan and enriched doughs. During the day, you will create a selection of produce including: German inspired stollen A modern twist on the traditional mince pie.
Location: The School of Artisan Food, Lower Motor Yard Contact: info@schoolofartisanfood.org Organisers: https://www.schoolofartisanfood.org/ https://www.schoolofartisanfood.org/product/christmas-baking
Come to this well-anticipated annual event, offering plenty of stalls with local hand-made goods for sale, free entertainment, free parent and child Christmas decorating workshop (12.30 - 2.00 pm) and fabulous raffle prizes. PLUS burgers, sausages, mulled wine, G&T, "special" hot chocolate, tea, coffee and home-made cakes available. A convivial welcoming community atmosphere awaits... and Green Santa! Event Details: Hornsey Vale Christmas Craft Fair, 9th December 2018 2:00 - 5:00 pm. Entry £1 for adults, children (under 12) free. Address: Hornsey Vale Community Centre, 60 Mayfield Road, London N8 9LP
Location: 60 Mayfield Road, London N8 9LP Contact: Linda, 07904897412, linda_rob@hotmail.com Organisers: Hornsey Vale Community Centre https://www.hornseyvale.org/
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Join us on Monday, December 10th, at the fantastic Bernsteins Bar for a workshop, meal and discussion on how design can help restaurants and food businesses function more sustainably. Creative & innovation designer Alex Rosso will be leading a workshop, ‘Design for Social Innovation in Food’, to challenge attendees to think differently about the impact of design on the food sector. We will also hear from Eva Koszorus, part of the team at Chefs Eye Tech, who has a variety of experience designing waste reduction strategies into commercial kitchens, helping chefs and management implement better practices in both front and back of house. The evening will include a delicious seasonal meal from Bernsteins Bar, and will be an opportunity for those attending to think collaboratively about how to make food businesses more environmentally and socially beneficial. The evening will start at 7pm with a welcome drink and some Bernstein's nibbles.
Location: 73 Chatsworth Road, Hackney, London E50LH Contact: 07481230669/ Rosie@futurescales.com/ Rosie Baldwin Organisers: Future Scales & Bernsteins Bar https://bit.ly/2REcWuR
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A weekly organic market held on Saturdays from 10 til 3 at the Hornbeam Environmental Centre in Hoe St. The first regular stall of its kind in Waltham Forest, it is supplied by Eostre Organics, a farmers' coop from Norfolk who work with other cooperatives across Europe. Also for sale is ultra-local East London organic produce - grown and harvested by people in the borough.
Location: Hornbeam Environmental Centre, 458 Hoe Street, London E17 Contact: 07786 657713 / organiclea@yahoo.co.uk Organisers: Organic Lea http://www.organiclea.org.uk/what-we-do/we-sell-food/our-market-stall/
St Hilda's have been running a food co-op for three years, selling fresh fruit and vegetables to local people at an affordable price. The co-op is run by volunteers and encourages local people to get involved and learn new skills. 11am-1.00pm
Location: 18 Club Row, EC2 7EY Contact: Aziz / Lourdes on 020-7739-8066 Organisers: St Hilda's East Community Centre, 18 Club Row, London E2 7EY
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Looking for inspiration for your Festive Cheeseboard? On Wednesday 12th December, Borough Market will be holding its annual late night shopping opportunity ‘An Evening of Cheese’, offering customers a chance to consult with more than 20 of Borough Market’s renowned cheesemongers and get inspired to buy a wide range of cow, goat and sheep’s milk cheese from UK and International producers. The popular event will see cheese stalls spread across the whole Market area with experts on hand to offer recommendations for those looking to create a unique festive cheeseboard, advice on drinks pairings and delicious cheese recipes. One of Borough Market’s guest chefs will also inspire visitors with a festive cheese-based cooking demonstration in the glass fronted Market Hall’s Demo Kitchen. Customers will be able to see traders competing in the ‘cracking of the parmesan wheel’, a head-to-head competition with Italian stallholder Bianca e Mora, whilst performan
Location: 8 Southwark Street Organisers: Borough Market https://www.boroughmarket.org.uk
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A SUMPTUOUS NIGHT OF DELICIOUS SEASONAL FOOD, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND EXCEPTIONAL GOOD CHEER. You will be greeted with a boozy festive cocktail, before being seated for a bountiful three-course sharing feast. Delicious whole-roasted, spiced vegetables, delicately cured fish, wild and sustainably-sourced meats will be accompanied by fresh salads, pickles and our signature flatbreads. An irresistible sweet finish will conclude the meal, whilst fine quality wines will also be available. Vegetarians and vegans will be plentifully catered for.
Duration: 3 days Location: The Gallery, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Road, Peckham, SE15 3SN Contact: Emma Organisers: Mike and Ollie http://www.mikeandollie.co.uk/sechristmasfeast2/
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Hackney Coffee Co is a large and beautiful space on the famous Hackney Road, full of hanging plants, exposed brickwork and warehouse-style décor. The venue also boasts a garden space at the rear where guests can mingle with their cocktails before taking a seat at the long, communal table amongst an array of arty fixtures. The evening will begin with a quirky cocktail on arrival, allowing folks time to gather and mingle. Then everyone will take a pew, sit back and delve into a sequence of 6 carefully curated tasting courses, based entirely on Hackney-sourced produce. When you dine with Eleven98, you're literally eating a little piece of Hackney! Booze is BYOB! Photography on the night is warmly welcomed (in fact it's actively encouraged!)
Location: Hackney Coffee Company, 503 Hackney Road London E2 9ED Contact: aidan@eleven98hackney.com Organisers: Eleven98 https://bit.ly/2NgHQGW
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Our Sourdough Saturdays are dedicated to relaxing, slowing down and enjoying the protracted process of making naturally fermented, “sourdough” breads. During this class we’ll make a variety of breads including White Boules, Seeded Rye,Walnut Bread and sourdough foccaccia. We’ll also make sweet sourdough apple pancakes. As we make and bake we’ll discuss: How to make a healthy sourdough starter from scratch. The benefits of sourdough bread. How to feed and maintain your starter indefinitely. The biochemistry of sourdough and how it differs from yeasted loaves. Manipulating time, temperature and hydration for flavour and convenience. Shaping techniques and practice. Using bannetons, proving baskets and couche cloths. Lots of other great stuff not necessarily related to bread at all. This class will run from 10:00 until around 5pm. You’ll leave clutching armfuls of bread, a headful of new knowledge, a bellyful of inspiration and a
Location: Fir Mount House, Higher Contour Road Contact: 01803 752943 info@mannafromdevon.com David or Holly Organisers: Manna from Devon Cookery School http://www.mannafromdevon.com/
Stuck for gift ideas which don’t cost the Earth? Join me to learn how to make natural, homemade cosmetics so pure you can eat them! Perfect as presents or simply to indulge yourself. The class will include: - How to make bath products ideal as gifts, such as a zingy bath fizz and fragrant lavender powder - How to make skincare products perfect as presents, such as a gorgeous rose body moisturiser and a soothing lip balm - What commercial cosmetics are made from and how they can be improved - Learning techniques using natural ingredients that work for your skin type - Tips and extra recipes to start making your own products at home - A delicious organic plant based lunch, handouts, and you get to take home everything you make on the day Julie has been teaching people to make their own natural cosmetics (so pure you can eat them) since 2013. She loves to use local, organic and seasonal herbs in her classes, and help people create the right product for their ski
Location: Made In Hackney Local Food Kitchen Contact: info@madeinhackney.org / 020 8442 4266 Organisers: Made in Hackney https://madeinhackney.org/whats-on/event/homemade-cosmetics-festive-present-making-special-with-julie-riehl
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