Instructed dinner party

Date
Thursday 30th October 2025

Occasion
Half day cooking lesson

Goal

A 3 course dinner party menu that can be achieved with 3-4 hours preparation

Timings
1-2pm Start cooking lesson

7.30pm Guests arrive

Location
Kemble

Guests
7 adults

Dietary requirements

No pork, shellfish, mackerel, apricots or red meat

Learning points

Fish preparation (filleting etc)

Fish cookery (crispy skin etc)

Flavour combinations

Mise en place discipline (tackling processes in an efficient order and getting ahead to minimise cooking in the evening)

Plating skills

Balancing sauces with salt, fat, acid

Pan-roasting fish and chicken

Chicken butchery

Pastry skills (shortbread)

Prepared desserts