From cocktail making to learning how to cook up a storm in the kitchen, we’ve rounded up a few of London’s best masterclasses that will enable you to dazzle your friends and family with your new-found skills:
Lindt Excellence Chocolate & Wine Pairing Masterclass at Vinopolis
Wine and chocolate are a match made in culinary heaven, as you’ll discover in this pleasurable masterclass at South Bank wine-tasting venue Vinopolis. Devised by Lindt’s Master Chocolatier and Vinopolis’ resident wine expert, chocolates are paired with top wines to enhance the flavours of the wine and chocolate. Roasted sesame chocolate is twinned with Canard-Duchene Champagne to bring out the nutty flavours and caramel taste, while a Touch of Sea Salt is matched with a classic Malbec to enhance the fruitiness of the wine. During these 90 minutes of indulgence, you will pair seven wines and seven decadent Lindt Excellence chocolates.
When: Classes run monthly until 28 May 2015. The next one is on 26 February.
Cost: £40.
Cocktail Club at The London Cocktail Club
Fancy making cocktails like a pro? Get behind the bar and create your own dreamy cocktail thanks to the expert tuition of a friendly and talented bartender at the London Cocktail Club. Gen up on the history of cocktails and spirits, before creating two to three of your favourite cocktails. Classes are tailored to meet the tastes of the group. You can have a minimum of two people and a maximum of 25 people per class.
When: Classes Monday to Saturday 3.00-4.30pm at Goodge Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden, and Monday to Saturday 3.30pm-5pm in Shoreditch.
Cost: £40.
Cooking courses at L’atelier de Chefs
Calling all budding chefs! Up your culinary game at L’atelier de Chefs, which offers a broad range of hands-on cookery courses, including Thai, Japanese French, macaroons, bread, fresh
pasta, Moroccan, Italian and much more. Meat worshippers can find out how to cook the perfect steak or how to cook a scrumptious burger. Whether you are a complete novice or a budding Gordon Ramsay, there’s something to enjoy. Run by world-class chefs, classes last from 30 minutes to four hours.
When: There are a whopping 250 classes a month to choose from.
Cost: From £15
Distil your own gin at the City of London Distillery
It’s gin o’clock! If you’ve got a taste for mother’s ruin, you’ll love this class which welcomes visitors to distill their very own personalised bottle of glorious gin. With expert guidance from the distillery team, novice distillers will design the recipe for their gin before the science bit: weighing out the ingredients, then adding them to the spirit to start the disillation process. As the concoction bubbles away, you can create your bespoke labels – naming your gin and adding a message, before bottling and sealing your 70cc bottle with red wax. A distillery tour and a cheeky G&T are also included.
When: The Gin Lab classes run every weekday afternoon at 2pm, Monday and Wednesday nights at 6.30pm and Saturday afternoon at 4pm. Each class lasts for two hours.
Cost: £125
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