United Kingdom
. . . beyond roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

Baked beans, bangers and mash, black pudding, Yorkshire pudding, fish and chips, steak and kidney pie, bread and butter, suet pudding, jam roly poly . . . the list is almost endless. Great British foods and don't forget regional delicacies like Welsh faggots or Scottish haggis.

British food at its most sublime! That's the way it used to be . . . with tinned fruit and artificial cream on a Sunday, and don't forget you had to eat bread and butter with it or you might be ill from all that fruit.

Since those heady days British food, or perhaps to put it more correctly the British way of eating has changed beyond all recognition. We now boast many of the world's great chefs and many fine restaurants. Living in the UK is no longer a culinary desert, with more and more people learning to enjoy the delights of good food. And now with our supermarkets stocking the more exotic and exciting ingredients, at one time only found in the realm of the chef, many of us are turning back to improving our own cooking skills. The upshot of all this is the mushrooming of cooking schools all around the UK, teaching from the beginner to the experienced amateur that wants to cook like the professional chef.

: :  Ashburton Cookery Courses and Weekends

Ashburton Cookery School, set in a beautiful Georgian town on the edge of Dartmoor, offers a fresh approach to cookery with exciting courses that emphasise hands-on involvement, top quality Devon produce and inspirational teaching. There are weekend courses for Beginners, Gastro! Plus, Seafood, Italian, Gentleman’s Relish, French and more. Here are some of them to tempt your appetite for more . . . as well as other courses raning form one day to a week and more.

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: :  Learn to bake in Cumbria with an artisan baker Showing how to do it and explaining why dough works as it does is the calling of organic pioneer and artisan baker Andrew Whitley. His hands-on courses introduce beginners, enthusiasts and culinary professionals alike to the fundamentals of fermentation on which all good bread depends. He is convinced that making good bread is everyone's privilege. His knowledge and skill help banish the fear of failure which blights many people's attempts at bread. click for further details

: :  Indian cooking classes in London A unique way to learn how cook delicious Indian meals with Ren's Kitchen - cookery classes providing lovers of Indian food with the opportunity to learn and create their very own Indian dishes. Or how does taking London’s first ever-interactive Spice Tour, combining both cultural and culinary insights that no cookery book could ever hope to offer, appeal to you? click for further details

: :  CookAbility Residential Cookery Courses Learn to Cook in the West country with CookAbility Residential Cookery Courses. Can you cook? Could you feed yourself? Would you cook for someone else? CookAbility can show you . . . an ideal opportunity to gain a new skill that will last a lifetime. click for further details