Fennel Cookery School
 

Situated on the first floor above the Fennel delicatessen in Wetherby’s historic market place, the Fennel Cookery School opened in April 2010.

We believe we are unique in offering a range of cooking and wine experiences with the opportunity to reserve the school for personalised cookery courses.

Our courses include a local, culinary trip around Whitby, where you will prepare and cook fish with confidence to the exotic shores of Thailand, where you will create authentic food from the region.

Our small courses provide hands on cooking, allowing you to learn with confidence.  A maximum of 8 participants ensures our classes will be relaxed and fun, with lots of individual attention.

On arrival you will be welcomed by our friendly staff.  The course tutor will guide you through the day, with a demonstration or two before it’s time for you to start cooking.  At the end of the session you get to take home your course pack full of recipes, tips and ideas, your Fennel cookery school apron and the food you have prepared.  The “cook and dine” courses will finish with a meal of the prepared dishes and a glass of wine or appropriate beverage.

We can also provide help with your corporate or private events.  Our unique facilities will allow you to use our cookery school kitchen and our boardroom for team building, office meetings or corporate entertainment.  We are able to adapt our facilities to meet your business needs.

For a PDF booklet of our brochure click here.

Cookery Course Rates

Day course – 9.30am – 3.30pm: £125.00

Evening course – 6.30pm – 9.30pm: £50.00

Half day course – 10.00am - 12.30pm or 1.00pm – 3.30pm: £45.00  

Children’s courses: £40.00

All our courses include refreshments, course pack and apron.

Day courses are inclusive of lunch.

Cookery Course Timetable

Wine Courses at Fennel Cookery School

Fennel Cookery School and Winetalks are pleased to announce special one day wine courses on selected Saturdays at the Cookery School above the Fennel Delicatessen in Wetherby.

These one day Saturday courses, featuring selected wine countries, are for people who enjoy wine and want to learn more, but may not have the time to enrol for a series of evening classes. 

Themes will feature the wines of Australia, Spain & Portugal, New Zealand & South Africa, Italy, the Americas and France, as well as covering local grape varieties and wine styles and wines for different foods and seasons. 

Each course will cover tasting techniques, an outline of the geographical, historical and climatic factors that have shaped wine making in the featured regions and include the tasting of 12 wines.  They will be presented in an informal and participative way, with the use of visual aids and detailed handouts.

The selected Saturdays are:

20^th November 2010 – Wines of Australia

22^nd January 2011 – Wines of Spain and Portugal

26^th March 2011 – Wines of New Zealand and South Africa

21^st May 2011 – Wines of Italy

16^th July 2011 – Wines of the Americas

24^th September 2011 – Wines of France

The course is from 10.00am to 4.00pm

The cost is £85.00 + VAT per person

A maximum of 12 students aged 18 years or over

The course will include:

• Morning and afternoon presentations and tastings

• Tasting of 12 wines from the chosen regions

• Use of professional ISO tasting glasses

• Information pack including handouts and details of future courses and events

• Refreshments on arrival

• Lunch at either the Fennel Restaurant or the Fennel Delicatessen

• A special gift from Wine talks

Booking

To book a place on a course please email kate@justfennel.co.uk or telephone 01937 588522.  You can also book at the Fennel Delicatessen at: 61 Market Place, Wetherby, LS22 6LN.

* Please note our demonstrate and dine events take place in our restaurant: Victoria Court, Victoria Street, Wetherby LS22 6JA

Please read the following guidelines:

Payment will be required at the time of the booking by credit or debit card.  Fennel gift vouchers can also be used, please make sure you have the code number.
 

Students must be over 17 years unless stated otherwise.
 

You will receive a Fennel Cookery School apron.  If you have an apron from one of our previous courses and don’t wish to receive another, let us know and we will be able to reduce the course price by £5.  You will need to bring the apron to wear on the day.
 

When booking a place, you must let us know if you have any food intolerances or allergies, especially if you are attending one of our “cook and dine” courses.  We would be unable to change or adapt any of our courses to suit dietary tastes.  However, we are able to accommodate any party of 8 people booking and designing their own course.
 

Please let us know of any medical problems – some of our courses require a certain level of fitness which can include being on your feet for long periods.  We would advise sensible footwear and comfortable clothing.
 

It is important to always follow the course tutor’s instructions as protecting the health and safety of our staff and customer’s is a top priority.  We reserve the right to decline a booking or to ask a customer to leave a course, without reimbursement of the course fee, if we believe there may be any kind of risk to health and safety, including their own.
 

Please note that smoking is not permitted on site.
 

We reserve the right to substitute ingredients on a course when necessary.
 

Our Cookery School is situated above the Fennel Delicatessen in Wetherby.  We would advise on parking in either the free “Wilderness” car park situated by the bridge foot, near the river or the lorry park near to Marks and Spencers.

Cancellation and Course Transfers

Fennel Cookery School is not liable for any losses incurred if you have to cancel or transfer your booking for any reason.

We will, however make every endeavour to fill your place, but this is sometimes not possible on short notice.  We strongly advise that you take out insurance in case you are unable to attend your course.

Cancellations:

At least 14 days notice: A full refund less an administration fee of £10 per person.

Between 2 and 14 days: If we are able to fill your place we will be able to offer a full refund, less £10 administration fee per person.

If we are unable to fill your place, you will receive a 50% refund, minus a £10 administration fee per person.

Less than 48 hours notice: If we are able to fill your place we will be able to offer a full refund, less £10 administration fee per person.

If we are unable to fill your place, no refund will be offered.

Course Transfers:

At least 14 days notice: You will be able to be transferred but charged an administration fee of £10 per person.

Between 2 and 14 days: If we are able to fill your place, you will be transferred but charged an administration fee of £10 per person.

If we are unable to fill your place, you will be transferred but charged 50% of the cost of the course and an administration fee of £10 per person.

Less than 48 hours notice: If we are able to fill your place you will be transferred but charged an administration fee of £10 per person.

If we are unable to fill your place we will not be able to make a transfer or a refund. 

We reserve the right to cancel a course if circumstances dictate and if this occurs we will refund the cost of the course in full.