Will this year's Christmas cooking match your festive dreams?

'Chestnuts roasting, traditional Christmas cooking and Christmas carols...' We all know the Yuletide imagery by heart - and how the dream can easily be ruined by the anxiety and stress of seasonal catering.

 

Cooking Christmas dinner needn’t be a nightmare

Fortunately, cooking for Christmas needn’t be stressful, especially if you make this the year you learn top chefs’ secrets - and how to cook Christmas dinner the five-star hotel way. Getting these skills couldn’t be easier: when you attend our one-day Christmas cooking courses.

As Christmas approaches, we’ll help make Christmas the relaxing, memorable, occasion everyone expects. From delicious pre-lunch nibbles to perfect traditional turkey, we’ll show you stress-free ways to prepare delicious dishes such as these:

• Golden-glazed roast turkey
• Mouth-watering chestnut & cranberry stuffing roll
• Apricot & bacon sausages
• Irresistible Christmas pudding ice-cream

 

Christmas dinner needn’t be boring or predictable

If there’s proof that an easy Christmas dinner needn’t be boring or predictable, it’s the selection of seasonal dishes you’ll learn at The Gables - along with professional secrets for planning ahead, preparing in advance and even doing Christmas cookery ahead of time!

Whether it’s for you, a friend or a family member, a place on our Christmas cooking courses makes a memorable Christmas present too. Forget new socks or more bubble-bath - how about giving someone special the gift of spending less time in the kitchen and more as the life-and-soul of Christmas?

Change someone’s festive cooking for ever by booking now.

 

Christmas Cooking course programme

Each course runs from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., starting with morning coffee, festive mince pies and a briefing on the day’s menu. Next comes tuition on preparation and cooking of the day’s dishes, followed by hands-on cooking (and tasting) along the way.