Name: Fish & Shellfish Cookery
Brand: Ground Up Cookery School
Price: 170.00 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.00 (9 reviews)

Fish & Shellfish Cookery

£170.00

No technical knowledge is required, skilled and cautious cooks will both gain from this course.

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and confidence to cook a range of dishes using fish and shellfish. We will teach you how to fillet and prepare round fish like Mackerel or Sea Bass and flat fish such as Plaice or Brill. We will also show you how to prepare Mussels, Prawns and Crab before letting you create a range of dishes using those ingredients.

You will be guided into what to look for in terms of quality and seasonality when purchasing seafood and we will teach you how to utilise every product to the full by making bisque and stocks with the trimmings and shells.

Our style is professional but fun and open, we want you to leave us with a sense of pride in what you have produced. You be made to feel comfortable to ask any questions, there is no such thing as a silly question and if you feel you need to ask there is usually someone else in the room thinking the same thing!

The day will be full of top tips and chef’s secrets to give you confidence and make life in the kitchen a lot easier.

If this is a gift a physical voucher can be purchased for first class post here or second class post here.

If you are unavailable to attend listed dates and would like to be added to a waiting list for future events, please email us and we will let you know when new dates are added.

Schedule of the day

9:30	Arrival and introductions.
9:45	Filleting demo, round and flat fish, filleting, pin boning and skinning. Stock making.
10:15	Guests fillet their own fish and prepare them for cooking and make their own fish stock.
11:00	Demonstration
12:00	Lunch
12:30	Demonstrate preparation of brown crab and king prawns including making a bisque.
13:15	Demonstration
13:45	Guests return to their benches and make a range of dishes using the fish and shellfish they have prepped.
15:30	Guests sit down and share their creations.
16:00	Recap, questions and answers, depart until next time.

Sample dishes that guests may include:

Coconut crusted brill with Asian summer roll
Baked Plaice with Prawn Butter Sauce
Mussels with Cider and Fennel
Crab cakes with fermented wild garlic and smashed avocado mayo
Kerala crab curry,with Naan

Go home, confident and proud with the skills and experience to make dozens of different variants of these recipes from scratch using the principles and building blocks you have learnt today.

Please let us know about any dietary requirements when you book this course. We will aim to accommodate.

You never stop learning!

My husband and I attended the Fish & Shellfish course together in their new Chudliegh (Devon) Cookery School. The venue is Perfect and decorated/furnished to a very high standard and is the perfect well equipped venue.
The course is Brilliant! Colin is Very informative and easy to follow. He took us through every stage of preparing fish and shell fish. Demonstrated how to make fish stock and fish sauces and how to skin, fillet & cook fish & shell fish.
We were supplied with plenty of written information & recipes to take away and Colin even gave away a few Chef’s secret tips.
We left at the end of the day having shared a lovely meal made by us and our fellow students with feelings that we’d arrived as strangers and parted as Friends!
Can thoroughly recommend this course as it was a Joy and a lot of fun! We will be back.

Thank you for your lovely review, it was lovely to meet you and we look forward to seeing which course you choose next!

Excellent fish course

What a brilliant day I had on the fish course, very informative learnt a lot. Highly recommend as I now feel more confident to cook my own fish dishes. Colin was so helpful and nothing was to much trouble, great demonstrations, impressive facilities, come away feeling very inspired, much more than I expected.

Thank you for your review, we are so pleased that you had a good day. Hopefully we will see you again soon.

Super day of learning and tasting

I had a thoroughly enjoyable day at Ground Up doing the Fish & Shellfish class. Impressive facilities and Colin a knowledgeable and encouraging chef/teacher. I learned so much - the fish and crab stocks were a revelation. Great mix of demonstrations and practical with lots of tastings. I am inspired to try all the recipes at home, even having a go at curing. Way exceeded expectations.

Thank you for such a lovely review. We hope to see you again soon,

New possibilities with fish and seafood!

Such a fun filled, exciting day! It was packed with learning whilst still being delivered in a relaxing and informal style. Colin's knowledge is extensive, and his enthusiasm for sustainability is infectious. I was impressed that there were recipes and a document of helpful tips to take away, giving everyone the opportunity to recreate course recipes using the new and improved techniques we learnt. My expectations of the day were surpassed and I already can't wait to return!

Thank you so much for your kind review. We look forward to seeing you very soon!

Now feeling confident with Fish

Really enjoyed this course. Colin was great really knowledgeable and interesting. He had time for us all and plenty of patience! Course went through all the basic techniques you would need for fish & shellfish. Plus lots of great recipes. All set to cook some delicious recipes. Thank you

Thank you for taking the time to review. It was great to meet you.

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Excellent

Inspirational, will start looking for elderflowers and other edible plants to use in dishes

Thank you for your review, enjoy your new dishes and hopefully we will see you again soon.

A great day!

This day really exceeded our expectations. Colin was a great host - knowledgable and entertaining - and we learned so much on the walk, including that many of the plants we had considered as weeds in our gardens were in fact edible! We were then able to put this into practice in the practical cookery session, in which we received just the right amount of guidance to allow us to experiment but not go too far astray. The day then was then rounded off beautifully by enjoying a glass of wine and the fruits of our labours!
All really interesting and stimulating, and highly recommended.

Thank you, we are so glad that you got so much out of it. Keep foraging!

Great Course!

This was a really well run course, Colin was very knowledgeable and took the time to pass on this knowledge to us all walking us through the beautiful local countryside explaining the various do's and don'ts.
It was great to then spend the time turning the ingredients into food and lovely to sit and eat it together with all the other participants of the course.
The school is very well equipped, tastefully decorated and the contents of Colin's 'larder' provide an inspiration as to where your foraging journey might take you!
Thoroughly Recommended!

We are so pleased that you enjoyed it, hopefully we will see you again soon.

Brilliant 🤩🏆

Well, what an experience we had and Colin was such a hospitable host along with his knowledge and easy personable welcoming manner all the way through our fabulous alternative day. Also a big thank you to Tasha from booking a big surprise for my hubby Paul on the quiet 🤫 and assistance during the cooking process afternoon, along with your amazing polite son that cleared up after us all 👏🏻😊 Just also would like to thank Colin for the care and attention with his knowledge of Paul's knee condition walking for any assistance if required. Thank you so much and hopefully we will see you again ☺️

Thank you for your lovely feedback. We are look forward to seeing you again soon.

A wonderful fun informative evening

This needles and cones spotlight did not disappoint. It was on a lovely sunny day whi h made the dreamy location even more wonderful. I was greeted at the door by Colin who was very friendly and I met the other attendees and was offered a glass of wine to start the class off, i declined as i was driving but the sprice water and tea were super refreshing! The group was small which was great as you could ask as many questions as you wanted and see everything being demonstrated. The jars of ferments, preserves and concoctions were very inspiring, it was like a real treasure trove! The class itself was very informative and fun with lots of demonstrations, information and tastings too. I tried candied pinecones for the first time and the most incredible sherry vinegar!
The lemon posset was delicious and seeing the variety of savoury and sweet applications made me want to head straight to the woods and get picking spruce tips!
I will be looking out for the next spotlight series, such a great way to spend a Friday evening,learning about a new ingredient and being with passionate foodie people. Highly recommend.
Thank you.