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Food Sorcery

Food Sorcery

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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Now with two venues in Manchester and Didsbury. Fun filled, hands-on cookery classes, team building, kids & family classes, foodie events all led by our expert chef. From novice to gourmand you'll find a class to suit you. A fresh take on dining out, our cooking together Friday nights get you and your friend or partner creating a restaurant inspired meal. Book online now.
Duration: More than 3 hours
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  • Abi
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Cooking Together- Thai Experience
    Such a great experience.. I booked the Cooking Together- Thai Experience for my Mum’s Christmas present and she absolutely loved it. The staff and chef were all so helpful and knowledgeable, which just made you feel really relaxed. We even got to take some of our leftovers home. I’d definitely recommend this experience to friends and family.
    We are so pleased you enjoyed the class, Chef Chorchaba loves to pass on her cookery knowledge, we hope you enjoy making the dishes again.
    Written 15 October 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 20 January 2024
  • Danny A
    Ripon, United Kingdom13 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing day out
    What an amazing chef and made the day fun and inspirational. The event was held in a relaxing setting, with a warm welcome. I will return guys. Thank you so much in enhancing my limited cooking skills. Big respect Kevin.
    We are looking forward to seeing you again at the cookery school, we appreciate you writing a review and are really pleased you enjoyed the event. Thanks Helen
    Written 12 February 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled solo
    Written 12 February 2024
  • catherine m
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great Experience at Food Sorcery
    A brilliant and tasty event with Food Sorcery at Deansgate Square. The team made the booking process really easy and worked out a format that suited our high numbers and specific requirements. The team on the night were very attentive and knowledgeable, managing the event seamlessly whilst creating a fun and friendly atmosphere. Participants clearly enjoyed the experience, many had little or no cooking experience and they were all delighted to leave the event with their delicious creations. We would book again and are already thinking about the next event with Food Sorcery.
    We love delivering exceptional team building events which are bespoke to each company. We are thrilled you enjoyed the event and hope to see you again soon.
    Written 3 July 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled on business
    Written 14 February 2024
  • Adventure60976337232
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Tapas class
    Lovely experience. The staff were really friendly and helpful. The drink as we arrived was lovely and not having to shop or wash up made it a winner. The demos were clear, then we cooked and ate. Would definitely recommend it and am already looking to book a different class.
    We are so pleased you enjoyed your experience with us at Food Sorcery and we delivered a class that was clear and delicious. Hope to see you again soon.
    Written 3 July 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited March 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 25 March 2024
  • Cath B
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Cooking together
    Our class was at the Deansgate location. Greeted by friendly staff and a drink. We weren't drinking so they made us a cup of tea!. That set the tone for a great evening. We managed to produce a lovely meal under Chef's guidance, with very clear instructions. A really good atmosphere and good results. Helpful staff; nice location ; all made for a great evening. Cath and Ingrid.
    Cooking Together experiences are a way to have a lovely sociable evening whilst learning a new skill, we are so pleased you enjoyed the event. Hope to see you again, thank you for taking the time to write a review.
    Written 3 July 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited March 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 1 April 2024
  • El clo O
    8 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Brilliant evening
    Went to the Deangate venue for sushi and gyoza making with my daughter. We spend a fortune on sushi so thought if we could learn how to make our own it would be a good idea. The venue was easy to get to - just a few minutes walk from the tram. We were welcomed with a complementary drink of our choice. Jan our chef for the evening was brilliant. So knowledgeable and clearly knew what he was doing. He showed us lots of little tips and tricks to enable us to make fantastic food. He also told us the best places to buy the ingredients. We ate some of our food on the night (it was hard not to eat the lot because it was so good) and then the team gave us containers so we could take the rest home. We both had a thoroughly enjoyable evening and would highly recommend this class to any sushi fans. Thanks to Jan and the team for a great evening.
    Our Deansgate Square venue opened in November 2022 and our most popular classes have been sushi making, our chefs are highly skilled at making and teaching tips and tricks to make exquisite sushi and gyoza. We are thrilled you enjoyed your class and hope you have enjoyed rolling sushi again at home. Thanks for taking the time to write a review.
    Written 3 July 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 14 April 2024
  • Cagsmacca
    4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    An unexpected great night out
    We didn’t know what to expect and we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived. The team were lovely, very welcoming. We were with another 4 couples and we bonded over our complimentary drink. The chief was great, made everything easy to follow and walked round giving words of encouragement and hints & tips on getting the best from your dish. 2 great recipes that we can’t wait to try at home. Highly recommend
    Cooking together experiences are a sociable and fun evening out, it's always lovely to meet like minded people and we are so happy your enjoyed the class. We hope you enjoy making the dishes again.
    Written 3 July 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 20 April 2024
  • Julie D
    Bury, United Kingdom29 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Birthday treat
    We went to the Deansgate venue. Warm welcome by the host and friendly staff upon arrival. Complimentary drink of your choice along with a canapé. Bar if you wanted to purchase more drinks during the evening. We watched the Chef prepare and cook. Chef was very knowledgeable, clear precise and entertaining, gave us lots of tips. We then returned to our cooking stations and attempted to make the dishes. Chef was on hand at all times to give advice or help out if you couldn’t remember what came next. We all sat at the table with the dishes that we had cooked, nice way of getting us all to socialise. Think there were 10 couples so 20 of us which was just a nice number. The staff cleared up which was great. No washing up. Very relaxed evening. Definitely go again. Highly recommended 10/10 Recipes are emailed to you afterwards.
    What a brilliant summary of your cooking together experience, we are so pleased you enjoyed the event and appreciate you taking the time to write a review. Cookery Class vouchers are a great gift, one that keeps on giving, hope you enjoy making the dishes again.
    Written 3 July 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 13 May 2024
  • Ellie C
    Manchester, United Kingdom26 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fantastic experience
    Absolutely brilliant pasta making course. Loved how much pasta making and additional cookery was involved. The small group size meant you got to ask questions and learn a lot. We loved it and have booked two future classes. Fantastic, thank you!
    Salvatore is an amazing teacher, so patient and knowledgeable about all things Italian, we are thrilled you enjoyed your cookery class and hope to see you again soon. Thanks for taking the time to write a review.
    Written 3 July 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited June 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 27 June 2024
  • Trip66508779812
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A great experience
    Attended the Mexican cooking together class at the Deansgate venue, location is easily accessible from the train station. A warm welcome awaited with a complimentary drink and canapé. the chef demonstrated the dish then we replicated it ourself at our dedicated workstation. All the ingredients and cooking equipment was laid out so made things really easy. Plenty of food with the 3 course menu, we were stuffed by the end and were even given a take home container for the left overs. A bar was available for more drinks, plenty of choice and selection. The team were really welcoming, I will certainly be returning to try another class. Thank you for an enjoyable night.
    We have passed your wonderful comments onto the staff and chef, we aer really pleased you enjoyed your experience at the cookery school, we hope you love making the dishes again. Hope to see you again soon.
    Written 15 October 2024
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 22 July 2024
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sarahhub
Manchester, UK6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020 • Couples
What a wonderful place! As soon as we walked through the doors, the Ford Sorcery family were super warm and welcoming. The venue had taken extra precautionary steps to make sure our cooking class was COVID-friendly and I must say the few hours we were there felt like a safe little haven away from the madness.

Lisa and Jason were both super friendly and made the whole experience memorable. We did the Pasta Class and came away with new skills and full bellies! We even got to bring the pasta we made home with us so we could share our new found talent with our family.

We would without a doubt recommend the classes to anyone looking to brush up on their culinary skills in a friendly, welcoming environment. See you guys soon for another class!
Written 10 July 2020
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Great review, thank you! Look forward to seeing you again and pleased you enjoyed the pasta class!
Written 14 August 2020
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olis783
Glasgow, UK4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020
Really enjoyable local cooking experience - very knowledgeable and interested staff who inspired confidence in our ability. Nothing was too much. Have definitely come away inspired to try these recipes again.
Written 16 August 2020
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Thanks for joining us and leaving a review. Looking forward to seeing you again.
Written 26 August 2020
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Susan R
Manchester,UK70 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022
I went to the evening Indian cookery class with my husband but as I am not a confident cook I thought I might be a bit out of my depth. However,it was a really enjoyable evening. Sobia was an excellent teacher, she showed us how to make a lovely, refreshing chickpea salad which we then ate with our drinks whilst she showed us how to make perfect pilau rice. Then we all went to our benches to cook it ourselves. This was followed by her showing us how to make butter chicken which we agin cooked from scratch.Sobia was on hand the whole time to help us out & offer advice and it was a great experience aimed at a just the right level for experienced and less experienced cooks. We were also shown how to make chapatis. At the end we all sat down together to eat the food we’d cooked which was delicious with enough to take away (helpfully containers were provided). The food sorcery staff and kitchen elves were really attentive and I would definitely recommend the experience.
Written 8 February 2022
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Thank you so much for leaving us a review, it's great for other guests to know what to expect at a cookery class. Sobia loves to share her knowledge of Indian & Pakistani cuisine and clearly hit the mark with her class. Our staff love to delight guests with making all cookery classes a pleasant and fun event, we pride ourselves on making sure everyone has what they need to enjoy the class they are booked onto. We hope you enjoy making your dishes again and we'd love to see you back at Food Sorcery cookery school in the future Thanks Helen
Written 13 February 2022
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hawkatron
Manchester, UK6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Family
Last night we had an amazing evening with Jason and Lisa learning how to cook gyoza and ramen noodles! It was perfectly pitched for our nine and ten year olds (as well as their kitchenphobic father). Amazing tastes and textures, learning knife skills and different flavours.. really well led and organised, leaving everyone feeling safely socially distanced while still feeling part of a class. Thank you all so much!
Written 25 August 2020
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Thanks for coming and leaving a review. Pleased you all enjoyed the class and look forward to seeing you all again! The new 90 minute cookery class and meal events have been really popular.
Written 26 August 2020
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Oldhamguy
Manchester, UK18 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Friends
Went to the Asian for cookery course as it was a gift from my friend (who came with me). From the minute we arrived we were made to feel welcome and our host, Lisa offered us our welcome drink and made introductions.

Yan the chef then explained the format and we sat at the counter stools and watched a demo of the starter, which was Thai fish cakes. All the prep had been done for us to help us get the most out of the evening, so he had precooked the sweet potatoes which meant we weren’t sat around just waiting for things like that to cook.

We then wen to put workstations and followed the demo we’d seen and created our own starter.

We were then able to eat our starter back at the counter and or take some home with us. They do suggest bringing an apron and your own Tupperware which was a good call as you are able to cook plenty.

Next we were demo’d the main course which was an Asian flavoured chicken en papiot (if that’s how you spell it). This was a great dish and we were also advised of other dishes that could be cooked using this method. Yan was really friendly, easy going and made it a very pleasurable evening.

I would definitely book another course with food sorcery and can’t wait to visit again.
Written 19 February 2020
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Thanks for taking the time to write a review, we are really pleased you enjoyed the class, Chef Jan is amazing with flavours and really cares about passing on his knowlege to the guests. We hope you get some good results when you cook the dishes again - see you at the cookery school soon! Thanks Helen
Written 21 February 2020
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Tony
Stockport, UK11 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • Business
I took my team of 12 to FS in December to avoid the usual melee at Christmas and we had a brilliant night. We were so well looked after by the whole team who were great fun. We had selected a tasting menu in advance together with a number of excellent complementary wines selected by Mark the event planning director. There were a few unusual dietary requirements all of which were accommodated without fuss. We enjoyed having a go at a starter expertly demonstrated by Jason while amusing us with some anecdotes and tips. Lisa and Sarah kept the wine flowing and us on track, most of the time, with the food preparation. We then settled down to an excellent tasting menu and finished with a superb cheese board which we felt would best be accompanied by a rendition of bohemian rhapsody, for some reason, but it felt right at the time. I’d arranged individual aprons for us all which was a nice touch suggested by Mark. Thoroughly recommend this for a group of colleagues or friends. Brilliant fun and final thanks to Reuben for clearing all our mess and dishes away!
Written 28 January 2020
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Thanks for spending the time on a review Tony! Your team were great fun and I think Sarah enjoyed the singalong as much as the guests! A pleasure to plan the event for you!
Written 29 January 2020
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Dylan H
England, UK1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Family
This was an absolutely excellent trip for anyone. It was really enjoyable and you will get to learn something new about cooking. There are many different courses you can do cycling through lots of cuisines. You can also bring children to the Big and Little cooks or they even have holiday camps on. All the staff are lovely, they made us feel comfortable and safe. I would 100% definitely recommend this for anyone even if they don't really like cooking. Amazing thank you Food Sorcery for the most amazing experience I will definitely be visiting here again and I hope you do to.
Written 13 February 2020
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Thank you for leaving a lovely review and we look forward to seeing you again.
Written 14 February 2020
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Di1di
Lancashire, UK103 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022 • Couples
This was one of my husband's 75th birthday presents and it couldnt have been a better one. The age range of our fellow chefs were from 14 to 75! We were given a warm welcome and enjoyed the complimentary drinks and nibbles. The Thai chef was entertaining and very competent. Everything was ready for us, she demonstrated a course at a time and then we ate I our food with the other attendees. The chef was always on hand if needed. We noticed that some of the class were less competent than others, but that didn't matter as the chef was always available.
We thougherly enjoyed the whole evening and would strongly recommend it to others.
Written 13 October 2022
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Chef Chorchaba loves teaching people to cook the cuisines of her childhood in Thailand, she enjoys meeting all the guest and loves it when they celebrate birthdays, thank you for taking the time to write a review of the cookery school.
Written 10 January 2023
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JOHN H
Manchester, UK14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021
I attended the Thai cookery class. It was absolutely fantastic. the chef Chorchaba was really professional, explaining the ingredients, where to source them and how to use them. there was eight people in the class and we all thoroughly enjoyed the evening. The food was so good, don't forget to take containers to bring the leftovers home!
Written 27 November 2021
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review, our Thai cookery classes have been really popular with guests and Chorchaba loves to delight with her knowledge of ingredients. There is always plenty of food to eat and to take home, it's always lovely to taste the dishes again. Hope to see you at the cookery school again soon Thanks Helen
Written 31 January 2022
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Liam A
Manchester, UK2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
We both had an excellent time here, it was exactly they kind of thing I was hoping it would be. The staff were attentive, engaging and hilarious; I especially loved the chef's numerous anecdotes and stories from his travels and time working all around the world.

We were given help and tips during the cooking itself, but also given plenty of room to crack on with things which i really appreciated. Our food turned out delicious so something must have gone right!

I'm already looking to go back again for a different course but I highly recommend the Thai class. A really fun evening.
Written 18 February 2020
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Thanks KingJimmy, kind of you to leave a review. Looking forward to seeing you again soon!
Written 19 February 2020
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