Summer 2014
The classes in our programme are arranged in date order except for our Bread classes that are towards the end. Most
classes that are fully booked are not shown & additional dates for regular classes may be available on our website. All adult
hands on classes include lunch with wine. We look forward to welcoming you to the kitchen soon.
Barcelona’s Boquería with Jenny Chandler
A class inspired by one of the most famous markets in the World, Seafood is a particular speciality of the Boquería, so the
highlight of this class will be preparing a sarsuela seafood operetta accompanied by the Catalan flatbread, coca and
griddled vegetables with a romesco sauce. You’ll finish with a classic Braç de Gitano – a delicious roulade filled with crema
catalana. Friday 2nd May 10am £165
ONE – a cook & her cupboard with Florence Knight
Join Florence on this class based on her new book, One. Florence’s philosophy is that a dish should have one main ingredient
with a few supporting flavours. Any more and the dish becomes confused and overly elaborate. This is a wonderful
opportunity to draw inspiration from Florence’s imaginative and meticulous approach to food. Friday 2 May 10am £175
Pasta Making with Valentina Harris
Learn to make pasta from scratch and produce a variety of filled and not filled pasta dishes and sauces. Including the most
important sauce of all – basic tomato and garlic – from which all others are born. Saturday 3 May 10am £165
Classic Patisserie with Ghalid Assyb
Learn to create classics worthy of the finest French patisserie in this hands on class. Ghalid’s class includes a millefeuille,
passionfruit gateau and caramalised pear and chocolate delight. You will master a range of techniques from perfect puff
pastry and mousseline cream, to genoise sponge and mousse. Saturday 3 May 10am £165
Kerala – A land of Spices
In this class, you will be taken through a menu from the Southern Indian region of Kerala, the land of cardamom, ginger,
tamarind and peppers. Pickles, vegetable curries, aromatic fish baked in a banana leaf and a pineapple and coconut
pudding. Friday 9 May 10am £165
Stylish Indian Entertaining
Indian cuisine is popular the world over and nowadays every self-respecting cook treasures their rows of delicate herbs and
exotic spices that contain the secret to their aromatic masala pastes. In this hands on class, Monisha will show you how to
cook stylish dishes the authentic way. Saturday 17 May 10am £165
Four day baking, pastry and patisserie course
A fabulous four day course covering a host of baking ideas. Day 1 is Richard Bertinets signature bread making class. On day
2, Richard will teach you how to master pastry – both sweet and savoury. Day 3 covers croissant, pain au chocolat and
Danish pastries. On day 4, Ghalid Assyb will introduce you to some wonderful patisserie including millefeuille, opera cake and
chocolate and vanilla financier. Tuesday 20 May 10am £750
Cooking from the Mediterranean Market with Jenny Chandler
Jenny spent many years cooking for Italians on their yacht in the med, constantly gathering recipes en route. Jenny shares
her favourite dishes inspired by amazing produce and vibrant flavours including olives, almonds, lamb, peppers, lavender,
figs, basil and goats cheese. Friday 23 May 10am £165
Classic Patisserie with Ghalid Assyb
Learn to create classics worthy of the finest French patisserie in this hands on class. Ghalid’s class includes a millefeuille,
passionfruit gateau and a fraisier. You will master a range of techniques from perfect puff pastry and mousseline cream, to
genoise sponge and mousse. Friday 23 May 10am £165
Three day Showpiece Cakes and Decorating Masterclass with Elaine Noble
A series of three focused classes which will build your skill levels and leave you confident to produce beautiful and
professional cakes. Included in the price of the three days is a set of key tools: a set of icing bag and nozzles, fondant rolling
pin, set of modeling tools and cake smoother. Wednesday 28 May 10am £500
Valentine Warner – What to Eat Next
Valentine Warner is one of our favourite, long-standing guest chefs and we are delighted that he is coming back to teach
this class based on his fourth book, What to Eat Next. Under Val’s guidance you will master some of his favourite seasonal
recipes from the book and tuck into them for lunch with wine. Saturday 31 May 10am £185
Macaroons Masterclass with Ghalid Assyb
Master the art of macaroons in this one day, hands on class. Elegant macaroons are the height of fashion, and notoriously
tricky to make. Let patisserie expert Ghalid Assyb show you how to make macaroons to rival the chicest of Parisian creations.
Saturday 31 May 10am £165
The Complete Kitchen – Five day course
An inspirational week developing confidence in the kitchen. We teach you how to hone your knife skills, master essential
stocks and sauces, create fabulous pastry, learn the best way to cook fish and seafood and how to put it all together to
create unlimited menus for entertaining. Richard Bertinet teaches days 1,2 and 3. Jenny Chandler teaches days 4 and 5.
Monday 2 June to Friday 6 June inclusive 10am £850
12 St Andrew’s Terrace, Bath, BA1 2QR
Tel: 01225 445531
info@bertinet.com
www.bertinet.com
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Cheese Making Masterclass with Tom Calver
Join us for this hands on class and learn the secrets of making your own cheese at home. You will make fresh cheese which
you will enjoy over lunch and then progress to hard cheese. You will take the hard cheeses home to mature along with
detailed instructions from Tom on nurturing it until it’s ready to eat. Friday 6 June 10am £185
Sweet Doughs Baking class with Richard Bertinet
Richard has always included sweet doughs in his 5 day bread class but now they are featuring in their own one day class for
those who love baking and have a slightly sweeter tooth. Join Richard for a fun day learning how to make brioche,
doughnuts, Bath buns, fruited tea loaves and more. Thursday 12 June 10am £210
Everybody Everyday with Alex Mackay
Alex’s new book, Everybody Everyday, is aimed at inspiring all of us in the kitchen by mastering a few basic recipes and
constantly reinventing them so that they never grow tired. Take six basic ingredients, six sauces and six slow cooked meals
and then add endless twists so meals need never be boring again. Friday 13 June 10am £165
Italian Filled Breads & Pizza’s with Jenny Chandler
A fabulous bread class focusing on filled breads and pizza’s. Learn how to work the dough using Richard Bertinet’s
technique, then use the dough to create Genovese pesto and new potato Focaccia, mozzarella, pine nut and sunblush
tomato Stromboli, Spinach and Ricotta Calzone and a host of variations on Napoli Pizza. Friday 13 June 10am £165
Curries of The World
A wonderful class with Jenny Chandler. Starting from scratch you will learn how to create your own pastes and spice blends
and then go on to make a Thai green chicken curry with holy basil and peanuts, a Kashmiri lamb curry, a Goan fish curry and
a Trinidadian prawn roti. Together with loads of top tips on cooking perfect rice and flat breads made from scratch to
accompany your delicious curries. Friday 20 June 10am £165
Classic Italian Cooking – Tuscany and Umbria with Valentina Harris
Valentina Harris will show you a wonderful feast of Italian dishes from this region of Italy. Valentina is a much loved and noted
authority on Italian food and has written over 20 books on Italian cookery including the award winning Perfect Pasta. She
appears regularly on television and has had her own series on BBC called Italian Regional Cookery. In this class capture the
essence of classic Italian food with fresh, sun filled dishes from Tuscany and Umbria and the surrounding hills and valleys.
Saturday 21 June 10am £165
Croissant and Viennoiserie Masterclass with Richard Bertinet
Viennoiserie are some of the most satisfying things to create at home. Richard shows you how to make croissant, pain au
chocolat and Danish pastries in this extended masterclass. Friday 27 June 10am £210
Stylish Indian Entertaining
Join us in this hands on cookery class with Monisha Bharadwaj. Indian cuisine is popular the world over and nowadays every
self-respecting cook treasures their rows of delicate herbs and exotic spices that contain the secret to their aromatic masala
pastes. In this hands on class, Monisha shows you how to cook stylish dishes the authentic way. Saturday 28 June 10am £165
American Summer Entertaining with Jenny Chandler
Celebrate the 4th of July with a Summery prepare ahead menu, ideal for entertaining. Start with some simple summer
canapes, follow this with a fabulous seafood chowder, a smokey, sticky pork with all the trimmings, melt-in-your-mouth black
bean brownies and peachy iced tea. Friday 4 July 10am £165
Summer in Provence with Alex Mackay
This class celebrates the abundance of fresh fruit and veg found in Provencal markets. Think: peppers, tomatoes, olives,
rosemary, stonefruit, lemons and wonderful seafood from the coast. Alex Mackay ran renowned cookery school Le Baou
D'Infer in Provence and has a host of wonderful classic Provencal recipes to inspire you including: Tarte Fine aux Tomatoes,
Cuisses de Poulet braisees au vin rouge and Millefeuilles aux fraises a la creme de citron. Saturday 12 July 2014 £165
Sear Sizzle & Smoke!
Start with some butchery to get your cuts ready to cook, then move on to rubs and marinades to add flavour and spice.
Finally we turn our attention to smoking and other methods to give you perfect results everytime, whether cooking indoors or
out. Dishes include Butterfly leg of lamb with a Southern Spanish spice rub, Deep South honey charred pork fillets, Greek style
chicken with oregano and lemon, Catalan Charred vegetables and Maple Hot Smoked Salmon. Saturday 12 July 2014
Two Day foundation course
2 days of intensive tuition taking essential kitchen skills to the next level. Whether you are a beginner or a confident home
cook, this course will equip you with the skills that professional chefs consider essential and which will make the world of
difference to your cooking. Thursday 17 July 2014 £325
Scandinavian Summer Feasting with Signe Johansen
Midsummer is a big deal in Scandinavia - as important as Christmas - and entertaining at this time of year makes the most of
fresh foods foraged from the wild. Think big platters of cured fish and game, colourful seasonal salads and puddings, which
showcase the Nordic love of summer berries. And a class with Signe usually includes some scrumptious Scandi baking to
snack on too! Saturday 19 July 10am £165
12 St Andrew’s Terrace, Bath, BA1 2QR
Tel: 01225 445531
info@bertinet.com
www.bertinet.com
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Two Day Bread Making Weekend with Richard Bertinet
On day 1 you will learn all about Richard's techniques. Whether you are new to bread making, new to his techniques or even
if you have been working from the books for some time there is plenty to learn. Lots of individual attention and all of it good
fun! By the end of the day you will have created fougasse, bread sticks, focaccia, tin loaves and prepared a flamiche for
lunch.
On day 2 you will take everything you have learned on day one, and start to master the very tricky techniques of moulding
and strengthening the dough. This takes practice and is something Richard regularly reinforces with our own team of
bakers. You will also start to learn how to use a lame correctly and how to bake with steam. Saturday 19 July 10am £400
Five Day Patisserie Masterclass with Yolande Stanley
A series of five focused masterclasses to build your skill levels and which will leave you confident to produce beautifully
presented set piece desserts or gateaux.
Day 1 - Sugar. Learn how to work with sugar in a variety of ways including producing a sugar-based sweetmeat.
Day 2 - Chocolate. Learn how to work with chocolate to make moulded chocolates with a ganache filling. The class covers
tempering couverture, techniques for coating the moulds and producing cut-out pieces/moulded pieces.
Day 3 - Petits Fours. Yolande will show you how to create a range a beautiful and impressive petits fours.
Day 4 - Plated Desserts. Bringing together many of the skills learnt in the first classes, Yolande will help you to create a
beautiful plated dessert using a range of techniques, such as a hot souffle, an ice, a fruit compote/beignet and coulis.
Day 5 - Entremet. Learn how to prepare a chocolate entremet (or layered gateaux) including various layers of inserts: a
chocolate mousse, a jelly and brulee, a biscuit or sponge layer topped with a glossy glaze and fine decoration.
Monday 21 July £925
Family Bread Making with Jenny Chandler
We know that some of you would love to get your kids into the kitchen, so why not use the summer break as the perfect time
to come and try breadmaking! Based on Richard's award winning book DOUGH, learn how to make and work the dough to
create a range of breads from two simple doughs in this hands on family bread making class.
Friday 8 August, price for one adult and one junior £190
Patisserie Maison with Richard Bertinet
Following the eagerly awaited publication of his fourth book in August, Patisserie Maison, Richard Bertinet will take you
through some delights from the world of patisserie. Recreate his stunning Charlotte aux Pommes, a classic black forest
gateau and nougat glacè in this hands on patisserie masterclass. Friday 5 September 10am £210
A Weekend of Italian Feasting with Valentina Harris
Indulge in two days of hands on cooking with noted authority on Italian Food, Valentina Harris. Day 1 will focus on making
fresh pasta and you will start to put together the elements of a spectacular Timballo di Pasta (pasta pie). There will still be
time to create a range of classic Italian dishes to enjoy for lunch on the first day with a glass of wine. Day 2 will be spent
assembling your Timballo di Pasta, which will be the centerpiece of your Italian feast. While it bakes you will make a range of
classic antipasti and dolci to accompany it. Lunch on Day 2 will be a suitably festive celebration of all you have learned over
the weekend. This will be a really Italian experience, all working together to create the huge Timballo and learning the
secrets of great Italian food in a convivial atmosphere. Saturday 13 September 10am £310
Asian Flavours two day course with Bernie Plaisted
This 2 day course covers Thai cooking and Vietnamese streetfood to give you a thorough grounding in combining the hot,
sour, sweet and salty flavours of these complex Asian cuisines. Friday 19 September 10am £290
Four day Baking, Pastry and Patisserie course
A fabulous four day course covering a host of baking ideas. Day one is Richard Bertinets signature bread making class. On
day two, Richard will teach you how to master pastry – both sweet and savoury. Day three covers croissant, pain au
chocolat and Danish pastries. On day four, Ghalid Assyb will introduce you to some wonderful patisserie including millefeuille,
opera cake and chocolate and vanilla financier. Tuesday 23 September 10am £750
Classic Patisserie with Ghalid Assyb
Learn to create classics worthy of the finest French patisserie in this hands on class. Ghalid’s class includes a millefeuille,
chocolate financier, charlotte aux framboises and passionfruit gateau. Each of these requires you to master techniques
ranging from perfect puff pastry and mousseline cream to genoise sponge or biscuits a la cuillere. Then you will use these
ingredients to assemble a creation, which tastes as stunning as it looks. Friday 26 September 10am £165
A Michellin Starred Masterclass with Josh Eggleton of The pony and Trap
We are very excited to welcome local chef Josh Eggleton to the kitchen, hot on the heels of his appearance on BBC Two’s
The Great British Menu, as one of the three chefs representing the South West. The class will include highlights of his D Day
menu and plenty of tips and techniques to help you elevate your food to a Michelin starred standard of excellence.
Saturday 27 September 10am £210
12 St Andrew’s Terrace, Bath, BA1 2QR
Tel: 01225 445531
info@bertinet.com
www.bertinet.com
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CLASSES FOR KIDS
All of our Kids classes run from either 10.00am to 12.00pm or 2pm to 4pm and are divided into groups by age. Suitable for
ages 8 – 15, please let us know the age of your child(ren) at time of booking.
Italian
Prepare wonderful Italian dishes using the freshest new season's ingredients in this hands on workshop.
27 May 10am £35
Macaroons
This is one of our most popular adult classes so we thought we would let the kids have a go at these fashionable and jewel
like treats.
27 May 2pm £35
BREADMAKING CLASSES
Introduction to Bread Making - Based on Richard’s award-winning book, ’Dough’, learn how to make and ”work” the dough
to create a range of breads from two simple doughs. 10am start. Contact us for waiting list places.
With Richard Bertinet - £210
Saturday 10 May
Tuesday 20 May
Friday 20 June 2014
Saturday 30 August 2014
Saturday 6 September
With Jenny Chandler - £165
Saturday 17 May 2014
Saturday 21 June 2014
Advanced classes
All participants must have completed An Introduction to Bread making prior to booking for any of our advanced classes
(French breads; Italian breads; Dark & Sweet (£200 per day) or Slowdoughs & Sourdoughs (£380 for 2 days). Dates of courses
appear below but individual classes are also available. Please contact us.
3 day course
5 day course
Introduction to Bread, French Breads & Italian Breads
Commencing 30 June 2014, 1 September 2014
£580
Introduction to Bread, French Breads, Italian Breads, Slowdoughs & Sourdoughs
Commencing 28 July 2014, 13 October 2014
£925
Booking & cancellation policy
Any dishes listed in class descriptions are only a guide to course content. Amendments may be made at our discretion. Bookings are made on a first come, first served basis on
receipt of full payment. We regret that no refunds will be given. We strongly advise customers to take out insurance in the event that they are prevented from attending the
class due to illness, adverse weather conditions or other unavoidable circumstances. Amendments to bookings may be made up to 28 days prior to the date of the class. If you
find you are unable to attend a class less than 28 days before the date of the class you are welcome to send someone else in your place. These rules apply equally to gift
voucher bookings. In the unfortunate and unlikely event that a class has to be cancelled we will always try and give you as much notice as we reasonably can and you will be
offered the choice of an alternative class or a full refund. We will not be liable for any other costs or expenses that you may incur.
Gift vouchers available
12 St Andrew’s Terrace, Bath, BA1 2QR
Tel: 01225 445531
info@bertinet.com
www.bertinet.com
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