Catalan Cooking Classes
Rachel McCormack is originally from Scotland but spent most of her twenties living in Spain, mostly Barcelona. While she was there she caught the Catalan obsession with food and learned how to cook from eating in restaurants, talking to women in the markets, watching her friends fight over which was the correct recipe from a certain village and also watching their Mothers in their kitchens
In the classes at Bea’s of Bloomsbury Rachel tries to re-create the kind of meal that she has at her friends’ houses in Barcelona and other parts of Catalonia. It’s an informal gathering where you eat good ham, cheese and olives while everyone helps to prepare food and has a big discussion about the provenance of the food that is being made as well how to solve all the world’s problems. In the class solving the world’s problems is optional.
The classes will concentrate on a different theme depending on
the season and the produce available.
The maximum size of the class is 8 so it is a real interactive class with everyone making and everyone helping. We eat the aperativos while we do the rest of the cooking and then we sit down together and eat the other two courses and share the Catalan wine.
At the end of the class you will have eaten a lot of good food learned about what you are making and will have taken away a lot of ideas that you can then easily replicate at meals for friends and families.
Please come in comfortable clothing and shoes, with your hair tied back if necessary . Aprons etc will be provided.
The class starts at 6.30 for 7pm prompt start and costs £60 for the tuition, food and wine.
Please contact Bea’s to book on contact@beasofbloomsbury
The class info is here
Can vouch for the total deliciousness of Rachel’s cooking, the squid fideua I tried was fantastic
Good luck with the classes!
Well done and congrats for starting the classes! Join the club of cookery teachers!
Would it be possible to find out what is being covered in ALL of the classes, not just the first one, please. Thx
Thanks for the good wishes Sig and Elisavet.
Caroline: It depends on the month and what produce is available. Anothee class we’ll probably do escalivada and maybe octopus. Another one meat with samfaina. If I can source some good salt cod we’ll do bacalla a llauna and a la mel. We’ll definitely do a class with rice – either arros negre or arros amb peus de porc. It all depends on what it’s season and what’s available. I would love to be able to get calcots early 2011 and do a full calcotada with escudella and the works.
Is there anything in particular you’d like to do?
I had a blast at the inaugural class a few weeks ago – plenty of photos at my blog here: http://www.kaveyeats.com/2010/05/catalan-cooking-class.html
Can thoroughly recommend this!
Nice blog and great idea Rachel!
Rachel well done cannot wait to come to one if you will have me !
Anytime you want Dino. I would love to have you.
I lived in London for 3 years and never heard of this. Now, I am back home in Catalunya. Too late, man!
Nice blog and nice work Rachel!
Bon dia Rachel!
He trobat el teu blog de quasualitat i m’ha sorprès molt! Me’l guardo i et seguirè, perque m’ha agradat molt.
Hi Rachel!
I’ve found your blog and I’m very suprise! I save it and I follow you, because I liked it very much.
(sorry for my english is not very good)