Christmas: Food Masterclasses
Entry to the Food Masterclass Theatre is included in your ticket price. Book your place on arrival at Foodies Festival. Places are available on a 'first come, first served' basis.
Timetable
Friday 3rd December
13.30 Oyster shucking with Caledonian Oysters
14.30 Champagne and canapés
15.30 Sensational sausages with Puddledub Farm
16.30 Cheese tasting with SS Antissima
Saturday 4th December
12.30 Chocolate Tasting with Coco Chocolate
13.30 Christmas cupcakes with Top Tier Cakes
14.30 Oyster shucking with Caledonian Oysters
15.30 Sensational sausages with Puddledub Farm
16.30 Christmas cupcakes with Top Tier Cakes
Sunday 5th December
11.30 Chocolate Tasting with Coco Chocolate
12.30 Chocolate Tasting with Miss Coco
13.30 Oyster shucking with Caledonian Oysters
14.30 Cooking with Kids with Cookingmania
15.30 Sensational sausages with Puddledub Farm
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Cookingmania
www.cookingmania.co.uk
Budding young chefs can cook up a storm with Cookingmania – Scotland’s only cookery school for kids. During the masterclass the young chefs and their families will learn how to create festive treats that they can easily recreate at home during the Christmas period.
Champagne and canapés
www.horseshoeinn.co.uk
Learn how to make stylish canapés to impress your party guests with top chef Patrick Bardoulet of the Horseshoe Inn, who will be joined by Lance Sharpus-Jones of Inverarity Vaults. Lance will help you to select the right champagnes to complement your hors d’oeuvrves. Participants will be invited to taste the treats during the class and buy signed copies of Patrick’s new book.
Christmas cupcakes
www.toptiercakes.com
Celebrate the Sex and the City cupcake phenomenon with expert baker Evelyn Hogarth. She will be demonstrating how to achieve her magical, tasty creations using an Alladin’s cave of decorations and trinkets, all on sale at her stand, including wafer roses, stars, hearts, sprinkles and lots of lovely glitter.
Caledonian oysters
www.caledonianoyster.co.uk
Meet oyster experts Hugo and Judith Vajk, who have been farming oysters for more than twenty years. After freshly shucking the oysters, Judith will offer some recipe ideas and advice, including a special one for Christmas.
Sensational sausages
www.puddledub.co.uk
Meet passionate farmer Pete Mitchell of Puddledub, who will teach participants about the variety of sausages and how they come up with the unusual unique flavours. Audience members are invited to take part in blind taste-test sampling a selection of their divine products.
Scottish mozzarella
www.ssantissima.co.uk
Taste traditional crafted southern Italian mozzarella made from the green pastures of Scotland, which Edinburgh’s finest Italian restaurants and bistros use as a staple ingredient including Urban Angel, Massimo Restaurant and Naked Takeaway.
Chocolate Heaven
shop.misscoco.co.uk
Experience the sensational chocolates that look as good as they taste. Meet Miss Coco (AKA Sarah Finlay) who has combined her passion for chocolate with her love of all things glamorous to bring a little bling to the lives of anyone who is lucky enough to enjoy her fabulous creations.
Coco Chocolate
www.cocochocolate.co.uk
Have an exclusive opportunity to sample Coco’s delicious Christmas range, including many brand new delights. Coco specialises in Fine Organic Chocolate. Coco only sells 'real chocolate'; that is chocolate with high cocoa content and all of the expensive & delicious cocoa butter.
