If you thought Turkish food was all about greasy, reformed kebabs, think again. I have to admit, up until recently, I probably would’ve agreed with you. Having never been to Turkey myself, my only experience of the cuisine up until now has come from very occasional early morning visits to the dodgy kebab shops that […] Read more…
Cookery classes
How To Make Samosas: A Class At Chai Street, Cardiff Bay
I’m a big Eastenders fan, but I’ve never had it down as the kind of programme that would leave me drowning in my own drool. Until recently, that is, when Masood Ahmed became caught up in an offbeat samosa storyline that saw him learning how to make samosas using his aunt Mariam’s recipe, and selling […] Read more…
A Cookery Class with Chef Stephen Gomes of Moksh, Cardiff
It’s not every day you get to enjoy a cookery lesson from an award-winning double AA Rosette chef – let alone the best Asian chef in the UK – but last weekend, I was able to do just that when I was invited to a cookery class with Chef Stephen Gomes of highly acclaimed Indian […] Read more…
WIN! A Street Food class for two with L’atelier des Chefs
The Rare Welsh Bit has teamed up with the UK’s most popular cookery school, L’atelier des Chefs to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a street food cookery class for two! Self-proclaimed as London’s ‘ultimate cook & dine experience’, L’atelier des Chefs has two branches in the capital, in Oxford Circus and in […] Read more…
WIN! An exclusive cookery lesson with Spanish chef, Omar Allibhoy
***CLOSED – WINNER IS CHRISTINE ANDREWS*** Olive it! is giving one lucky winner the chance to bag two places on an exclusive culinary masterclass with celebrated Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy. Hailed by Gordon Ramsay as the “Antonio Banderas of cooking”, he will host an exclusive hands-on cookery tuition session teaching a variety of tapas inspired […] Read more…