Latest General News

Event Catering

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Love Food Hate Waste Roadshow

We can now offer indoor or outdoor event catering. We have run these events with Oxfordshire Waste Partnership, Love Food Hate Waste, Dorchester Carbon Trust and many others.

We can supply all the catering equipment and staff to make your event go smoothly. Whether you need a dinner party, birthday party, christening, wedding or corporate event we can help.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, cooking up a treat!

Free Grow Your Own Food Guide

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Grow Your Own Food Guide

A FREE guide to help you get the best from food and reduce the impact on our environment. This colourful, handy booklet is crammed with tips and advice on:

  • Growing your own tasty fruit and vegetables
  • Eating with the seasons
  • Reducing waste
  • Buying locally produced food
  • Foraging for wild food in the hedgerows and woods
  • Joining local community food growing projects.

Plus mouth-watering recipes from Charlie Dimmock,
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
and Julia Bradbury.

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

DofE Cookery Course

We have been amazed at the number of young people choosing to do Cookery as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award.

We are now fully booked on our courses going into the summer and will be opening up new dates to cope with the rush.

It’s great to see young people making an effort to do something constructive with their time, instead of sitting in-front of a computer game!

If you know any young people aged between 14 - 24 that may be interested in learning new skills, you can check out their website here.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, helping promote healthy eating.

School Cookery

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Lamb Kebab

Entering into our last week with schools before the Summer Holidays, we have been cooking Lamb & Halloumi Kebabs with a Tzatziki followed by Home-Made Vanilla Ice Cream.

They loved it! We look forward to the new term in September.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, helping children develop their potential.

Off To University Courses

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Off To University

Many school leavers will be heading off to University soon, that alone is a daunting thought, but can they actually cook and feed themselves properly?

Our Off To Uni Courses, teach all the skills they will need to make healthy and nutritious choices whilst cooking on a budget.

These courses are available as a one off 2.5 hour session or a series of 4 sessions, there’s something to suit every budget and taste!

Pudding Pie Cookery School, offering a helping hand to students.

Fast Food! This certainly is ….

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Rather large BBQ

We run a very popular BBQ course but even we cannot compete with this set up.

Of course it is in America where they take it far more seriously than we do. With an engine that size I bet they can cook their burgers quickly !

But that aside what a BBQ it is.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, keeping cookery fun.

New Adult Course Dates

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Adults Courses

As promised we have just announced our Adult Course dates through to the end of the year.

There is a massive choice of courses on offer and as we get closer to the Christmas period we will be announcing some edible gift and festive cookery courses.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, keeping cookery interesting.

July Newsletter

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

July Newsletter

Check out our July 2010 Newsletter here

We have just also launched our latest Adult Cookery Courses and the next Children’s school holiday courses.

Book 3 or more and get a discount, check the Course pages for details.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, keeping cookery fun.

Hairy Bikers Need You!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Hairy Bikers

Are you Britain’s best cooking family?  If so, the Hairy Bikers want YOU to take part in a new TV contest.

Any relations welcome – for example, cousins, daughters, uncles, in-laws.

“We are looking for families who have a genuine passion for food
and are able to demonstrate a signature dish that shows your ability and unique cooking style.  This is a contest for amateurs”.

Each team must consist of 3 people: either 3 adults, or 2 adults and one child (the child must be over 12 years). A maximum of one child per family may take part.

For an application form e-mail:
hairybikersfamilyfood@bbc.co.uk

or apply on-line www.bbc.co.uk/beonashow

New Course Dates!

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Pudding Pie

We are aware that we only have Adult course dates posted until the end of July, we apologise for this, we’ve no excuse except we’ve been very busy. We will try and get dates posted for the rest of the year by next week. Thanks.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, helping people realise their potential.

Farm Day

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Open Farm Sunday

Hill Farm ‘Open Farm Sunday‘ is a fantastic opportunity for everyone, young and old, to enjoy the countryside. Take time to listen to the birds, soak up the scenery, experience the smells of the farmyard and really get in touch with the land that feeds us.

Date: Sunday 13th June 2010
Location: Hill Farm, Little Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4QZ
Time: 10am - 4pm
Cost: Free entry. Small charge for some activities.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, searching out interesting activities.

Month of Madness

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Month of Madness

The details for this years Month of Madness school holiday events has now been released. We are pleased that Pudding Pie Cookery School will be one of the main attractions again, offering over 360 children the chance to cook and enjoy eating their creations.

Photo by Andy Goodman

Last year was a sell out, so if you are in the area and looking to book your children in, don’t hang about !

Pudding Pie Cookery School, offering children the chance to shine.

Hot weekend on the cards!

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Hot Weekend

According to weather forecasts, the coming weekend is going to be pretty hot! They don’t always get it right but lets hope they do this time, the Bank Holiday was a bit of a washout and it would be great to get some sunny weather whilst the kids are still on their half term.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, hoping for a hot weekend.

June Newsletter

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Newsletter June 2010

Check out our June 2010 Newsletter here

We have just also launched our latest Adult Cookery Courses and the next Children’s school holiday courses.

Book 3 or more and get a discount, check the Course pages for details.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, keeping cookery fun.

Heston’s 80’s Feast

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Heston's Feast

Heston’s back doing what he does best! Cooking up some really unusual dishes to test even the most daring of palettes.

When we visited The Fat Duck restaurant we were fed, snail porridge, breakfast for dessert cooked with liquid nitrogen and experienced some very strange sensations with food.

If you like something a bit unusual with cooking it’s worth a watch.

Pudding Pie Cookery School, we like something unusual!