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Foraging with Hotel du Vin

Luke Stuart — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:38:50 +0000

We are excited to announce we are now providing a mushroom foraging and cookery course for Hotel du Vin guests…

Even if you are not a Hotel du Vin you can still join us in the beautiful Dorset countryside to discover edible wild foods, but bring your wellies and a basket!

We aim to identify and harvest a broad range of species before heading back to the school for a cookery master class. We will even send you home with a jar of dried Dorset mushrooms.

More information about Foraging courses, here…

Proving a Great Success

Luke Stuart — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:17:43 +0000

We recently completed Bread Making 1 and Bread Making 2. It isn’t essential to complete both courses but we did see the majority of students returning…for a second helping.

The results were excellent and students learnt about dried, fresh and wild yeast, different flours, correct kneading, proving and baking techniques.

Each course includes a meal and we were fortunate to have good weather enabling us to take the oak table out into the courtyard.

Typical recipes include: Granary dinner rolls, Bacon and nut batch loaf, Hot Cross Buns, Walnut bread, Watercress Bread, Dorset Beer bread, White Sourdough…

More information about Bread Making 1, here…
More information about Bread Making 2, here…

We are Recruiting a Chef Tutor

Luke Stuart — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:09:53 +0000

We are currently looking for a very special individual to join our team as a Senior Chef Tutor. If you have exceptional experience…as a chef and preferably some teaching qualifications then please get in touch, here…

Happy Birthday Kids Cookery School

Luke Stuart — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:21:22 +0000

The Cookery School had its 1st birthday this month and celebrated by offering twice as many Cookery Camps (8-12s) and Cookery Activities (4-7s) than last year…

The featured image pictures students from our third Cookery Camp (8-12s) during the Easter holidays. As well as attracting new students we are delighted to see so many students returning to our Kids Cookery School. Returning students will experience a different programme, practical activities and recipe pack each time.

One of our most important objectives for these sessions is that everyone has fun learning something new and also to take away the motivation to want to cook the recipes again at home.

More information on our Kids Cookery School, Cookery Camp (8-12s) here…

More information on our Kids Cookery School, Cookery Activities (4-7s) here…

Special Offers at the Cookery School

Luke Stuart — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:53:57 +0000

We value your loyalty at White Pepper and invite you to attend any of our events and festivals throughout the year at Bere Farm for free… We have also introduced a number of special offers as below:

Monthly Website Competition
Win a FREE course each month by entering our monthly competition (coming soon).

Loyalty Rewards
Every 5 cookery courses: Receive a White Pepper Skills Certificate.
Complete 10 cookery courses: A FREE cookery course.
Complete 20 cookery courses: Win a Bere Farm food hamper.
Complete 25 cookery courses: A WP apron personalised with your name. £5 off all future courses. Priority booking.

Prize Draws
Visit us at any food festival we attend and enter our prize draw to win a seasonal cookery demonstration ticket.

Advanced Bookings
Book three months in advance of any course start date and receive a Dorset Charcuterie Selection pack.

Introduce a Friend
Win a box of four cupcakes by Dianne Lorna.

Season Tickets
Buy a annual season ticket and access all five of our cookery demonstrations for the price of four.

Terms and conditions apply. Please ask for details.

Skills Showcase at QE

Luke Stuart — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:22:14 +0000

Enterprise and Skills invited White Pepper Cookery School and Dorset Charcuterie Company to Queen Elizabeth School recently to inspire and motivate approximately 240 students about the worlds of business.

Over two days we saw approximately 24 groups of 10 students and were able to engage with them through various hands on activities including making, baking, piping, glazing and presenting canapes and also skinning, jointing and cooking rabbits.

Delighted to announce that Harriet Russell was the winner of our Summer Demonstration prize draw.

Cookery Demonstrations By White Pepper

Luke Stuart — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:45:19 +0000

We are offering an interactive cookery demonstration each season at White Pepper Cookery School. In this 3 hour session we spoil you with refreshments and numerous canapes and tastings. There is also FREE food raffle and a recipe pack to take home.

Tickets are priced as below and will automatically enter you into the food raffle, whereby you can win a dish of the day.

Summer Cookery Demonstration: Wednesday 13th June 2012, 1000-1300 (£25 per ticket, recommend a friend and get £5 off).

If you are interested in attending please click here.

Cookery Book Launch

Luke Stuart — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:12:42 +0000

White Pepper assisted Diverse Abilities Plus with the launch of their eagerly anticipated cookbook……’Scrumptious Home Baking’, just £9.95.

It contains 50 recipes, a collaboration from various celebrities, local esteemed chefs and the community. Authors include Dermot O’Leary, Duncan James and Chris Jarvis to name but a few!

The launch was supported by Dolphin Shopping Centre and Seeker News with cookery demonstrations from White Pepper Cookery School and Chococo – The Purbeck Chocolate Company. There was also a celebrity appearance from Reham Khan (BBC South Today), who can be seen pictured above assisting Luke Stuart (White Pepper) with the cookery demonstration whilst also being available to sign the many books that were sold that day.

Books can be purchased from White Pepper Cookery School, directly from Diverse Abilities Plus or local Waterstones bookstores.

(This photo remains the property of Seeker News).

In Great Company for our Open Day

Luke Stuart — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:32 +0000

A huge thank you to the 300 of you that were able to attend our open day!

We wanted to thank our students for their support in 2011 by putting on this free event, to include; cookery demonstrations, carol singing, craft activities, meet and greet with Santa and of course some great food! Watch this space for more great events in 2012…

”I thoroughly enjoyed your Christmas Open Day, particularly the canapes demonstration…my version were much admired by all my friends over Christmas. They even wowed my brother who is now demanding the recipe !” Jane Parker

Pictured above, from left to right: The Worshipful Mayor and Mayoress of Poole, Cllr Graham and Mrs Sally Wilson, Annette Brooke (MP) & Luke Stuart (White Pepper Cookery School).

Recipe – White Pepper’s Chocolate Truffles

Luke Stuart — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:58:34 +0000

The ultimate truffle recipe which makes for a fun activity for all the family.

225g dark chocolate
125g unsalted butter
180 ml whipping Cream
A splash of Liquor (Baileys/Cointreau), optional
To finish:
White chocolate, grated
Chocolate vermicelli
Cocoa Powder

1. Using a cooks knife, carefully shave and cut the chocolate into small pieces. The chocolate maybe coarsely grated if you prefer. Heat the cream with the butter, until melted and combined. Allow the mixture to boil, when boiling remove from heat.
2. Pour the boiling mixture onto the chocolate pieces, stir to combine. Alcohol maybe added at this stage. Allow to set. Accelerate the process by placing the chocolate bowl in the fridge.
3. Once set, use a teaspoon to scoop the mixture into walnut sized pieces. With cool hands roll each ball of chocolate into neat round shapes and set aside. Continue with the remaining truffle mixture.
4. To finish: Decorate the truffles by rolling then in chocolate or cocoa powder. Present the truffles in petit four cases.
White Pepper’s Top Tip: If the truffles are to be stored they are best kept in an airtight container in a cool, dark place (not the fridge). They should last for several weeks.