• Six hour course based around mastering preparation and cooking of lamb.
• Learn to butcher a lamb down to it's primal cuts and prepare it for cooking.
• Work in a busy professional kitchen alongside other chefs.
• Celebrated Northern Chef Robert Owen Brown teaches you to prepare six amazing lamb dishes.
• Eat three dishes during your day, take three dishes home to share.
• Take home loads of lamb to practice with!

Full Menu:

Lamb and Barley Broth

Garlic Smoked Loin with Honey, Spring Onion and Ginger

Sticky Stuffed Slow Braised Breast of Lamb with Wild Foraged Roots

The Ultimate Lancashire Hot Pot

Roast Rack of Lamb, "Cassis" Thyme Fondant, Celeriac Purée, Spiced Faggot

Flash Fried Liver with Raspberry Shallot Vinegar Dressing

Lamb To Take Away For Each Student For Home Cooking (approximate):

1 Leg Joint, 1 Shoulder Joint, 1 Shank, 1 Breast Joint, 1 Loin, 4 Chops & as much mince as we can give you.

Chef Robert Owen Brown walks you through using every part of a spring lamb for six amazing dishes, from a roast rack to Rob's own take on the perfect Lancashire Hot Pot. You'll learn butchery skills as well as Rob shows you how to take apart a whole lamb by yourself and make the most out of the whole animal in the kitchen.

The course runs for 6 hours from 10am to 4pm. Students are asked to arrive on site for 9:30am. Complementary morning refreshments will be served and chef's jackets will be provided which you are welcome to keep.

The day will begin with groups splitting into pairs as you break down a whole lamb into it's cuts with assistance from the chef, followed by prep of all the vegetables you'll be using during the day.

You'll learn to prepare six dishes throughout the day - some to eat immediately and some to take home with you to share with family and friends.

All leftover lamb will be shared out equally amongst the students at the end of the class for you to practice with at home. Don't expect to have to go shopping for the next couple of weeks.

As Cook:Manchester is a working kitchen, you'll be expected to work to a chef's standards of discipline and food hygiene. A full briefing will be given before the session begins.

The Cook:Manchester Masterclass sessions are a series of cooking lessons developed with hard-working chefs from around the UK, each one centered around the experience of creating dishes around a particular set of ingredients or skills.

Each class is specifically designed to be accessible to all skill levels, but involve a level of difficulty and attention to detail that will tax even the most experienced students. Make no mistake, The Cook:Manchester Masterclass will be one of the toughest days you've ever spent in a kitchen.

With a maximum of ten people on any course, all students can expect a close level of tutoring from your chef so while you'll have to work hard to keep up you'll never be left behind.

All classes are scheduled during our normal kitchen hours, so you'll be sharing the space with our other customers as they work. Come expecting a busy kitchen!