Delicious UK - (01)January 2020

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If you’reanythinglikethedelicious.team,

yourchoiceofholidaydestinationhinges

onthefoodinvolved.Fora gourmetgetaway,

IntrepidTravelspecialisesinlocal-led

small-grouptours,includingmorethan 30

‘RealFoodAdventures’worldwidethatdelve

intoa region’sculinaryculture.

Newfor 2020 isa 10-nightChile&

ArgentinaRealFoodTour(departingin

May,Sep,OctandDec).Tryaterremoto

(earthquake)cocktail,a potentblendof

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cream,inSantiago;sipChileanwineata

vineyardintheCasablancaValley;learnthe

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homeinPuertoVaras;andexperiencean

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IntrepidTraveliscommittedtomaking

themostsustainabletransportand

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measuredcarbonemissionsbysupporting

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From£2,405perpersonincluding

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MASTER A NEW KITCHEN

TECHNIQUE

SHARPEN UP YOUR KNIFE SKILLS

Get acquainted with a variety of knives, learn which are

best for what job and practise cutting techniques and

sharpening – skills that make you a safer and more

efficient cook – at Ashburton Cookery School in Devon.

Half day, £85; ashburtoncookeryschool.co.uk

MAKE CHOCOLATE

Beloved Yorkshire tea rooms Bettys was established in

1919 by Swiss chocolatier Fritz Bützer, so where better

to learn the craft than at its cookery school in Harrogate.

The Chocolate Box course covers essential skills such

as tempering, as well as creating fillings and dipping,

to turn out beautiful handmade chocs.

Full day, £185; bettys.co.uk/cookery-school

LEARN TO FILLET FISH

Billingsgate Market’s Seafood School in east London

offers a Hook, Line and Sinker course where you’ll scale,

trim, gut, fillet and pin-bone a variety of fish species

• from crab to cuttlefish or coley – and take your haul
  home. Full day, £130; seafoodtraining.org

BAKE BETTER BREAD

The Introduction to Bread Making course at The Artisan

Bakehouse in Sussex includes Italian focaccia, French

baguettes and classic loaves and rolls, some using

a traditional woodburning oven and wooden peel.

Full day, £125; theartisanbakehouse.com

POLISH YOUR PLANT-BASED PROWESS

Bath-based vegan cookery school Demuths runs a

30-Minute Suppers course that will teach you four

exciting and nutritious recipes, such as miso-gazed

aubergines with red onion and pumpkin seeds (below),

in one evening. 6.30-9pm, £75; demuths.co.uk

Get up to speed on trends

Which ingredients will be tantalising

the nation’s palates in 2020?

According to the annual Waitrose &

Partners Food and Drink Report (the

culmination of a mass of research)

we’ll be munching more posh

crumpets and tahini, and quaffing

celery juice and pink drinks. And

apparently the average UK crisp eater

crunches through a whopping 178

packets a year (deputy editor Susan

Low gets through double that).

BOOK A HOLIDAY... WITH A DIFFERENCE