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Ethical, Sustainable, Delicious

To mark the 15th anniversary of Cracking Good Food’s launch in 2010 the Cracking Good Food Cookery School is back!

At our ethical, sustainable Cookery School every delicious dish you create goes beyond the kitchen. Your participation not only empowers you with culinary skills, but ALL fees support our community work to alleviate food, fuel and kitchen kit insecurity in Greater Manchester. Plus, each class booking provides a nourishing meal for the homeless community. This really is cooking from the heart.

18th September 2026

Freight Island, 5.45pm – 9pm:

From Idli to Sambar: A South Indian Cooking Experience with Neha Garg Gupta PhD.
Experience the vibrant flavours of South India in our cooking class, where you’ll learn to prepare traditional dishes like stuffed idlis, Uttapam, flavourful Sambar and aromatic coconut chutney. Bring the essence of South Indian cuisine to your home kitchen! All ingredients and recipes provided. During the evening you’ll enjoy the food you’ve prepared together and take any leftovers home with you.

Idli and Rice
Uttapam
Sambar

Gluten Free Bread Masterclass – Molly Grant
For many, gluten is the enemy (for a variety of different reasons). Whatever reason you choose to say no to gluten, come along to this cooking class in Manchester to discover tasty new recipes, connect with others and learn tips and tricks to make gluten-free food the tastiest it’s ever been.
Guided by in-house nutritionist and fellow gluten-freer and coeliac, Molly Grant, you’ll be introduced to flavour-packed gluten-free recipes designed to show that removing gluten doesn’t mean compromising on taste, texture, or creativity. This workshop is suitable for all experience levels and offers a welcoming space to explore new cooking techniques with confidence!

Date TBC

Freight Island, 5.45pm – 9pm choose from:

Discover Real Chocolate – A Taste of Guatemala – Paddy Routledge
A hands-on intro to what chocolate really is, its origins, uses and evolution over millennia. Learn basic tempering techniques and ideas to try at home. Culminating in a delicious Guatemalan meal of Pepián, your own homemade truffles to take home, and plenty to taste along the way.

Cocoa Beans
Maple pumpkin chocolate bar
Truffles and Chocolate

18th September 2026

Freight Island, 5.45pm – 9pm

Gluten Free Bread Masterclass – Molly Grant
For many, gluten is the enemy (for a variety of different reasons). Whatever reason you choose to say no to gluten, come along to this cooking class in Manchester to discover tasty new recipes, connect with others and learn tips and tricks to make gluten-free food the tastiest it’s ever been.
Guided by in-house nutritionist and fellow gluten-freer and coeliac, Molly Grant, you’ll be introduced to flavour-packed gluten-free recipes designed to show that removing gluten doesn’t mean compromising on taste, texture, or creativity. This workshop is suitable for all experience levels and offers a welcoming space to explore new cooking techniques with confidence!

  • Coffee with cream

From Idli to Sambar: A South Indian Cooking Experience withNeha Garg Gupta PhD.
Experience the vibrant flavours of South India in our cooking class, where you’ll learn to prepare traditional dishes like stuffed idlis, Uttapam, flavourful Sambar and aromatic coconut chutney. Bring the essence of South Indian cuisine to your home kitchen! All ingredients and recipes provided. During the evening you’ll enjoy the food you’ve prepared together and take any leftovers home with you.

  • Idli and Rice
  • Uttapam

Date TBC

Freight Island, 5.45pm – 9pm choose from:

Discover Real Chocolate – A Taste of Guatemala – Paddy Routledge
A hands-on intro to what chocolate really is, its origins, uses and evolution over millennia. Learn basic tempering techniques and ideas to try at home. Culminating in a delicious Guatemalan meal of Pepián, your own homemade truffles to take home, and plenty to taste along the way.

  • Cocoa Beans
  • Maple pumpkin chocolate bar
  • Truffles and Chocolate

Limited places for each class, don’t miss out – BOOK NOW! Or gift Cracking Good Food with a Gift Voucher. Valid for up to 6 months on a Cracking Good Food cooking experience or merchandise. Find out more here.

If you’ve any questions or would like to know more please contact info@crackinggoodfood.org.

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Vegan, vegetarian and dairy free.
You can select your dietary preferences and inform us about any allergies or other requirements during checkout.

COOKERY SCHOOL

  • Thai Food Cooking
  • Smily happy group of older ladies cooking
  • Bruntwood Cookery School
  • Cookery School Attendant
  • Phil delivering Festive COOK-Up meals to Barnabus
  • Crack On and Cook at Maggies
  • Bruntwood teambuilding with Paddy
  • Bruntwood Crack on and Cook
  • Phil delivering Festive COOK-Up meals to Barnabus
  • Crack On and Cook at Maggies
  • Cookery School Attendant
  • Bruntwood Cookery School
  • Bruntwood teambuilding with Paddy
  • Bruntwood Crack on and Cook
  • Smily happy group of older ladies cooking
  • Thai Food Cooking

Kitchen Kit Call Out Campaign

We also ask our customers to look in their home cupboards and bring to the class any pre-loved, clean and working kitchen kit they no longer use! Your donated kitchen kit will be redistributed to communities across Greater Manchester, who are living in financial hardship and often in crisis, so don’t have the funds to buy basic kit to cook some of the most simplest of meals. We weigh all of our Kitchen Kit donations as they are redistributed. Here’s what we’ve achieved so far:

Cracking Good Food impact statistics
  • Kitchen Kit Call Out bin at Mellor Primary School

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