Suitable for those who want to learn to cook food other than the standard barbecue fare, our BBQ course shows how to use a “lid-on” barbecue technique to grill, roast, smoke and bake! During the 4 1/2 hours you and your classmates will prepare a variety of different dishes under the guidance of our own expert BBQ chef. Using a combination of charcoal and gas barbecues you’ll be taught skills from lighting techniques to controlling temperature and knowing when your food is perfectly cooked. You’ll receive a demonstration from the chef on how to cook the perfect steak and we’ll ask you to get hands-on with some dough and create your own stone baked pizza!

Open up a world of possibilities on your barbecue.

Course Overview

Duration: 10:00-14:30

Tutors: Rupert Cooper – Head tutor

Maximum student to tutor ratio: 8-1

Welcome: Meet your tutor and see for yourself the Philleigh Way farmhouse cookery school and garden. Enjoy a morning tea or coffee.

The Day: The day is a mixture of demonstrations and practical hands on cookery. All ingredients and equipment are supplied.

Close: Have a chat with fellow course attendees and members of the Philleigh Way team before heading home. This is a guide to the days activities and may vary depending on the season as well as the group’s interest.

Sample dishes

Stone baked pizza

Beer can chicken

Homemade burgers and brioche buns and pickles

Roasted pork loin, burnt apple sauce, sweet potato

The perfect steak

Whole roasted mackerel, salsa Verde

Skills

Lighting BBQ’s

Temperature control

Barbecue cooking methods – gas and charcoal barbecues

Cooking with direct and indirect heat

Making pizza dough

Roasting and grilling

Cooking the perfect steak

Butchery

Sauces and marinades

Cooking whole fish

Age suitability: 16+ or 13+ if accompanied by a paying adult.