Cookery School Newcastle

Hi, My name is Nick Fairley and I’m a professional chef. I’ve travelled extensively, worked in restaurants and trained in almost every country I’ve been fortunate enough to visit. Admittedly I might not at first glance look like the person you’d imagine seeing cooking your curry but I can assure you I can make some of the best you’ll ever try and I’ve delved deep into the origins of many different dishes that spark my interest. 

Healthy Recipes

After circumnavigating the globe and working in restaurants on my travels, I dreamt up a way to harness my passion for food and I set up my first business Cooking 4 Life in which I teach children in schools around the country about healthy eating and living a healthy lifestyle, but focussing on schools in my home; the North East of England. We’re now teaching adults and children together how to make these tried and tested recipes so you can cook recipes together that you know they’ll enjoy!

Restaurant Curries at Home

Most of my life I’ve been a curry lover so that was the natural place to start with my academy; my love of Indian food and all things spicy got serious when I discovered my need to cut a lot of bread/pasta out of my diet and most food from the Indian subcontinent is gluten free by default. Having worked in restaurants in India and having friends with Indian restaurants in England, I started investigating the techniques and working out how to perfect the recipes at home. Now after years of trial and error and consuming copious amounts of curry, we now teach you these secrets in our academy!

If you live in Newcastle, Gateshead, Durham, North Tyneside, South Tyneside or Sunderland then you’re within spitting distance of our academy. Based in Newcastle we have a convenient and easy to find location with free parking on site. Why pick the Academy over just buying the spice blends? Once we teach you the tips and tricks, show you the spices, explain the techniques and demonstrate the fundamentals, we set you off to cook your own dish. Any mistakes can be identified and rectified in a safe environment so its much easier than experimenting at home and possibly getting it wrong and of course we guarantee better results!

We also take the hassle out of blending your own spices as we source the best ingredients from around the world to use in our products. We then blend them by hand in the Toon and package them for your convenience. We provide easy to follow recipes using our spice blends and also run our Culinary Academy to teach you first hand how to make our authentic recipes.

Spice Blends and Seasonings

We roast and blend our own spices and then combine them into our custom spice blends which will allow you to make the prefect lamb tikka or tandoori chicken at home. Everything is made by hand to the highest standards using our may years of experience. Spice blends are designed for you to cook restaurant quality curries in the comfort of your own home.

Cooking Classes North East

After years of teaching you Indian food, we’ve now added Chinese and Thai restaurant recipes to our list of workshops you can book. Plus we’re adding in our recipes we’ve developed over the years working in schools to allow parents and children to cook together to create our tried and tested family classics.

Looking to become a little healthier? Looking to shed a few pounds? We have worked in this field for the past 13 years so we know the tips and tricks to make healthy versions of the naughty foods we all crave. Book a gift voucher for a great gift or just to secure a place of a future workshop. Once you’ve committed to making a healthier choice that’s half the battle! See above for bookings or vouchers. See below for details of all courses we currently run.

Family Cooking Classes

So you think you can cook a Spaghetti Bolognese? Maybe you can but we can teach you the secret way restaurants cook it and make it taste amazing! Taking inspiration from my other business Cooking 4 Life where I run family cooking workshops in schools and working with Gateshead Councils Family Learning it makes sense to offer the same workshops in a more professional setting. We’ll cook pimped up versions of your family classics and/or throw in some curve balls along the way that we think should be on your weekly or monthly cooking hit list! Who doesn’t love Taco Tuesday right?

Children’s Cooking Classes

Again taking inspiration from my other business working in schools and having all of the necessary tools, recipes and DBS checks we figured it would be an easy transition to teach your children when they’re not at school. Outside of the school environment children tend to focus their time on TV, playing video games or watching youtube and not really learning valuable life skills. I was about 8 when I was playing around with food, working out what I didn’t like and coming up with solutions to fix it. So I figured its about time to offer a Saturday morning activity where children can learn to develop or simply hone their culinary skills together as a way to spend quality time bonding over a mutual interest; food! Whats even better for you? The children will cook the food for when you arrive and you get to sit and eat it with them or bring a container and you can take it away! Win win!

Looking for a holiday club where kids can spend their days cooking? We’ve got that covered too. To put your mind at ease, children will not be using sharp knives or have access to a heat source in this particular workshop to minimise the risks. The children will do each and every step but the chef will demonstrate how to cook the dish safely for when the children cook it at home under your supervision.

Corporate Team Building

Looking for something different to do on your corporate team bonding days? Why not get yourselves into groups of ten and learn to cook restaurant quality dishes from a trained chef? Sound better than trying to build a raft in a lake? Fancy being a little bit warmer? Want to get fed something better than soggy sandwiches? Sounds like you’ve come to the right place… click the button below to drop us an email to discuss your requirements, group size and costings.