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A Chorlton-based social enterprise is serving up some Cracking Good Food...
ED-up with the usual boring tea- time?
Then why not enjoy some Cracking
Good Food, courtesy of a Chorlton-based social enterprise which brings foodies together in pursuit of better nosh. The business has
been cooking up a storm with local community groups, while the public have been queuing up to join their new season of cooking classes, ranging from Breadmaking for Beginners, to making marvellous Mexican tapas and the intriguingly titled ‘Risottos de-mystifi ed’! Along the way, there are sessions in Chinese cooking; baking pies, cakes and tarts; making pasta, pizzas and calzones; gluten-free baking, tofu and tempeh, soups, vegetarian roast and lots more lip-smacking stuff. Cracking Good Food Director
Adele Jordan said: “We bring together passionate food lovers who share their knowledge with people who want to experience the joy of locally sourced, affordable and seasonal food, cooked from scratch.
6 “We believe cooking good food is
“We bring together passionate food lovers who share their knowledge with people who want to experience the joy of
a life skill that everyone should have access to. We cook everywhere - in precincts, parks, car-parks, in front of shops, hostels, gardens, in allotments and community halls as well as in Chorlton High School where we run our public programme. “Our cooks
locally sourced, affordable and seasonal food, cooked from scratch.”
aren’t interested in standing in front of an audience, speaking into a microphone about their expensive
saucepans. They’ll be in the thick of it, helping people chop, stir and cook with ideas to inspire. You’ll get a demonstration at the beginning of the session, then it’s over to you. And best of all, you sit down to a feast at the end.
“We
source all our food locally,
Find out more at
http://crackinggoodfood.org
from shops that most of our cooks run. Cooking good food shouldn’t be a luxury - knowing what to cook when it’s in season, means that it’s cheap to cook, once you know how!” Cracking Good Food is a limited
company, with three Directors, four non- Executive Directors, 14 trained cooks, with 19 new cooks due to go through their training, fi ve co-ordinators, two admin support and a press offi cer. Each class is lead by an experienced chef and lasts three hours, with no more than 12 people attending. Whether you are a confi dent cook or a budding beginner, there’s something in the sessions for everyone. Classes cost from only £20/£15 concessions each. Saturday cooking sessions run from 11 - 2pm – and you can tuck into what you make!
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