Easy Summer Entertaining with Jo Pratt
Join celebrated food writer and chef Jo Pratt for an inspiring cookery class, all about creating delicious dishes perfect for summer entertaining. Whether you’re planning a garden lunch, an alfresco dinner party, or simply want to enjoy fuss-free food with friends and family, Jo will guide you through a collection of seasonal, crowd-pleasing recipes that are as impressive as they are easy to make.
Expect vibrant flavours, clever make-ahead tips, and Jo’s signature flexible approach that caters to all kinds of dietary needs. You’ll leave feeling confident, inspired, and ready to entertain with ease this summer—plus, of course, you’ll get to sit down and enjoy this delicious 4 course menu!
In this class you’ll learn to make:
Summer Garden Spritz
Watermelon Gazpacho
Sticky Pomegranate Chicken with Jewelled Quinoa
Burrata, Grilled Peaches and Mint Pesto
Strawberry and Rose Marshmallow Meringues
As a class you will be taking part in both hands-on cooking and watching Jo demonstrate some ideas too, before you all sit down as a class to tuck into the creations along with a glass of wine or soft drink.
What’s included:
- Refreshments on arrival and available throughout the class
- Apron and all of the equipment required
- A recipe pack for you to take home after your class
- Hands-on experience getting to know all the knives you would need in your kitchen
- All ingredients provided and weighed out in advance for you
- Dinner of your own making to enjoyed together as a class accompanied by a glass of wine or soft refreshments
- 10% discount on purchases made in store on the day of your class, including cookery classes. Excludes books, food, electrical items, gift vouchers and sale items
- We do all the washing up!
Jo Pratt is a regular face here at Divertimenti Cookery school as our culinary director and class teacher. She’s also an award-winning cookbook author, food stylist and presenter. Jo creates inspirational recipes, all with achievable results for the home cook. She’s published numerous cookbooks with her latest series of ‘flexible’ cookbooks very much focussing on offering flexible and practical recipe solutions that fit around the demands and challenges of modern life including dietary requirements or lifestyle choices.
At the outset of her career, Jo gained a huge amount of knowledge, skill and expertise from many years of working alongside hugely talented restaurant chefs, including the late Gary Rhodes, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and John Torode, working on their books, tv shows, advertising campaigns and live cookery demonstrations.
Nowadays when she’s not at Divertimenti Cookery school or writing books, you’ll often find her presenting recipes online, on TV, working with various food brands, on stage performing live cookery demonstrations and hosting cookery workshops.
Follow Jo @cookwithjopratt and www.jo-pratt.com
