This course teaches you how to use the Weber® way of cooking to open up a world of possibilities on your barbecue. As well as covering off key skills such as lighting and temperature control, you'll be learning how to perfect steaks, roasts, pizzas and even cakes!

Suitable for those who want to learn to cook food other than the standard barbecue fare of burgers and sausages, the Essentials Course shows how to use Weber’s renowned “lid-on” barbecue technique to grill, roast, smoke and bake! During the 4 hours you and your classmates will prepare a variety of different dishes under the guidance of an expert 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 pizza!

The menu will include:

• Stone baked pizza
• Beer can chicken with herb and butter paprika rub
• Sirloin or ribeye steaks
• Smoked pork loin & crackling
• Grilled broccoli with chilli and garlic
• Coal roasted sweet potatoes with salsa verde
• Chocolate molten puddings

About Hobbs House Bakery

Established in 1920 in the Cotswolds, Hobbs House is a truly family business and is proud to have five generations of baking experience.
Using traditional methods, their expert team of bakers continue to produce an exceptional range of award winning breads, pastries and confectionery to the very highest standards.
Hobbs House Bakery can chart five generations of bakers in the family, from early 20th Century roots in Gloucestershire right through to Tom Herbert, sales director and father of 4 aspiring, potentially 6th generation bakers.
Born with flour on their fingers, generations of Hobbs House Bakery’s directors bring their ingrained passion for baking to work every day, to uphold the noble lineage, and ensure that there is a solid future for real bread.
From April 2013, Hobbs House will be offering barbecue and butchering cookery classes, with Henry Herbert AKA the Fabulous Baker Brother.
For more information visit hobbshousebakery.co.uk.