Classes
Classes and demos that you should know about.
(For an index of classes by the location where they're offered click here)
Knife Skills - Brooklyn Kitchen
Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg (100 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY)
Hone your basic knife skills at this entry-level class.
Whole Hog Butchery - Dickson's Farmstand Meats
Dickson's Farmstand Meats in Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Avenue New York, NY)
Watch and learn as one of Dickson's talented butchers breaks down a whole hog. Also enjoy some fine cured meats created and explained by the shop's in-house charcuterie expert.
Small Animal Butchery - Brooklyn Kitchen
Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg (100 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY)
Once called "Advanced Knife Skills" this class is about breaking down a Rabbit, a Chicken, and a Fish.
Breaking Beef: An In-Depth Tour of The Steer - Dickson's Farmstand Meats
Dickson's Farmstand Meats in Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Avenue New York, NY)
Watch Dickon's head butcher break down a side of beef into cuts both familiar, and not often seen in your typical butcher shop showcase.
Seafood BBQ: The Art of Grilling Seafood - Auckland Seafood School
Auckland Seafood School at Auckland Fish Markets (Level 1, Auckland Fish Markets 22-32 Jellicoe Street, Freemans Bay Auckland, New Zealand 1010)
If you're in New Zealand during their summertime (the U.S. winter) learn some tips and tricks about how to cook seafood on the grill. Hot and fast cooking, sides, sauces, chutneys, and more under the guidance of one of Auckland's many great seafood chefs.
Meat 101 - Brooklyn Kitchen
Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg (100 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY)
Some good tips and methods for cooking a few classic cuts from various types of meat in your home kitchen.
Steakhouse at Home - The Brooklyn Kitchen
Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg (100 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY)
A good steak is expensive, but a good steakhouse is astronomically so! Learn to satisfy that craving equally, if not better, from the comfort of your own kitchen and dining room. You can use that extra C-Note you saved on a couple of bottles of vino if you want!
Sausage Making - Fleishers Greenwhich
Fleishers Craft Butchery in Greenwich (160 East Putnam Ave. Cos Cob, CT 06807)
This is a fun class for all. Not that you're going to go out and buy a sausage press right after it's done, but you'll definitely think about it. Great for couples.
Pork Butchery - The Brooklyn Kitchen
Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg (100 Frost Street Brooklyn, NY)
Learn about nose-to-tail pork butchery from one of New York's many local highly-skilled whole animal butchers. Also learn tips about cooking the cuts, and what part of the animal some of your favorite charcuterie comes from.
Fish and Shellfish Cookery - Padstow Seafood School (Rick Stein's Cookery School)
Rick Stein's Cookery School in Padstow (South Quay, Padstow, Cornwall, UK PL28 8BL)
This is the perfect one-day offering at a school owned and operated by the king of seafood cookery in Britain.
Hot-Smoking - Padstow Seafood School (Rick Stein's Cookery School)
Rick Stein's Cookery School in Padstow (South Quay, Padstow, Cornwall, UK PL28 8BL)
This half-day course will introduce you to an easy way to hot-smoke dishes in your own kitchen, perhaps without setting off the fire alarm. The most British takeaway from this course is the instruction on how to make Salmon Kedgeree from scratch.
Level 2 Knife Skills - Billingsgate Seafood Training School
Billingsgate Seafood Training School (Office 30, Billingsgate Market, Trafalgar Way, London, United Kingdom E14 5ST)
A great class for the experienced fish cutter to learn some more advanced cuts. There's a lot of ways to prepare a fish beyond the basic fillet techniques, and the skilled cutter/marine biologist that teaches this class knows them well.
Beef Butchery - Fleishers Greenwich
Fleishers Craft Butchery in Greenwich (160 East Putnam Ave. Cos Cob, CT 06807)
Watch one of the skilled butchers at Fleishers' Greenwich location break down the various beef sections on the shops butchering table.
Pork Butchery - Fleishers Greenwich
Fleishers Craft Butchery in Greenwich (160 East Putnam Ave. Cos Cob, CT 06807)
The butchers at Fleishers' Greenwich location are passionate about pork, making this a good class to introduce you to the craft of breaking down the pig.
Indian Street Food - Padstow Seafood School (Rick Stein's Cookery School)
Rick Stein's Cookery School in Padstow (South Quay, Padstow, Cornwall, UK PL28 8BL)
This one-day course is a fantastic introduction to cooking Indian Food. Because all of these dishes are designed after traditional street foods they are very accessible, easy to cook, and are meant top be prepared and served simply.
Shellfish Workshop - Billingsgate Seafood Training School
Billingsgate Seafood Training School (Office 30, Billingsgate Market, Trafalgar Way, London, United Kingdom E14 5ST)
A fun workshop for processing and cooking shellfish, crustaceans, and cephalopods.
Morning Catch - Billingsgate Seafood Training School
Billingsgate Seafood Training School (Office 30, Billingsgate Market, Trafalgar Way, London, United Kingdom E14 5ST)
A general information workshop at BSTS. This is the class to take here if you don't know what class to take. Experience the hustle and bustle of the market, buy a fish, and learn to cut it.