Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School
Located on a sustainable working farm, following organic farming philosophies, just 70km from Fourways, close to both Johannesburg and Pretoria, in the Magalies Valley, between Magaliesburg and Hartebeespoort.
We are not affected by loadshedding.
For more information, or to book:
(076) 236-2345 cilla@wickedfood.co.za
(See Terms & Conditions max 60 cooks)
Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School specializes in tailor-making food-related events for our corporate clients, with an emphasis on team building, relationship building and networking. We have over 25 years’ experience, with regards to running cooking classes that work seamlessly to ensure maximum enjoyment for all participants. At our cooking classes, not only do you get to learn new skills, but the group also gets to socialize – to see how much fun these cooking classes are, click here.
Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School, is located on a sustainable working farm, following organic farming philosophies, just 70km from Fourways, close to both Johannesburg and Pretoria, in the Magalies Valley, between Magaliesburg and Hartebeespoort. Come relax with us in our internationally recognized food garden and purpose built teaching kitchen.
While at Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School you have exclusive use of our facility ensuring privacy and the full attention of our trained staff. Due to the nature of our hands-on cooking classes, participants never feel threatened or moved outside their comfort zone. We have many handmade food products and aprons available as corporate gifts and prizes.
Wickedfood Earth Farm & Country Cooking School is a proud member of Slow Food Chefs’ Alliance. The Alliance is an international network of chefs who are committed to promoting small-scale, locally produced “good, clean and fair” foods, safeguarding agricultural biodiversity at risk of extinction and giving visibility and the proper value to their supplying producers. Our philosophy at Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School is all about sustainable eating. It is our passion to teach participants in our cooking classes, food workshops and events about using the very best local, naturally grown, seasonal produce available from Wickedfood Earth Farm and surrounding small scale producers.
Some of our more popular themes:
Budget Packages
“I just got an email from my client after yesterdays event and here are his exact words: “The cooking experience was wow!!! – the team had a wonderful time thank you.” I just wanted to send you both his feedback and say a massive thank you for making sure that our client had a fabulous time. They are quite a difficult client, so feedback like that is honestly like the best praise.” – Christine, Twyne.
We’re acutely aware of budget constraints that many companies are experiencing at the moment. We have looked very closely at costings and developed a selection of fun, pared-down menus. Each menu offers different combinations to match the theme for the day, and is Halaal Friendly. We have three menus to choose from, each menu offering a delicious 3 course meal – starter, main with 2 sides and a dessert. Starting at R595pp, with a minimum charge for 15 cooks, we can accommodate up to 60 in this format. More ….
Focus on Sustainable Food Cooking Workshop
“Just wanted to say the guys had a ball on Saturday! The staff were great. I never knew a bunch of IT guys could enjoy and excell at cooking that much. The food was very good and everyone (especially the partners/spouses) enjoyed it tremendously. Thanks again for all your arrangements!” – Appsolve
Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School is located on a sustainable working farm. Our main business is free-range pig farming and we’ve become a leader in this segment, teaching people around the country how to add value to veld-raised pork. Apart from training, over the last few years, Wickedfood Earth Farm has been cross-breeding various hardy breeds in an effort to breed the perfect free-range pig for South African conditions. Our pigs receive no growth stimulants or antibiotics. They take more than 3 times as long to reach slaughter weight compared to intensively-farmed animals. Not only do they have a much better quality of life, but we get a superior meat quality when slaughtered. Now for the first time we have enough cross-breeds to be able to serve the meat from this very unique free-range South African pig to a select public.
It is our passion to teach participants in our workshops and events about using the very best local, naturally grown, seasonal produce available from Wickedfood Earth Farm and surrounding small scale producers. All our meat is veld-raised, and completely free-range, using no routine antibiotics and growth hormones or stimulants. Our animals take, on average, twice as long to reach maturity as factory-farmed animals. We can handle groups from 8 to up to a maximum of 40. This is a ±6 hour programme, made up as follows:
- Start off with our chef taking you for a tour of the gardens, talking about growing and using different vegetables, sustainable farming, and food production;
- Mid-morning break to taste some of the unique sustainable products;
- From a basket of the freshest seasonal produce from the Wickedfood Earth farm gardens and surrounding small scale farms, our chef works together with the group to develop and cook a delicious 6-dish, 3 course menu.
- To end, you sit down and enjoy the food prepared together.
To Book: cilla@wickedfood.co.za
Foods of the World
“Wow!!!!! We had an awesome time and to hear that from a bunch of techies, is no average accomplishment! Nice work! They are already talking about doing the same thing next year for team-build. It was such a nice change for go-carts. Thanks for all the help and patience. This team-build will be remembered and talked about for a while!” – Erica
Come join Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School for an exclusive, relaxing half-day of pure food indulgence at our working organic farm, while partaking in a half-day hands-on master-class workshop, followed by a delicious 4 course lunch or dinner. Starting at R990pp, with a minimum charge for 8 and up to 26. Together, in one of these workshops we explore one of the cooking styles from around the world (More ….):
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- How to cook Italian, French, Portuguese, or Spanish country fare;
- Classic flavours of spicy Thai Street Market Food or Indian curries;
- The fresh healthy flavours of the Vietnamese kitchen;
- Food of Lebanon;
- Tastes of Africa, from North African Tagines to Flavours of our Rainbow Nation.
The perfect braai, cooking with fire
“I just wanted to extend our gratitude for all your hard work in ensuring our function was such a huge success. You went way and beyond the call of duty, from meeting with me in your personal time after hours to giving advice as well as your great attention to detail. Nothing was too much trouble and we appreciate your hard work. The organisation for the actual cooking and flow of event was fantastic, well run and of the highest standard, and our clients had a super event.” – Toinette
As South Africans we love cooking with fire in the great outdoors. As Wickedfood Earth is located on a sustainable farm we have space to spread out. We have a dedicated braai area, with all the tools to make this a memorable, fun, learning experience. In this hands-on master-class workshop we cook some old favourites as well as show you some nifty tricks to enhance your open fire cooking. We have 5 very different programmes to choose from starting at R990pp, minimum 9 participants, maximum 26. More ….
End-of-year Functions
“…. a really memorable, spectacular occasion and one which will be remembered by us fondly for a long time. I know that I will definitely be making use of Wickedfood’s services into the future. Thank you for your innovative approach to relationship building – I have no doubt that the event went a long way to further cementing our business friendship.” – Ed
Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School has developed 3 exciting and very different end-of-year cooking class options exclusively for groups and team building. Once all the food is cooked, participants are able to sit down and enjoy the food prepared, a great way for staff interaction. Book early to avoid disappointment, as dates towards the end of the year are already filling up fast.
We offer 3 menus and can accommodate up to 36 people in a maximum of 3 teams of between 7 and 12 people per team, each cooking the same 5 to 6 dishes. An added advantage is that due to the nature of our hands-on cooking classes, participants never feel threatened or moved outside their comfort zone, while having a lot of fun. Every person gets to participate in the preparation of the dishes, and just as importantly, after the workshop, sits down with the rest of the group for a delicious, leisurely 3-course meal. From R750pp maximum 36 cooks. More ….
For more information, or to book:
(076) 236-2345 cilla@wickedfood.co.za