Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School

 For more information, or to book:

(076) 236-2345 cilla@wickedfood.co.za

(See Terms & Conditions  – minimum charge 8 participants, max 24)

Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School is the ideal venue for exclusive end-of-year food related functions. For over 20 years Wickedfood Cooking School has been tailor-making food-related functions and corporate team building events for our clients, with an emphasis on cooking class programmes that work seamlessly to ensure maximum enjoyment for all participants. 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.

Cooking classes are a lot of fun where you not only learn new skills, but get to socialise – Click here to see how much fun these classes are. For corporate groups these cooking classes are a novel way of creating staff interaction or entertaining clients. At the cooking school we also have a retail section where we have many handmade food products, made by our trainees from farm-grown fruit and vegetables, and Wickedfood aprons available as corporate gifts and prizes.

End-of-year Group Menu Ideas

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. (Subject to our general terms and conditions.)

For these the first two menus the Cooking School can accommodate up to 24 people in a maximum of 2 teams of between 7 and 12 people per team, each cooking the same 6 dishes for ether of the two menus below. 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.

See budget menu below, for up to 36 participants

Informal Festive Chicken Banquet

R7 920 for up to 8 people (max 36 people, R990 for each additional person). Halaal friendly except dessert.

  • Fresh tomato and red pepper soup – spicy, festive, cold soup, making the best of summer’s bounty.
  • Orange glazed chickens – roasted in a kettle braai, with a soy orange glaze.
  • Ultimate potato salad – the perfect accompaniment to braaied meats for festive entertaining.
  • Vegetarian pie – mushroom pie, with a cheese soufflé topping.
  • Waldorf salad –  a classic salad of apple, celery and pecan nuts, dressed with a light mayonnaise.
  • Christmas pudding – traditional puddings, a quick microwave version, and a classic brandy cream sauce or Tiramisu – An Italian chilled trifle, with custard, espresso, mascarpone and biscuits.

Festive Feast with Roast Beef 

R9 520 for up to 8 people, (max 24 people R1 190 for each additional person – not Halaal friendly)

  • Chicken liver pâté – with melba toast, perfect cold starter for elegant entertaining.
  • Roasted sirloin – cooked on the kettle braai, with a mushroom, port and mustard cream sauce.
  • Potato cakes – great alternative to roast potatoes as an accompaniment to meat roasts.
  • Vegetarian pie – mushroom pie, with a cheese soufflé topping.
  • Waldorf salad – a classic salad of apple, celery and pecan nuts, dressed with a light mayonnaise.
  • Christmas pudding – traditional puddings, quick microwave version, and a classic brandy cream sauce or Tiramisu – An Italian chilled trifle, with custard, espresso, mascarpone and biscuits.

Budget Festive chicken Banquet

We’re acutely aware of budget constraints that many companies are experiencing at the moment. We have looked very closely at costings and developed this fun menu, available from Monday to Wednesday up to 7 December at R7 500 for up to 10 people (max 36 people, R750 for each additional person). Halaal friendly.

•   Fresh tomato soup – spicy, festive, cold soup, making the best of summer’s bounty;
•   BBQ chicken flatties – roasted in a kettle braai, with spicy glaze;
•   Ultimate potato salad – our take on a potato salad, fit for Xmas festive entertaining on a hot summer day;
•   Seasonal vegetables – as we are an organic farm we grow a variety of fresh seasonal vegetable to use.
•   Baked fruit pudding – an easy yoghurt sponge pudding, studded with seasonal fruit from the farm.

We also have a selection of other menu options available from our Foods of the World Menu – contact the booking office for more options.

Half day programme

Our cooking classes run for up to 4 hours which give plenty of kitchen time as well as enough time after the cooking for a leisurely meal. We have found that the following 4-hour format is the most successful:

  • 9:30 to 10:00 – Arrive. Tea and coffee (snack platters can be arranged, contact booking office for pricing);
  • 10:00 – Cooking starts:
    • Introduction to Wickedfood Earth and our gardens;
    • Overview of the menu to be cooked;
    • Preparation and cooking.
  • ±12:30 – sit down and enjoy the meal that you have prepared together (as we are not licensed, you are welcome to bring your own wine, beers and ciders and ice, to enjoy with the meal);
  • 14:00 – depart.

Full day programme

You are also welcome to hire the facilities to do a presentation, training, networking etc. after a cooking class (or prior to). You would then have the use of the facilities for up to 8 hours, from 8:30 to 16:30, starting at R950pp, which would include the Informal festive chicken banquet cooking class Apart from the cooking class you are also welcome to use:

  • The outside covered verandah which can seat up to 40;
  • A separate meeting room seating up to 40 people theatre style or 15 people around tables;
  • Outside breakaway areas;
  • Our glasses and drinks baths – we are not licensed, and you are welcome to bring your own beers, wines and soft drinks, and ice.

Should you wish to do a function in the morning, prior to the cooking class, we are able to offer a variety of snack/light meal options, before the group starts cooking – contact the booking office for details.

 For more information, or to book:

(076) 236-2345 cilla@wickedfood.co.za