“Welcome to Lodge Farm Kitchen – Cookery Courses”
“Forget going out to lunch – just come here with friends & family and make it instead!!!”
SAD to say this will be my last year of the cookery school – it officially closes from July this year, with group classes being booked in until the end of June.
I’ve loved teaching for over 15 years first for Adult Education and then Family Learning, with lots of community lead projects and Ive now been running LODGE FARM KITCHEN for 10 years, teaching as a cookery tutor well over 1000 people from wags to witches to 8 year old future chefs of the world and loved it all.
But its time to hang up my pasta machine and focus on writing and my food tours –
NO more Bookings being taken – please look at my amazing Food Tours instead.
Zena x
Themed Cookery Courses, Birthday Parties, Cooking Tuition, Cookery Course Vouchers, Lessons and Cookery workshops, Cookery School.
Cookery Courses are held in the beautiful setting of Lodge Farm in it’s modern Kitchen, the courses are taught by me Zena Leech-Calton, professional Chef. cookery tutor, food writer & blogger with over 30 years in catering. I trained at Norwich City College & was a chef for over 10 years in London including pastry chef at BT tower, commis chef at Habitat, sous chef at Designers guild & eventually working my way up to Head Chef at Ealing Film Studios, after which I went in to catering management for Leiths. I have now been teaching for over 15 years firstly for Adult Education/Family learning and now here at my very own Cookery School in Bawburgh.
All my courses are private, for your friends & family only – you can choose from a group course up to 6, a mini themed course for 2 or a party course for kids or adults up to 10. Pick from over 12 different themes (see below) – I specialise in Asian but have a passion for all foods.
Cookery Courses – Norwich, Norfolk
No Vouchers – Sorry I am no longer offering vouchers. Pre-Booked courses only.
Themed Cookery Courses
Group Courses – Up to 6 for £250 midweek term time or £275 anytime* inclusive for a 3 hour session including ingredients, refreshments, a sit down feast in the kitchen. See Adult Parties for bigger groups including diner hire.
Sorry I no longer offer my mini themed courses for two. OR vouchers.
Children’s or Adults Birthday Parties
Up to 8 children (minimum age 8) including the birthday child plus two adult helpers needed (parents etc – you get fed!!!) £275 for 3 hours of cookery hands on fun, demos, tasters, games and lunch. Choose from Pizza & Donuts, Burgers & Sundaes, Mexican & Churros or Wraps & Baking (£15 per additional child up to 10)
PLUS for bigger groups & companies Adults Cookery Parties – – – £299 for up to 8 (additional £17.50 per person up to 10) for 3 hours including Diner or Dining room Hire.
Corporate / Company Cookery Demo Days (from £37 per person – See more details on www.lovenorwichfood.co.uk )
I also can train people who would like to teach cookery – – e mail for details and prices.
Teaching Days and Times: – (Subject to availabity)
Tuesdays – 10am, 12pm
Wednesdays – 10am or 1pm
Saturdays – 10am or 2pm (Groups, corporate and Party’s only)
Closing end June this year 2022
Choose a THEME
- Thai One /or/ Vegan or Vegetarian Thai
- Indian
- Chinese
- Japanese inc. Sushi
- Asian Street Food /or / Vegetarian or Vegan Asian
- Mexican /or / Vegetarian or Vegan Mexican
- Spanish Tapas / or / Vegan or Vegetarian Tapas
- Italian – Pasta & Antipasto /or / Vegetarian or Vegan Italian
- Middle Eastern
What’s Included – No need to bring anything (apart from maybe an apron & some large take away containers), all ingredients and refreshments included, as is a recipe booklet with plenty of recipes to try at home – including dishes to eat here or take away.
Feedback
- Thank you so much for Saturday Zena! We loved the class & the food was delicious �� I’d love to come & do an Indian course next!!! X
- Thanks for a great morning Zena – We are all fired up to cook authentic Mexican from Norfolk to Somerset 😎
- Thanks for a great morning of making pizzas and donuts. We all had a great time and will definitely come back for another go! Xx
- Brilliant morning of bread and baking – thank you for sharing your kitchen and your expertise x
- Thank you Zena for our very enjoyable morning with you learning and cooking Thai food. We’ve just enjoyed the fruits of our lesson and very much appreciated by husbands too. What a beautiful home you have in an idyllic location.
- A brief but sincere ‘thank you’ for this afternoon. We both thoroughly enjoyed it and your very effective teaching, Jeremy now fired up to take a course with his children. Many thanks again, Ron.
- We just wanted to thank you again for yesterday, thank you for all your efforts and research for gluten free recipes, we both had a lovely afternoon and really appreciated everything you did. Very much looking forward to trying more of your recipes and including a new mix of flavours and ingredients into our cooking. We all got a thumbs up from Milo too which is high praise indeed!
Visit my other website www.lovenorwichfood.co.uk – Food and Drink Walking Tours – Plus Norwichs’ largest independent food directory.
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To Enquire about our courses, please contact us:
Forget going out to lunch – just come here and make it instead!!!
Address:
Lodge Farm Holiday Barns, New Road, Bawburgh, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 3LZ
Telephone:
01603 742-247
Email:
info@lodgefarmholidaybarns.co.uk or zena@lovenorwichfood.co.uk
For Birthday parties, cookery courses and more!
A little extra for only those staying at Lodge Farm Holiday Barns
- Want to Chill out in the diner – maybe bring in some treats, watch a dvd – holiday makers can hire the diner for £15 an hour or £22 for 2 hours (resident rate excluding catering equipment / price per barn).
Information in your guest books or contact me for more details.
The Diner seats up to 18 (10 on 1 table (or 12 on 2 / plus 6 on bars)
Ya, all have a nice day now!
PLUS (open to anyone)
Ice-Cream Sundae Cookery Party – Diner Hire for up to 16, choice of 3 Ronaldos ice-creams, choice of home-bake (inc. waffles, brownies, fudge cake, sticky toffee pud) and tons of toppings, fruits, sauces, whipped cream and yummys – plus coffee or home-made lemonade. Get it on and make something delicious and enjoy – spoons at the ready.
£12.00 per person minimum 10 plus £9.50 p.p up to 16.
The prefect surprise treat including private diner hire up to 2 hours.
American Diner Classics Cookery Course for Adults – See Cookery page for Group cookery courses, go Large and Adult or Children’s Parties.
Diner Hire as a venue, for meetings party’s or more – for £60 up to 3 hours, plus additional £12 per extra hour. Bring your own stuff! – Contact me for more info – bet your bottom dollar! (excluding catering equipment)
Why an American Diner in a Jacobean Farm house?
From the second I walked in to what was known on the property details as “the Studio” I thought this room would make a magnificent American Diner. It was the worst room in the house, totally damp & dirky, ivy crawling through the windows, the french doors were glass-less and rotten to the core – the roof pine clad was green with rot and letting in water everywhere – you could see the sky when you looked up – but I loved that one day it would be my little diner.
When we ripped everything out we found an 1800’s metal water pump in the corner – we were told that Ivy Morter the last tenant farmer had made all her cheese and yogurt in that room but that’s not only why we called it “The Milk Bar” me and my hubby met at The milk bar, a club in London back in the 90’s.
“Gina” – our resident waitress
My mum started my fascination with American Food, she dreamed of going to America as a little girl and eventually she saved up enough money from singing (Renny Lee – New Faces 76) to take us all there – as a 11 year old girl I loved the diners and the service, the burgers, the hot fudge sundaes, the milk shakes and fries and every day the waitress would say “Have a nice day” – and mean it!!!
I love cooking American food – its so bad for you its good and freshly made its even better. The Fries have to be cut just right with the right potato and the mince freshly ground for the perfect burger patty, crisp from the griddle on the outside and juicy in the middle – oozing with local cheese and served in a custom made bun.
But don’t take my word for it get your self booked on to one of my American Cookery courses ith some pals and find out how to cook the perfect burger with ice cubes!!!!
When – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays (Friday Evening for the Cocktail tour) all year round – subject to availability, booking a must. Other dates maybe available – just ask.
Organise your group – grab some friends, work colleagues and family – –
minimum 5 – maximum 10
1. Eating Norwich Tour – The Big One
The guided tour is a friendly walk around the city with a local foodie enjoying lots of local bites on the way, along with sit downs & pub stop, topped off with plenty of knowledge.
3 miles in 3-ish hours £52.50 per person (upgraded from last year, packed with more flavour) – – its full on food and drink and totally inclusive, starting at 11am.
School / College Groups (under 18) – £28.50 pp plus 1 paying teacher / assistant helper / adult per 6 children minimum 12 people / Max 15 in a group – Mid Week day times only Tue, Wed or Thursdays.
This is a guided walk around Norwich city centre taking in 7 of the Norwich 12, a tad of History – Norwich Market along with delicious local flavours, sit down Norfolk Bites in fabulous independent restaurants, a shot of local ale, a mini cone of fish n chips, some local ice-cream, a sweet treat cup of char plus more on the way.
2. Tasting Norwich Tour – The Mini One
This is a mini version of the above with local bites, a sneaky Gin and some thing sweet. Full on local flavour and a whip past all the best eating places in our fine city.
City Centre based, 1.5- 2 hours £38.50 per person– – starting at 1.30pm (also see private tour below for smaller groups and couples)
It’s like the BIG ONE but shorter and sweeter, with more on the go tasters, more afternoon sweet treats and the best coffee in Norwich (or Tea!) & a Gin ‘n’ Tonic.
3. The Private Bespoke / Tourist Food and Drink Walking Tour
This is a great one for tourists wanting to know about our gorgeous medieval city taking in the sites, the food and the drink with a good measure of walking. It’s a tad bespoke, so it can be tailored as we go. I’ll be your private tour guide and the city is our oyster. Up to 3.5 hours, anytime during the day, 2 -4 miles. Including all the British food and drink stops – lunch on the GO with a few sit down bites.
1 – 2 people £175 / 3 peeps £210 / 4 peeps £275 / Family of Four – 2 adults & 2 children £235 additional children £15pp
PRE-PAID – VOUCHERS AVAILABLE
4. The Cocktails & Nibbles Evening One
Running Friday night 5 – 7-ishpm for 2 hours-ish of mini cocktail tasting, nibble munching and a walking tour around Norwich’s best places for cocktails and why. Full on foodie facts with some useless information thrown in. You’ll be well fed & watered!
An organised early evening tour around the best cocktail bars in the City Centre, with delicious blends and food to match, sit down chill and swill in 4-5 great spots.
**Fridays £80 per person / Saturdays £88 (Taxis not included!) Min 6 max 10 people.
5. The HEN / STAG / PARTY One
Minimum 12 – max 18 people – 3.5 hours walking and eating around the city full on food plus cocktail stops. Ending in a Cocktail bar, with the use of the space (room) for the rest of the night if wanted.
Wednesday or Thursday starting at 5.30 – 8.45ish £80pp
Fridays or Saturdays £88pp
Why? – Norwich has the biggest open air market in the UK with dozens of food stalls. We are the home to the best darn’ mustard in the world & Norwich has over 500 restaurants, cafes and bars. Nestled between medieval churches, cobbled streets, a bustling high street and a winding river are 100’s of independent food places, with dozens serving locally sourced foods – – – let me take you there.
Who’s Taking You?– – ME – Zena, professional chef, food writer, blogger & cookery tutor at Lodge Farm Kitchen with a huge passion for all things food and a great knowledge about the City’s food scene, with a tad of interesting facts thrown in.
We take pay-pal, cash, cheque or bank transfer. Pre-Booking Only
FOR MORE DETAILS, AND TO CHECK AVAILABILITY PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
Thinking of a HOT TUB – – Short Break rental £225 Rigid or Lazy Spa £190 / Week rental £285 Rigid or Lazy Spa £245 (please note: Hot Tubs are hired in from a local company & can only be set up on the morning of your arrival, so won’t reach full temp 40* until the morning after)
Please contact us before you arrive, so we can organise any extras in good time.
Norwich city centre is just 10 minutes drive away with its famous castle and cathedral along with heaps of shops, restaurants, theatres and museums. Bawburgh village is just up the road home to the Kings Head a local pub with an award winning restaurant. A beautiful Village with its own River, River green, School, Village Hall and Church – famous for St Walstan’s well.
Less than 5 minutes away is Bawburgh Golf Course, the Norfolk Showground – home of the Norfolk Show, Earlham Park, Sainsbury Centre for the Arts, Norfolk and Norwich hospital, University of East Anglia, Easton College and the John Innes centre. Right next door is Bawburgh Fishing Club and conservation area for bird watching. Longwater Shopping is 5 mins drive, with a large supermarket.
Also minutes away is the A47 which is the gateway to anywhere including London (2 hours), Cambridge (1 hour), Ipswich (1 hour), Great Yarmouth (40 mins), Swaffham (25 mins), Lowestoft (45 mins), Norwich city football club (15 mins) and you can even cut cross country to North Norfolk with Holt being a 40 minute drive away.
For Families – Adventure Golf (5mins), Bewilderwood (30mins), Dinosaur adventure park (15mins), Banham Zoo, Amazona, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Park – all Zoo’s (25-40mins), Pleasurewood Hills (45mins), Petits animal adventure park (30mins), Ten pin bowling (3mins), Yarmouth Hippodrome Circus, Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, Joyland (30mins), Multiplex Odeon Cinema (10mins), Seaside (25-35mins), Paint balling (20mins), Quasar Laser (10mins), Go-Karting (30mins), Trampolining (10mins), Toddler soft-play areas (10-20mins), Swimming (UEA Sportspark) (5mins), Sheringham Steam Railway (1 hour), Water Sports (Whitlingham) (20mins), Boat hire (20mins), Amusements (5-30mins), Museums (10mins), Various Theatres (10-15mins) – – and the list goes on.
Useful Links
Norwich – Who’d of Thought it
We have the biggest award winning outdoor market in the UK with everything from haberdashery to brownie stuffed cookies, you can even buy organic carrots, over sized knickers and hoover parts. Plus we have 2 indoor shopping centres both with restaurants, cafes and fast food halls. John Lewis and Jarrold’s are our large department stores – Jarrold’s is still family run offering some scrumptious goodies in its food hall, seafood bar and deli, homewares and beauty products with a great toy shop on the top floor – plus 2 really good cafes. Walk along the cobbled streets, weave past medieval buildings, discover one of the many museums, art galleries or theatres. Eat everything from Vegetarian indian to artisan sour dough toasties. Drink in one of the many pubs, feast in pub food or chill with a cocktail – you can even go to a cocktail class or make a bottle of gin in the academy. Norwich will keep you busy for days – parkings good with several multistories right in the centre, alternativly catch a bus in or zoom in, in a local cab for as little as £8 – traffics never too bad, from Lodge Farm you can get in to the city in 10 minutes or 15 in rush hour.
It’s a fascinating city with an exciting past, always developing but still keeping its essence.
Did You Know?
- Did you know Elm Hill has more medieval houses down that one street than the whole of London.
- Norwich City Football club are nicknamed the ‘Canaries’ after the birds were traded here by ‘Walloons’ in the 1700’s.
- We were the second largest city in Medieval Britain with more pubs and churches than days in the year.
- Did you know we are in the top 10 of shopping destinations in England.
- The first female published author came from Norwich, we also had the first postcode.
- Did you know more people settle here after Uni than any other city in the UK.
- Plus if you stay at Lodge Farm Holiday Barns, you’ll be surrounded by Royal, Famous & Criminal history.
