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Enjoy examples of the celebrated cuisine and hospitality of the Silk Route, especially Persia and Azerbaijan, with me, in the beautiful city of Bath. I will be popping up in various venues in the city for classes. My classes can be held in your kitchen at home, holiday rental or on zoom.
I cater for vegan, vegetarian, omnivore and gluten free diets.
I also offer Demo & Dine and I can private chef for you. These are very popular with friends and family get togethers, hen dos and corporate clients.
Please email me: simi@simiskitchen.co.uk for group classes,bespoke classes, Demo & Dine or private chef
Fixed Classes in Bath – Held Once a Month
My informal cookery courses are perhaps more akin to a meal at a friend’s house than a formal class. I demonstrate how to make the dishes. The class ends with a meal.
All of these classes can be altered very easily so as to suit coeliac, vegetarian & vegan diets. In season we will use fruit and vegetables picked in Bath the day of the class. The lesson culminates in a feast of what has been made, and includes salads, yoghurt, pickles and drinks.
Whether it’s with friends, family, colleagues on corporate events or cultured hens & stags, its a great way to learn about the authentic food, culture and customs of the Middle East, Iran, Turkey and India. Suitable for all skill levels. Classes are at most 3 hours long.
Cost: £100 per person. £80 for full-time students & teenagers.
50% deposit to secure a place and remainder to be paid a week before the class.
Under 18s to be accompanied by an adult.
You must let me know of any allergies or dietary requirements prior to the class.
Monthly Middle Eastern Cookery Classes – held in central Bath
Saturday 25 May- Classes are 10 – 1pm
Saturday 8 June- Classes are 10 – 1pm
Saturday 13 July- Classes are 10 – 1pm
Saturday 10 August- Classes are 10 – 1pm
More dates to be confirmed
Having taught and assisted at Demuths for over 14 years, I now teach vegan & vegetarian classic dishes from around the world at Simi’s Kitchen
email: simi@simiskitchen.co.uk
Bespoke classes / Demo & Dine at a venue of your choosing
Cost: Groups of 4 or more, £100 per person . Groups of 2 or 3, £150 per person. One-to-one £400.
50% deposit to secure a place and remainder to be paid within a week of the class.
Under 18s to be accompanied by an adult.
My daytime, evening and weekend courses can be customised. Decide on a date and class (see below for ideas) and then get in touch. It is the perfect way to learn and indulge your love of food. I need at least 3 days notice to prepare for a class.
The following are an example of my most popular courses. We use seasonal ingredients depending on what is available from my organic garden or that I’ve been able to forage in Bath.
- Persian Feast – We make Kashk bademjan, an aubergine dip with kashk a dairy based sauce and walnuts, followed by Jewelled rice or Zereshk Polow – rice with emerald pistachios, ruby barberries and canary diamonds saffron almonds. This is served with saffron coated chicken.
- Vegetarian Classics – Using seasonal locally grown vegetables this course is a mix of vegetarian classics such as curries, pilafs, tagines, salads, pastry and puddings from around the world.
- Vegetarian Middle Eastern Medley – We make the classic vegetarian dishes of the Middle East such as imam bayaldi, piyaz, pilafs, borek and salads.
- Vegan Moorish Medley – We make seasonal Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Azeri dishes such as: salads, fatayer, muddadarah, mutable, freekeh and tagines. Using legumes, herbs and spices such as zattar, ras al hangout and berries e.g. barberries and sumac and of course tahini.
- Moghul Indian – We make rich dhal, biriyani, creamy curry and sides for a meal fit for a Moghul durbar.
- Rice Masterclass – We cook three flavours of rice each in a different way. Depending on the season we will make: Zereshkpolow: barberry, saffron, pistachio polow with potato tah-dig; Baghali polow: dill and broad bean rice; Advieh polow: a rose petal and spice scented rice; and Tahchin: rice with an egg and yoghurt tah-dig baked in the oven followed by Sholeh zard, a saffron & rosewater rice pudding.
- Herbs As Ingredients – In Iranian cooking herbs are used like vegetables and in this class we first make Osh (broth) using chives, tarragon, parsley and coriander. Kookoo sabzi (frittata) is next, using spring onions, walnuts and barberries. Finally we make Khoresht Ghormeh Sabzi (stew or curry) using parsley, chives and dried lemons.
- Khoresh Masterclass – We make different khoresh using seasonal vegetables and fruit which we eat with saffron rice.
- Pickles, Jams & Preserves – We make seasonal preserves including verjuice, rose petal jam and various torshi (pickles).
- Gluten Free Cookery – You can learn at Simi’s Kitchen or in your home about what to cook and how to adapt recipes to be gluten free.
- General cookery course: We learn basic ingredients and cooking techniques. Keeping a well stocked larder, batch cooking, and good old-fashioned frugal seasonal cooking.
email: simi@simiskitchen.co.uk
I also offer online classes, please get in touch to organise a lesson. They are a cook along of sorts, I send the recipe, ingredients list and guidance on what to have prepared in advance. We then cook together via Zoom or other video applications.
Gift Vouchers
If you’d like to book a place or buy a gift voucher (valid for one year), please get in touch.
Vouchers are not refundable, if you can’t make it, you can pass it on to someone else if you wish.
Cancellation Policy
Fixed classes: we offer a 50% refund up to one week prior to the course date. For cancellations with less than one week’s notice you will only receive a refund if we can find someone to take your place, this includes gift vouchers.
If it is a private booking for a bespoke class that is not part of a group class, we offer a 50% refund up to one week prior to the course date. For cancellations with less than one week’s notice there is no refund. This includes gift vouchers.
Vouchers are valid for one year from date of issue and are non-refundable but transferable to another person to attend.
Comments from some of my customers:
“I like to watch other people cook because what I am looking for is not so much technique but the “heart” of the cuisine because if I understand at that level I know what to aim for. You certainly showed that! I loved what you cooked and how you handled the food, the flavours, the colours, the textures, the freshness of the salad………….. Cooking with tomato puree will never be the same!”
“My daughter and I enjoyed a really informative and fun cookery class with Simi. She came to our home and delivered an interactive experience of tastes, smells, cultural nuances and an understanding of how food affects our well-being. Simi’s knowledge is fascinating and the way she cooks was not difficult but made great sense. We were left feeling that we could cook what she had made, and that we could use the knowledge she gave us in different ways with different ingredients. Delicious but not daunting.”
“…opened my eyes to a whole new way of cooking…”
“I found the whole experience quite stimulating. You have such an professional and articulate approach, the food was wonderful.”
“The warmth and love which emanated from you and the Persian cooking class will remain with me as a very fond memory.”
“Simi made us feel right at home. Wonderful recipes, very relaxed atmosphere. Fresh ingredients and the food was intertwined with stories from Iran. Integrated many of Simi’s cooking tips in my everyday life.”
Simi's Kitchen - Cookery School in Bath 