Food Smoking course in Penrith, Cumbria, UK

This is a fun and practical hands-on workshop run over one day for anyone with an interest in learning how to smoke foods at home. The programme offers you an insight into the history and theory as well as the practical methods for smoking food.

The course focuses on 'home smoking' and helps you to get the best out of a home smoker. You will learn how to both hot- and cold smoke food and even how to make your own smoker!

You will be smoking over 12 different types of food from chicken, prawns and olives to salmon, mushrooms and almonds and much more. This will be done on five different types of smokers – anything from a commercial home smoker to a filing cabinet. With these choices there is truly something for everyone.

At the end of the day you will sit down with a glass of bubbly and taste all the food you have smoked. Then you get to take home a ‘goodie bag’ of everything that is left – delicious!

The price includes all refreshments, lunch, and comprehensive smoking notes.

So if you are interested in good food, enjoy creating delicious food or you just love eating smoked food - then Smoky Jo's is the place for you.

Testimonials:

‘Many thanks for a great course yesterday, I thoroughly enjoyed the course, the wit, your knowledge and the amazing food. Glen Rankin’

‘Excellent course, glorious day, enthusiastic knowledgeable people, what more can I say?

I now have two of the books recommended on the course notes, although they are very detailed, they cannot start to the replace the hands-on experience of the course. Highly recommended. Colin Turner’

'You have a winning formula, it’s been a really special day. Mary McSweeney '

Your hosts, tutors and entertainers at Smoky Jo’s are Jo Hampson and Georgina Perkins, the previous owners of the renowned Old Smokehouse based at Brougham Hall, Penrith, with customers including Fortnum and Mason, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and even HRH Prince Charles. No one is better equipped to take you through the hints and tips to creating and enjoying smoked food at home than these savvy experts. The food smoking courses at Smoky Jo’s are fun, informative, and very tasty. So come and join Jo and Georgina and enjoy an exciting and entertaining course in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside!

B&B accommodation is available on site.