Courses at Hempmill
Cookery Classes
Lucy learned to cook, bake and teach at Leiths School of Food and Wine, and at Virtuous Bread in London. She teaches small, informal, friendly classes with hands-on cooking and demonstrations. All classes include lunch, tea & coffee and snacks.
We are currently focusing on baking at Hempmill and our core lessons are Basic Bread and Sourdough. We also run seasonal classes such as Easter Baking and specialist classes such as Gluten Free Cooking. Sign up to our newsletter to receive updates on new classes.
Learn to Bake
Baking & cookery lessons with qualified chef and teacher Lucy Heeley.
Small, informal, friendly classes with practical cooking and demonstrations.
All abilities welcome.
Classes make great presents and will be available as vouchers in our shop. All classes include lunch, tea & coffee.
Private lessons are also available in all types of cooking – just let me know what you want to learn!
Basic Bread
Our most popular lesson, this course is all about gaining the confidence to bake at home. Everyone makes his or her own wheat bread and Irish soda bread.
We learn how to use yeast and different types of flour, as well as kneading, proving, shaping & baking dough.
Lucy demonstrates rye bread for you to try. Students take home a goodie bag with their breads and a comprehensive recipe pack, as well as the confidence to bake delicious loaves at home without any special equipment.
10am – 2.30pm. £95 including lunch and refreshments.
Learn to Bake Sourdough
This course is about demystifying sourdough; it’s a lot easier than many books would have you believe!
Students will each make both a wheat and a rye sourdough loaf, as well as unusual sourdough bakes such as crackers and scones.
Students take home all their breads, full recipes, a live sourdough starter, and a thorough understanding of how to store, feed and bake with it.
10am – 5pm. £150. including lunch and refreshments.