BBC Good Food online webinars
Expand your cooking skills, master that tricky-to-perfect sourdough or learn how to taste wine like professionals.
Join our online webinars with experts from our cookery team who will give you all the tips, techniques and inspiration you need to boost your skills, explaining everything you need to know step-by-step. After the hour’s teaching is finished, each masterclass ends with a 30-minute Q&A so you can ask our experts your questions and come away knowing everything you need.
If you have any difficulty booking please email GoodFoodLearning@immediate.co.uk
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Sourdough Beyond Basics: Thursday 25th March, 12pm
About This Webinar
Do you need help taking your sourdough baking to the next-level?
Need an expert to answer all your bread-making questions, like what a lively starter really means or why bench rest is important? Help is at hand.
Join our online masterclass to learn everything you need to know about refining your sourdough process, baking perfect loaves and using your dough for pizza and focaccia.
What’s in the masterclass?
In the Sourdough Beyond Basics masterclass, Barney Desmazery goes in depth into the sourdough process. This 1.5 hour-long webcast will revisit every stage of the process to troubleshoot any issues you might be having, so you can look forward to great results every time.
Agenda
- Re-visit the BBC Good Food sourdough process
- How to make sure your starter is lively enough to begin the bread-making process
- Bench resting, how to get it right
- Shaping, how to do it and why it’s so important
- Making rye and wholemeal starters
- Introducing different types of flour into your sourdough
- Making pizza bases with your dough
- Making focaccia with your dough
Your masterclass itinerary
Thursday 25 March at 12 noon (GMT), sourdough expert Barney will lead a 60-minute online presentation explaining how to improve your sourdough techniques and make a range of bakes beyond loaves. This is followed by a 30-minute live Q&A session for all your questions.
A recording of the presentation will be made available to all registered attendees to re-watch up to 10 times – a link will be sent to you by email within 72 hours after the event.
How to book
To book your place on our Sourdough Beyond Basics course costs just £10.
The webinar can be viewed on any device, although we would recommend a laptop or computer rather than a phone.
Please note: if you have any difficulty booking please email GoodFoodLearning@immediate.co.uk or webinars@immediate.co.uk.
Learn about British cheese with BBC Good Food and the Academy of Cheese: Tuesday 23rd March, 6pm
Increase your enjoyment of cheese with this fascinating online masterclass. Discover what to look for when buying cheese and how to taste it. Find new favourites and learn how to put together a cheeseboard for a special occasion with this online masterclass in association with the experts at the Academy of Cheese.
What's in the masterclass?
This hour-long webcast will help you understand and develop your enjoyment of cheese – from learning how it is made, to understanding how to pick the best ones for you, followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
Your masterclass itinerary
On Tuesday 23 March at 6pm, Sam Wilkin – cheese expert and trainer with the Academy of Cheese – will enhance your knowledge of cheese immeasurably, guiding you through the complex flavours and aromas that makes each one unique. He will introduce you to some stunning British artisan cheeses and share tips on everything from how to store it to creating the perfect cheeseboard for Easter.
Sam will be joined on the webinar by BBC Good Food’s Group magazines editor and cheese enthusiast Keith Kendrick. They’ll be tasting and discussing four different styles of cheeses so if you’d like to taste along, these are widely available to buy from cheesemongers:
Goat’s cheese
Examples include: Driftwood, Capricorn, Rosary Ash
Cheddar
Examples include: Westcombe, Quicke’s, Keen’s
Washed
Examples include: Stinking Bishop, Rollright, Baronet
Blue
Examples include: Cropwell Bishop Stilton, Stichelton, Beenleigh
After the presentation, a recording will be made available to all registered attendees to re-watch up to 10 times – a link will be sent to you by email within 72 hours of the event.
Want to get a head start?
Download the Academy of Cheese flavour wheel and get introduced to five simple flavours which will help you with your tasting knowledge.
Agenda
- How cheese is made, the different styles of cheese and how to store cheese
- How to taste a cheese
- 4 British cheeses you need to know about for spring
- How to create a perfect cheeseboard and the best British cheeses to cook with
- 30 minute Q&A
How to book
To book your place on our masterclass costs just £10.
The webinar can be viewed on any device, although we would recommend a laptop or computer rather than a phone.
Please note: if you have any difficulty booking please email GoodFoodLearning@immediate.co.uk or webinars@immediate.co.uk.
Wine tasting event: Thursday 18th March, 7pm
Enjoy these classic wines at your exclusive BBC Good Food virtual tasting event
Join us on Thursday 18th March at 7pm where we’ll be guided by resident wine expert, Grant Hedley as he discusses each of the wines in this magnificent trio.
Learn the fundamentals of choosing and tasting the right wine and discover the romance between wine and food. Plus, discover how your senses can alter your perception of the wines with fun interactive experiments.
Your exclusive trio includes:
Bees Knees Chenin Viognier
This zesty white is causing quite a buzz with many rave customer reviews. It’s from the talented Gabb family and combines Cape speciality Chenin Blanc with soft, aromatic Viognier. Ripe and racy with irresistible tropical fruit and honeysuckle aromas.
Domaine La Lirande Syrah
Pure Syrah is rarely found in the wines of the Languedoc Roussillon, it's usually reserved for the pricy reds of the northern Rhône. From the warm, ripe 2019 vintage and vineyards close to Corbièries, this has dark, smoky black fruit and spice.
Roche Lacour de Limoux Rose
An exclusive alternative to rosé Champagne at a fraction of the price. Made in the perfect cool climate of Limoux, in the same exacting manner as vintage Champagne, this is a very fine and distinguished fizz with classic, strawberry scented finesse.
How to book
Get your tickets for this tasting for £23.97 and free delivery, or if you'd prefer to order by phone, please call 03300 242 855 and quote the code 4249001.
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