18 June 2010

Lisa Higginson

Local residents, businesses and community groups are enjoying a pioneering culinary network that has been cooked up in Chorlton. Cracking Good Food aims to entice people into the kitchen by offering a range of workshops and sessions, which are designed to help develop cookery skills and expand recipe repertoires. Following its launch at Chorlton’s Big Green Festival in March, the Cracking Good Food team has run sessions for Chorlton Good Neighbours pensioners group, fed pasta to passers-by outside Hickson & Black’s Deli and helped to wrap up Chorlton Arts Festival with a big street feast.

Cracking Good Food co-ordinator Adele Jordan and Jessica Symons, of local social enterprise Krata, have announced a summer series of cookery workshops aimed at both individuals and groups of friends. The project has received funding from the National Lottery’s Local Food Fund, The Co-operative Membership and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, which means each three-hour long workshop costs just £15 per person (£10 concessions). Classes take place at Chorlton High School, on Nell Lane, on Tuesdays from 6pm-9pm and Saturdays at St Ninian’s, on Wilbraham Road, from 11am-2pm

The Following workshops take place in June and July:
Tasty Salads with Pulses ‘n’ Grains – Tuesday, June 22
Something Spicy (with Kate of Jam Street Cafe) – Tuesday, June 29 and Saturday, July 3
Pasta Plus (with Jay of Hickson & Black’s) – Tuesday, July 6
Mexican Tapas (with Fernanda of Unicorn) – Tuesday, July 13 and Saturday, July 17

To book a workshop or for more information visit www.crackinggoodfood.org
or call 0845 652 2572.