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The Cheshire Cookery School provides a fully equipped kitchen space and event venue hire in Cheshire for food brands, chefs, businesses and private clients. Perfect for demonstrations, recipe development, filming, photography, corporate events and training sessions.

 

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Why choose us for your venue hire?

With many years of experience and countless satisfied clients, The Cheshire Cookery School is a unique location for all manner of commercial, corporate and private events, including chef training, foodie events, product launches, market research, product testing and development open days, photography, location filming and bloggers events, as well as private celebrations, wedding receptions and more.

Whether you need full service tailored to your needs (including chefs, waiters, and assistants) or you simply want the space for a private function, we can help you create a memorable day. Our friendly management team is happy to discuss your requirements, while our extensive hosting experience and expertise may well bring new ideas to your event.

Previous commercial clients include HIT Chef Training, Compass, ITV, BBC, The Great Northern Cook Off, Total Greek Yoghurt, Grana Padano Consortium and Love Food Hate, to name but a few.

Scroll down to see the three unique areas available for your exclusive use when hiring our venue.

 

Three fantastic event spaces available to use

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The Cookery School

Our spacious, state-of-the-art Cooking School comprises a large, two-person chef station with eight individual satellite workstations, each sufficient for two people to comfortably share facilities and get hands-on with products and recipes.

As you might expect from the region’s premier cookery school and largest supplier of kitchen appliances in the Northwest, our cooking area is fitted with the most up-to-date equipment and appliances..

Every workstation includes intuitive AEG induction hobs and ovens, large stainless steel sinks with Quooker hot water taps, a dishwasher, fridges, freezers, Kitchen Aid mixers, Wushof knives, and more.

The Meeting Room

With a large dining table that easily sits 20 people – plus informal additional seating – our dedicated dining and meeting room offers a luxurious, sociable space at the centre of the School.

Its central location makes it ideal for hosting meetings or as a focal point for your event activities, or simply to sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labour from the Cookery School and discuss what you have learned.

This room includes a small kitchen annex with two dishwashers, a sink and a Quooker hot water tap – ideal for our assistants to make your guests feel welcome with a selection of hot and cold refreshments and snacks, if required.

The Wine Room

A cosy room with a real wine cellar feel, the Wine Tasting Room provides our clients with the ideal setting to formally greet your guests with a glass of sparkling wine and canapes before you begin your event.

With luxurious décor and extensive facilities, the Wine Tasting Room also lends itself beautifully for events such as new product launches, formal media announcements, professional photo shoots and commercial filming, as well as other special events and private occasions.

Previous clients include HIT Chef Training, Compass, ITV, BBC, The Great Northern Cook Off, Total Greek Yoghurt, Grana Padano Consortium and Love Food Hate, to name but a few.

Ready to create a unique and memorable day?

Whether you need a fully tailored day including chefs and assistants, or would rather have the space all to yourself, we can help you create a memorable day.

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Luigi Collovà
06/06/2026
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I recently took part in the French Patisserie & Macarons class. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys learning how to recreate these delicate pastries in a well-equipped environment. Last but not least, the kitchen's impeccable hygiene standards' and Chef Rob's expert guidance made the experience even more enjoyable.
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Dave Purser
05/05/2026
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I had a great day on the French course and learnt a lot from Rob’s instructions and demonstrations. Nothing was too much trouble and he took the time to explain things and questions asked on a one to one basis. I would recommend the course to anyone and hope to go back with my daughter and attend the Italian course which looks amazing.
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Ben Dean
25/04/2026
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Fantastic experience, learnt the core lessons of the Italian course but there was also lots of hints tips and useful information thrown in along the way. Class was mixed with experienced and beginners but the Chef Rob catered for everyone. Thoroughly enjoyable day and lots of food came home with us too. Highly recommended
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Jaclyn Pannell
28/03/2026
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I attended the beginner class today - it was a fantastic day with great company & a lovely chef. Highly recommend.
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Peter Jackson
21/02/2026
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Absolutely outstanding! I did the vegetarian course – not my natural territory really but that made it even more insightful. Rob is a great chef and tutor and a really interesting guy. We made lots of lovely food, easily. He dispenses loads of insider tips and tricks of the business throughout the day. The great professional kitchen makes you feel you’re on Bake Off! Plus the lovely staff wash up and tidy for you as you go - luxury! You have lunch of your own making and come away with boxes of food. Organisation is spot on. Very highly recommended.
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lee martin
14/02/2026
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I was bought a day at this cookery school as a gift. This particular day was French cooking, and I gave to say it was fabulous. I only have what I would describe as normal pan rattling skills , but that was enough. The tuition was excellent, friendly and no pressure, with assistance on hand of you need it . Clear demonstrations , simple tasks and a great variation of dishes cooked during the day, that included a delicious lunch and a good amount of other items to bring home. A lovely gift for anyone foodie and great for couples. You will gain confidence and realise you can make these dishes at home. Only ordinary kitchen equipment needed. One of the best things I’ve done in quite a while, and definitely recommended.
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Nicola Wheat
10/02/2026
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This is an amazing chance to learn new dishes and the team are lovely
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Steve Evans
31/01/2026
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I thoroughly enjoyed my day at the Cheshire Cookery School. The facilities are first rate and everyone was really lovely, nothing was too much trouble. Rob is an amazing chef, friendly, knowledgeable and approachable. I learnt lots and the time flew by, I even managed to make myself a fantastic Gnocchi lunch. It was a great day, really good value for money (I came home with loads of food) and I will definitely be coming back for another course.
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Penny Cook
31/01/2026
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We attended the Friday night steak night and had a fantastic time, I couldn't recommend it highly enough. Chef Rob was brilliant - really inspiring and entertaining - a great teacher who is genuinely interested in sharing his passion. The team were warm and welcoming. Our fellow students were lovely and everyone had a great time. Ingredients, equipment etc were top quality and the resulting dinner - steak with wild mushroom sauce - was excellent. We'll definitely be doing this again!
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