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Easy Dinner Party Magic

Name: Easy Dinner Party Magic
Brand: Sophie Archer
Price: 165.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

with Sophie Archer

£165

Wednesday 17th
June 2026

18:00-21:30
(3.5hrs)

Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

Join this fantastic hands-on masterclass - The art of impressive but effortless entertaining

Cookery Class with Chef Sophie Archer: Easy Dinner Party Magic

Short on time but still want to cook with confidence and flair? Join Chef Sophie Archer for a flavour-led masterclass designed for modern hosts who want beautiful, interesting food without unnecessary stress.

This class focuses on elegant dinner-party dishes that can be prepared ahead, served generously, and finished with confidence. Sophie will show you how to build restaurant-level flavour and texture at home using smart techniques, seasonal ingredients and clever make-ahead elements.

Expect exciting, easy to execute starter ideas, including silky cashew cream with chilli-dressed tenderstem broccoli and heritage carrots with citrus, pistachio and labneh.

You will also learn Sophie’s approach to slow-cooked centrepieces and reliable hero dishes, from tender octopus to perfectly cooked fish and juicy, well-seasoned chicken every time.

Along the way, Sophie will cover the chef techniques that make simple dishes feel special, including quick pickles, punchy dressings, simple brines and thoughtful plating.

By the end of the session, you will leave with practical, adaptable ideas and the confidence to host elegant, relaxed dinner parties, even on your busiest days.

Menu / Class Focus

Together, the class will explore:

Silky cashew cream with chilli-dressed tenderstem broccoli

Heritage carrots with citrus, pistachio and labneh

Tender octopus

Tips for perfectly cooked fish and juicy chicken every time

Crowd delighting techniques for make ahead and last minute desserts

The class will finish by assembling a generous Mediterranean-style table featuring the dishes and techniques prepared during the session.

What’s included:

Refreshments on arrival and available throughout the class
Apron and all of the equipment required
A recipe pack for you to take home after your class
All ingredients provided and weighed out in advance for you
Dinner of your own making to enjoy together as a class accompanied by a glass of wine or soft refreshments
10% discount on purchases made in store on the day of your class, including cookery classes. Excludes books, food, electrical items, gift vouchers and sale items
We do all the washing up!

This session can be made suitable for vegetarians, please advise when booking.

Sophie Archer

Sophie Archer began her career in law, working as General Counsel within financial services before founding and running a corporate intelligence company. In 2019, she completed the Leiths Diploma in Food and Wine, graduating with distinction.

She went on to train in professional kitchens, including the Michelin-starred Kitchen W8, alongside private cheffing roles at Winfield House and Naworth Castle. Sophie later became Head Chef at a brasserie in Notting Hill and reached the quarter-finals of MasterChef: The Professionals 2024.

She subsequently founded a Southern France-inspired café in Chelsea. She is currently Executive Chef at a restaurant in Barnes and also works as a private chef for a household in West London.

Having led teams and kitchens, Sophie is passionate about teaching, training and helping others build confidence in the kitchen. Her cooking style focuses on light, seasonal Mediterranean food, with an emphasis on flavour, generosity and elegant simplicity.

You will be learning in a beautifully designed kitchen which provides a warm welcoming environment that can accommodate everything from group cookery classes to intimate chef’s tables, with the versatility to suit everyone.

Our partners have been chosen with great care, as all our equipment must stand up to the day-to-day rigours of our cookery school – much like a professional kitchen, that you can enjoy using whilst creating your own amazing dishes in class to give you the best possible experience when cooking with us.

Our classes and outstanding range of teachers will help you hone your gastronomic skills, even if you are a complete novice or a dab hand in the kitchen. We love highlighting new upcoming food trends and championing the rising stars within the culinary world.

Divertimenti does everything it can to reduce the risk of any students consuming an allergen that could cause and allergic reaction.

Please call the school to discuss any severe food allergies prior to booking a class online, we must speak to you before you visit the school if you have a severe allergy or severe dietary intolerance.

We will become as flexible as possible, where we can to remove a specific ingredient from a student’s recipe we will but we are unable to remove that ingredient for every student attending.

We handle all types of ingredients in the kitchen at Divertimenti and we are not able to completely allergen free environment, our kitchen is multi-purpose therefore this makes our kitchen unsuitable for those with life- threatening allergies, in such cases as these we would suggest getting in touch with the team to arrange a private lesson in your own home with one of our chefs. Please contact us for more information

In the unlikely event you are unable to the class you have booked for and need to cancel your booking, for a full refund we will require your cancellation via email no less than 7 days.

Once we have received your cancellation, we will arrange a booking onto an alternative class date or a full refund, sadly we are unable to make changes to bookings or offer a refund with less than 7 days of the date of your class but we are happy to switch the names on the booking so a family member or friend can take the place.

Divertimenti reserves the right to cancel any demonstration or class or substitute another presenter at any time, in the unfortunate event that a ‘Personality’ present or chef cannot attend a session you will be offered the choice of an appropriate alternative or a full refund.

Attendees must be aged over 18 to attend an adult class - we have a list of suitable young adult and teenage classes suitable for under 18’s – they must be accompanied by an adult.