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Festive Baking Demo & Dine event with Eric Lanyard & Magimix

Name: Festive Baking Demo & Dine event with Eric Lanyard & Magimix
Brand: Eric Lanyard
Price: 75.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

with Eric Lanyard

£75

Friday 9th
October 2026

11:00-14:30
(3.5hrs)

Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

Get ahead for this festive season with renowned pastry chef Eric Lanlard in this indulgent seasonal Demo & Dine event, where you'll enjoy elegant desserts and festive inspiration perfect for Christmas entertaining.

Eric will showcase the creation of a beautiful Clementine & Pomegranate Festive Cake, bursting with vibrant citrus flavours and jewel-like pomegranate for a stunning seasonal centrepiece.

He will also demonstrate how to make a luxurious Bourbon Vanilla Bean Paste Ice Cream, enriched with the deep aroma of vanilla and finished with spiced cranberry inclusions, expertly prepared using the Magimix Gelato Expert.

In addition, Eric will share the secrets of Dark Rum & Exotic Christmas Mini Puddings, rich, aromatic, and packed with warming spices and tropical dried fruits, made using the Magimix Food Processor for precision and ease.

Throughout the demonstration, Eric will share his professional techniques, insider tips, and expert flavour combinations, giving you the confidence to recreate these impressive festive desserts at home. With a recipe pack to take home and time to ask the master baker all the questions you may have during this session.

To complete the experience, guests will enjoy a relaxed sharing lunch of French cheese and charcuterie for lunch with a glass of Crémant offering a delicious savoury inclusion before tasting all the pudding Eric has prepared.

Whether you're looking for the perfect inspiration for your holiday baking or simply enjoy a creative festive experience, this demonstration and lunch event offers plenty of expert guidance, irresistible seasonal flavours and all the tips and tricks on how to get the best of out of your Magimix Food Pro & Gelato Expert packed irresistible seasonal flavours.

What's included:

Refreshments on arrival and available throughout the class
Recipe pack for you to take home of all of the recipes covered in the session
Sharing lunch of French cheeses & charcuterie with a glass of Crémant along with tasters of all of the dishes prepared in the session

A chance to purchase & have signed Eric's cookbook Cake Boy
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. Option to redeem ticket-price against purchase of a Cook Expert.

Eric Lanyard:

Born in Quimper, Brittany, France, Eric began his culinary journey at a young age, working with prestigious establishments and renowned chefs such as Albert and Michel Roux in the UK. Known for creating stunning and innovative desserts, cakes, and Afternoon Teas, he has been featured on various television shows, including his own series “Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard” and “Glamour Puds”. Eric has authored several cookbooks, sharing his expertise in pastry and baking with both home cooks and professionals. His talents have earned him international recognition, and he has served as a judge on various culinary competitions, as well as working with luxury brands across hotels, airlines, and cruise companies, creating new concepts and menus. According to Vanity Fair magazine, Eric Lanlard is one of the best pâtissiers in the world. Over the years, he has received numerous awards and accolades for his contribution to the culinary world and is celebrated for his skill, creativity, and dedication to the art of pastry and baking, making him a prominent and highly respected figure in the industry.

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.