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La Cocina Vasca - Cook Book Taster Event

with María José Sevilla

£30
Tuesday 24th
June 2025
18:00-20:30
(2.5hrs)
Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

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Spain's Basque country is one of the world's most exciting food destinations home to a wealth of culinary traditions, celebrated chefs & restaurants.  Few cuisines have captured more imaginations than that of Spain, but ask a Spaniard where to find the best food in the country and the reply will most certainly be 'in the Basque Country' 

Celebrating popular food and ingredients from the area, María José and her son Daniel will demonstrate delicious dishes from her cookbook La Cocina Vasca (Ryland Peters & Small).

In the demonstration Maria Jose will cook & you will taste: 

  • Gildas y piparras                 

    ANCHOVY, OLIVE & PIPARRAS CHILLI SKEWERS

  • Pintxo patatas canallas con chorizo y torreznos de panceta curada

    SCOUNDREL POTATOES WITH CHORIZO & PORK CRACKLING

  • Pimientos del Piquillo rellenos de pescado

    PIQUILLO PEPPERS STUFFED WITH WHITE FISH

  • Tarta de queso de La Viña en San Sebastián

    BAKED CHEESECAKE FROM LA VIÑA IN SAN SEBASTIÁN

What's included:

  • Refreshments on arrival and available throughout the class
  • Tasters of the demonstrated dishes 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

La Cocina Vasca will be available for purchase and signing on the day of the event.

María José Sevilla is a Spanish cook and writer who is an expert in Hispanic gastronomy and viticulture. She has written a number of books and is a member of the British Guild of Food Writers, and a member of the Grand Order of Wine Knights (the highest recognition of experts in the field). She holds the Diploma of The Wine and Spirit Education Trust and won the Glenfiddich award in 1992.

Follow her at @mariajosesevillaauthor

Images by Clare Winfield © Ryland Peters & Small, taken from La Cocina Vasca by María José Sevilla (Ryland Peters & Small, £22)

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.

To learn more about the Harvey Jones Linear Range please visit here

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.



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