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Middle Eastern Shawarma Masterclass

Name: Middle Eastern Shawarma Masterclass
Brand: Soha Darwish
Price: 145.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

with Soha Darwish

£145

Thursday 26th
February 2026

18:30-21:30
(3hrs)

Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

Shawarma is one of the most popular street foods in the Middle East, found on nearly every corner. It's made with thinly sliced, marinated meat—usually chicken or beef—slow-cooked on a vertical spit. Wrapped in flatbread with garlic sauce or tahini, pickles, and fries, shawarma is quick, flavourful, and deeply rooted in the region's food culture.

Shawarma Menu:

Soha's One Pan Beef Shawarma
Chicken Shawarma with Tomeya (garlic sauce)
Soha's Freekeh & Grilled Halloumi Salad
Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini sauce
Soha's Signature Creamy Kunafa

There will be Saj bread and pickled cucumbers if you like to enjoy your shawarma in wraps ! 

Soha will also be bringing her famous signature Kunafa dessert as a thank you treat.

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
Lunch of with your Fattah feast of own making to enjoy together as a class accompanied by a fresh pomegranate juice or glass of wine
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!

Soha Darwish

Soha Darwish is an Egyptian food writer, culinary consultant and content creator. Soha brings to life easy, hassle-free recipes with bold Middle Eastern flavours, that are inspired by her memories of Alexandria in Egypt, where she was born and raised. After university she found her second home in London, in which she became an active member of the UK Guild of Food Writers; a Great Taste Judge, and obtained a Diploma in Food Journalism. She has widely contributed to highly acclaimed lifestyle magazines and newspapers in both the Middle East and in the UK such as Identity magazine, The National newspaper, Delicious magazine and Good Food Magazine.

Soha started her career as s a culinary consultant, she worked on several F&B projects across the Middle East, from creating menus, setting up new culinary concepts to working with famous brands on enhancing their food products. She is currently working on a high-profile project in Egypt

As a content creator, she cooked in Dubai Expo, Abu Dhabi SIAL and The Specialty Food Fair in London Olympia. She is a brand ambassador and regularly collaborates with renowned brands like Tilda, Cole and Masons, Williams and Sonoma and many more. She was featured in The Evening Standard last Ramdan. They came over to her house in London and shot a beautiful video of her hosting Iftar with her family and friends. She was also a guest on Good Food Podcast recently, talking about her published features and her career aspirations. @sohadarwish_food

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.

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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.