'The Malay Cook' Cookbook Demo & Signing

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'The Malay Cook' Cookbook Demo & Signing

Name: 'The Malay Cook' Cookbook Demo & Signing
Brand: Ranie Saidi
Price: 30.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

with Ranie Saidi

£30

Thursday 23rd
April 2026

18:30-20:30
(2hrs)

Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

We are delighted to welcome Ranie Saidi to the cookery school for a cookbook demo evening packed full of Malaysian flavours, recipes & delicious tasters throughout the session.

Through family stories and the legacy of his grandmother’s recipes, The Malay Cook traces Ranie’s journey from Kuala Lumpur to London.

Malay cooking is a harmony of sweet, sour, salty, lemak manis (coconut creamy umami) and spice. In The Malay Cook, Ranie shares a rich collection of recipes, from his supperclub favourites that his followers adore and have become firm favourites on his menus.

Ranie’s recipes highlight everyday ingredients you can source locally, and the handy Malay Palate Flavour Table offers swaps and guidance, sharing the foundations of Malay cooking he has developed since moving to London. From slow-simmering stews to quick stir-fries, with flavour guides and Meal Planners, this book embraces tradition while adapting for the modern kitchen.

You will see Ranie prepare:

Orange salad
Tofu & potato croquettes
Peanut sauce (to be eaten with crudites and satay wings)
Satay wings
Chicken padprik
Stir fried udon

What’s included:

A welcome cocktail or something sparkly 🥂
A chance to buy a copy of The Malay Cook & have it signed by Ranie
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

Ranie Saidi

Ranie is a London-based recipe developer and founder of The Malay Cook Supperclub. Ranie’s food celebrates his Malaysian Malay heritage and the flavours he grew up with - the kind his grandmother, a wedding catering cook, used to make in her small kitchen back home.

As Ranie says, ‘Watching her feed a crowd with care and instinct is what first taught me that food is more than sustenance; it is memory, identity and connection.’

Since moving to London, Ranie has been finding ways to share that spirit through supper clubs at Soho House, Curry Club London, Dusty Knuckles and the Boundary Shoreditch.

Ranie’s cooking has been featured in the Financial Times and Olive Magazine, and he has created recipes for Tasty UK Social. He was also a finalist for the 2023 Yan Kit So Award, which deepened his drive to keep telling Malay food stories with honesty and heart.

The Malay Cook by Ranie Saidi, published by Ryland Peters & Small (£25)

Photography by Mowie Kay © Ryland Peters & Small

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.