Gloucester Studio hosts special events throughout the year with tickets available on a per person basis. These courses and workshops are also available on an exclusive hire basis on a date to suit you. Please visit the shop to book ticketed events and contact for activities on an exclusive hire basis.

Upcoming dates

30th March: Beginners Fire Cooking (£115) – SOLD OUT

31st March: Mother’s Day Tea for Two (£25) – 4 pairs of tickets available

31st March: Spoon Carving (£45) – 4 tickets available

11th May: Advanced Fire Cooking (£150) – 4 tickets available

22nd September: Spoon Carving (£45) – 6 tickets available

19th October: The Fireside Anthology Launch Party (£55) – 8 tickets available

Spoon Carving (£45 per person) Read blog and see photos

Combine a cosy fire-cooked meal with learning a new skill. Jane Gray-Wallis is bringing her creativity and bag of tools to Gloucester Studio to run a practical workshop where each participant begins with a rough piece of wood and leaves with a spoon. Kathryn will ensure you are well fuelled with a hearty lunch and will provide a cake for the break. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available throughout the afternoon.

The event is suitable for absolute beginners and will also be an enjoyable afternoon for anyone who already enjoys working with wood.

1.00 Arrival for soup and fire-cooked bread

2.00 Begin spoon carving with Jane

3.30 Break for cake

5.00 Head home with your new spoon

The Pyromaniac School  of Cookery is rather different to many UK cookery schools and was inspired by chef Kathryn’s travels through Southeast Asia where cookery school students enjoyed a leisurely pace and an informal approach to learning. While there is plenty of hands on activity and the requisite cookery book to take home, students also take time to sip a glass or two of wine and gaze into the fire as they share a meal. All dishes taught can be recreated at home on a basic fire pit or barbecue with minimal equipment. All classes can cater for a wide range of dietary requirements. Please notify at time of booking.

TripAdvisor review of Beginners Fire Cooking: “The food we prepared was extremely tasty and also achievable to recreate at home. The day was well organised and as well as learning things I will definitely use we were also given time to eat and drink around the fire, a very chilled out experience. This is all held in Kathryn’s home and it just adds to the lovely laid back overall feeling. I would highly recommend booking a place on the course as it is amazing.”

Beginners Fire Cooking (£115 per person)

Students relax with a hot drink as they try their hand at cooking the Danish treat aebleskiver. Over the course of the day they cook the meal from prepared ingredients; creating a bespoke filling for the provided bread dough to make griddled calzone, cooking chicken (or celeriac) in dough over fire to eat with potjie potatoes and smoked salad, and baking chocolate orange cakes to enjoy with flambeed sauce.

Course includes:

• A mix of hands on cooking experience and demonstration
• A relaxed three course lunch with a glass of wine
• A cookery book to take home with you detailing the recipes prepared

Advanced Fire Cooking (£150 per person)

Over the course of the day students will create a three course meal from scratch; fire-cooking a lamb or aubergine filling for a yogurt and turmeric griddled pie, creating a bespoke rub for a piece of smoked beef, halloumi or tofu, making smoked hasselback potatoes, smoking a salad and baking a self-saucing chocolate pudding. All courses will be enjoyed around the fire pit with wine (optional but highly recommended) but this is a faster paced event than the beginners course with far more preparation of ingredients.

Course includes:

• Full hands on cooking experience
• A relaxed three course lunch with a glass of wine
• A cookery book to take home with you detailing the recipes prepared

Fireside Anthology (£55 per person for launch party or £450 for exclusive event)

Celebrating the publication of Kathryn Minchew’s third book is a launch party with a difference. The Fireside Anthology will feature eight short stories by eight writers, on the theme of warmth. Each story will be introduced by a recipe created by Kathryn and will provide the perfect companion to each story.

The book will be released on Saturday 19th October and ticket holders will receive the first copies.

Kathryn will then cook and serve the drinks and dishes from the book whilst you curl up and read the accompanying story. Essentially an anti-party this event will celebrate all things cosy and while there will be plenty of cushions on the reindeer hides around the crackling fire you are encouraged to bring your slippers and make yourself at home.

The event starts at midday and will end around 8pm.