A group of cookery enthusiasts spent the morning with celebrity Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy learning the secrets to perfecting popular national and regional Spanish dishes.

The menu for the day included tapas favourites pan con tomate, tortilla de patatas and alioli, followed by secrets to making the perfect paella and papa arrugadas. The array of delicious temptation continued with carrilleras estofadas and caballa en escabeche, finishing with the indulgent tocinillo de cielo.

Omar spent time advising on how and why to use the freshest of ingredients, sharing his hints and tips to continually improving on your cooking, finding your perfect recipe, and sharing stories of the familial inspiration which led him to his Spain-wide search for rustic and local recipes, and to becoming a successful restauranteur, author and celebrity chef.  

Our budding chefs spent the morning learning and practising techniques to improve their Spanish cookery skills, and ensure that the chopping, watchful waiting and stirring resulted in delicious home-cooked-to-quality dishes.

Once the ‘chefing’ had been completed the group were invited to sit and enjoy the result of their morning’s work. Delicious!