Simply Health & The Underground Cookery School

A sunday event at 11am is always going to be difficult for this yogi bear! You know that urge to bury yourself and slumber! But hell they mentioned a cooking class in there and I totally started hearing the Iron Chef music! "Lets do this!"

Simplyhealth took us on a culinary adventure with the Underground Cookery School, we met up with fellow bloggers for a presentation by the amazing Kate Cook on #Deep voice# "The Secrets Of Eternal Youth!"

Well...  Close enough, she told us how we gremlins can stay healthy and avoid the secret traps out there, #cough# coloured bread #cough# ;)

After she blew our minds, we got a chance to get stuck in there and shank some chickens, fish and those notorious veggies!

First we cut up the chickens

Then we fillet le poisson (the fish)

And then we bludgeoned the veg

After we made our mess and learnt how to properly cut up a chicken, fillet a fish and the quick way of whipping cream for the sauce, they let us loose on the wine while the chefs cooked the food. And my god man! It was good, I mean for the simple stuff we cut up and used this was très gourmet #drool.

Fillet of Mackerel with Roasted Beetroot and Horseradish Cream 

Grilled Breast of Chicken with Roasted Butternut Squash and Puy Lentils

Poached Pear with Cinnamon Syrup and Vanilla Ice Cream (Here's the actual one I took #drunk)

Jealous right? Lets see if i can paint you a word picture, the fish skin was crisp yet the flesh was soft and moist with the roasted beatroot marrying perfectly with the mackerel. Juicy and sweet.... oooh yes.

The chicken breast (seasoned and seared by us) became a game of pot luck, what do you mean? Well some were crazy seasoned with pepper and others not nearly enough! haha. It was still good though after some tinkering and the squash and lentil base was filling.

Poached pear though! Thats the shit right there, something so simple can be this good? Well would you look at this, mines disappeared... seconds please? :D

A great event by Simply Health and The Underground Cookery School, met some great bloggers, how to cut chicken and fish properly, learnt new gems of knowledge, like liquid fruit drinks don't all count towards your five-a-day, eat the damn fruit like a normal person if you that to work and some secrets about brown bread...

Oh and drank lots of red wine, where I later dropped my goodie bag containing a glass bottle :S #Slaps head# Oh well bring on the next bottle :)

Totally do this if you ever get the chance!

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The Underground Cookery School
201/203 City Road, London EC1V 1JN
undergroundcookeryschool.com

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