Cooking Class Experiences in Staffordshire – Perrys Field to Fork
Join a cooking class at Perrys Field to Fork and enjoy hands-on learning in the heart of rural Staffordshire. Located in Eccleshall, our award-winning artisan cookery school offers practical skills, local ingredients, and unforgettable food experiences.
Why Choose Our Cooking Class in Eccleshall?
At Perrys Field to Fork, every cooking class offers more than just recipes—you’ll learn real skills with real ingredients. We host our classes in a welcoming, relaxed setting led by expert chefs and tutors.
Our school is based within the grounds of Perrys of Eccleshall, a Master Butcher trading since 1927. Therfore, you’ll cook with locally sourced produce, much of it reared within five miles of our location. Moreover, each class blends tradition, technique, and global flavours, making it ideal for food lovers at every level.
Hands-On Cookery Courses for Every Skill Level
Whether you’re a beginner or experienced home cook, we have a cooking class for you. In addition you can choose from over 120 seasonal cookery courses across more than 20 food themes.
Bake, Braise, BBQ and More
Learn how to bake perfect bread, prepare classic cakes, or master traditional pastry skills.
Explore global cuisines including Italian, Asian, Moroccan, French, and Japanese dishes.
Try your hand at artisan butchery, game preparation, or seasonal BBQ with charcoal and wood fire. Each class is fun, interactive, and focused on practical, useful techniques.
Learn from Experienced Cooking Class Tutors
Most of our tutors have trained in top culinary schools and cooked in leading UK kitchens. Therefore, they offer friendly, expert guidance to help you learn by doing—not just watching.
You’ll gain new knowledge, build confidence, and take home skills you’ll use again and again. Furthermore, we keep class sizes small, so you get personal attention and a truly hands-on experience.
Outdoor BBQ Cooking Classes in Staffordshire
Love fire-cooked food? Join one of our BBQ classes for the ultimate outdoor cooking class experience. Cook over Kamado Joe, Weber, and Kadai grills using the best local meats and seasonal produce. Our BBQ sessions include smoking, grilling, and fire pit cooking with bold flavours from around the world. You’ll enjoy great food, a relaxed atmosphere, and maybe a drink or two along the way.
Book a Cooking Class Today at Perrys Field to Fork
Ready to cook something amazing? Book your next cooking class in Staffordshire with us today. Furthermore, our courses are perfect for birthdays, team-building, or simply learning something new. Every class gives you practical skills, great food, and a brilliant experience to remember.
Join our community of passionate cooks and take your food from field to fork.
Our school is designed to be accessible to everyone including bathroom facilities suitable for the less able.
Contact us for more details or to make specific enquiries.
Our convenient location provides the perfect opportunity to extend your stay in our lovely market town.
We’re well served by a range of B&B accommodation from traditional rooms above the inns to boutique guest accommodation, all within walking distance of Perrys Field to Fork cookery school.
Follow the links below to find out more about the local accommodation.
The King’s Arms Bed & Breakfast – 1 Minute walk
The Little George B&B – 3 minute walk
Eccleshall B&B – 3 minute walk
Eagle House Bed & Breakfast – 13 minute walk
Copper Beach Glamping – 5 minute drive
Perrys Field to Fork Artisan Butchery & Cookery School was borne out of a need to preserve the heritage of traditional farming and food production techniques, in favour of mass food production.
By sharing artisan skills and knowledge and a “hearts and minds approach” to learning, we aim to share our passion for provenance with as many people as possible, while creating amazing food and memorable experiences that will last a lifetime.
At Perrys Field to Fork, Perrys of Eccleshall, Master Butcher Stephen Hill shares his 30-some years’ expertise in butchery from simple sausage-making courses, hand raised pies and scotch egg making courses to learning how to traditionally prepare a side of prime pork or lamb to a forequarter of beef all of which you’ll take home to cook in the comfort of your own home.
Perrys of Eccleshall Master Butcher and Game Dealer has traded in the heart of the historic market town of Eccleshall for almost a century and was crowned Britain’s Best Butcher by the Countryside Alliance in 2018.
The guaranteed provenance and traceability of produce, together with low food miles (stock is reared by our fabulous farmers within just 5 miles) ensures we produce sustainable award-winning quality meat every day.
Our artisan butchery and cookery courses are designed for everyone. We have a wide range of butchery courses and cookery courses to suit all abilities from beginner, to intermediate through to advanced skills.
The courses are designed to be fun and informative, to build knowledge and confidence and a love for quality ingredients that deliver great flavours.
Yes. Every course on our website can be purchased as a gift voucher and sent by email or post to the lucky recipient.
Alternatively, you can buy a butchery course or cookery course gift voucher to a specific amount and the recipient can use it to buy whichever cookery course or butchery course they wish.
Yes, our butchery courses and cookery courses are perfect for corporate team building and customer and staff reward programmes too.
Our team building cookery courses are a great way to remove barriers and help us explore new ideas and build stronger relationships.
Perrys Field to Fork brings people together for a shared educational and fun experience, facilitated by experts, using the highest quality local produce possible, in our professional cookery school.
Yes. We welcome groups for family celebrations, birthday parties and host hen and stag celebrations too.
Our facilities are available for exclusive hire with our signature cookery course packages or a course tailored specifically to your group.
Yes.
We deliver a range of modules for schools and college students and cookery courses to suit different age groups and curriculum models.
We’re based in Eccleshall, in the heart of rural Staffordshire. Our School is easily accessed from Derbyshire, Shropshire and Cheshire and we are only minutes from the M6 (north and south junctions), A51, A50 and the A34. More details can be found here
Eccleshall boasts a superb range of dining and drinking establishments (7 pubs, 6 restaurants and coffee shops, within less than a quarter square mile) and all within walking distance of Perrys Field to Fork.
There’s also a fab selection of independent shops selling everything from gifts, homewares, fashion and arts and crafts. Find out more about Eccleshall here