Hunters Chocolate

Introduction to Chocolate Class Seminar 1.0 (June)
2026-06-20 09:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Saturday 20 June Introduction to Chocolate Class Seminar 1.0
Have you ever dreamed about making chocolates? Come and join us on this full day course where we will cover the basic techniques that will provide you with the confidence to create your own personalised range of chocolate products.

Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Price: £220

Introduction to Chocolate Class Seminar 1.1 (June)
2026-06-30 09:30 - 16:30
Tuesday 30 June Introduction to Chocolate Class Seminar 1.1

The next stage of handmade chocolates is moulding. On this natural progression day, Seminar 1.1 will continue to establish the innovative techniques that will provide you with the knowledge to create your own personalised range of moulded chocolate products.
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Price: £220

Macaron Course
2026-07-03 09:30 - 12:30
Friday 3 July 2026
Try this sweet-toothed half day course in making your own perfect macarons. Packed with tips to make the perfect confection every time, so that they are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, with delicious fillings and decorations.
Time: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Price: £85

The Ultimate Seasonal Dinner Party Menu (Summer)
2026-07-10 09:30 - 16:30
Learn to produce a well-presented, delicious three-course dinner party menu and still have time to spend with your guests. This course will teach you the art of prompt, effective entertaining and you will learn to cook every component of a starter, main course and wonderful dessert as well as how to present your food to a professional restaurant standard.
10th July 2026
9.30am – 4.30pm approx.
£210 per person. Price includes VAT

Your day will comprise a mixture of hands-on cookery and demonstrations. The exact format will vary from class to class depending on the style of cuisine.
The Skills Covered

Essential classical and modern techniques for the preparation of an autumn dinner party menu
Professional tips in preparation and the cooking process
Making different parts of the menu
Presentation and flavouring concepts

What is included?

Beverages and Home Farm House cookies to begin the day
Hands-on practical learning
Interactive demonstrations
Professional tuition and qualified advice
Full ingredients used and listed in your recipe packs
Full use of Hunters Academy of Food training kitchen
Relaxed, friendly atmosphere and lunch with wine
Recipe packs to take home
No baking experience is necessary, just enthusiasm and a willingness to work alongside other like-minded food lovers.
Refreshments will be available throughout the day.

What to wear: You will be in a professional cookery school environment, so you will need to wear comfortable clothes and preferably covered, closed toe shoes. Hunters Academy of Food makes a conscious effort to reduce waste and packaging, so we encourage you to bring your own containers to transport your baked goods home where possible.
Are you looking to gift a class?
Our gift vouchers can be redeemed against any class at Hunters Academy of Food. You have the choice of sending your gift voucher immediately by email, or scheduling delivery for a later date.

Hunters Chocolate Experience (July)
2026-07-11 10:00 - 13:00
Come and meet our award winning chocolatier team, in the production kitchen to experience how the magic is created.
What to expect:

Meet Gary Hunter, Award winning UK Chocolate Ambassador
Coffee or hot chocolate on arrival
A tasting of different flavours and varieties of chocolates
A demonstration of chocolate truffles and tasting
Time to ask Gary any chocolate questions
An opportunity to buy from the full range of Hunters Chocolates
The session will normally finish by 1pm
Car parking available with easy access into the production kitchen

Date: Saturday 11 July – 10am – 1pm

Hunters Chocolate Experience (August)
2026-08-08 10:00 - 13:00
Come and meet our award winning chocolatier team, in the production kitchen to experience how the magic is created.
What to expect:

Meet Gary Hunter, Award winning UK Chocolate Ambassador
Coffee or hot chocolate on arrival
A tasting of different flavours and varieties of chocolates
A demonstration of chocolate truffles and tasting
Time to ask Gary any chocolate questions
An opportunity to buy from the full range of Hunters Chocolates
The session will normally finish by 1pm
Car parking available with easy access into the production kitchen

Date: Saturday 8 August 10am – 1pm

Decorative Chocolate and Sugar Creations
2026-08-11 09:30 - 13:30
Have you ever wanted to take your baking to the next level and decorate with chocolate or sugar decorations? This class enables you to see our own Award winning Master Chocolatier demonstrate some of the techniques that he has used to win competitions and seen as a judge of the UK Chocolatier awards.
Gary will show you how to work with chocolate to create the shapes that you want to impress your guests, or spin sugar to elevate your desserts or gateaux.
What to expect

A fun and interactive demonstration
Coffee or hot chocolate on arrival
Techniques demonstrated to create chocolate centrepieces
Techniques demonstrated to work with sugar to create structure to your desserts
Your chance to create a centrepiece to take home

University Survival Course (Food)
2026-08-15 11:00 - 16:00
This course brings the opportunity to learn dishes that are affordable and tasty, and give parents comfort that their loved one will not go hungry or live on takeaway food!
Gary and team will work with the class to gauge what skill level each have, and provide any support or guidance where needed.
The meals we cover are quick, easy, healthy and affordable. Students learn a variety of dishes, including: how to cook mince and all the meals you can make with it (spaghetti bolognaise, cottage pie, lasagne), plus chicken or vegetable curry and Mexican fajitas
What to expect

A fun and interactive demonstration
Light refreshments
Basic sauces and how to add different ingredients to provide different flavours to dishes
How to make quick, easy, healthy and affordable dishes
An overview of food safety and how to avoid food poisoning

Christmas Baking with Gary Hunter
2026-09-18 09:30 - 16:30
Come and join Gary as you make all you will need for those extra special Christmas baking treats. This class will be a truly celebratory day of learning to bake all that is wonderful about a Norfolk Christmas.

What will the course provide?

The Skills Covered

Essential techniques for baking
Professional tips for getting ahead
Baking festive biscuits (for tree decorations)
Contemporary technique for royal icing
Run-out technique
Soaking dried fruit/using fresh yeast in bakery
Festive decoration skills

Course Description

Stöllen royale
Cinnamon, pecan and cranberry financiers
Orange and anise shortbread Christmas tree decorations
Hunters festive mince pies

What is included?

Beverages and biscuits to begin the day
Hands-on practical cookery learning
Interactive demonstrations
Professional tuition and qualified advice
Light sit-down lunch with wine (or non-alcoholic alternative)
Ingredients used and listed in your recipe packs
Full use of Hunters Academy of Food training kitchen
Little weighing up of ingredients required
Recipe packs to take home

Fish Course
2026-10-02 09:30 - 16:30
Do you shy away from cooking with fish as either worried about over cooking or under cooking it? This course will give you the confidence to prepare the fish prior to cooking and create 3 different dishes, alongside the perfect accompaniment of sauce.
What to expect:

A fun and interactive class
Advice on where to purchase your fish
How to identify the quality points of fresh fish
How to prepare the fish
Cooking methods and demonstration
Your chance to prepare and cook one of the dishes
Sauces and accompaniments to go with 3 different dishes
The opportunity to ask the team all your “fish and shellfish” questions
A light lunch of one of the dishes and refreshments
A fish dish to take home for supper

Sauces
2026-10-09 11:00 - 15:00
Ever wondered how your favourite restaurant creates an amazing sauce to go with your main course? We know that a sauce can make or break a delicious meal. Whether it’s mouth-watering Steak dying to be coated in a luxuriously silky Béarnaise or a bowl of ice cream needing to be drowned in a Rum Butterscotch Sauce, perfecting those all-important sauces is crucial, and we are here to help with our Sauces Class.
Learn how to create delicious, flavour full sauces that will make your dishes more delectable than ever. From sweet to savory and classic French sauces like Béarnaise and Veloutés to creative, modern sauces, this class will teach you everything you need to know to be confident in your menu planning
We will explore a whole host of delicious tips and tricks to enable you to re-create prize-worthy sauces at home and how to transfer these sauces into other fantastic sauces with just a couple of ingredients
This saucy class will comprise of a mix of a fun and informative demonstration by Gary and team, followed by hands-on cookery where you will get to create some of the sauces yourself. During the class you will have the opportunity to sample the sauces and dishes that Gary demonstrates.
What to expect

A fun and interactive class
How to create the base sauce that then can have the ingredients added to compliment the dish that you are creating
Identifying the crucial points and how to rectify if things go wrong
A demonstration of 3 sauces and 3 dishes
A practical session to create a base sauce and what to add to create different flavoured sauces
Your chance to ask all questions about Sauces
