Two-Day Advanced Fish & Shellfish
Immerse yourself in two days of what we know and love most, fresh fish and shellfish. Head chef lecturer Nick has introduced a new advanced menu to include the best of the best – including lobster, turbot, monkfish and red mullet.
Please note this course is for an advanced skill level.
Allergen advice
This course contains; Nuts, Crustaceans, Molluscs, Fish, Eggs, Milk, Gluten, Soya, Sesame Seeds, Celery, Mustard & Sulphites.
In most cases we can make adjustments to courses for allergies. Please contact us to discuss any dietary or allergy requirements.
2026
Day 1
- Char-grilled butterflied fish
- Halibut soup with cream, apple and dill
- Open ravioli lobster with tomato and basil sauce
- DEMO – Gurnard Tempura
Day 2
- Crab and parmesan souffles
- Salad of cuttlefish with noodles, shiitake mushrooms, ginger and truffle oil
- Grilled red mullet stuffed with crabmeat, chilli and basil
- DEMO – Oysters three ways
Day 1
- Butterflying a round fish
- Chargrilling a round fish
- Making a sambal
- Making a cream based soup
- Filleting a flat fish
- Making a dill oil
- Making a fresh egg pasta
- Humanely killing, cooking and preparing lobster
- Preparing a gurnard to be deep fried
Day 2
- Humanely killing and cooking a crab
- Making a souffle
- Preparing and cooking cuttlefish
- Confit cuttlefish
- Making an Asian style salad
- Butterflying a round fish
- Selecting, shucking and cooking oysters
Arrival and welcome – Enjoy a tea or coffee while browsing the recipes for the day and meeting your fellow chefs
Start – Watch our chefs demo a selection of dishes then recreate some of the dish in pairs at your workstation enjoying the fruits of your labour
Lunch – At our long ‘en famille’ dining table overlooking the Camel Estuary with a glass of wine or two
Afternoon demo – Time to relax with a glass of wine and watch our chef demonstrate the final dish of the day
4pm – Finish. You will be presented with a Padstow Seafood School certificate and recipe folder plus a chance to browse our shop with an exclusive voucher.
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