Topic: Your Curry

[chriswg]

Hi guys

A friend of a friend owns and runs Your Sushi - http://www.yoursushi.co.uk/. Basically its a sushi cooking school either at their premises or you can get a chef to come to your home to have sushi parties where everyone learns to make sushi. It's been hugely successful and they now have specialist chefs nationwide that run the courses.

What's this got to do with curry? I emailed him a couple of weeks ago and mentioned Az and how we has been considering running curry cooking classes and is it something he would be interested in being involved with. He emailed back and we are going to meet up for a chat about it.

The big question is would a curry version be as popular as the sushi one? Cooking curry is a smelly and messy affair when compared to sushi that can be prepared anywhere and anytime with only a few sharp knives. I can't imagine many hen parties booking a curry cooking evening can you? Stag parties might do though and I can't image there are many stag sushi parties so maybe the two businesses would complement each other?

Maybe the in-house sessions could focus on samosas, bhajis and chicken tikka with dips and sauces while the in-kitchen sessions could focus on the proper curry cooking.

It would be good to hear thoughts on this from everyone. There might even be jobs as regional chefs in it for some of you

[976bar]

Personally, I have tried a lot of sushi and can honestly say I hate the stuff....

However, I know several people who adore it to the extent they spend a small fortune on it every week, so I would be interested in learning how to make it.

If the course goes ahead, let me know when and how much please Chris

[curryhell]

Hi Chris. You can keep your sushi. YUK!!! But I am definitely up for spending more time at Zaals as are the other lads if you can work your magic again. Any update on the bbq??

[976bar]

Hi Chris. You can keep your sushi. YUK!!! But I am definitely up for spending more time at Zaals as are the other lads if you can work your magic again. Any update on the bbq??

BBQ sounds good

[Masala Mark]

Hi Chris,

I help run cooking classes here in Brisbane Australia with an Indian Restaurant Chef.

In regards to the Aussie market compared to the UK market with respect to curry, we are minuscule. That being the case though, we take on average 60-80 per week through cooking classes.

Given the love of curry in the UK I can only see that it would be a huge success there.

We teach introductory classes which cover the following:
One main non-veg dish: Butter Chicken / Chicken Tikka Masala / Murg Madras / Chicken Korma
One main veg dish: Bombay Aloo / Dal Tadka / Spinach Dal / Vegetable Dal
Raita
Naan Bread
Saffron Rice

We then run a Master Class series which builds on the skills learnt in the intro class, and includes dishes such as Vindaloo / Rogan Josh and other items.

He teaches the exact same recipe that is used in the restaurant albeit on a small scale for home use. And that is the important part, that what people taste at the end of the class is as good if not better then what they are used to from a restaurant. They also know that because they have cooked it in the class they can do it at home. We work in groups of four with each group having their own cooking station. Chef JJ cooks the dish in front of them so they can see exactly how it is done, then they cook the dish themselves knowing what to look for, when things get added etc.

We do marketing through our website and also through promotional voucher companies who reach thousands of people and take a commission from the class price.

We have been booked solid from late April through to September and are just about to do another promotional campaign.

Our website is http://indiancookingwithjj.weebly.com if you'd like to have an idea of how/what we do here.

Cheers,
Mark