Customer reviews
Some comments from our happy customers:
- "Hello David, Many thanks for a great day! Mike and I really had a good day and learnt loads. We also feel very enthused and encouraged to get on and bake the Italian breads, which is definitely good news.
" ... Mags Bickley - "Dear Holly and David, Just a line to say how much I enjoyed yesterday's class. Great fun and full of advice and information. David, I followed your advice and had ciabatta and bacon for breakfast - delicious!
" ... John White - "Hi David and Holly, Just a note to say how much I enjoyed the class on Thursday. Everyone was amazed at how much we baked in the day. My neighbour is enjoying the breads as well!
" ... Lynne Bower - "Hi David, Thanks very much for a great lesson. We really enjoyed the day and plan to get practising!
" ... Seema Patel - "Hi David, I just wanted to say thank you for a great days baking last Saturday.
I love your small scale set up and the warm welcome you and Holly give. It was great to have a whole days hands on to practice as well as getting a good background to the magic of bread! and to go home with such a fantastic array of goodies, the hot cross buns and Chelsea buns didn't last long!..." ... Sue - "Many thanks for this, thoroughly enjoyed your course and the bread was enjoyed by all. In particular I want to thank you for making the course so enjoyable with your quiet wisdom & clever coaching." ... Andrew
- "Hi David, Thank you ever so much for the recipes and also for a most enjoyable bread class and stay. We had a great time and look forward to coming back to Manna in the future for another fun and tasty course!
" ... Anna, Gemma and Sarah. - "Hi David and Holly, Thanks for yesterday, it was really enjoyable and I learned loads, I feel like I've made another step forward. The teaching was excellent, facilities great and the volume and quality of what we took away was exceptional, as my neighbours will agree. We're definitely going to be putting Chelsea Buns on the menu." ... Jonathan Price
- "“The essential guide to all things woodfired!”
I bought the course for my husband, after he'd built a 'pizza oven' in the garden. The course was completely beyond our expectations! We knew we should be able to cook more than just pizzas but we came away with a world of possibilities!
The course ran from 10am-5pm, during which time David and Holly taught us everything; from how to start the fire and control the temperature, to making dough, and cooking (to perfection!) vegetables, pork belly, fish, scallops, calamari, pizzas, chicken, potatoes, bread and cake!
The course was so in depth, yet informal and enjoyable! We all got hand on experience and plenty of opportunities to ask specific questions. The best part, of course, was getting to taste everything we cooked! There really is nothing like the taste of wood fired cooking!
We were so inspired we recreated a 5 course meal for our friends the following day! Our 'pizza' oven has now become a very versatile wood fired oven that we are excited to keep experimenting with, we couldn't recommend this course enough!" ... Laura on Trip Advisor. June 2013 - "Hi David & Holly,
Thank you both for a wonderful weekend of Wood fired oven tuition and the opportunity to gorge on the produce, it was amazing, varied and plentiful. The next day I could not wait to light up my oven, I was out there at 07.00hrs and when the oven was up to temp. I did the Spatchcock chicken, potato wedges and a huge tray of roasted veg [with a little help from her indoors] Grrrrreat!!!! The following day we had some workman at the house which gave me the chance to improve my pizza skills, they loved them and did not stop talking about how much better they were cooked in a wood fired oven compared to what they would normally buy from their local pizza shop.
Once again many thanks, Alex." ... Alex by email, May 2014 - "Dear Holly and David
Thank you so much for having me yesterday, and for my fabulous class! It was great fun and I learnt a lot - I'll definitely be back at some point in the future.
Best wishes
Rachel
" ... Rachel - "Hi David, Thanks you very much for the recipes and for your tuition and encouragement last weekend. I had a great time." ... Carol Koehli
- "Hi David, A big thank you for a really superb weekend.
" ... Sarah Tall - "I certainly would not be making the breads I do now nor making them so well if I had not been to your Artisan Bread Course. The vital handling and shaping techniques are not easily learnt from books - guided hands-on experience is the best way to learn these." ... Geoffrey White
- "Holly and David, once again, many thanks for the last two days, although my head is bursting (as is my freezer) I feel privileged to have been taught by an expert, in such comfortable surroundings.
" ... Richard Dockett - "Many thanks again for 2 fantastic day's baking. It really helped me to get my head around the general process common to all bread baking, and built my confidence in handling and shaping different types of doughs.
" ... Tony Homfrey - "Dear Holly and David
Thank you so much for having me yesterday, and for my fabulous class! It was great fun and I learnt a lot - I'll definitely be back at some point in the future.
Best wishes
Rachel
" ... Rachel - "“The essential guide to all things woodfired!”
I bought the course for my husband, after he'd built a 'pizza oven' in the garden. The course was completely beyond our expectations! We knew we should be able to cook more than just pizzas but we came away with a world of possibilities!
The course ran from 10am-5pm, during which time David and Holly taught us everything; from how to start the fire and control the temperature, to making dough, and cooking (to perfection!) vegetables, pork belly, fish, scallops, calamari, pizzas, chicken, potatoes, bread and cake!
The course was so in depth, yet informal and enjoyable! We all got hand on experience and plenty of opportunities to ask specific questions. The best part, of course, was getting to taste everything we cooked! There really is nothing like the taste of wood fired cooking!
We were so inspired we recreated a 5 course meal for our friends the following day! Our 'pizza' oven has now become a very versatile wood fired oven that we are excited to keep experimenting with, we couldn't recommend this course enough!" ... Laura on Trip Advisor. June 2013 - "Hi David & Holly,
Thank you both for a wonderful weekend of Wood fired oven tuition and the opportunity to gorge on the produce, it was amazing, varied and plentiful. The next day I could not wait to light up my oven, I was out there at 07.00hrs and when the oven was up to temp. I did the Spatchcock chicken, potato wedges and a huge tray of roasted veg [with a little help from her indoors] Grrrrreat!!!! The following day we had some workman at the house which gave me the chance to improve my pizza skills, they loved them and did not stop talking about how much better they were cooked in a wood fired oven compared to what they would normally buy from their local pizza shop.
Once again many thanks, Alex." ... Alex by email, May 2014