Celebrate your last night of freedom with wine, beer, whisky or gin tastings, cookery classes or and private dining events. It will be a night to remember!
Private Dining
As well as our 50-seater Medieval Banquet Hall (min 12 guests) which offers medieval banquets for corporate and private functions, we also have our ornate Cookery School dining table which seats 14 and tasting room which accommodates up to 18 guests.
One of our most popular courses, this challenges teams to present two courses of the best food they can create (starter & main, or main & dessert) using a box of mystery ingredients – one for each team plus various store cupboard essentials.
Sit back, relax and enjoy an evening of fabulous food cooked right in front of you by your very own personal chef. Six courses of the finest, local and seasonal offerings we can find and may include canapés, amuse bouche, starter, fish course, palette cleanser, meat course, pre-dessert, dessert, cheese and coffee.
Relax and have fun at our convivial evening of Taco making. Our cookery school teacher will show you just how easy it is to make home-made soft corn and flour tortillas filled with succulent savoury fillings.
Relax and have fun at our convivial evening of Chinese Bao making. Our cookery school teacher will show you just how easy it is to make home-made soft pillows of steamed buns with succulent savoury fillings and luscious sweet treats.
Relax and have fun at your own convivial pizza-making social! Our master baker will show you just how easy it is to make blisteringly good home-made sourdough flatbreads and pizzas full of tasty artisan toppings, both super savoury and decadently sweet.
Gin and tonic has become the aperitif of choice in recent years. Hundreds of new distilleries are opening every year with us Brits are now drinking over 30 million litres of the stuff every year.
You’ll start the tasting off with a visit to our own Micro Brewery before heading to the beer tasting where the fun and informative tasting of ‘beer and bait’ will continue.
During the two-hour tasting, led by our wine expert, you will learn how to taste wine like the experts do, sampling wines from Spain and Latin America paired with a selection of tapas from Blackfriars’ kitchen.
