Charcuterie Skills – Food Smoking & Curing
Of all the culinary skills, smoking and home curing must be amongst the most satisfying. Learn the fundamentals of the craft whilst getting hands on with cold smoking, hot smoking and meat curing all in a single day.
This full day hands-on workshop is run by self-sufficiency and wild food expert Michael White.
Learn how to preserve and create your own delicious cured fish and meats with simple methods that you can re-create in your own kitchen.
Make salami, biltong, smoked fish and more in a single day.
You will have a full day of guided expert instruction and go home with your own smoker and a generous portion of cured meats and fish. Michael also supplies a print out of the recipes covered on the day.
A delicious hot-smoked fish and homemade lunch is provided.
Price: Early bird £135 /Full price £160
A day course includes:
- Discussion around the principles/theory of cold and hot smoking and meat curing
- Brining whitefish
- Assembling and operating a simple cold smoker
- Cold smoking whitefish
- Preparing and hot smoking salmon fillets
- Homemade lunch including salmon smoked during the morning
- Creating wild pigeon or beef biltong
- Creating salami
- Simple cold smoker, smoked whitefish, salami and biltong to take home
- Full instructions for maturing salami and biltong at home
Dates:
- Saturday 29th November 2025
- Sunday 30th November 2025
- Saturday 21st March 2026
- Sunday 22nd March 2026
- Saturday 28th November 2026
- Sunday 29th November 2026
Booking:
Please use the link below for secure online booking and further information:
Smoking and Curing Booking and Information 2025
Smoking and Curing Booking and Information 2026
Cancelation and Refund Policy
Unfortunately, we are not able to offer refunds for courses once booked, however we do recognise that sometimes there are very legitimate reasons for not being able to attend and in those circumstances, we are happy to try and be flexible.
Where possible we will transfer bookings to alternative sessions of the same course or transfer the value of a booked course to an alternative course.
If these options are not suitable and we are given at least two weeks’ notice before the course date, then were possible, we will attempt to sell your unwanted course places through advertising and contacting the waiting list. If the course places are sold, then will pass that money on to you as payment for your places.