Modern Vegan Caribbean; Small Plates, Big Tastes

Masterclass - Modern Vegan Caribbean; Small Plates, Big Tastes

The Event

Get ready for some next-level creativity with Elainea Emmott; chef, food writer, photographer, and stylist. With Elainea as your guide, you’ll learn how to cook inventively using both British produce and food from her Caribbean heritage. Create an array of stunning and beautifully delicious small plates in this class you won’t want to miss!

Highly innovative, skilled in experimental vegan techniques and recipes, and creator of the Supper Club, “Our Seat Our Table”, Elainea is a unique beacon of culinary diversity and nostalgia. She curates deeply moving food experiences and memories that resonate within the people she cooks for and with.

The masterclass will include:

• Learn how to make deliciously crunchy zatar okra fries
• Create a creamy plantain hummus with roasted red onions
• Discover how to cook tofu in a flavoursome sweet scotch bonnet and soy sauce  in a demonstration with fiery tasters 
• Learn how to cook a fragrant and mouth-watering sweet potato curry with aubergine and spinach
• Witness the magic of making decadently smooth sweet potato ice cream to enjoy as your end of class delight
• A chance to experience how a real expert in food styling gets creative, showing you  how to plate your food beautifully and capture the perfect photo
• Opportunity to ask Elainea questions
• By the end of the class, enjoy a delicious, plant-based meal of dreams
• Easy-to-follow recipe sheets provided to recreate the dishes again and again at home
  

About the chef, Elainea Emmott:

Elainea Emmott is a chef, food writer, activist, and photographer; using the mediums of food and photography to share complex stories whilst weaving heritage, diversity, and innovation onto every plate. Known for wowing audiences on Channel 4’s, Crazy Delicious, Elainea’s exuberant imagination and flavour combinations quickly caught the attention of judge Heston Blumenthal. Scouted from her Instagram @emmottelainea, the experience began Elainea’s journey into food. 

Highly creative, skilled in experimental vegan techniques and recipes, Elaine takes people on a journey through food, photography and community with all of her projects. An impassioned activist and photographer, Emmott has captured imagery from the Women’s March in London, UK Black Pride and Black Lives Matter among various causes that she advocates. Her food photography is envious and features the simplest of seasonal produce with authenticity and care. The best part is, almost all of what she cooks is achievable on a budget.

Refunds/transfers: we require a minimum of 7 days' notice for any cancellations or transfers once you have booked onto a class to enable us to try to resell your ticket.

Note: Please understand our charity needs time to enable us to try to resell your tickets as we rely heavily on the income generated. You are also welcome to give your ticket to a friend or family member in case of last minute illness (just email classes@madeinhackney.org to let us know). If the workstation you require (single or double) is not available, please let us know as we may be able to accommodate.

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For information: classes@madeinhackney.org / 020 8442 4266 / WhatsApp message +44 07833685894