Billingsgate Seafood Training School

Cookery Course

Surely there isn’t a better place for a cookery school specialising in seafood than above Billingsgate Fish Market in the Docklands? They run a range of courses, most of which include a tour of the market itself to select the fish that you might prepare. All, however, offer unparalleled knowledge of how to prepare and cook most every kind of fish and shellfish you can think of.

Particularly popular are the Catch of the Day courses. These are divided into Beginners and Experienced and involve not only the market tour, a masterclass in knife skills but also preparing and cooking fish which you get to take home. There are sushi and sashimi masterclasses, a separate knife skills class for honing your techniques and, new for November 2007, a hands-on game course. 

As well as offering courses for Food Lovers who just want to learn for sheer joy, the school, aware of the increasing dearth of high-street fishmongers, is now providing courses for training new recruits or those already in the trade wishing to brush up on their skills.