UK BBQ Cookery Schools
Up Your Smoking Game with a Cookery Course at the UK's Best BBQ & Smoking Schools. All of these amazing people use our kit to teach you how to do anything from BBQ to cold smoking & curing.
Philleigh Way Cookery School
"I love food and everything that comes with it, talking about it, eating it and cooking it. That is why Philleigh Way is the perfect place for any food lover, so come and explore. Philleigh Way is a contemporary cookery school whose ethos is to teach, inspire and delight." - Rupert Cooper
Favourite ProQ product & why?
"ProQ Frontier BBQ Smoker ... gotta be. Versatile, great value for money and superb for all abilities."
Website: https://www.philleighway.co.uk/
Instagram: @philleighway
UK BBQ School
UK BBQ School is based in Devon, and has been running for 6 years. Marcus Bawdon aka CountryWoodSmoke and best selling author runs the school, helping everyone to improve their outdoor cooking skills, bbq, smoking and wood fired oven cooking.
Favourite ProQ product & why?
"We love the classic ProQ Excel Bullet Smoker for our bbq Fundamentals class, it's a great way to evenly cook delicious crispy skinned chicken thighs that always go down well."
Website: https://ukbbqschool.com/
Instagram: @ukbbqschool
Vale House Kitchen
Vale House Kitchen is an award winning bespoke country skills and cookery school situated in the village of Timsbury 8 miles southwest of Bath. Offering all the traditional courses you would expect from a cookery school it also has the added dimension of teaching skills such as fishing, shooting, foraging and butchery. As we keep our own pigs we like to showcase Smoking and Curing Courses, teaching our guests how to both hot and cold smoke delicious charcuterie, fish and homemade bacon. Our courses are taught by some of the very best of the South West’s culinary professionals and we are very lucky that Smoking and Curing expert Steve Lamb hosts our immensely popular Smoking and Curing Masterclasses.
Favourite ProQ product & why?
"Our favourite products have to be the ProQ Cold Smoke Generator and Smoking Cabinet. We love to cold smoke our dry cured homemade bacon, and the ProQ cold smoke generator and cabinet does this to perfection. We get so many compliments on our bacon and how delicious it is…. a lot of this is down to the gentle way it is smoked. I’d recommend the smoking cabinet and generator to everyone who wants to give cold smoking a try."
Website: http://www.valehousekitchen.co.uk/
Instagram: @valehousekitchen
BBQ Workshop - Kent’s BBQ Cookery School
BBQ Workshop is an independent, dedicated BBQ Cookery School, our purpose is to teach people to barbeque like a pro. The Workshops are run by Jackie Weight, the only non-American ever to win the Grand Champion title at the Jack Daniels Invitational World BBQ Championships in Lynchburg Tennessee. Jackie has over 35 years experience of BBQ, producing everything from simple fare, gourmet cookery, low'n' slow, hot 'n' fast American style BBQ and baking on the BBQ; as well as commercial catering experience.
Favourite ProQ product & why?
"The Frontier BBQ Smoker for its versatility, the Cold Smoke Generator for making all those important cold smoked goodies and the Ulti-Mitt heat gloves to protect me from pain!" - Jackie Weight
Website: https://bbqworkshop.co.uk/
Instagram: @jackieweight
X (Twitter): @MadCowsBBQ
Coldsmoking Cookery School
Based in the Heart of Buckinghamshire - Turan has been smoking and preserving foods for 20 years and is much sought after for his knowledge and experience.
He featured on Nadiya’s British Food Adventure on the BBC where he spent a day teaching Bake Off winner Nadiya the art of cold smoking fish and also worked with Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen apprentices in London teaching them how to smoke food.
Turan has written books on food smoking and ran a cookery school in Milton Keynes before launching a successful YouTube channel (Coldsmoking Digital Cookery School) with more than 200 videos on food smoking, charcuterie and other food related subjects. Discover Turan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Coldsmoking
Favourite ProQ product & why?
"They are all great, but if I had to choose my favourite ProQ product it would have to be the cold smoke generators as I consider them to be the sidewinder missiles of food, smoking products. You just load them, fire and forget! Returning to find your food is beautifully cold smoked. I’ve been using these smoke generators for over a decade now and would not hesitate in recommending them to others." - T Turan
Website: https://coldsmoking.co.uk/
Instagram: @coldsmoking
Rodeo's
At Rodeos, we're more than just a shop; we're a hub for BBQ enthusiasts of all levels. Whether you're a seasoned pitmaster or just starting on your grilling journey, we've got you covered with top-of-the-line equipment, hand-picked for its quality and performance. But we're not stopping there - we're also your go-to spot for BBQ education and community events. From our renowned BBQ schools where you can hone your skills alongside expert instructors to our exciting BBQ competitions and events that bring together grillmasters from far and wide, Rodeos is where the spirit of American BBQ truly comes alive. Come join us and let's fire up those grills together!
Favourite ProQ product & why?
"Favourite ProQ product is the Excel Smoker, this thing is so versatile and is always the one BBQ I can rely on. We have travelled with it, abused it and filled it as full as we can and it always performs."
Instagram: @rodeosbarbecue
Facebook: Rodeo's
Harts Barn Cookery School
Harts Barn Cookery School is an award winning recreational cookery school, our ethos is "Cooking For All". We welcome everyone, from all walks of life, to learn how to make tasty, cost effective, authentic dishes in a calm, relaxed and fun environment. We also have an outside catering service, Hire A Chef, and a small artisanal deli. The Forest Larder onsite. We have a wide range of classes, from Asian to Afternoon Tea, Sourdough to Seafood, Foraging to Fermentation to Fire.
We specialise in live fire cooking, both in classes and Hire A Chef events."
Favourite ProQ product & why?
"My favourite product is the Cold Smoker, I am heavily in to preservation and fermentation and have used the cold smoker to smoke our own black garlic, salmon, guanciale, butter, chocolate, water for cocktails, even local aged beef fat to make a smoked tallow. Love it!" - Joe Parke
Website: https://www.hartsbarncookeryschool.co.uk
Instagram: @hartsbarncookery
More Cookery Schools to Check Out:
Angus & Oink
Ground Up Cookery School
https://www.groundupcookeryschool.co.uk
The School of Artisan Food
https://www.schoolofartisanfood.org/
Food Hub Cookery School