

Christmas Entertaining

30th November 2025 at The Culinary Cottage
Make this festive season one to remember with our Christmas Entertaining Cookery Course - designed to help you host with confidence and style! This inspiring class covers everything from elegant finger buffets and festive canapés to delicious main courses perfect for a formal Christmas dinner. You’ll learn how to plan and prepare beautiful dishes that are big on flavour and presentation but stress-free to serve, leaving you free to enjoy the celebrations.
With expert tips on timing, make-ahead recipes, and effortless festive flair, this course will equip you with all the skills and ideas you need to entertain beautifully this Christmas - whether it’s a cosy family gathering or a sparkling holiday party.
My friends Louise and Julia and I have been to two of Penny's cookery days (so far): Entertaining Made Easy and, just last weekend, Temptingly Thai. We were fortunate enough to have Penny all to ourselves on both occasions, and what a great time we had. Penny is extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and imparts that knowledge and enthusiasm with a smile and great patience! The Thai dishes we prepared were so flavoursome and fresh, and we left not only full of delicious food but also full of ideas and good intentions to buy lots of gorgeous Thai ingredients and have a go ourselves