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Learning to Make Vegan Sushi at The Avenue Cookery School

October 14, 2018 by Claire Filed Under: Europe, Food, Food & Drink, United Kingdom Leave a Comment

Learning to make vegan sushi at The Avenue Cookery School - London, UK

Earlier this week I was invited to enjoy a bloggers event at The Avenue Cookery School in Wandsworth, South London. It was an enjoyable evening spent with a few of my favourite foodie loving bloggers and it gave us a great chance to sample what The Avenue Cookery School has to offer.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Crew Photography

 

- Contents

  • 1 Who Are The Avenue Cookery School?
  • 2 The Vegan Sushi Making and Cocktail Shaking Class
  • 3 My Attempt At Making Sushi
  • 4 Vegan Cooking Classes Available
  • 5 Non Vegan Classes Available
  • 6 Other Foodie Things To Do in London
  • 7 Vegans May Also Like

Who Are The Avenue Cookery School?

The Avenue Cookery School is a family run cookery school in London that incorporates love and enthusiasm into carefully constructed courses. They have a passion for food and teaching and offer anything from 3 hour evening classes to 2 week courses.

What I enjoyed about them was how they made little family jokes at each other throughout the evening. You could tell they were a family that had fun working together.

 

The Vegan Sushi Making and Cocktail Shaking Class

I’ve had a secret desire to learn to make sushi for a few years. I love the idea of being able to tell people that I can make sushi. It just seems sophisticated to me to invite people over for some homemade sushi. So I really couldn’t turn down the chance to attend this sushi making class.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Crew Photography

But wait, sushi is fish! How can you make vegan sushi? Actually, not all sushi is fish. There are plenty of vegetarian and vegan options for sushi. Just substitute fish for vegetables and your done.

We started off the class with an introduction from Diana who has such a bubbly and welcoming personality I instantly fell in love with her. She was great at getting us all excited for the class. Once we were ready to begin it was time to be introduced to Diana’s son, Rich, the sushi master of The Avenue.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Crew Photography

Rich gave us a quick demonstration on how to cook the rice and chop the vegetables the correct way for sushi. What’s great about the setup at The Avenue is there is a giant mirror above the demonstration area so you can clearly see what is happening.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Crew Photography

Once we had been shown how to correctly chop up the vegetables it was time for the tricky part. It was time to learn how to roll the maki rolls and California rolls. Now this looked really simple when Rich was doing it but I had a feeling it would not be as easy for me.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Crew Photography

 

My Attempt At Making Sushi

Once the demonstration was over it was our turn to make sushi. While I had fantasies of being able to tell people I could make sushi as it seems a really grown up thing to do, I had no delusions that it would be a simple skill to learn. Ok, for some it seems to be. There were beautiful plates of sushi being created all around me. I, on the other hand, spent the whole time trying to master just one of sushi rolls, the maki roll.

While mine didn’t look the prettiest, they did test amazing, if I do say so myself!

As this was a sushi and cocktail making class we also made some cocktails throughout the evening. I’d never thought about adding sake or yuzu to a cocktail before but it was really tasty!

I got busted adding extra vodka to the cocktail

 

Vegan Cooking Classes Available

If you’re new to veganism and unsure what dishes to create, or even if you are a longtime vegan looking to expand your repertoire of vegan dishes, The Avenue Cookery School has many vegan cooking classes for you to choose from!

As well as the sushi and cocktail making class they offer a vegan classes for pasta making, Mexican street food, Thai food and even a vegan baking class.

 

Non Vegan Classes Available

Not a vegan? No problem! The Avenue Cookery School isn’t a vegan company so they have plenty of non vegan classes for the meat eaters and vegetarians. They offer a wide selection of cooking classes from traditional British cuisine to flavourful Indian classes.

 

Other Foodie Things To Do in London

  • Disney Afternoon Teas
  • Eating Europe Soho Food Tour
  • Affordable Afternoon Teas
  • Afternoon Tea on A London Red Bus

 

Vegans May Also Like

  • Vegan Friendly Restaurants in London
  • Vegan Friendly Restaurants in the UK
  • Almodovar Hotel Review: A Vegan Friendly Hotel in Berlin
  • Bombay Sapphire Distillery Tour

 

Please note that while I was working with The Avenue Cookery School, the reviews and experiences written about in this post are 100% genuine. I value you guys too much to lie to you. This blog would be nothing without you and your continued support!

 

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Learning to make vegan sushi at The Avenue Cookery School - London, UK

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