Fascinating food

Cook Book Club last night….a wide range of topics whilst feasting on Courgette and Feta Tart from Flavour by Sabrina Ghayour, Chocolate Tart from Gastropub by Diana Henry and My Ladies Tart from Traditional Puddings by Sara Paston Williams. Foodie chat included Pork pies, Can of worms, Angel cake, Tarts, Pineapple jam, Horsemeat, Old broilers and somehow old boilers, Egg cookers, Deep fried eggs
Chinese food such as Beef in black bean sauce, Wontons and Hoi sin sauce, alternatives to sugar and goat curry. Thank you all who came! Looking forward to October’s session! If you want to join us you need to message me.

Today saw the first group of people join us for One Pot Wonders. They were a fabulous group!
We cooked a delicious chilli with black beans and egg.
I look forward to seeing them again next week.
This is a free five week course, it restarts every 5 weeks for the next year. So if you are over 65, live in Fenland and want to come and cook with us just email [email protected].
It is FREE. It is at the Ferry Project on South Brink in Wisbech. Sometimes we move to a Friday and one course is at the Fact Community Kitchen in March. Get signed up!
Here are the dates

Thursdays - September 5, 12, 19, 26, October 3
Thursdays – October 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7
Thursday – November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12

Friday – January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7

Thursday – February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13

Friday – March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11, at Fact Community Kitchen

Thursday – May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5

Friday – June 20, 27, July 4, 11, 18

Thursday – July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28

Thanks to Cambridgeshire County Council for funding
Ferry Project

FACT - March Community Fridge

Chinese Cook and Go!
Thank you all you lovely people for such an enjoyable evening cooking Kung Pao Prawns, Chicken Chow Mein, Beef with Broccoli and Crispy Wonton Dumplings with Peanut Sauce.
Superb cooking!
The next Cook and Go is on Tuesday 8 October. We will be cooking Indian dishes.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/968147363827?aff=oddtdtcreator

For pasties and sausage rolls cook and go

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/968558884697?aff=oddtdtcreator

Vegetarian option available but please let me know before you come so we are prepared!

Are you planning on coming to Cookbook Club on Thursday? 6:30pm to 8:30pm. All about Tarts and Flans. It’s not too late to book you just need to message me and let me know via messenger or email [email protected]
It’s only £4. Come and join us for foodie chat and a tasting.


…….and you saw it here first…..takeaways are coming back…….remember Christmas Hampers……they are coming back……..

A Delectable Feast

Whipt Syllabub
Rout Cakes
Apple Tart
Almond Cheesecakes
A Fine cake
Claret Jelly
Hot Chocolate with Gingerbread

Enjoy a Jane Austen inspired menu using links to her books and the recipes of her friend Martha Lloyd.

All this after an entertaining talk by author Ruth Leigh about her Jane Austen inspired book “A Great Deal of Ingenuity: A Collection of Pride & Prejudice stories”

Come and join us at Octavia Birthplace House, Wisbech at 2pm on Sunday 22 September £30pp including a feast of cakes and Ruth’s highly entertaining talk.

We are lucky to have this in Wisbech, do not miss out! All proceeds to OBH and the Ferry Project homeless charity

Jane Austen Books and Food An afternoon of stories inspired by Pride and Prejudice, with author and novelist Ruth Leigh followed by a delicious afternoon tea.

Recipe testing for the Ferry Project cookery book….thank you to the lovely food tasters who came and joined us for lunch and ate it for us! A really enjoyable lunch around our beautiful table, in our fabulous teaching kitchen!

Please note Cookbook Club is on Thursday 5 September at 6:30pm. To book use the link or ping me a message!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cookbook-club-tickets-952469561097

Next Week! Tuesday 3 September
Chinese Cook And Go! Wonton Dumplings, Beef in Black Bean Sauce, Chicken Chow Mein, King Pao Prawns…..
Vegetarians welcome, we can adapt!
6:30 to 8:30
Get booked in for some delicious food and a fun two hours of cooking…..

Cook and Go! - Chinese Come and cook a Chinese meal, box it up and take it home! Vegetarians welcome, just let us know beforehand.

Very pleased and excited to be linking up with Fact at their community kitchen in the New Year for the One Pot Wonders cookery course.
This is a FREE 5 week course for those over 65 who live in Fenland.
Although the Ferry Project Cookery School is based in Wisbech we want to bring it out to all Fenland towns to make it as accessible as possible.

Dates for the March course coming soon so please keep following and sharing.

Thank you FACT - March Community Fridge and Nicola Christy for your kind help and support.

Chinese Cooking Class!
The clients have been making Chinese Chicken and Stir Fry Pork today, aswell as Chocolate Brownies.

Come and join us and cook Chinese dishes on September 3 at 6:30pm. Take home
Black Bean Beef and Broccoli
Wonton Dumplings
Chicken Chow Mein
Kung Pao Prawns
Book now, just a few spaces left….

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cook-and-go-chinese-tickets-967985309117?aff=oddtdtcreator

It’s fun, delicious and you go home with plenty of food (aka oodles of noodles)

This week at the Ferry Project Cookery School we are recipe testing for our cookery book.

We need people to eat the dishes though.
So on Friday 30 August …. £5 lunch pp at 1pm

Come and have lunch with us on Friday in the kitchen and eat the dishes we have tested, a selection of sweet and savoury….

Be the first to try some of the dishes in the new cookery book.

Email or WhatsApp to sign up. 10 places only. Dishes to be eaten released on the day. An exclusive insight into the new book and a delicious lunch!
[email protected]
Pictures show today’s outdoor shoot…..

Octavia View, located along the South Brink of the river in Wisbech, is our gorgeous Georgian Grade II Listed building. It forms the base of our operations and includes Clarkson House, Destiny Haven and Sunrise Haven as well as community spaces such as the Wisbech Art Gallery and the Ferry Project Cookery School.

Roast Chicken in the wood fired oven with garlic potatoes…..washed down with a delicious glass of rosé……

A very cheesy day today… a trip to Long Clawson……

Wild West Cooking. Fabulous job chefs! What an impressive group….slaw, rodeo burgers, chicken spurs, wedges, rocky road…..all from scratch.
Thank you for such a lovely afternoon of cooking 🧑‍🍳
Next childrens session is in half term for Halloween baking

Ashley’s Pop Up Cafe was a great success! Thank you to everyone who came and supported Ashley. It is hugely appreciated. He worked really hard baking, setting up and hosting. If you need a Gluten Free Sponge he makes the lightest sponge I have ever seen!
Superb job Chef Ashley!
Well done Ashley! 👏👏👏
Thanks too to the Ferry Project people who all helped this happen….from moving chairs to washing floors, you know who you are! Thank you 🙏

Ashley’s Pop Up Cafe today! Open at 11, if you haven’t booked we can squeeze a couple more in so do come and visit Ashley and his cafe!
At Octavia View in Wisbech.

Skewers and Salads Cook A Long on Tuesday evening saw Marinaded Chicken and Peppers, Harissa Potato and Haloumi, Panzanella Salad, Beans with Hazelnuts and Orange…..
Well done to all and thank you for coming, a delicious and fun evening of food!
The next Cook and Go is on Tuesday 3 September, 6:30 to 8:30pm. Booking essential

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cook-and-go-chinese-tickets-967985309117?aff=oddtdtcreator

Great find today, a lovely pub tucked away in Kings Lynn….dog friendly, baby friendly, delicious food. Crab on toast, Duck liver pate, the best chips…..
Crown & Mitre
Worth a visit!

An evening of out door cooking Glamping with Llamas in Norfolk/Cambs with a few helpers….
This is an absolute favourite thing to do, spending a beautiful evening cooking for the glamping guests.
Last night it was Marinated Steak with Salsa Verde to start, then Spiced Chicken Skewers and Peppers on a Mango Salad, Newmarket Sausages with Butternut Squash and Sriracha Yoghurt, Fennel Slaw. To finish Warm Lemon Sponge with Raspberries, Amaretti Biscuits, Chocolate and Clotted Cream cooked in the embers.
I had helpers….Llamas, the chief cockerel and his ladies and the ducks led by Paula Radcliffe!

Busy week of cookery sessions with the hostel clients, it was a week of paella sessions. The clients come and work around our beautiful table, in our stunning kitchen, and cook themselves dinner, not only learning valuable cooking skills, but also enjoying working with others, chatting and sharing stories.
We finished the week in the school with a communal pizza making session with the hostel clients sharing them on the plaza in the sunshine with staff and residents. Whilst at the same time providing and supporting a community lunch over in the QMC……
You attending our ticketed events helps us to teach and support our clients so thank you all those who have booked on the classes and events coming up…..that is cook and go, Jane Austen Afternoon Tea, Children’s Cookery, Pop Ups, Wine Tastings, cookery demos……..
If you haven’t been yet….get yourself booked in!
And a huge thank you to all those who helped fund and put the kitchen together…..

Do your children enjoy cooking?
Need an activity next Friday?

Come and join us on Friday 23 August for some Wild West cooking! Adult to accompany up to 2 children. £25 per child.
Booking essential.

Children's Cooking Session We are off to the Wild West make Meaty Burgers, Wedges and Cowboy Slaw with a Chocolate Square to finish.

More events added to Eventbrite!
Follow us on there and then you will not miss out.
Added……… Wine Tasting in the Gallery, Pop Up in the Gallery…..November events….
Christmas Cake making…….

As it was National Prosecco Day it became an evening of Italian Summer recipes at last night’s cookery demo. Salsa Verde and Vegetables in Parmesan Pastry, Roasted Tomato and Beans with Burrato, Panzanella, French Beans with Walnuts and Black Olive Tapenade, Feta and Rocket Bruschetta. Thank you to the lovely group last night, it is always a pleasure to see you all.

Our next Cook and Go is Skewers and Salads on Tuesday 20 August. Come and cook with us and take home delicious food for dinner. 6:30pm to 8:30pm. We are very lucky to have this beautiful kitchen in Wisbech.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/928509174937?aff=oddtdtcreator

We do cookery demos! Visit Ely Living Heritage Food Festivals

Get in touch via messenger or [email protected]

Ashley’s been. A delicious Paella was made today.
You can enjoy Ashley’s cooking and come and meet him at his Pop Up Coffee Shop on Wednesday 21 August. Booking is essential and places are filling fast. At Octavia View, Ferry Project, Wisbech.

Limited space now in the morning session but if you are quick…..
More space in the afternoon. Do not be disappointed get booked in!

Morning:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/952614434417?aff=oddtdtcreator

Afternoon:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/952619399267?aff=oddtdtcreator

Come and support Ashley, he has always wanted his own cafe, and here it is!

Do you love to cook? Come and share some of your creations at Fenland Food Day. Give them away as samples and we will refund your ingredients up to £100. You can cook any type of food you like. Message us to find out more.

A Delectable Feast

We are honoured to be hosting Ruth Leigh on Sunday 22 September at 2pm for an afternoon of Jane Austen

Ruth has published several novels but this day will be a highly entertaining talk all about the characters in Pride and Prejudice.

In 2023, Ruth published the Jane Austen-inspired book A Great Deal of Ingenuity

The pages of Pride and Prejudice sparkle with household names. Proud Darcy and prejudiced Elizabeth, book-loving Mr Bennet, the snobbish Bingley sisters, predatory Mr Wickham and oily Mr Collins.

But what about all the other people busy cooking, mending, flirting, walking and socialising in the background?

In this entertaining collection of short stories, Ruth Leigh shines a light on the lives of nine characters from the novel. For instance, how is married life at Hunsford for Mr and Mrs Collins? Will mousy Maria Lucas ever find a husband? How does Sally the maid feel about mending Lydia’s worked muslin gown? Which Meryton matron will triumph in luring a respectable and marriageable young man into their parlour? These stories give the reader a window into the worlds of Meryton, Rosings Park, Pemberley and Hunsford as you’ve never seen them before.

Come and be entertained in the Long Room at Octavia Birthplace House and then enjoy a full afternoon tea made of dishes enjoyed by Jane Austen using recipes from the time. Menu to be published soon.
Tickets are £30pp which includes a delectable feast of cakes and tarts, refreshments as well as an entertaining talk.
Booking essential….follow the link below, do not miss out. It is rare that these events come our way so make the most of it on your doorstep! Book Now!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/862863888117?aff=oddtdtcreator

An evening of Tapas last night. A real pleasure to work with these two talented people cooking tapas for their family. We had a lovely time making Patatas Bravas, Empanadas, Marinaded Steak with Salsa Verde, Ham and Cheese Croquetas, Chorizo and Prawns in Sherry, Albondigas and Basque Cheesecake to finish.
My job is not really work, I am so lucky to be able to cook alongside lovely people like these two and watch them share the delicious restaurant standard food at the end.
Well done! It was excellent and an absolute pleasure to work with you!

Thank you all who came to the pop up last night. It was great to link up again with Octavia Hill Birthplace House. We have been doing this for 9 years now!
Last night was Middle Eastern style food. A sharing platter of yoghurt, courgettes, tomato with harissa topped with whipped feta, dill, mint, parsley and toasted sesame, served with homemade flatbreads to start.
Followed by Chicken Tagine, Tabbouleh, Cauliflower with Pomegranate, Beans with Hazelnuts and Orange and Butternut Squash topped with Sriracha Yoghurt. A Walnut and Tahini Cake to finish.
A huge thanks to my helpers Pam, Sarah and Roger.
So many events coming up….follow us on Eventbrite so you don’t miss out and keep watching this page for links and information

Busy couple of days in the brand new kitchen….. back up and running with client cookery sessions…..beef fajitas, guacamole, salsa….
Ashley has been in, REMINDER!

Ashley’s Pop Up Cafe August 21st booking essential. The morning is nearly full, still availability in the afternoon. Book now!
Morning:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/952614434417?aff=oddtdtcreator

Afternoon:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/952619399267?aff=oddtdtcreator