Masterclass

• Foodie self-improvement, the best food and drink classes to book in London

   

  The best way to learn a new skill is to get the experts to teach you. Here's our pick of the London restaurants and bars offering great masterclasses.

• Bread Ahead launch online baking tutorials - and they're free!

  

  This is a genius move. If you're stuck at home and thinking maybe now's the time to break out a new skill, then Bread Ahead has come to the rescue.

  Bread Ahead’s founder and master baker Matthew Jones is going to be online every day, live on Instagram, offering free baking tutorials. The series kicks off today with a guide on how to make their amazing filled doughnuts (which Hot Dinners can personally attest to are delicious).

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• Theo Randall's top tips on Italian cooking and wine

   

  We catch up with top chef Theo Randall for five key lessons about cooking - the Italian way. 

• Cooking lessons the Paul Ainsworth way - we try out Mahé in Padstow

  The latest in the Paul Ainsworth Padstow empire, we take in a day's worth of cooking lessons at his new cookery school, Mahé 

• We Test Drive Bread Ahead's New York baking class

  

  Bagels, pretzels, hot dogs and more - we head over to Chelsea to bake our own bread at the Bread Ahead Bakery School. 

• We learn pie making with Calum Franklin at Holborn Dining Room

  

  We learn how to make a pork pie from the king of pies himself, Calum Franklin. Find out how we got on...