At Manna From Devon we understand that food is a lot more than just fuel. Food feeds our imagination, entertains us, reminds us of our history, reflects our family, cements our friendships, underpins our health, nourishes our spirit and defines our culture.If we keep this in mind as we plan and prepare our food we come to understand why it brings us pleasure so far beyond what we might expect of an energy source. Food deserves time, respect and attention - and we provide these in lavish amounts during our classes.

We run cookery classes, demonstrations and tastings in our purpose built cookery school, offering individuals and small groups the chance to improve their cooking skills and knowledge; using the very finest local produce from South Devon.Our workshops are designed to inspire, build confidence and help you improve your culinary skills in a relaxed environment. Small classes give you ample opportunity for hands on practice.

In all workshops we use use the finest local produce and emphasise the pleasure and benefits of cooking in tune with the seasons using locally sourced ingredients..

Whether you want to become a better home cook or to benefit from the experience of catering professionals, nutritionists and masters of wine; if you’re serious about cookery (without being too serious) then one of the Manna from Devon courses will be perfect for you.

The school is run by Holly and David Jones. Holly is a chef, food writer, consultant and broadcaster. David is a baker, sourdough enthusiast, and team-building consultant.

You can see our diary on our website - www.mannafromdevon.com. We run a variety of classes including a selection of breadmaking courses, cooking from all over the Mediterranean, family days and fish cooking. If you're down here on holiday and would like to come to our school with friends or family, give us a call on 01803 752943 and we can tailor-make a day or a weekend especially for you.

What Our Customers say:

Just thought I'd drop you a quick line to say thank you for a very enjoyable lesson in all things fishy a couple of weeks ago. You'll be pleased to hear that all my knives are sharp and that I bought, gutted, filleted, skinned and cooked a couple of dabs on Friday!! They were delicious and Matt thinks the class was already money well spent! Sally

A quick note to say thank you both so much for yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed my tuition and can't believe how much bread we made. I felt I had learned a great deal by the end of the day. I truly admire your energy and enterprise and I do hope you do well with the cookery school - you certainly deserve to. Very best wishes Anne

I wanted to thank you for such a wonderful days cooking on Thursday. I enjoyed every single moment. I learnt so much and thanks to Holly's wonderful expertise and teaching, I feel so much more confident buy, preparing and, of course, cooking all types of fish. The way you run the days are just perfect .... Kate