Demo & Dine Workshops 2023

The joy of cooking, sharing food and learning how to make new foods is what motivated us to quit our office jobs in Tel Aviv, move to Ireland and start a food business. Showing others who love food how to make Middle Eastern dishes is one of our favourite things to do!

Join us, Mezze owners Dvir and Nicola, in our award winning deli* where you’ll cook along with us and learn how to prepare some of Mezze’s most popular dishes. You can book one workshop below or the whole lot with a 10% discount. 

*Best World Cuisine All-Ireland Award 2022 | Irish Restaurant Awards

workshops & dates:

Plant Powered Plates (Middle Eastern Style) | 27th January |

LIMITED SPACE LEFT. PLEASE CALL 085 263 5555 TO CHECK AVAILABILITY BEFORE BOOKING

When we started our business we unintentionally began preparing mostly vegan foods. By nature Middle Eastern foods are veg heavy and mezze, the dishes served at the start of a meal in the Middle East, are generally vegan in Israel. We found that these were some of our favourite foods as well as friends and family visiting us when we lived in Israel. Using simple spice mixes, sauces and cooking methods we’ll show you how to prepare easy plant powered plates for mid-week meals or feasts to share.

Sample menu of dishes prepared on the night: mushroom shawarma, maghmour, whole roasted cauliflower, malabi (rosewater & coconut pudding). Served with salads, sauces and sides. 

Middle Eastern Breads | 24th February

There’s nothing better than the smell of freshly baked bread. When we decided to start a food business making bread was defintitely one of the things we found a bit daunting. We soon found out though that a simple dough recipe can take you far and it doesn’t require too much skill – just a bit of time.

Sample menu of dishes prepared on the night: lavosh flatbreads, challah, laffa flatbread, babka (sweet bread for dessert) as well as salads, dips, sauces and sides to enjoy with them.

Middle Eastern Barbecue | 9th June

Israelis are little obsessed with barbecuing. They have the weather for it so it’s done quite often but everyone has their own way of doing it, the foods that must be served on their. We’re going to let you in to our Israeli-Irish family grilling secrets in our Middle Eastern barbeque workshop which perhaps unusually will feature lots of veg, breads, dips and salads as well as some grilled meats.

Sample menu of dishes prepared on the night: mashweya (barbecued salad), flatbreads, lamb kebabs, free range chicken shishlik, charred cabbage. Served with salads, sauces and sides. There will be vegetarian and meat options prepared on the night.

Please note dishes prepared on the night may vary depending on supplier availability.

buying as a gift?

If you’re buying this as a gift and not sure which workshop to choose then you can buy a voucher.

DETAILS

time: 7pm to 10pm (ish)

ticket: €75 per person per workshop 

includes:  demo & workshop, welcome drink (wine/non-alcoholic), food prepared to enjoy on the night, tea/coffee, recipe pack, 10% discount on our cookbook and ingredients from our shop on the night

how it works

You’ll start the evening with a drink and a short demo, then you’ll make some of the Middle Eastern dishes that have been demoed. Once that’s ready you’ll get to sit down and share the Middle Eastern delights.

Please choose ‘Collection’ option when paying so as not to get charged for delivery. No need to collect your ticket though.

We have a minimum of 6 bookings needed for this demo & dine to go ahead. If it doesn’t go ahead you will be refunded in full for your tickets.

what to bring

• clothes for cooking in (apron if you’d like)
• jars/tubs for taking home leftovers (if you don’t eat them all!)

Please note: We offer refunds on cancellations if given at least 7 days’  notice. After that we cannot offer a refund. At that stage we’ve already ordered food to prepare for your meal and may not be able to resell your ticket. You can of course pass your ticket on to someone else. Just let us know.

Allergens & dietary requirements: please let us know when booking if you or anyone in your party have any food allergies or are vegan/vegetarian. We can cater for vegans and vegetarians for all workshops.