Here's a quick update of what's going on at Recipease.
If you have anything exciting to share, we'd love to hear from you. Just drop us an email at feedback@recipease.com
We're hiring!
When: April & May 2012
Where: Our new shop
We’re just about to open our newest Recipease in London and we’re looking for an amazing team to bring the Recipease magic to West London. Our 'Join us' page has all the details of the types of people that we’re looking for, so you can find lots more information there. The main roles we’re recruiting for at the moment are:
Head Chef – to make sure all the food is amazing
Food Champions – to make sure the lessons are world-class
Supervisors – to keep the show on the road day-to-day
Retail Assistants – to help people buy all our lovely retail stuff
Waiting staff – to serve all our gorgeous food
Kitchen staff – to prepare all that gorgeous food
Kitchen Porters – because the world doesn’t go round without clean cutlery!
If you know anyone who’s perfect for any of these jobs, encourage them to apply via our 'Join us' page. Come and join the fun!
Easter
When: April 2012
Where: Recipease shops
Spring is such a beautiful time of year and, because Easter is just around the corner, we’ve decided to celebrate with loads of gorgeous sweet treats in store. Our favourites are the massive Big Love chocolate bar, which is perfect for sharing, and the Hello Sailor bar – rich creamy chocolate sprinkled with sea salt.
If you’re look for a different way to spend Easter weekend, you should try one of our brilliant cooking classes. We‘ve just launched the Taste of Japan, a new really hands-on crash course in Japanese cooking. If that doesn’t tickle your taste buds, you could try any of our other favourite classes, and learn anything from how to cook a beef wellington to a fragrant Thai curry, improve your knife skills or even take a wine tasting course. What’s more, bring a friend to one of our selected classes and you’ll get £5 off each!
If you’re down in Brighton why not bring the kids along – we’ve still got a few spots available for our kids’ pasta cookery lessons, but book fast!
NEW cookery lesson: A taste of Japan
When: March 2012
Where: Recipease shops
Join us for a crash course in the exciting and delicious world of Japanese cuisine. Let our chefs tantalise your taste buds with our fabulous new lesson, “A taste of Japan”.
You’ll learn to make some fantastic sauces and dips that form the basis of lots Japanese dishes. Our teachers will guide you as you prepare and cook sticky chicken teriyaki and perfect your tempura batter skills by making crispy vegetable and prawn tempura with a ponzu dipping sauce.
You’ll also cook tofu simmered in a dashi and miso sauce, and pan-fried spinach with a toasted sesame seed sauce. They will then show you how to present your dishes beautifully, you will sit down with the rest of the class and enjoy your dishes with a glass of wine or beer, you will receive all the recipes, so you can go home and wow your friends and family with your new cooking skills.
Join our Food club
Where: Recipease, Brighton
Do you often stifle your morning hunger with a trip to Recipease?
If you do, whether you visit to indulge in a deliciously gutsy fry up, to nibble on our homemade muffins, savour our nutritious Muesli or relish in our light, fluffy and moreish pancakes, then it might be worth joining our exclusive food club.
To join the food club is very easy; simply pick up a food card in store and you can be awarded with some tempting money saving deals. If you spend £8 on your desired breakfast, you receive one stamp. Collect five of these stamps and you can get a free breakfast to the value of £8 (redeemable Mon-Fri only)
So swing by Recipease for this attractive offer that will make your morning brighter and your belly fuller!
The Latest magazine: article on Recipease
By Andrew Kay, Creative Director
Brighton
Recipease is my new favourite place to go. Busy, friendly and full of foodie temptations. I can recommend the classes, even if you are already an accomplished cook. They would make a great present for a foodie friend and an even better one for a friend who never cooks for you because they claim they can’t cook. The products are well designed and sensibly priced, and I can vouch that the prepared dishes you finish at home are great as one dear friend, who claims that he can’t cook, uses them to great effect on a regular basis. All in all, as they all seem to say: bish bosh – job done!
Retail Interiors Awards
Best Small Shop
Sponsored by: Managing Director of HMKM Alison Cardy
Recipease, London
Best VM solution
Recipease, London
The Land Securities Best UK retail interior
Sponsored by: Land Securities
Recipease, London
The Awards proved to be a fantastic night, bringing together hundreds of retail and store fitting professionals to honour those who have performed outstandingly over the last year. Comedian Rhod Gilbert hosted the ceremony and guests enjoyed the post awards disco until the early hours.
Recipease were shortlisted 4 times and won 3 awards, including the Land Securities Best UK Retail Interior. Liberty's picked up 2 awards with AE Hadley, and Barbie, Shanghai won Best International Retail Interior.
When discussing Recipease, London, the judges decided that:
“This one has got it all, looks, content, design and perhaps most of all a format that everybody will want to visit.”
What people say about our award-winning shop...
Timeout London magazine, current issue
8 must try venues for 2012
Why not make 2012 the year of great food; head to Jamie Oliver’s popular food store, Recipease, where you can enjoy a range of easy to learn cookery courses. Offering a wide range of lessons from knife skills to perfecting a delicious Mexican feast, the perfect place to learn, socialise and enjoy great food. The cafe area is great for starting your day with a freshly baked breakfast and the shop is stuffed with fantastic ingredients, treats and appliances. Beat the crowds and check their website for 2012 lessons and events now.
Cool London guide, 2011
He's now as synonymous with British food as jellied eels and pies and mash, so it stands to reason that Britain's premier geezer, Jamie Oliver, should open his own cooking school and shop. Recipease in Clapham Junction stocks everything you might need for your kitchen, including Jamie's own brand ready-meals. There's a yum et-in and take-out cafe specialising in breakfast and lunch, and they also run cooking classes for everyone from beginners to kitchen whizzes. Pucker tucker, mate!
Kim & Stefan, Clapham
Wow what a great night, my husband and I really enjoyed the evening. It was well organized , the kitchen teams hospitality was warm and fun and the recipes a delight to cook but the taste was even better , a true explosion in the mouth .
I haven’t had such a tasty meal, not sure if it was our cooking or a combination of understanding the complexity of the flavours and really understanding the recipe.
Congratulations to the team. Thank you.
Sean, Brighton
I would like to congratulate and commend the Brighton store. This was extremely well executed, very instructive and more importantly, really good fun. Our chef, Alex, was impressively informed, easy going and informative, humorous and patient. In all honesty, I was sceptical prior to arrival, but that was my own misplaced arrogance, for it was a brilliant experience. One that I would, and have already, heartily recommend to all my family friends and work colleagues.
Elaine, Brighton
Many thanks for a great morning yesterday when Steve shared his expertise with Derek, Elaine, Ellie and Alex. Steve - it was like Jamie was there with us in the room! We loved the meal and are considering investing in a pasta maker. Really wanting to do the knife skills course next.
Many thanks for a making a Christmas so memorable.
NEW lunch dish: The ultimate open halloumi sandwich
Just launched
Where: Recipease, Brighton
We're going crazy over this new addition to our lunch menu. Pan-fried pieces of halloumi with pinches of fresh basil, served on toasted London bloomer with delicious home-made houmous, roasted peppers, rocket and strips of fresh cucumber.
NEW lunch dish: Brilliant bacon butty
Just launched
Where: Recipease, Brighton
A new 'specials' dish. Pan-fried British outdoor-reared streaky back bacon on toasted London bloomer with crisp baby gem lettuce, ripe plum tomatoes, a dollop of creamy free-range mayonnaise and chunks of ripe avocado.
Festive cookery lessons
November & December
Where: Recipease shops
Back by popular demand, we will be running our fantastic Christmas cookery lessons throughout November and December. Over the last couple of years, we have run lessons such as Edible gifts (get creative and treat your food-loving friends and family to home-made gifts), Canapes (learn how to prepare and present a selection of Jamie-inspired canapes - a guaranteed hit at any Christmas party) and Mince pies (learn to make mince pies from scratch - from pastry to filling). Our festive cookery lessons will be up on our booking calendar shortly, so watch this space!
10% off retail
When: Now
Where: Recipease shops
Shop for all the latest kitchen gear and snap up exclusive pieces from the Jme range. Everyone who attends a cookery class are offered 10% discount on the day!
NEW lunch dish: Sizzling sausage sarnie
November 2011
Where: Recipease, Brighton
Outdoor-reared British pork and leek sausages in a mixed seed bun with sticky caramelised onions, crisp baby gem lettuce, a dollop of creamy free-range mayonnaise and a delicious garden-fresh salad on the salad. We think this is a winner!
NEW slow cooked British beef & vegetable stew
Just launched
Where: Recipease, Brighton
Our new favourite Food to Go dish - perfect for those cold nights in. A fantastically rich beef, red wine and tomato stew with fresh rosemary and thyme cooked slowly with butternut squash, sweet red onions, mushrooms, potatoes and fresh sage.
NEW spicy chicken & chorizo stew
Just launched
Where: Recipease, Brighton
Can't be asked to cook tonight? Come in and pick up this fabulous dish to heat up at home. Free-range chicken pieces, British chorizo and chickpeas slow-cooked in a rich tomato sauce with chickpeas, peppers sweet red onion and fresh thyme.
Launch of Jamie's Great Britain book
September 2011
Where: Recipease shops
Launch offer: £16 (rrp £30)
To celebrate the launch of Jamie's new book, we are offering an introductory price of just £16 per copy. This fabulous book celebrates Britain's very best food, and is a fantastic gift your friends and family. Pop in and grab your copy today!
Bloggers at Recipease, Brighton
Back in April this year, we ran an event for local food bloggers who attended a pasta making cookery class at our Brighton shop. Check the video out here and Matt's trick with rolling out the dough!
Catering
When: Now available
Where: Recipease shops
We've got everything you need to host a fantastic shindig at your home or office. You look after the guests and we'll take care of the food. Sorted.
At Recipease, we believe in using top-quality seasonal and sustainable ingredients. We can offer you a delicious selection of freshly prepared dishes. They're all mouth-wateringly good and, best of all, they give you the chance to mingle with your guests instead of being stuck in the kitchen...
We love coffee!
2011
Where: Recipease shops
Have you joined our coffee loyalty yet? We thinks it's pretty great... buy 4 coffees and get the 5th one free! When you're next in, grab a coffee card which fits neatly in your wallet and get stamping!
Make food, not war
August 2011
Where: Recipease, Clapham Junction
On Monday 8th August, our Clapham Junction shop was damaged due to the London riots. Our front windows were smashed, but thankfully nobody was injured. We thought we'd make the most of the situation, and decorate our boarded-up windows. Check out the comments from all our well-wishers.
