Nothing beats a home-cooked meal shared with family! And this is what inspires our Family Style Cookery Classes, a fun, laid-back homestyle cooking experience. Here, you will learn to prepare different dishes and then enjoy them with people who, like you, fuel our mission of supporting refugee and migrant chefs on their journey to integration. It’s a cookery class with a conscience, like they say!

Your class will be led by our wonderful Chef Raha from from Iran at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace in Bishopsgate, London.

At our Family Style Cookery Classes, you will be grouped with other participants and prepare dishes together as a team. Think of Chef Raha as the head of the family! She will take care of dividing the class into groups, and each group will be responsible for creating one of the dishes. Of course, you are welcome and encouraged to move around during the class to learn about the other dishes being prepared. Throughout the evening, Chef Raha will share stories about their food and culture, and explain how to prepare each of the dishes so you come away with some new cooking tricks and inspiration from Iran. You will also be emailed the recipes after the class.

Menu, subject to change:

Polo Shoshtari (Vegetarian Biriyani) | Vegetarian; Milk, Gluten, Sesame
Nahabandi Aubergine Stew | Vegetarian; Milk
Samboseh | Vegan; Gluten, Celery

Gilani Sour Kebab | Meat (Lamb); Milk, Tree Nuts
Iranian Salad | Vegetarian; Eggs
Ferni (Iranian Dessert)|Vegetarian; Milk, Tree Nuts

This menu contains meat (lamb) but is vegetarian friendly (5/6 dishes are meat-free). Allergens include: milk, gluten (wheat), sesame, milk, celery, tree nuts, eggs.

Please let us know if you have any specific dietary requirements so our team is aware ahead of the class, but kindly note that we will not be substituting any ingredients to accommodate dietary needs, so please only book into classes that suit your dietary requirements. Please see our Food and Allergen Policy when booking into the class for more information.

A message from our Chef Raha:

“I am Raha and I come from Nahavand, a small city in the centre of Iran. In the UK, you have English,Scottish, Welsh and Irish people. In Iran, we have Turkish, Arab, Kurdish and Lorish people. I am Lorish. When I was nine, my mum went to work and didn’t have time to cook, so I cooked for her. From a young age, I would change recipes. I still do! My children ask me what a dish is called, but I have often just created it, so it does not have a name! Food is very important in my country. We consider food to be part of the joy of life;it is not just for survival. A meal should not only be the taste, it should be how it looks, how it smells and how it feels. I arrived in the UK in January 2024 with my husband and two daughters. At first, I was worried about everything, but I have found that British people are very kind. Someone referred me to Migrateful, and here I am today. I want to share my country’s delicious recipes. I have chosen dishes from all four corners of Iran so you can experience many flavours and ingredients.”

A message from St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

“St Ethelburga’s work sits at the intersection of climate and peace. We believe there can be no peace on Earth unless we also realise peace with Earth.We offer events, training, leadership programmes and multimedia content which equip and inspire people to become peacemakers in their own contexts.The Centre is based in a unique 800 year old, Grade I listed building in the heart of London. Find out more: www.stethelburgas.org.”

We’re excited to have you in the class! Please take note of a few final reminders:

We will send you a reminder email 3 days before the class takes place.
We require a certain number of participants to run this class and reserve the right to cancel it due to insufficient enrolment. If this occurs, we will, at your convenience, transfer you to another class of your choice of the same value. If this option does not suit you, you will have the choice to receive either a gift voucher for the class or a full refund. In the case of insufficient enrolment, we will inform you at least 6 days before the class.
Payments made through Paypal can take up to 48 hours to have the order confirmed. To guarantee your spot in a cookery class we recommend using a debit or credit card.
We only process refunds and ticket transfers if we are notified 7 days before the class takes place. No changes are allowed if the class is missed. When you register for this event, you are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions. If you are not able to attend the class, you can pass on your tickets so someone else can attend on your behalf.
Ingredients used in our classes contain, may contain, or may have been manufactured/prepared on shared equipment with the 14 allergens listed above. We cannot guarantee that any food or drink prepared or consumed in any of the Migrateful Cookery Classes are free from any of the 14 allergens, or any other ingredient. Migrateful’s Cookery Classes are hosted in our busy cookery school or in external venues that handle allergens. Even in classes where allergens are not used, the ingredients for the class may have been stored in close proximity to allergens and other ingredients, and/or equipment and surfaces may have previously come into contact with allergens and other ingredients. Participants attend classes at their own risk.

(SOLD OUT) Iranian Cookery Class with Raha | Veg Friendly | LONDON |Pop Up