The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School  Reviews 107

TrustScore 5 out of 5

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Looking at 35 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their clear explanations, friendly demeanor, and passion, making the learning experience enjoyable and hands-on. Many people highlight the excellent service, noting the fresh, high-quality ingredients, often sourced sustainably or locally, and the overall smooth organization of the classes. Reviewers are particularly impressed with the products created, describing the food as delicious and the techniques learned as valuable and practical for home cooking. The user experience is frequently described as fun, relaxed, and informative, with many appreciating the engaging and inspiring guidance from the instructors. However, some people mentioned occasional waiting around during the classes.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

“I had a very enjoyable Sunday morning on the French Bistro Course. If you’re looking for a cooking class to learn new skills, tips and techniques, you won’t be disappointed. Emma, Ursula and the te... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've just finished a wonderful Indian cookery workshop called FROM JERICHO TO JAIPUR and it was so exciting. I learnt so much about Asian techniques and ingredients, and also about all the different... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I really enjoyed my half day cookery course on Marrakesh cookery. The venue was very attractive and everything had been laid out ready for us to cook. The ingredients were very fresh and good quality,... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I did the Jericho to Jaipur cooking class early December and had a fantastic time learning to cook butter chicken, onion bhaji and naan bread from scratch. The food was fresh and delicious. The class... See more

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Company details

  1. Culinary School
  2. Cooking Class
  3. Fitness and Nutrition Service

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Welcome to The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School! Our cookery classes are hands-on, informative and relaxed, designed to bring people together through great food and shared experiences. We provide all ingredients, aprons and recipe packs — all you have to do is turn up ready to cook, learn and eat well! Classes usually involve around 2 to 2½ hours of cooking followed by everyone sitting down together to enjoy the food, ask questions and soak up as much knowledge from the teacher as possible. We teach a wide range of classes from pasta making and Thai cookery to seasonal British food, bread making and Cooking on Fire experiences, we host relaxed cookery classes and corporate team building events in Oxfordshire At The Jericho Kitchen our ethos is simple — we believe food should be seasonal, full of flavour and cooked from scratch wherever possible. We are passionate about supporting local and independent suppliers and teaching people skills they can genuinely take home and use in everyday life. Most importantly, our classes are welcoming, down-to-earth and lots of fun. We look forward to cooking with you! Emma and The Jericho Kitchen Team www.thejerichokitchen.com


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fab girls Friday night making Gyoza…

Fab girls Friday night making Gyoza with Rie, Emma and the team. Surprisingly easy to make even from scratch. They tasted amazing. Would never thought to make them before. We all enjoyed it. This is my 2nd cookery course with the Jericho kitchen, 1st was Greek which was also fabulous and I’ve made the dishes a few times since. Whether you’re there on your own, a couple or a group of friends it’s a really fun sociable experience. Everyone is very friendly. Recommend.

30 May 2025
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Jules, It was SO lovely to meet the three of you on Friday - what a bubbly top of the table you were!!! When our customers write heart-felt reviews we can really feel it so thank you. We love welcoming everyone. Keep doing the good work at the Oxford Animal Sanctuary - you are all the BEST Love Em x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really enjoyable lesson

Really enjoyable lesson with 12 people in groups of 4, which worked really well. Excellent venue just off Iffley Road, easy to get to, but leave time for parking, which is difficult! The Sushi were easier to make than I expected, and Rie showed us useful techniques and was always on hand with advice.

Update: Yes, I made some more the next day to take to a party. They turned out really well! I added preserved ginger or wasabi to each one and everyone was really complimentary. I used fresh cooked prawns or Surimi as the main ingredients and even had success with the square omelette. Looking back, I realise that I probably couldn’t/wouldn’t have done this if I hadn’t been to your lesson. Highly recommend!

16 May 2025
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Juliet - thank you so much for taking the time to write such a helpful review for others who might be considering coming to one of our classes in Oxford. It was our first class and we really enjoyed the venue. I have looked into the parking (thank you good point!) and there are 4 roads nearby with 2 hour parking until 6.30pm so perfect timing - Ridgefield Road, Hurst Street, James Street and Howard Street. So if you ever come back to us or recommend to anyone then it might be handy to have this info to hand! Thank you again Juliet and I hope you have made sushi again since last week?!!! Rie, Em & Ella x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What an amazing day

What an amazing day, atmosphere, location and food were amazing. Marcia, Em and Kylie could not have been more attentive and made the whole day a magnificent experience. Will definitely be keeping and eye out and booking again.

29 March 2025
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Sian, thank you so much for taking the time to write such a lovely review of your morning with us! I will pass on your kind words to Marcia and Kylie and to seeing you both again in the future. We will be putting up our September - December schedule next week so lots of new and exciting classes to come. Thank you again Sian, Em `& the team x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It’s a great idea and the courses look…

It’s a great idea and the courses look fantastic. Really friendly helpful customer service from real people!

20 November 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Karen, thank you so much for your review. We pride ourselves on our customer service as I know how important it is to actually speak to someone instead of a computer operated system!

Hopefully you or someone you know will be visiting us to continue their customer experience in 2025. Merry Christmas Karen - Em and the team x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good experience buying a gift…

Very good experience buying a gift voucher for my granddaughter

24 November 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Irene, Thank you so much for taking the time to write us a review based on your experience of just booking something and not even the class. We pride ourselves on trying to make the whole experience as easy and friendly as possible with as much contact with the us to feel a real connection. We can't wait to meet your granddaughter. Have a wonderful Christmas and thank you again. Warmest regards Emma and the team x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Pasta making with Love!

Thank you @EmmaCollen and @UrsulaFerrigno for a day of fun pasta making. The setting was perfect, the team were wonderfully loving and caring. My colleagues have already bought a pasta machine! The food was delicious! Thank you for hosting us and creating a lovely team building activity for the group! All the best, Fabiola

4 November 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Fabiola and team! Thank you so much for leaving us a review after your event with us last week. Ursula, Lizzie and I really enjoyed the morning with your team - what amazing pasta they made too! We love holding events and making the day special for the teams and we always try and make it the happiest of kitchens for everyone. There certainly was a lot of joy that day, thank you! Emma and Ursula x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We booked a The Street Food of Naples…

We booked a The Street Food of Naples with Ursula Ferrigno. What a fantastic day. Ursula was absolutely lovely and was so passionate about Italian ingredients and the food we were cooking. It’s contagious and I learnt so much new and interesting facts about the food I love! The tomato dish was unbelievable and we cooked squid and made a lovely homemade lemonade. Book a course, I’m going back!

10 August 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Steven, Wow, thank you. We love it when we get reviews like this. It means that we have managed to share the joy we have for good food and good company with like minded people!!

That Saturday was a particularly happy class with lots of laughter coming from your table, thank you both for joining us and sharing the morning with Ursula, Sarah, Pippa and I. We very much look forward to seeing you again in the future.x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Seasonal Supper Club

I attended Jericho Kitchen’s first seasonal supper club on 25 July. It was held in a beautiful barn conversion in idyllic surroundings in Wallingford. There was a great turnout and I met many interesting people from a range of backgrounds: I learned a lot from how to plant vegetables without digging to what is going on in state of the art medical technology. So it was nourishing for the mind but how about the food? It was a vegan feast and not what I would normally opt for as an ehthusiastic carnivore but it really broadened my horizons and got me thinking about changing my diet both for health and variety as well as all the sound environmental reasons. The freshness of the vegetables was the key and certainly made me wake up to what good vegan food can be. Last but not least our host Emma (and her team) led the festivities with zest and style helping create a buzz and good humoured atmosphere. I definitely urge all who have the opportunity to experience this special type of event to go for it as soon as possible and many times thereafter.

9 July 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Li Yu, Wow what a wonderful review of your evenings with us. It is very much appreciated when we get an indepth reasoning into why people loved the event that they attended.

The way we thought about this supper club was to bring people together around a long table and to discuss and be thoughtful about the food that was being served. Harrison at Worthy Earth is an inspiration to all he meets because he is so passionate about the quality of the vegetables but also wanting to encourage others to grow their own vegetables even if it is a few herbs in a window box - every little thing makes a huge difference!

We have another event on 6th October, this time with Ursula and it will be a Feasting Table of joy celebrating the autumnal harvest, again from Worthy Earth!, and we hope that this wonderful review will encourage more people to join later this year. Thank you again Yu Li with much gratitude Em & the team x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tapas

We had a fantastic time celebrating my sister birthday. Sarah was an excellent and knowledgeable teacher, making the experience both fun and educational. Best of all was sitting down to enjoy the fruits of our labour, complete with plenty of wine and beer!

29 June 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Catherine, Thank you so much for another wonderful review from your group, we are so pleased everyone enjoyed themselves. Aside from teaching people our aim is always for everyone to have a really enjoyable time - it is all about being joyous about food and good company! Cheers Em x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A birthday treat

We had a great morning learning to cook (and eat) some tasty Spanish tapas dishes with Sarah, who was so practical and inspiring. This has definitely given me the confidence to have a go at home. A lovely way to spend my birthday and I will be back to try other classes.

29 June 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Monica, Thank you so much for taking the time to write us a review. Knowing that you are going to keep the skills and love of Spanish food alive at home is wonderful news! It was a joy to have the 3 of you in the class. Em x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is the second time we have done and so glad we did.

This is the second time we have done a cookery day. We love the enthusiasm of Ursula as she taught us so much. My personal highlight was learning to make pasta. It is so well organised, all equipment is provided and you get a delicious meal to share at the end. We also meet such lovely people on the course too. All the staff were so, so lovely. A great, great day.

8 June 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Wendy,

Our second amazing review from Saturday's class, thank you so much for taking the time to write something! We loved that class from the people, to the venue to the quality of the ingredients we were lucky to get at this time of year. It was the perfect storm!! We are extremely lucky to have Ursula on board with us and you are right, her enthusiasm never wavers and she gets such joy from knowing that people enjoy her classes, as do I! Keep making the pasta!! Thank you Emma x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jericho Kitchen Cookery School is…

Jericho Kitchen Cookery School is Great!
The team are amazing and I learnt so much. The pace was also really good and Ursula is an excellent teacher. I now have a pasta machine and made fresh pasta for our lunch yesterday! I have also made the bread sticks - my husband loves both of these dishes! I am definitely keep a look out for future vegetarian classes with them.

8 June 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Jo,

Thank you so much for leaving us such a kind review. What we love is that your journey with food and Ursula's passion is continuing already. Keep practising and please do get back in touch with any questions you have. We would love to see you again and we will be putting on more vegetarian classes in the future. So lovely to have meet you. Emma and Ursula x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Corporate event- Italian cookery class…

Corporate event- Italian cookery class session with Emma and Ursula
I arranged this session for our group of 24 as a team bonding event. The venue was Standhampton Village hall, a norman church, which is beautiful. Ursula's passion was contagious and the whole group just loved her. The recipes succeeded and the dinner was delicious. I wholeheartedly recommend Jericho Cookery School for a corporate event.

6 March 2024
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Melda,

Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a kind review of your event. We do pride ourselves on providing the best teaching possible but equally as much fun and joy which Ursula is extremely good at delivering!

Having reviews like this makes it more reassuring for potential clients to know that they are in extremely safe hands.

Please do get in touch again if we can arrange any similar events for you and your team.
Emma & Ursula x

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Generous Gyoza - sharing the love

The class I attended, gyoza with Yukiko was mostly spent chopping vegetables(!). However, Yukiko's great humour and radiant personality made the whole evening invigorating. She was quite clear about what to expect from the class, and shared tips, tricks, and jokes about the art of folding and eating gyoza. We even got a bit of history.
After the trouble I'd had booking a class with a voucher, when I went to pay the top-up amount, Emma told me I didn't need to, and could donate it to charity.
In order to share the Jericho Kitchen and lovely gyoza, I spent it on ingredients and made ~150 gyoza for my local community centre, which were hugely appreciated!
The venue was changed at the last minute to a small one, so if you are COVID wary I would not recommend this.

19 February 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Vegetarian Italian with Ursula - Highly recommend!

My mum booked us onto the Vegetarian Italian class with Ursula as a Christmas present and it was just fantastic. Personally I was a little nervous that it might be a bit of an intimidating environment but I couldn't have been more wrong - the whole setup was so friendly and well-organised, and Ursula is possibly the most enthusiastic person I've ever met! We learned a lot and left feeling very inspired to try some new things. The mini feast at the end was the cherry on top!

16 January 2022
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Good morning Evie! Thank you so much for writing such a lovely review of your class with Ursula last week. It is always very difficult to put across how we hope our school feels but I know that this review will also then reassure others who might be thinking the same thing! Hope you are still recreating the dishes, I know I have!!! Thank you again Evie, Em x

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Cooking course as a gift - thoroughly reccomend

I bought an Italian Vegetarian cookery course for a friends birthday and joined her on the course. It was really well organised, run with energy and passion and we learned lots of tips along the way.
The team communicated well and it was great energy, a good experience and the food was exceptional. Thanks team!

12 January 2022
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Chris, thank you so much for taking the time to write us a review and thank you so much for the wonderful photos of the day. I think that they really show the fun that was had my everyone in that group. Ursula and I always appreciate feedback! Enjoy your travels and hopefully see you both back again at some point in the future! Warmest regards Em x

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Experienced cook but felt redundant

I have just done the middle-eastern cookery session and I must say that for the price I did not do very much cooking. I did a lot of standing around. Some people were given more to do than others. I had expected to be preparing all the dishes mentioned and whilst the food was delicious, I was left feeling disappointed that I didn’t get to do very much.

16 October 2021
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Dear Juliet, Thank you so much for taking the time to send over your review, we always appreciate it when people take the time to do so! We do state on our website that you don't make every dish - for this the class would have to be about 5 hours long and a lot more expensive! Carolina takes the time to explain all the dishes and stops people when there are techniques to share with the group or a question that needs answering that might also be of interest to everyone as well as sharing lots of tips too. Expectations vary so much especially after the last 18 months and so far everyone has been so happy with the classes and enjoyed being back with the masses again we are just sorry you were disappointed. Hopefully you will be able to recreate the dishes at home and enjoy them as much as you did after the class! Warm regards Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I went on the foraging school with my husband

I went on the foraging school with my husband. What a wonderful day! The instructor was knowledgable and the walk very beautiful. We really enjoyed it and learned a lot about our local edible (and non edible) plants.

30 July 2021
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Thank you so much Leslie for taking the time to write a review. Especially at this time I think it is really important to reassure people that we are actually still open and raring to go again!! You had a particularly beautiful day for your foraging, didn't you! Thank you again. Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Team Fire Pit cooking

Thank you Emma for the fun team cookery class at D'Oyleys Farm - great recipes and the Fisher German Agribusiness team all enjoyed themselves making the salads and BBQ dishes and cooking them on the fire pits. Thoroughly recommend it!

22 July 2021
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Reply from The Jericho Kitchen Cookery School

Thank you so much David for your review! John and I are so pleased that you enjoyed our first cooking on fire class this year in our new venue in the barn. It was lovely to meet you all and hear laughter again after too long! Thank you Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I really enjoyed the evening

I really enjoyed the evening. Ursula was fantastic and her passion for all things Roman was very evident. She was extremely knowledgeable and I certainly learnt a lot. I would definitely book again. It might be nice to be able to chat to the fellow cooks as we were all from different places but I realise time is important. Thanks.

21 March 2021
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