Winter Winners at the Waitrose Cookery School

The prize for the six lucky winners of the Winter competition was an afternoon for them and their partners at the brand new Waitrose Cookery School in North London. 

Firstly, the group learnt more about wine tasting with our resident expert Ray O'Connor who guided them through the different wine-growing regions of Chile and ran through a tasting of Casillero del Diablo wines, comparing the different varietals. 

Next up was the food preparation itself. The team cooked an ambitious menu: seared monkfish and tiger prawns salad with fennel butter vinaigrette, then a 'perfect' steak and chips with an accompanying béarnaise sauce followed by the a decadent chocolate fondant. All the hard effort was rewarded as the team sat down to enjoy their meal, with each course paired with two Casillero del Diablo wines - so the winners could decide for themselves which they thought was the best pairing.

The winter supper club was amazing! It was the sort of thing we'd always talked about doing but had never got around to organizing. We are very pleased to say the whole day exceeded our expectations, the wine tasting was great fun, the food was delicious and the Cube and Waitrose staff were the perfect compliment to the day. Just wish we could do it more often!
Dominic Hardy, London