At Davidstow we are very proud to work with Cornish based two-starred Michelin chef Nathan Outlaw. So last week we were excited to host a competition for winners to spend the day on an exclusive Davidstow cookery masterclass with Nathan in London.
On Monday, eight lucky winners and their friends arrived at the L’atelier des Chef cookery school in central London to learn two recipes using Cornish Classic and Crackler Cheddar.
The day started with an introduction from Nathan on the recipes he has created with Davidstow and how the cheese adds an abundance of flavour to dishes.
With all the guests donned with aprons, and eagerly waiting at their cooking station, Nathan first demonstrated how to create Cornish Crackler & Chive Mayonnaise by hand. Whisks at the ready, everyone began carefully beating the eggs and oil – Nathan was impressed to see that nobody’s mayonnaise split.
The first course was complete, vegetable crudités and hand-made mayonnaise. Delicious!
The next part of the masterclass was a real treat with Nathan sharing his tips on how to pick crab meat from a freshly cooked whole crab. It was really interesting to see how much of the crab he could use, including the shell for making stock.
This led the group on nicely to the main course, which was a Crab, Classic Cheddar & Chive Spanish Omelette. This was a simple but very tasty recipe, which needed slowly cooking to produce a rounded omelette cooked throughout without turning it over.

Once the cooking had finished, the group enjoyed lunch with Nathan, and picked his brains on all things cooking, before leaving with a goodie bag of Davidstow cheese and lots of inspiration and recipes!
Look out for similar competitions throughout the year if you fancy trying your hand cooking with a Michelin starred chef …


