The Globe Trotter: 31 August

Ready, steady, cook – brush up your culinary skills on holiday

01844-278881, www.manoir.com

Meanwhile, Greece's five-star Skiathos Princess Hotel, Aghia Paraskevi, has launched Greek Gourmet Cookery Classes for guests. 'Pupils' will have a chance to create dishes including tzatziki and ntakos (Greek bruschetta), traditional spinach and cheese pies and honey dough balls. Then, of course, you get to eat your efforts, with a glass of Santikos wine straight from the hotel owners' own vineyard.

The two-hour classes, available from 1 September to 7 October, cost from €50 (approximately £40), including all food, house wine, water and refreshments. Thomas Cook Holidays with Style offers a seven-night holiday with flights from £576.

0844-412 5970, www.thomascook.com

Or you can join a Mediterranean cookery course at Annie B's Spanish Kitchen in the hilltop village of Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, one of Andalucia's lovely white villages. Guests create classic paella, chicken tagine, fennel and lemon roasted pork and chocolate and almond cakes. Sherry appreciation, olive oil tutorials and gourmet tours including a tapas crawl, are also on the menu. A four-night break costs from €848 per person (approximately £670) including B&B accommodation at the Hotel La Casa del Califa, and all food and wine during class hours. Flights and transfers extra.

www.anniebspain.com

Fleewinter has introduced Moroccan cookery lessons at its Rebali Riads complex on the Atlantic coast at Sidi Kaouki near Essaouira. The day starts at about 9.30am, when you meet the chef in Essaouira to be guided around the souks choosing ingredients. Guests then return to Rebali by taxi where the chef helps you prepare your chosen dish. The lesson costs from £20 per person plus ingredients (around £8) and taxi (£15 return). Stays at Rebali cost from £45 per person per night.

020-7112 0019, www.fleewinter.com

Hotel du Vin Poole, Dorset is holding a two-night Mushroom Foraging break, from £299 per person, 12 to 13 October. After a morning class, guests head to the countryside, then to the White Pepper Cookery School for a workshop and lunch made from the day's haul. Guests also enjoy a four-course dinner with wine.

01202-785570

Make perfect preserves at Bedruthan Steps near Newquay, Cornwall. During the Preserve Making Day you'll learn the art of preserving using fruit, vegetables and herbs, whether it's jams, jellies, cordials, spiced and flavoured vinegars or bottled fruits and tomatoes. The day costs from £75 per person, including all equipment; two-night break from £249. Or for the same prices, there's a Christmas Preserve Making Day on 18 November.

01637-860860, www.bedruthan.com

Contact Wendy on wendy.gomersall@lady.co.uk