Stove maker serves up taste of Lancashire

LANCASHIRE stove manufacturer ESSE is recruiting a team of top chefs to help launch the county’s first ever pop up cookery school in Preston’s Fishergate Shopping Centre.

The month-long event has been created to launch the Barnoldswick-based company’s latest industry leading product.

Celebrity chef Tim Maddams, formerly of TV’s River Cottage, is among the culinary experts who will be sharing their tips and favourite recipes with visitors to the school and showroom.

Chefs from some of Lancashire’s favourite dining venues and gastro-pubs will also be involved in the event.

James’ Places, owner of a host of acclaimed Lancashire restaurants and hotels, including Mitton Hall in Whalley, the Shireburn Arms in Hurst Green and The Emporium in Clitheroe, is supporting the event with cookery demonstrations from members of its team.

ESSE is holding the cookery school in its pop up showroom in the Fishergate Shopping Centre which will be open until July 19.

The company’s own in-house chef Steven Evans, who trained at Nigel Haworth’s Michelin-starred Northcote Manor, will also be giving cookery demos during the event.

Visitors will have the chance to see its new ESSE EL 13AMP – the most advanced 13amp heat storage cooker on the market – being used by the chefs to create their trademark dishes.

And local companies and organisations are invited to come along and enjoy their own personal cookery lesson during the month long pop up.

Mark Blewitt, director of the family-owned stove manufacturer, said: “We wanted to do something completely different to officially launch our latest cooker and have some fun at the same time.

“The pop up cookery school and showroom is a fantastic way to show our innovative new cookers and our market-leading technology to new audiences.”