Hands-on classes like curry, bread-making, and seafood, led by expert chefs with small groups for personalized attention.
Evening events combining cooking with wine tastings, featuring dishes like French cuisine and chocolate mousse.
Custom cooking sessions for parties, team-building, or special occasions in our event-ready bistro space.
Participants receive quality ingredients, recipes, and treats to recreate dishes at home.
Family-style meals where guests enjoy their cooked creations with wine in a cozy, communal setting.
This was such a fantastic experience. A fabulously organised set up. Niall and Clare were so informative, sharing their years of culinary knowledge and great tips. The food was amazing - cooked by myself using great quality ingredients. I am now an expert in curry making. Thanks so much and I definitely recommend doing the curry Masterclass.
We did a class at the cookery school and it was fantastic! Clare is a wonderful teacher, the class was engaging and fun, and we got lots of treats to take home with us. The group size isn’t too large so there is plenty of opportunity for everybody to ask questions or receive guidance where necessary. We will definitely be coming back for more classes
Got a voucher to go to the French food and wine pairing night at waterman cookery school and it was brilliant. Niall was great, instructed really clearly and was great to listen to as he talked through things. The wine was really nice and the food was the best I’ve ever made and I’ll definitely be using the recipe’s again. I made an onion and thyme tatin, chocolate mousse and creamy chicken leg with a cheese sauce
This month I and a few friends attended the Cookery School at Waterman House for a bread making course. As I'm not very good at anything in the kitchen I was super worried about how I'd cope with making bread from scratch. Turns out I'm OK at it, although I am going to say that was down to the very welcoming and supportive host Claire. She guided us all through the various breads. We made 4 different loaves as well as 2 batches of Pizza dough each. Each person was able to make there own individual pizza, shown how to roll out the base and encouraged to load that bad boy up with as many toppings as we'd like. We each then sat and ate our beautiful pizza and sipped on a glass a wine to finish the session. I can honestly say it was good fun and I learned a lot. I will definitely go back and do another masterclass. The list of classes available varied. Thanks so much to all at Waterman House
We were at a seafood and fish cookery course today, hosted by Niall and Claire. We were taught how to cook 4 dishes. The amount of detail in the course was fantastic, once we cooked each dish we sat down at a family style table and ate each dish, accompanied with wine. Niall and Claire were really engaging and so knowledgeable, I honestly left feeling I could cook those four dishes competently myself and I'm no cook! I highly recommend this to anyone. Such good fun!

Belfast's premier cookery school and bistro, where culinary passion meets hands-on learning.
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Waterman House is a vibrant bistro and cookery school in Belfast, offering immersive cooking classes, masterclasses, and food and wine pairing events. Led by expert chefs Niall and Clare, we provide hands-on culinary experiences in a welcoming, small-group setting. From curry and bread-making to seafood and French cuisine, our classes focus on quality ingredients, expert guidance, and fun, making cooking accessible for all skill levels. Perfect for food enthusiasts, date nights, or group activities, we blend education with delicious dining in a cozy, event-ready venue.
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