Halloween Half-term Cookery Camp for Children

Dates: Monday 26th October – Friday 30th October 2026

Timings: 9:30 am to 2:30 pm daily

Ages: 7-14

Location: Cooking It, Bristol

Looking for an immersive, skill-building holiday activity in Bristol for your children this autumn? Our Halloween Half-Term Cookery Camp offers a dynamic, hands-on culinary experience designed specifically for youth aged 7 to 14.

This is not just a standard holiday club; it is an authentic cookery school experience. we have been running these holiday clubs and children's classes for over 12 years. Every day, young chefs will develop essential kitchen skills—including precise knife work, pan safety, scratch dough production, and advanced pastry decoration—all wrapped up in a wonderfully spooky Halloween theme.

Best of all, the children will cook their own substantial, delicious lunch every single morning, sitting down together to enjoy their creations in the Cooking It dining space. In the afternoon, the focus shifts to technical baking, with beautiful, themed treats packaged up to take home.

The 5-Day Spooktacular Itinerary

Our holiday programme balances advanced techniques to keep teenagers thoroughly engaged, while remaining structured and supportive for younger culinary enthusiasts.

Monday 26th October: Ghoulish Italian Feast

• The Savoury Lunch: "Mummy" Stromboli (scratch-made yeast dough braided over cheese and protein fillings) served with an Eyeball Marinara dipping sauce.

• The Technical Bake: Spiderweb Chocolate Tartlets. Children will master rub-in shortcrust pastry, line individual tart tins, and practice precision piping with chocolate ganache to create an intricate web effect.

Tuesday 27th October: The Witch’s Cauldron

• The Savoury Lunch: Green Monster Gnocchi. Young chefs will rice fresh potatoes, form a delicate potato dough from scratch, and toss it in a vibrant, homemade spinach and basil pesto. Served with scored chipolata "Witch Fingers."

• The Technical Bake: Spiced Pumpkin & Pecan Whoopie Pies. A lesson in the creaming method, balancing autumnal spices, and whipping a cloud-like marshmallow filling.

Wednesday 28th October: Mexican Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)

• The Savoury Lunch: "Buried" Chicken or Smoky Bean Enchiladas baked in a rich, authentic homemade sauce, served alongside an intricately carved vegetable Skeleton Salad.

• The Technical Bake: Traditional Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead). A fantastic technical challenge learning to work with an enriched sweet dough, shaping structural "bones and skulls," finished with a orange-glaze sugar crust.

Thursday 29th October: Transylvanian Street Food

• The Savoury Lunch: Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers. Children practice knife safety by carving spooky faces into bell peppers, stuffing them with a hearty beef or five-bean rice chilli, paired with twisted puff pastry "snakes."

• The Technical Bake: "Bleeding" Black Velvet Cupcakes. Mastering dark cocoa sponge chemistry, creating a hidden raspberry coulis core, and practicing professional multi-tip piping bag skills for "monster fur" frosting.

Friday 30th October: The Vampire's Banquet

• The Savoury Lunch: Graveyard Deep-Dish Pizza. Stretching and proving deep-dish pizza dough bases, layering homemade pizza sauce, and designing a graveyard landscape using tortilla "tombstones" and mushroom "skulls."

• The Technical Bake: Grand Finale Haunted Gingerbread Shacks. Structural baking from scratch. Children bake sturdy spiced panels and construct miniature haunted houses using stiff royal icing mortar and meringue ghosts.

What is Included?

• All ingredients, professional equipment, and recipe sheets sent via email after the class.

• A fully supervised, scratch-cooked lunch and refreshment station every day.

• Instruction from professional chefs in a fully accredited, safe cookery school environment.

Please note: We happily cater to all dietary requirements, allergies, and vegetarian preferences. Kindly specify these upon booking.