Glasgow opens global cooking nights
City of Glasgow College announced limited evening class spots that will teach dishes like Greek moussaka, Malaysian beef rendang and artisan baking, according to a recent social post (x.com). Another post from Turkey’s Gastronomi Merkezi flagged professional pastry and bread‑making courses that emphasize artisan flavors, suggesting a wider push for hands‑on global culinary training right now (x.com).
City of Glasgow College has opened bookings for a new evening cookery course that teaches dishes from Greece, Malaysia, Spain, Persia, Morocco, France, Thailand and Japan. (cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk) The course, called World Tour of Cookery, starts on April 22, 2026 and runs for nine weeks of demonstration-led lessons. The college says students will make Greek moussaka, Malaysian beef rendang curry, Valencian paella, Persian lamb, Moroccan tagines, beef bourguignon, tom yam soup and sushi. (cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk) City of Glasgow College says no previous experience is required, all equipment is provided, and students need to bring ingredients after week one and containers to take food home. The class is listed under Professional Cookery and Bakery, Hospitality and Leisure. (cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk) The launch sits inside a wider evening-course program that the college says has limited places. Its admissions page says bookings for evening courses starting in August 2026 open on April 29, 2026, and that some part-time courses also have limited fee-waiver places. (cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk) City of Glasgow College has built much of its culinary teaching around practical kitchens, bakeries and a cake-decoration room. Its culinary arts page says part-time and evening courses are taught by industry professionals in commercial-style training spaces. (cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk) The college also runs City Market, a student-led bakery on Cathedral Street that sells cakes, pastries and artisan bread to the public. The college says the bakery works as a real-world classroom where students produce goods under live trading conditions. (cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk) That hands-on model is not limited to one Glasgow campus. Glasgow Clyde College says its leisure program includes international cookery, home cooking for beginners and cake decorating, with eight-week classes starting throughout the year. (glasgowclyde.ac.uk) Outside Scotland, schools in Turkey are also advertising bakery and pastry training built around world cuisines and artisan bread techniques. Turkish Culinary Academy says its professional bakery and pastry program covers breads and pastries from Turkey, France, Italy, Denmark and India, alongside cakes, tarts and puff pastry. (turkishculinaryacademy.com) For Glasgow learners, the immediate next date is April 22. For the college, the pitch is straightforward: evening students can spend nine weeks cooking their way across several cuisines without enrolling in a full-time program. (cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk)
