Butter-free pastry masterclass with award-winning chef Philip Khoury

Philip Khoury is an award-winning pastry chef and a leading innovator in plant-based pâtisserie. ​Originally from Australia, he started his career at Quay, one of the country's most highly acclaimed restaurants, before becoming Adriano Zumbo's right-hand and launching hundreds of patisserie lines in his native country. Over time, he began to realise the wider food industry's unsustainable reliance on animal exploitation and decided to focus on creating plant-based desserts that were not only delicious but also environmentally friendly.

Philip says: "Raised on a diet rich in meat and dairy, I saw them as symbols of prosperity, their ubiquity a response to the hunger and rationing of past generations. Yet, the consequent industrialization of food production gave rise to harsh, unsustainable practices. The idea of vegan baking initially seemed improbable. We have so many prized, naturally plant-based ingredients with immense functionality already at our disposal. All we needed to do was find ways to make them shine, by tweaking and re-imagining the sweet foods we love."​

His debut book, A New Way to Bake, has been re-printed 6 times and won the prestigious 2024 Fortnum & Mason Best Debut Cookery Book Award.​ Now he has released a brand new book, Beyond Baking.

In this masterclass, that happens to fall on National Vegetarian Week, Philip will show you how you can reinvent classic dishes to be plant-based. ​The class will focus on how to create a laminated dough used for croissants and sausage rolls.

Ticket includes:

• Welcome drink
• Plant-based pastry masterclass with Phil Khoury
• Sit down dinner of vegan 'sausage' roll, spinach roll and 'meat' pie with salad

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Opened in April 2023, Fortnum's Food & Drink Studio is a space dedicated to the search for extraordinary food and drink experiences.

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