Meet your Tutor - David Jones of Manna from Devon Cooking School

Meet your Tutor - David Jones of Manna from Devon Cooking School

David is one half of Manna from Devon Cooking School in the south of the UK; he runs the cooking school with his wife Holly. 

David loves teaching how to cook on woodfired ovens and has been doing so since 2008 when we first started our woodfired courses. He's been cooking with wood his entire life. 

As well as teaching courses here at the cooking school, David has taught students on their own ovens all over the UK and further afield so has developed an instinctive knowledge for how ovens will work, how to get the best out of them and how to improve their performance. 

David is known as a patient teacher and is more than happy to share his knowledge - he really wants you to love cooking with your woodfired oven as much as he does.

When not cooking with a woodfired oven, his passions include breadmaking, walking his dogs around the stunning countryside we live in, doing cryptic crosswords and travelling, usually to see more woodfired ovens!

Masterclass 1 - Cooking with a Traditional Woodfired Oven

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The Trailer to our Traditional Woodfired Oven Masterclass

  • The Trailer to our Masterclass on Traditional Woodfired Ovens
  • Reviews for Manna from Devon's Woodfired Courses
  • Meet your Tutor - David Jones of Manna from Devon Cooking School

Introduction to Cooking on your Traditional Woodfired Oven

  • Introduction to your Masterclass on Cooking with a Traditional Woodfired Oven
  • Section through a traditional woodfired oven
  • Set Up And Safety
  • Ideas for Setting up your Woodfired Oven

Heating the oven, building the fire, judging the temperature & what woods to use

  • Heating the oven, building the fire, judging the temperature & what woods to use
  • Wood for my Woodfired Oven

What Equipment you'll need for your woodfired oven

  • What Equipment You'll Need for your Woodfired Oven
  • Equipment for your woodfired oven

How to tell the temperature in your woodfired oven

  • How to tell the temperature in your woodfired oven
  • Telling the Temperature in your Woodfired Oven & the Mississippi Method

Cooking Pizzas in your Woodfired Oven

  • Cooking Pizzas in your Woodfired Oven
  • Essentials for pizza making

Grilling in your Woodfired Oven

  • Grilling in your Woodfired Oven
  • Grilling in the Woodfired Oven - Some notes to help you out
  • How to tell when your steaks are ready

Roasting in your Woodfired Oven

  • Roasting in your Traditional Woodfired Oven
  • Roasting in the Woodfired Oven - some notes to help you out

FAQs, Useful Resources

  • Frequently Asked Questions about Cooking with a Traditional Woodfired Oven
  • Temperature Converter
  • Useful Resources for Cooking With A Woodfired Oven
  • Woodfired Cook Books