10 May 2026, 10:45am - 2pm
In this class you will learn about pickling, and get to practice skills such as rolling seaweed rolls and veg specific knife skills and prep. At the end of the class, you’ll get to sample everything you have made as we share lunch together round our dining table overlooking the Museum’s courtyard garden.
This event is being programmed to coincide with the forthcoming exhibition: Cherry Blossom Project
Sample recipes
Open to all levels of skills and interests. This class is suitable for Adults 18 and over.
*This class is part of our hands-on monthly masterclass cooking sessions, which focus on specialist topics or advanced cooking techniques. Sessions are usually on Sunday and held in the Garden Museum’s food learning studio. Each class is 3 hours, and will include tastings or a full meal eaten together depending on the course
Da-Hae West is a Korean cookery teacher, recipe writer and author. In 2012, she opened Busan BBQ with her husband – a street food truck selling modern Korean food across London. In 2015, Octopus Publishing published her first cookbook K-Food (later re-printed as Eat Korean) and in May 2025, RPS published her latest cookbook Balli Balli: Quick Korean Recipes for Every Day which is packed full of speedy, easy Korean meals that fit perfectly with a busy lifestyle.
Da-Hae has a wealth of experience promoting Korean food, working closely with the Korean Cultural Centre and Korean Tourism Organisation, as well on TV productions: Gizzi Erskine’s Seoul Food and John Torode’s Korean Food Tour. She is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and her recipes have been featured in BBC Good Food, Olive Magazine and Ocado Magazine.