Cookery Experiences Girls Hen Weekends nr Derby & Nottingham | HDK

Hone the brides skills on this superb hen do girls weekend activity

All packages include
All the food for the group’s evening meal or canape & chocolate party
Expert advice, demonstrations and tuition from a professional chef
Recipe packs for all members of your group


If you’re planning that perfect hen do or girls weekend and are looking for stuff to do close to Derby and Nottingham, then our Cookery Experiences are hot, hot, hot!

Calling all hens! Do you fancy cooking up a storm and teaching your Bride to be how to be a domestic Goddess?!

A trained chef can either come to your holiday cottage, bringing all the equipment and food that you need, or alternatively, you can come to us for a fun foodie experience.  A great group activity

Popular choices are Canapes and Chocolates; a fun 2-3 hour activity where you make a selection of different canapes so that you can host your own canape party, in addition every member of the group makes a box of chocolates to take home

Alternatively we can train you to be a Domestic Goddesses, guiding you through a three course meal that you can all sit down and enjoy later in the day. Recipe packs will also be provided to all members of the group

You can have input into the menus you want to prepare, and below are a couple of popular suggestions

Domestic Goddess:

Thai beef canapes on cucumber cups

Salmon and cucumber gateaux

Chicken breast stuffed with dolcelatte, grapes and walnuts with a cider cream sauce

Chocolate ammaretto torte

Chocolate truffles

Canapes & Chocolates:
Moroccan lamb koftas
Mini fish pies
Provencal vegetables in potato cups
Thai beef cucumber
Goats cheese and fennel crustini
Chocolate truffles

Cookery Experiences
What a delicious way to spend an afternoon - highly recommended
Mrs Naylor - Mum of the Bride
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Early December we undertook a stag do booked through Hard Days Knight (HDK). Greg and the team there made the whole experience as easy and seamless as possible, helping us book amazing accommodation in Belper for 13 people and then finding us fantastic activities to fill the stag. Greg was a pleasure to wok with being friendly and understanding as our plans shifted around a bit and organised a shooting experience and pub tour for the stag both of which went down amazingly. The shooting experience as a fun filled morning of competition and laughs then the pub tour took us to some fantastic pubs, with great choices of beer and food. We'd all be happy to do the tour again and see what other pubs Greg would find for us! Through HDK we had transport to and from the activities sorted and it made the weekend flow so smoothly. I can't thank HDK enough for making it such an easy experience and I'd recommend them to anyone looking to organise a Stag or similar event. Thank you so much :)

December 2023


First of all would love to say thank you to greg and the team from the start right up to the end they was always helpful and never to busy to help. We booked a stag weekend with them that consisted with a log cabin, quad biking and a zombie experience the whole group had an amazing time so much that we are now looking at doing it yearly (after convincing the wives). So Thank you to HDK for an amazing stag weekend that was planned by yourselves. Ben

October 2023


I used HDK for my sisters hen do. If you want hassle free please and organisation, use Hard Days Knight was effortless . I just picked where and when and what activities we wanted and it was all organised for us. Very very helpful and accommodating couldn’t do enough, was a pleasure. Answered any questions kept in touch.

September 2023