A hands-on Korean cooking class with chef Yun, in our 17th-century barn in the Chiltern Hills. Yun has taught Korean cooking at School of Wok, Books for Cooks and Divertimenti. Now she teaches at her own long table. Choose your menu, then your date.
£120 · 3.5 hours · up to 8 guests · Sun 24 January (vegan) · Wed 3 February · Sun 14 March
Early bird: book by 15 November and take home a free jar of SSUG sauce on the day.
The afternoon begins with a Korean tea ceremony, a quiet moment to arrive. Then aprons on: you cook a full Korean meal side by side with Yun, learning the techniques, the balance of flavours and the small details that make it taste like home. When everything's ready, we sit down together at the long table to eat what you've made, with plenty of time for questions.
Korean BBQ & Seafood Pancake · Sun 14 March
Table BBQ: Bulgogi beef and gochujang pork, sizzling at the table
Haemul pajeon: Crisp seafood and spring onion pancake
Ssam: Lettuce wraps with homemade ssamjang
Hotteok: Warm cinnamon-sugar pancakes
With complimentary kimchi and banchan
Bibimbap & Korean Fried Chicken · Wed 3 February, evening
Korean fried chicken: Twice-fried, glazed in sweet-spicy gochujang
Beef bibimbap: Seasonal namul and doenjang broth
Hotteok: Warm cinnamon-sugar pancakes
With complimentary kimchi and banchan
Vegan Bibimbap & Japchae · Sun 24 January (two or three times a year)
Mushroom japchae: Sweet potato noodles and mushrooms
Crispy gochujang aubergine
Kimchi jeon
Namul bibimbap: Doenjang broth
Hotteok: Warm cinnamon-sugar pancakes
With complimentary kimchi
Included: tea ceremony, Korean teas, coffee and soft drinks, and a recipe pack to take home. Bring your own wine if you like; there's no corkage. All dietary needs can be catered for.
Menus may change with the season and availability. If anything changes, we'll let you know before your class. Also at our barn: Kimchi & Gochujang classes and Yun's Table evenings.
About Chef Yun
Yun grew up in Incheon, cooking banquets for Korean family ceremonies alongside her mother. She trained as a fine artist before turning to the kitchen. In London she became head chef for William Norris, catering events at the V&A and the National Gallery, then spent years as a development chef creating Korean and Asian dishes for Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Tesco, and has cooked on ITV. She has taught Korean cooking at School of Wok, Books for Cooks and Divertimenti. Through SSUG she makes small-batch kimchi, sauces and seasonings; at Understory House she brings people to her own long table.
Private classes & event catering
Book a class just for your group at our barn, or bring Yun to you. Every private booking is completely bespoke. Email contact@ssug.life with your date, numbers and occasion for a quote.
Good to know
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Getting here: Understory House is in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (HP14), in the Chiltern Hills. The full address and directions are sent with your booking.
🚆 By train: High Wycombe and Saunderton stations are on the Chiltern Railways line from London Marylebone (about 30 minutes to High Wycombe on a fast train), then a short taxi ride. Marlow station is about 10 minutes away by car.
🚗 By car: about 10 minutes from M40 junction 4, and around 30 minutes from Oxford. Free parking on site.
🚕 Coming by train? Tell us your train time and we'll put you in touch with other guests to share a taxi.
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Dietary needs: all can be catered for. Please tell us at least 7 days in advance (add them in the order notes).
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Ages: from 14. Under-18s with a participating adult.
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Minimum numbers: each date runs with at least 5 guests. If a date hasn't reached 5 seven days before, we'll offer you another date or a full refund.
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Gift it: give a class with an SSUG gift card, valid 12 months for any experience.
Cancellations
- 7 or more working days before: full refund, or move to another date
- 7 working days to 48 hours before: 50% refund, or a free move to another date
- Within 48 hours: no refund, but you're welcome to send a friend in your place
- If we cancel: full refund or a new date of your choice
