Learn to Cook the Ultimate Christmas Lunch with Mark O’Brien

A generous Christmas feast, all the trimmings and the pleasure of bringing everyone together. Spend a full day cooking with MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Mark O’Brien and learn how to make this year’s Christmas lunch your best yet.

Join us in Kew, Richmond, Surrey, for much-loved Christmas favourites with a chef’s touch, wonderful charcoal flavour and plenty of time to get hands-on. We have limited the class to eight people to make it an intimate experience with Mark, with room for questions, conversation and getting to know the people cooking alongside you.

A Christmas feast worth lingering over

We’re keeping the menu under wraps for now, but expect an all out Christmas lunch with a modern twist on the classics. These are the Christmas favourites you know and love, with Mark’s own touches to make them feel extra special. You’ll learn how to cook each dish, plan the timings and bring the whole feast together in Charlie, before sitting down together to enjoy it.

Get ahead, then enjoy the day

This class is as much about planning the feast as cooking it. Mark will show you what can be prepared in advance, how to plan the timings and how to bring each dish to the table at its best. Less last-minute juggling, more time with friends and family.

Cook it all in Charlie

Discover how to make the most of Charlie’s cooking space, manage the temperature and work out what goes in when. With Mark’s tips, hands-on practice and your preparation sorted, Christmas lunch becomes a doddle. You can look forward to the food and enjoy the company around your table.

Sit down and tuck in

After a day of cooking, we’ll sit down together to enjoy a meal. Good food, new friends and plenty of talk around the table.

Bring a little of Mark’s Christmas magic home

• A detailed plan for preparing and cooking your Christmas lunch
• Written instructions to use at home
• Hands-on experience cooking with Mark in Charlie
• The confidence to enjoy cooking the feast, as well as eating it

Meet Mark O’Brien

A MasterChef: The Professionals finalist, Dublin-born Mark honed his cooking at Barbecoa, The Dairy and Birch at the Zebra Riding Club, building his experience in butchery and cooking over fire. He also travelled to the States to learn American barbecue at its source. His previous Charlie masterclasses have explored everything from steakhouse favourites to smoky ribs, ember-cooked steaks and cornbread.

Class details

• Saturday 24 October 2026
• 10am to 5pm
• Kew, Richmond, Surrey. Full address sent on booking.
• Limited to eight people
• £300 per person

This is a much more in-depth experience than our usual classes. A full day with just eight guests gives Mark time to share both the cooking and the thinking behind a memorable Christmas lunch.

Get a taste of his cooking before the day: explore Mark O’Brien’s recipes from our previous masterclasses.