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Prepare fragrant curries and accompaniments including spicy Tasmanian salmon, tomato, tamarind and turmeric curry; red chicken curry with Thai basil and lychee; spiced coconut rice with saffron, cardamom and star anise and turmeric pickled vegetables whilst learning to balance the hot, sweet, sour and salty flavours so typical of Thai food.
Thai Curry Pastes & Other StaplesSun, Jun 23
10am - 2pm, $195Bec NgU, Ma & Me
Over half the world’s population relies on rice as their staple food, but here Matt will focus on the southern European rice dishes he loves. Learn which rice for which dish, including arroz negra, the ink and cuttlefish stew originating in Valencia, risotto ‘Milanese’, pork and octopus rice beloved by the Portuguese and, as a sweet treat, rizogalo, a traditional Greek rice pudding with quince and pistachio.
Rice For AllSat, Jul 20
10am - 2pm, $195Matt McConnellBar Lourinha
The world loves dumplings and so do we. Here Brad will look at classic pork sui mai, gyoza, soup dumplings and wontons all with their complementary sauces. Learn which wrappers and fillings work best, along with cooking methods including steaming, frying and boiling.
Let's Roll - DumplingsSun, Jul 28
10am - 2pm, $195Brad SimpsonChef
Japanese food is all about balance, incorporating traditional ingredients such as miso, dashi, bonito, seaweed and soy to create the perfect umami – the savoury deliciousness which is unique to the cuisine. With Ben as your guide, explore the balance and subtleties of flavour which allow the core ingredients, whether fish, meat, poultry or vegetables, to take centre stage.
Flavours of JapanSat, Aug 24
10am - 2pm, $195Ben PollardSupernormal
Throughout Vietnam one thing remains constant – the heady, fragrant and colourful street food. Join Kush to cook beef pho made with stock, brisket, noodles and herbs. Then explore other favourites including rice paper rolls, and the crispy pancake served with pork or shrimp, fresh herbs and lettuce known as bánh xèo. Finish with simple pickles for banh mi with lemongrass chicken skewers, and a nouc chum dipping sauce.
From the Streets of VietnamSat, Aug 10
10am - 2pm, $195Kush NagarkarUncle
Butter chicken and lamb rogan josh are two of India’s favourite exports, recreated in homes and restaurants worldwide. Butter chicken’s tomato sauce can be as spicy as your palate demands, while lamb rogan josh incorporates wonderful aromatics such as cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. The class will also include breads such as rotis, puris and aloo paratha, a roti stuffed with potatoes.
Curry NightSat, Oct 26
10am - 2pm, $195Kush NagarkarUncle
Food cooked on a charcoal grill imparts a smoky aroma and flavour impossible to replicate. And no-one grills better! For starters, perhaps baba ghanoush of grilled eggplant, or haloumi wrapped in grape leaves. A traditional Adana kebap, a long, hand-minced meat kebab wrapped around a wide iron skewer is cooked over burning charcoal. And we love the idea of grilled tahini halva with lemon.
Ottoman Fire - Cooking with CoalSat, Nov 16
10am - 2pm, $195Coskun UysalTulum
If you aspire to be a perfect roaster, presenting perfectly tender beef, crunchy pork crackling, juicy chicken and delicious sides every time, this class is for you. A good roast is simply unbeatable, and Joe will show the techniques guaranteed to produce outstanding flavours and results everytime.
A Good RoastSat, May 18
10am - 2pm, $195Joe GrbacSaxe
Explore the flavours of Greece and the mediterannean with traditional roasting techniques enhanced by lemons, garlic and oregano. Slow-roasted lamb, Greek style, is fall-apart tender, and the same method can easily be adapted for goat and fish. With all these dishes, lemony roasted potatoes are the perfect accompaniment.
A Good Greek RoastSat, May 25
10am - 2pm, $195ElyrosRestaurant
Dylan’s roasting class will focus on the flavours and meats most popular in Asian dishes. If you’re looking to achieve dark, glossy and crispy skin on your duck, and perfect, crunchy crackling on your pork, join Dylan to discover the secret.
A Good Asian RoastSun, Jun 16
10am - 2pm, $195Dylan RobertsBlake's Feast
Brad channels Italy to present his take on the classic roast, with tasty sides and accompaniments. Flavours will be intensified when he brines a chicken stuffed with herb and pinenut stuffing, and rolls porchetta with fennel and sage. Perfectly simple – and simply perfect – his rump cap of beef will be served with crispy duck fat potatoes.
A Good Italian RoastSat, Aug 17
10am - 2pm, $195Brad SimpsonChef
Confidence is the key to kitchen success, and Nicki will show how to choose and clean mussels before steaming with tomato sugo. Learn to fillet a whiting, cooking it simply, and serving with a super-easy, butter-free lemon caper sauce. And a salad of calamari with cucumber, fennel and chilli is easy when you learn how to clean, score, cook and plate in a matter of minutes.
Kitchen Essentials - Easy SeafoodSat, Oct 19
10am - 2pm, $195Nicky RiemerBellota Wine Bar
Conquer your fish fears with Dylan as he discusses the all-important facts of seasonality and sustainability, showing how to buy, prepare and cook fish with confidence. He’ll include filleting both round and flat fish, pin boning and scoring, plus cooking methods such as pan frying, steaming, curing, or simply serving raw.
Understanding FishSat, Jun 22 / Sat, Sep 7
10am - 1pm, $195Dylan RobertsBlake's Feast
Europe is the home of braised dishes, perfect for Melbourne’s winter. Starting with a simple lamb shoulder ragu, Nicki will show how to break down and brown the meat before braising with stock and wine. From France comes the classic red wine braise of coq au vin, and travelling further east, a hearty beef goulash will use secondary cuts enlivened with spices and served with spaetzle.
Kitchen Essentials - BraisingSun, Jul 21
10am - 2pm, $195Nicky RiemerBellota Wine Bar
Charlie creates simple baked goodness using ingredients such as Australian natives, freshly milled wholegrain flours and unrefined sugars. His class will cover a range of techniques, including a stunning flourless chocolate and rum cake, madeleines with lemon myrtle curd and a ricotta cheesecake topped with flambéed strawberries.
Baking Essentials - CakeSun, May 19
10am - 3pm, $275Charlie DuffySmall Numbers
Learn the secrets to making perfect pastry using Australian ingredients and heirloom flours, combined with impeccable technique and attention to detail. Turn puff into a tart of asparagus, zucchini flowers, ricotta and leeks, sweet pastry into raspberry and lemon verbena tarts and choux into a chocolate and wattleseed cream puff. Like most things, practice makes perfect, and once you master the art of pastry you will never look back.
Baking Essentials - Pastry Sat, Sep 14
10am - 3pm, $275Charlie DuffySmall Numbers
Cooking and sharing food with friends and loved ones goes hand in hand with Christmas. Like most chefs we know, Brad opts for a stress-free approach in his own festive entertaining. He aims for tradition balanced by fresh flavours, with a menu including negroni glazed ham, turkey rolled with cranberry and pistachio stuffing, and a summer berry trifle to finish.
Festive FeastSun, Nov 17
10am - 2pm, $195Brad SimpsonChef
Once you’ve mastered the art of making perfect pasta, Ben guarantees you will never look back. Learn to make fresh egg pasta dough, filled pasta (roast pumpkin, ricotta and pickled currant ravioli with burnt butter and crispy sage), cut pasta (tagliatelle with beef ragu) and a classic pan-fried potato gnocchi with tomato sugo.
Master PastaSun, May 26
10am - 2pm, $195Ben SisleyChef
Dedicated cooks and professionals know the most important kitchen tools are your knives. Learn how to choose the right knife for each purpose and master its use, how to bone a chicken, fillet a fish, slice root vegetables and dice onions and capsicums. How to sharpen and maintain your investment is also explained.
Bone, Fillet, Slice, DiceSat, Jun 1 / Sat, Aug 3
/ Sat, Nov 910am - 1pm, $115
The Essential Ingredient
Re-Master
Innovators
Resourceful
Hayley’s mantra is to celebrate baking as it should be – soulful, earthy and seasonal. Here she will encourage you into the garden to GYO (or not) before sharing her tips on harnessing the unique flavours of vegetables, herbs and edible flowers in cakes and other baked treats such as porcini caramel cake, a black forest cake made with a native hibiscus syrup, and a honey cake made with fennel and lemon myrtle.
Baking with Vegetables, Edible Flowers & Herbs
Sun, May 510am - 3pm, $275
Hayley McKeeSticky Fingers Bakery
Bryce champions winter vegetables with the respect and enthusiasm they deserve. Dishes will include salt-baked swede with capers, shallots, parsley and buffalo cheese; red cabbage roasted with cider glaze; semolina gnocchi with black trumpet mushrooms; marinated raw cauliflower with spice-roasted chick peas and tahini, and a divine celeriac and apple remoulade with currants and mint.
Divine Winter VegetablesSat, Jul 27
10am - 2pm, $195Bryce EdwardsTransformer
The food of India is, quite simply, astounding. Here vegetarian dishes star; turmeric and mustard potatoes as a stand-alone dish, or wrapped in pastry for tasty samosas, palak paneer, cottage cheese and spinach, with chilli, ginger, garlic and coriander can be spicy (or not), and chickpea masala and yellow dahl are also deliciously wholesome. Naturally, Kush will include rice, rotis and cucumber raita in his menu.
Indian & Vegetarian!Sun, Sep 8
10am - 2pm, $195Kush NagarkarUncle
Nicky shares her passion for game, presenting dishes in which the complementary flavours of game and grain are equal heroes. Learn to debone a quail to serve with Moroccan-style quinoa, break down and braise a rabbit before pairing with buckwheat polenta, and use the breast of a squab pigeon in a warm lentil salad, and the confit leg in a pithivier-style pie with mushrooms and freekeh.
Game & GrainsSun, Aug 25
10am - 2pm, $195Nicky RiemerBelotta Wine Bar
There’s a lot to love about Bryce's dishes, and you don’t have to be a vegan to appreciate them. Produce driven, enhanced by technique and imagination, here he will be cooking anchoiade with crudites, chickpea panisse with fennel pollen and buffalo cheese, rosemary and olive focaccia, artichokes barigoule, asparagus with pistachio vierge, even a ‘bouillabaisse’ of confit potatoes, fennel and saffron.
Plants Taste BetterSun, Sep 15
10am - 2pm, $195Bryce EdwardsTransformer
Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Baking WorkshopConversational WorkshopChef ’s Table Events
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Emiko describes her recipes as soul food, Italian style. Rich in nostalgia, this is comfort food as prepared by generations of her family. From the Mediterranean port city of Taranto, to the elegance of Turin and, of course, her home in Tuscany, dishes will include anchovies baked with buratta, stuffed baby cuttlefish, and walnut grissini.
Tortellini At MidnightSat, Mar 2
10am - 2pm, $275Emiko DaviesAuthor
Discover the sheer joy of going slow in the kitchen preparing soul-warming dishes to be shared over a long, slow lunch or dinner. Dishes will include handrolled orecchiette or pici, focaccia barese made with mashed potatoes, homemade ricotta, cacciocco - a Tuscan seafood stew and to finish, a seasonal fruit crostata.
A Table in TuscanySat, Jun 15
10am - 2pm, $275Julia Busuttil NishimuraAuthor
Put your palate to the test when you join Thi to explore and learn how the various spice rubs, marinades and curry pastes from across the globe have the power to elevate simple ingredients to the sublime. Kitchen alchemy at its best.
Spice TrailSun, Oct 20
10am - 2pm, $195Thi LeAnchovy
While baking is a very broad subject, we believe there are few other kicthen activities which offer the same pleasure – both to the baker and to the eater. Formerly owner and head baker at Tivoli Road Bakery, infamous for their doughnuts and sourdough bread, Michael will show how to prepare Scandinavian cinnamon buns, or perhaps cardamom buns, chocolate rye cookies, Irish soda bread, Turkish flat bread and cheddar and chive scones.
Baked SensationsSun, Jun 2
10am - 3pm, $275Michael JamesBaker
Join the much loved cookbook author Tessa Kiros for a chat about her unique approach to food, books and travel. We will be putting on a scrumptious morning tea and demonstrating of a favourite recipe from Tessa’s most recent book ‘Provence To Pondicherry’ - a book which follows the influence of French cuisine across the globe. There will be sparkling wine, a copy of the book, much food and discussion.
A Morning With TessaThu, Feb 28
10:30am - 12pm, $125Tessa KirosAuthor
Melbourne-born, London-based, the award-winning and vibrant Dan is acknowledged as one of the world’s most influential – and enthusiastic – bakers, teachers, and food writers. Learn from the master when he shares his classic sourdough recipe before delving into the art of shaping various loaves – classic oblong, fold-and-roll, perfect ball, shaped stick, and simple plait.
A Handmade LoafSat, Oct 12
9am - 4pm, $295Dan LepardBaker
Well-known from his books, food columns and television appearances, Dan has worked with some of the world’s most famous chefs. If you are new to baking, or simply want to brush up on your skills, here is your chance to learn from a true master as he shares techniques, tips and tricks to create beautiful cakes every time – basic butter cakes, light-as-air sponges and all that comes in between.
Cake 101Sun, Oct 13
10am - 3pm, $275Dan LepardBaker
Cooking is the act of making the intangible tangible – it is the product of using knowledge and skills to create something delicious and nutritious for those we care about. With each new generation the traditional techniques are infused with new ideas whilst continuing to uphold their integrity, and so avoiding the gimmicks and hype that pervade many aspects of the food loving community at large. Having a solid knowledge base allows us to enjoy the whole experience, from the provenance of the ingredients to the final plating up. Through these classes, acclaimed chefs and renowned cooks will pass to you their thoughts and wisdom on the best ways to handle your knives, achieve the perfect roast and produce flawless cakes and bakes every time.
Re-Master
Being resourceful in the kitchen affords us the ability to plan wisely - making choices that are both beneficial to our own welfare and that of the greater environment. By encouraging the exploration of food choices, different dietary requirements, and healthy eating using natures bounty we hope to inspire a realignment of our modern lives with the natural cycle of the world we inhabit. Understanding where our ingredients come from is inextricably linked to our health and wellbeing. Knowing how to cook with care not only benefits the earth but also allows us to live sustainably, ethically and seasonally, whilst getting the best out of every ingredient.
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We’ve managed beer-matching evenings. We’ve hosted high teas and inspiring discussions with international chefs and authors. Our versatile space has also been used to film for television, advertising & web master-classes.
Located on the mezzanine of our retail store we bring together experts to share their skills and experience to guide you on a culinary journey that will both educate and inspire.
We work with you to create an experience your guests will be talking about for years to come. Whether it’s a hands-on workshop, chef ’s table demonstration dinner or a conversational session we have you covered.
CommunityFood is the cornerstone that binds together family and friends. In an increasingly multicultural society food can be the thread that ties us all together, by sharing ingredients and preparation, eating communally, discussing cultural differences (and similarities) and exchanging recipes and homegrown bounty. By exploring cuisines from every corner of the planet we hope to foster cross-cultural conversation and understanding. In a world of conflict and disarray, these classes aim to show that good food is not a privilege; it is a basic human right regardless of where you come
from and how you live.
March2 Tortellini At Midnight
February28 A Morning With Tessa
July20212728
Rice For AllKitchen Essentials - BraisingDivine Winter VegetablesLet's Roll - Dumplings
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Baking with Vegetables, Edible Flowers & Herbs A Good RoastBaking Essentials - CakeA Good Greek RoastMaster Pasta
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Bone, Fillet, Slice, DiceBaked SensationsA Table in TuscanyA Good Asian RoastUnderstanding FishThai Curry Pastes & Other Staples
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Understanding FishIndian & Vegetarian!Baking Essentials - PastryPlants Taste Better
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Bone, Fillet, Slice, DiceFrom the Streets of VietnamA Good Italian RoastFlavours of JapanGame & Grains
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A Handmade LoafCake 101Kitchen Essentials - Easy SeafoodSpice TrailCurry Night
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Bone, Fillet, Slice, DiceOttoman Fire - Cooking with CoalFestive Feast
Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Baking Workshop
Conversational WorkshopChef ’s Table Events
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Feed Your Passion
Tasting and samplingBe seated and enjoy tastings and samplings from the presenter during demonstration.
Conversational discussionsLearn and engage in casual conversations with the presenters whenever you have questions.
Class recipes and notesTake home class recipes and notes.
Coffee and tea provided upon arrival.
Conversational Workshop
Our aim is to inspire and feed a passion for cooking, and this year we think we have the perfect mix of cooking classes to engage and excite your food sensibilities.
We approach the year with what is foremost in our minds – Community, Resourcefulness, Re-Mastering skills, and working with and learning from some of the most inspiring Innovators the cooking world has to offer.
You will travel across the culinary globe by immersing yourself in new flavours with classes covering many food communities. Returning to our roots and cooking with care – taking inspiration from the world around us – is at the heart of resourceful cooking, and these plant-based classes will help reground your food habits while being gentler to the environment we live in. Rehone your basic repertoire (and gain some new skills along the way), from the proper use of knives to the most perfectly risen sponge. Engage with the rock stars of the culinary world, as well as the up-and-coming talents, by putting a new spin on old favourites.
With five new presenters and over thirty five classes, with more to be released online throughout the year, let us inspire you to make this coming year the most inspirational and delicious it can be.
Dine while your learnBe seated for a 3-course lunch/dinner with matched wines while you interact with top chefs and authors during demonstration.
Small and intimateClasses are small and intimate. Meet like minded people and join in lively discussions around the communal table.
Class recipes and notesTake home class recipes and notes.
A glass of bubbles provided upon arrival.
Chef’s Table Events
Lunch prepared by youWork in small groups of 4 to prepare recipes which you will enjoy at the end of the class with wine. Aprons and all relevant equipment are provided for the day.
Professional guideOur knowledgeable top chefs and authors will be around to assist and guide you.
Class recipes and notesTake home class recipes and notes.
Coffee and tea provided upon arrival.
Hands-on WorkshopBaked goods prepared by youWork in a small groups with no more than 14 adults to prepare baked goods which you will enjoy and take home at the end of the class. Aprons and all relevant equipment are provided for the day.
Professional guideOur knowledgeable top chefs and authors will be around to assist and guide you.
Class recipes and notesTake home class recipes and notes.
Coffee and tea provided upon arrival.Lunch with wine provided.
Hands-on Baking Workshop
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There are those amongst us whose willingness to push the boundaries and break from the established “rules” of the culinary arts elevates them to new heights within the food world. These chefs demonstrate that anything is possible, and by playing with and reworking traditional dishes, or creating entirely new concepts, they cement their status as the best of the best. Come and learn from these inspirational figures who audaciously question the established norm, and take home not only new techniques and recipes but a new understanding of
what can be achieved at the kitchen table.
Innovators
Room size 9m length x 5m wide - excludes kitchen
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Kitchen Space
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Corporate Team BuildingClass
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Private Chef’s TableEvent
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Prahran 2019
COOKINGSCHOOL
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