Cooking Classes

Join Fun Foodie Cooking Classes!

Book a fun cooking class and expand your home cooking capabilities!

Whether you want to refine and boost your home cooking skills or enjoy a laid-back afternoon of fun Mexican cooking with friends having a laugh and learning how to make tortillas and tacos, we have a little mini-course for you.

Improve your home cooking by learning basic knife skills, veggie prep tricks and how to save money on grocery bills in our cookery basics class suitable for any age and cooking background. If you enjoy that and are hungry for more or keen to jump ahead we have our advanced basics class for home cooks who want to refine and hone their culinary game and learn technical cooking processes.

For a more informal relaxed fun afternoon throw on your somberos and join our Mex-I-Can-Cooking Fiesta Class, which finishes with a mini mexi-fest and a jug of Mojito Drink! Also, a great idea for hen’s parties. * CALL OR EMAIL to inquire about bigger group bookings. *up to 10 guests.

Gift vouchers are available; Give the gift of cooking!

Can’t decide? Purchase all 3 in a bundle deal!

3 Cooking Classes – Valued at $330

All classes are approximately 2.5 hours 3 to 5.30

Pre-purchase today for $270 Save $60

Cooking Classes
QUICK QUESTIONS

When are the classes?

Basic Cookery Classes – The first  Saturday of each month

Mex-I-Can Tortilla Fiesta Classes – The second Saturday of each month

American BBQ Classes – The third Saturday of the month

To book, click on the event listing at the bottom of the page.

How long is a class?

All Classes

Approximately 2.5 hours

15.00 – 17.45

Where are the classes?

The Rock Shop

124 Union Rd Ascot Vale 3032

Where can I park?

There is free parking on Union rd or the side streets

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Class Descriptions

KNIFE SKILLS & BASIC COOKERY CLASS

LEARN ESSENTIAL COOKERY BASICS

Refine your cooking talents by mastering the basic chef practices. After learning basic knife skills and vegetable-cutting techniques you will be shown how to break down a whole chicken so you can SAVE MONEY on daily shopping bills. A whole chicken costs approximately $7 per kg – a pack of two chicken breasts is $19 per Kg. Just stop a second and process that! After this mini-course, save up to 65% on fresh chicken knowing all the tips ‘n’ tricks to make the most out of purchasing a whole chicken.

Topics covered in the course:

  • How and why you should maintain and sharpen your knives
  • Teaching you how to hold food correctly while prepping to avoid nasty cuts.
  • How to correctly cut veggies eg: learn how to dice onions like a chef!
  • Tips to cut tricky foods such as watermelon & pumpkin safely.
  • Make an easy, tasty, basic meat marinade.
  • How to debone a whole chicken.
  • Be shown how to make fresh stock
  • Learn the technique to cook proteins so theyre golden brown & don’t stick to the pan.
  • Discuss simple ways to decrease wastage in your cooking, saving you money.

FREE PARING KNIFE AND A R2R TEATOWEL

WORTH $39

PLUS – A MINI FEAST AT THE END

 ALL OF THIS

$99pp

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Mex-I-Can Tortilla Fiesta Class

WHO DOESN’T LOVE A MEXICAN FIESTA?

Hola! This fun-filled Mex-I-Can Fiesta Class is a relaxed dive into the flavours of Mexico, by the end of the afternoon, you’ll want to throw your own at-home Taco Party loaded with all the tools to make it a bloody great success.

The Mexican lesson is kicked off by making a quick and versatile condiment, ‘Cebollas Curtidas’ (Mexican Pickled Onions). Then you will transform into a Mexican master, creating 2 types of tortillas, refining the art of a tortilla press, and eating scrumptious tacos. Then you’ll be cooking yummy cheesy empanadas & making fresh, tasty rustic corn chips. Taste our fantastic, fresh healthy salsas with your corn chips, tacos, and empanadas. PLUS TASTE A REAL TRADITIONAL CACTUS SALAD!

Expand your Mexican cooking repertoire today!

Don’t fret about forgetting anything; a mini recipe book will be emailed to everyone after the event of the day’s dishes. While eating the tacos, dips n chips, we explain the best ways to cook meat for tacos such as pulled pork, slow-braised beef, chicken tenders, fish and vegan taco options. You can also purchase on the day a Mexicna starter set including the press flours and Mexican spices.

10% OFF TORTILLA PRESSES

5% OFF ALL OUR TACO ACCESSORIES!

PLUS – A MOJITO DRINK ON ARRIVAL & A MINI FEAST AT THE END!

 ALL OF THIS

$99pp

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COMING SOON .....

AMERICAN BBQ SMOKER SESSION

Become your own backyard pitt master. Perfect the cooking techniques to create moist, tender, fall-apart sweet n smoky beef briskets, ribs & succulent smoky chicken. Be able to whip up a full Americana meal to show off to the family or your mates this summer and fine-tune your cooking on your backyard bbqs &/or smokers.

Learn the art of the BBQ from Pitt Mistress Bex, in this 3 hour BBQ showdown workshop. Not only do we talk meats smoking and  talk about the proteins while they are ticking over we’ll give you some great side dishes to learn to impress everybody ant your nest shin dig! Make a homemade rub for your big slab of meat, find out how to put together a 2-minute brine and the meats to use it on. Tips for using your smoker/bbq at home and how to keep them low n slow. Cook cheesy as F baked potatoes in the smoker, make scrumptious corn-bread cooked in a bbq, plus make a BBQ SAUCE and lastly whip up a quick tasty chef-style coleslaw.

After everything is done sit back and enjoy eating slices of juicy brisket, short ribs and wings all alongside a homemade bbq sauce, coleslaw cheesy potatoes & cornbread. Who knows, we might have some beer floating around too! Its a mega feast of American proportions! 

FREE TAKE-HOME MEAT RUB

MASSIVE SUCULENT AMERICAN BBQ FEAST 

10% OFF BRISKET KNIVES

 ALL OF THIS

$150pp

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Who's the Chef/Tutor

Head Chef – Bec Telford or Bex-da-chef or El Becco!

Bec has gained a wealth of knowledge having worked in some of the top Australian restaurants over her 25-year career. After dropping out of school at 16, she dived into kitchens and completed her City & Guild Diploma of Culinary Arts while in N.Z in 1999 and has been busy cooking since. Seize the opportunity to tap into this vast food experience and ask any questions you may have.

Fun Fact: For 8.5 years Bec travelled & worked all around Australia in a 74 VW Kombi Van!  🙂

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