cooking schools
Cooking School gift certificates
The perfect gift for a foodie!
Treat the food-lover in your family to a cooking school with award-winning chefs and luxurious settings. Purchase a gift certificate for a 5 hour cooking class at one of our two Sunshine Coast cooking schools and they'll have the choice of learning the secrets of French, Italian or Thai cuisine.
About our cooking schools
The Long Apron cooking school
Spicers Clovelly Estate
The Long Apron's renowned chef, Cameron Matthews, holds cooking classes two Saturdays a month where you can cook, eat, laugh and learn how to make some of Cameron's truly incredible dishes. In a culinary career spanning 17 years, Cameron has also been Executive Chef de Cuisine at Siggi’s Restaurant, Brisbane and Executive Chef of Restaurant Lurleen’s at the Sirromet Winery in Mount Cotton as well as honing his skills overseas.
French Cooking Classes: ‘French Slow foods’ welcomes winter with some cold weather favourites such as daube of beef, confit duck, braises and wet roast lamb.
Italian Cooking Classes: ‘Little Italy’ showcasing handmade pasta and sauces; gnocchi, authentic pizza and Italian salads & more.
Participants will learn how to produce dishes such as free range chicken and asparagus terrine; chicken in salt crust with hay, grapes and mushrooms; pork rillettes and caramalised shallot tarte tatin with goats cheese – and enjoy their creations under the Jacaranda tree on the beautiful grounds of Spicers Clovelly Estate.
All classes are inclusive of lunch, wine, take-home The Long Apron branded apron, recipes from Cameron and a take-home gift. Classes run 10am to 3pm.
Book your place and spots are limited! The next classes will be held on:
| February | Saturday | 11 Feb | 5 places available | |
| Sunday | 26 Feb | 3 places available | ||
| March | Sunday | 11 March | 6 places available | |
| Sunday | 25 March | 8 places available | ||
| April | Saturday | 7 April | 8 places available | |
| Saturday | 21 April | 8 places available | ||
| May | Saturday | 12 May | 8 places available | |
| Saturday | 26 May | 8 places available |
Places available current as of 20/01/12
Accommodation inclusive packages available.
Long Apron Cooking School classes, $165 per person. Accommodation inclusive packages available. To book, call 1300 252 380 or email clovelly@spicersgroup.com.au
The Tamarind Cooking School
The Tamarind Cooking Retreat offers a cut above the rest with their purpose built cooking Pavilion featuring state of the art cooking stations for two, air-conditioned comfort and small intimate classes of 12. Not to mention the spectacular views perched amongst the beautiful green grounds overlooking the forest.
Each class is highly informative and hands-on. Each participant will create 5 recipes from scratch and be taught in a simple structured way to enable you to perform these at home for friends and family immediately.
Each person receives a folder containing recipes, notes, and a signature Tamarind Apron. There will also be a ‘pantry list’ with a ‘description of use’ for all the basic ingredients required for use at home.
At the end of the day indulge on your creations... have a laugh, have a glass and enjoy your new found passion...
Thai and Asian cuisine has become extremely popular due to its healthy nature and content. With more and more diagnosed sufferers of food allergies such as Gluten free, Dairy free, Coeliacs, etc Thai and Asian cuisine is one style that can comfortably meet all peoples tastes and sets the tone for a healthy balanced body.
Book your place as spots are limited! For current availability please see our cooking school calender.
Spicers Tamarind Cooking School classes, from $140 per person. Accommodation inclusive packages available. To book, call 1300 311 429 or email tamarind@spicersgroup.com.au
Recent feedback
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The Long Apron: "A huge THANK YOU to Cameron for a great day at the Clovelly Long Apron Cooking Class. The cooking school was a gift for my Mum for Christamas and it was great! I have been to loads of cooking classes around the world and this was easily the best ‘all round experience’. Cameron’s passion and love for food is obvious and the hours flew by while he shared his techniques and tips and both ‘taught’ and ‘demonstrated’ his French cooking. We will certainly come back and try the Italian class soon! Thank you Cameron, David, Laurie and Sam for making it such a great day." Paula Maidens, May 2011 The Tamarind: "I would just to like to comment and thank you for the wonderful experience that my daughter-in-law, Sue and I experienced last Saturday at the cooking class.... the company was wonderful and everything was explained in simple terms. The "mystifying" elements of Thai food were explained and demonstrated so well. When my husband gave us the cooking class for Mothers Day I was a little perturbed, but found the whole day absolutely wonderful." L. Smith, June 2011 |
