Rustic Italian Gnocchi Cooking Class: Part Two

Recent reviews of Rustic Italian Gnocchi Cooking Class: Part Two

• 4/5 from Tania Almeida, attended Sep 2026: Fantastic experience! Chef Adrian was super fun, engaging and a brilliant teacher. The rustic gnocchi was to die for. Such a great hands-on class - highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Mialette Stolle, attended Jul 2026: Amazing cooking class—would highly recommend! Chef Adrian was a fantastic French chef and made the whole experience so much fun. We had an absolute blast, and the arancini balls were definitely the highlight. Such a great hands-on experience!
• 5/5 from Richard Musumeci, attended Jul 2026: A excellent afternoon learning how to make cannoli, gnocchi and arancini.
• 5/5 from Naomi Hood-Bernard, attended Jun 2026: My husband and I attended this cooking class for our anniversary, and we had a fantastic time. The class was fun, engaging, and very well organised. Our chef and instructor was excellent, friendly, knowledgeable, and entertaining throughout the session. The instructions were clear and easy to follow, and there was plenty of guidance and support along the way. The food we made was absolutely delicious, and we left feeling inspired to recreate the dishes at home. We would definitely recommend this class to anyone looking for a fun experience.
• 5/5 from Steven Chenery, attended Jun 2026: Chef Elle was awesome, it was a fantasitc night and everyone had a great time. This was a work event and would definately recommend it to other organisations that are considering the class.
• 4/5 from Cass Fortunato, attended Jun 2026: Food is delicious, chef/instructor was great. Some food was made ahead of time, so we didn't actually learn how some parts are made. The room was very smoked when we started cooking, no ventilation
• 5/5 from Sharni Tomkins, attended May 2026: Awesome afternoon and what a feast. We've now done Part 1 and Part 2. Each fantastic!. Highly recommend.
• 5/5 from Tara Timperley, attended Apr 2026: We did the Italian cooking class part two and it was fabulous! Able to have a great time, learn how to cook, eat the delicious food, meet some new friends, and drink whilst doing it. Highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Cheryl Gibbs, attended Mar 2026: I love going to Vanilla Zulu. Someone at this class asked me which classes I had previously done and I mentioned I had been going there since 2018 and have done most of the classes. I had done the original Rustic Italian which included making gnocchi but this one was specifically for added arancini and canoli, both of which I had never made before. The chefs who work at VZ are all knowledgable chefs and this is the second class I have taken in the past two weeks where the lovely French chef, Chef Adrian walked us through the making of the dishes. The classes are run in groups of four as a family cook and sit down to eat and there is plenty of food to go around. Make sure you take some containers with you so you can take home the leftovers. Also make sure you use the QR code to download the recipes so you can make the dishes at home. I have two folders worth of recipes from classes I have taken.
• 4/5 from Sandra Flanagan, attended Mar 2026: Great teacher, yummy food, well organised and definitely do another class
• 5/5 from Amanda Chadwick, attended Jan 2026: Sunday’s rustic Italian 2 class by Chef Adrien was fantastic. Well planned class, all the staff work seamlessly together to make it easy and enjoyable for the guests. The food was delicious.
• 5/5 from Yoie Thomas, attended Jan 2026: Adrien was awesome. Italian cooking class - Food was absolutely delicious. Fun and easy. Would definitely recommend.
• 5/5 from Amanda Lawrence, attended Jan 2026: Chef Adrian and the support crew were incredible! Easy to follow insteuctions and delicious results. The session ran to time and gave us more confidence with cooking these dishes. 10/10 recommend.
• 5/5 from Lisa Dent, attended Jan 2026: My 75 year old mum and I did this course and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. ‘Chef’ was a very knowledgable and patient teacher. He taught me many new techniques for cooking Italian food which I will definitely take to my own kitchen. The quality of ingredients was top shelf which shone through in the final product. We managed to pump out 3 dishes and a sit down meal in 3 hours which was impressive! 100% recommenda this course to anyone. You will not be disappointed!
• 4/5 from Kara Evans, attended Jan 2026: It was brilliant. Had so much fun and an amazing teacher who ensured everything was coeliac friendly for me. I really loved learning to make the arancini balls. Only negative was there wasn't enough to take home if you wanted to have a full meal after the class. Fortunately I now have the recipes and skills to make this at home, so this wasn't a big problem.
• 5/5 from Kate Friebe, attended Dec 2025: Andrea was a great teacher. We enjoyed his authenticity and lovely, generous nature. We look forward to putting our new skills into practice!
• 5/5 from Kirsty Jarrett, attended Nov 2025: Ellie was fantastic as a teacher and explained the techniques and background on the foods. A great team activity and everyone had a fantastic time!
• 5/5 from Sharon Keillor, attended Oct 2025: The teacher was clear and concise in his instructions. All tools needed were on hand. Staff very friendly an efficient. Kitchen clean, well set up. Better still I didn't have to wash the dishes
• 5/5 from Christina Hatzinik, attended Oct 2025: Great class! We cooked Arancini, Gnocchi and Cannoli. Sicilian chef, Andrea was very informative, helpful and patient with this GF girlie who played catch-up most of the class cooking solo. Met some amazing people and felt very included as Chef Andrea guided me through the alternative ingredients and processes. Plating up and enjoying our 3-course meal together at the end was Bellissima!
• 5/5 from Montana Cooke, attended Oct 2025: Wow wow wow!! What a damn experience that was. I had surprised my mum with this gift for her birthday and we had a wonderful lady Nat seated with us on our table. We have all been to a few different classes around in Brisbane and all over. But this class specifically blew us away! We had so much fun and did not feel any pressure to be quick or to do things perfectly. There was an insane amount of food that we got to cook each and our teacher/chef Adrian (he will kill me for spelling it wrong) was such an amazing host! We laughed, learnt so much, bonded with each other and most importantly made some delicious food. We will be back and will be sharing the love/review to many others for them to try. Thank you again for such a wonderful experience!!!!
• 5/5 from Lucy Skelton, attended Sep 2025: The teacher was engaging and gave great tips for taking away from the class. The food was delicious and definitely able to go home and replicate. The session length was just right and perfect for a date morning.
• 5/5 from Jade Skinner, attended Sep 2025: Elle was such a wonderful teacher! She made everything so easy and enjoyable. We had a really great night thanks to Elle and the team at Vanilla Zulu.
• 5/5 from Tania Cleveland, attended Sep 2025: Really enjoyed the class, Chef Elle was very knowledgeable and a lot of fun.
• 5/5 from Yasoda Stephenson, attended Aug 2025: Was really fun, lots of food and really tasty
• 5/5 from Suzanne Dang, attended Aug 2025: So so yummy! I love this class.
• 5/5 from Lauren Masters, attended Aug 2025: Awesome teacher, the way she taught us the techniques and gave tips along the way made the class easy to follow!
• 5/5 from Sue Weston, attended Jul 2025: Our wonderful French chef teacher was knowledgeable and generous. And he was patient when we accidentally went off recipe! Lovely food and atmosphere also.
• 5/5 from Greer Cronin, attended Jun 2025: The class was amazing & despite attending alone I had lovely people on my table and enjoyed the friendly, enthusiastic atmosphere. Chef Andrea was wonderful. He has a gift for teaching and explained everything very clearly. I learned so much & feel confident that I can recreate every dish in the future. The support staff are amazing & I was impressed by how efficiently the cooking school operates. Can also highly recommend the Aperol Spritz!
• 5/5 from Geraldine Davies, attended Jun 2025: Great! Very tasty! Yummmy!!! Thank you very much Chef!
• 5/5 from Barry Davies, attended May 2025: Completed the rustic Italian 2 cooking class with Chef Sean Webber. Challenging dishes like risotto (used as the filling for arancini balls) and gnocchi were made easier thanks to the skill and fun way Chef Sean conducted the class. Highly recommended…so Yum!
• 5/5 from Janelle Black, attended May 2025: I had a gift voucher to use so I decided on this class to do with friends & we were impressed. Such a relaxed, fun & engaging thing to do. The food we made was delicious but simple & not stressful or too hard to prepare. We had so much fun & found it to be a wonderful afternoon. The chef was fabulous, really informative & helpful- a real authentic Italian who was a great teacher.
• 5/5 from Stacey Morton, attended Apr 2025: Chef Sean was so knowledgeable and made the class lots of fun. Goes without saying - food was delicious!!
• 4/5 from Tiffany Yang, attended Apr 2025: Chef was great, has a good send of humour. We absolutely loved the food we made, but just wished that they gave us more ingredients to make more food as I feel it wasnt enough food provided for us.
• 5/5 from Haydn Lane, attended Jan 2025: Great teacher and food. Very warm environment and interactive. Made it easy for not so good cookers such as myself
• 5/5 from Timna Wright, attended Jan 2025: I thought our class teacher was excellent. Would be helpful if everyone wore the name badge, including our class teacher.
• 5/5 from Kelly Ellis, attended Jan 2025: Amazing class. Fantastic head chef and such yummy food.
• 5/5 from Sheena Ward, attended Jan 2025: Fantastic run class - we had 4 teenagers and 2 adults and it was managed well for these ages and the food was delicious
• 4/5 from Matthew McQueen, attended Jan 2025: Friendly teacher and was great fun.
• 5/5 from Sharon Dawson, attended Sep 2024: Class was informative and brings recipes to life using easy techniques to produce delicious results whixh are easy to reproduce at home.
• 5/5 from Roy Sargent, attended Sep 2024: Having a chef from Northern Italy teaching traditional Italian cooking is always a treat. He took the steps slowly, and made sure each group was given feedback to ensure their creations were delicious. Of course, the three course meal at the end is also fantastic. Thoroughly recommend Vanilla Zulu, and their classes!
• 5/5 from Tracey Lowery, attended Aug 2024: Eat as we go, the dishes first cooked were cold while we finished some other dishes … but great overall!!!!
• 4/5 from George Thesalonikeos, attended Aug 2024: The class was great, instructions were clear, and the results were amazing so tasty and delicious
• 5/5 from Jacqueline Erickson, attended Jul 2024: It was great we really enjoyed it The people with us were fantastic the chef was great
• 5/5 from Cynthia Bush, attended Jun 2024: Andrea was a fantastic teacher he made us all feel like a super chef by the end of our Rustic Italian class the food we cooked was amazing. Would highly recommend Vanilla Zulu to anyone interested in cooking and also having some fun, big plus you get to enjoy what you cook and take some home Will definitely be back and try something different next time. Thanks to all the support staff you are awesome you do a great job in washing up all our dishes.
• 5/5 from Anthony Marchese, attended May 2024: The food which we got to eat was very good and it was great being able to get tips from chef Luca. It was really interesting to smell and use ingredients I may not normally buy (Eg porcini dust) and to appreciate the extra taste they give to dishes. A really enjoyable way to spend 3 hours on a Sunday which also included a delicious lunch and absolutely no washing up.
• 5/5 from Allie Rushbury, attended Apr 2024: Our group had a lot of fun and our instructor, Chef Luca was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The food we cooked was delicious.
• 5/5 from Georgia Cane, attended Apr 2024: Had such a great time with Chef Luca. He made the class enjoyable and fun whilst we learnt. Such great value for money and I will definitely be booking more classes!
• 5/5 from Taylor Salisbury, attended Apr 2024: Absolutely loved our experience. My partner is a fussy eater and really enjoyed everything that we made. I’m so happy to have learnt how to make the recipes and am keen to make them at home! Very grateful we have the recipes to use at home too. Perfect date night idea. Highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Anupinder Kaur, attended Mar 2024: Awesome class, great teacher Definitely recommend it to all. Very friendly chef and everyone is so helpful
• 3/5 from Michelle Egan, attended Feb 2024: I was disappointed that the dietary requirements were not met because it was 1 person out of 4! Not impressed. Why ask if you have no intention of following? 1 of my guests couldn't eat most of the food. For the money I paid I'm not overly impressed and would not recommend to anyone with food allergies/intolerance.