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ClassBento money-back guarantee
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Cheffy Skills Cooking Course with Free Chef's Knife
It’s time to level up and become unstoppable and confident in the kitchen
6 x 3.5 hours
1 to 40 guests
$995 - $1,195
(Earlybird price of $995 applies if you book into a public session 30+ days ahead)
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arrow_right_alt arrow_downward- Master searing and the Maillard reaction, plus salt, fat, acid and heat.
- Skills: Knife basics, vegetable cuts, bread-making, stocks, sauces, gelatine and sugar work.
- On the menu: Perfect steak with sauces, truffled potato rosti, roasted vegetables, jus vs gravy, rosemary dinner rolls, lavosh, grissini, sticky Asian stir-fry and lemon panna cotta.
- Learn professional knife skills, trussing and deboning.
- Skills: Spatchcock, roulades, emulsion sauces and blowtorching.
- On the menu: Gruyère roulade, poached eggs with burnt butter hollandaise, brioche, around-the-world chicken and classic crème brûlée.
- Achieve perfect crackling for life.
- Skills: Twice-cooking techniques, braising and a spices and seasoning masterclass.
- On the menu: Braised Moroccan belly with crackling, sticky plum and ginger ribs and a flavour-packed spice night.
- Tackle the foundations of pastry with confidence.
- Skills: Choux au craquelin, shortcrust and puff pastry (lamination), crème pâtissière, spun sugar and braising.
- On the menu: Croquembouche, porcini chicken tarts, braised Moroccan lamb shoulder with date and pistachio gravel and apple lattice pie.
- Handle delicate fish like a pro and explore traditional techniques.
- Skills: Crispy skin fish, stovetop smoking, artisan preserving and dumpling folding.
- On the menu: Crispy skin fish of the day, house-smoked salmon, handmade seasonal preserves and Silk Road steamed dumplings.
- Bring everything together with professional presentation.
- Skills: Gourmet pasta, gnocchi, sauces, advanced plating, stacking, knife speed, sharpening and care.
- On the menu: A styled celebration feast featuring your best work.
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What you'll get
- Tools and ingredients provided.
- Receive a FREE chef's knife + eBook copy of the Cheffy Skills Cookbook (Value $35.95) on Week 1! You can also buy a paperback copy of the cookbook to take home with you for $39.
- Save time and learn "Lazy Chef" hacks that are Chef Mel-approved, that cut your prep time in half!
- High-energy, hands-on learning, no standing on the sidelines!
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Knowledge required
Beginner friendly but also perfect for pro's wanting guidance and skills.
What to bring
- Closed, comfortable shoes, and a notepad if you like to take notes.
- A takeaway container just in case.
- BYO wine or beer.
Session repeats
This class series runs over 6 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.
Your teacher
I can help YOU become UNSTOPPABLE & KITCHEN CONFIDENT by teaching you CHEFFY SKILLS for life.Hi! My name is Mel Alafaci. I am the proud founder of Vanilla Zulu cooking school in Brisbane, established 2011. I also founded Gecko Culinary Adventures Cooking School in Durban, South Africa in 2001.I have been a cooking school teacher since 2001. My passion is food and people, I am a published author and cultural gastronomer...I travel the world and discover cultural food.I recently created online cooking classes and courses to help level your cooking or cheffy skills. You can do my cooking courses at your own pace, in your kitchen, with me only a message away to help you as you level up your cooking skills and confidence. I am also a published author and have written 13 cookbooks...food is my everything, and teaching is my passion.I am also excited to announce my new range of online cooking classes through LIVE Zoom sessions...which are perfect to level up the skills YOU want...and these can be amazing team building sessions too!I also have a range of cookbooks to support your learning. It's so important to learn how to have fun in the kitchen and take all the stress out of learning. All the recipes are tried and tested, perfect for weeknight meals and dinner parties. It's also perfect if you work in the food industry and need to learn more skills. I have a knife skills course that is FREE when you purchase it, so you can master the fundamentals and boost your confidence.Perfect for home cooks, foodies and wanna-be foodies, food technology teachers, mining industry, private chefs, private yachts, bed and breakfast or hotel staff, catering staff, students wanting extra help...I guarantee you will increase your cooking skills in the first lesson...and then have the confidence to keep learning.I also concentrate on food presentation, food matching, and food substitutions. Perfect for various dietaries as I always give gluten-free and vegetarian substitutions where possible. My courses and cooking classes also covers basic cooking skills, so they are perfect for beginners, intermediate or advanced foodies.I am always only a message away, and you will have your private learning portal that you can access from your laptop or phone. Along the way, you will receive progress reports and certificates of completion.If you need a certificate of skills, I also offer a skills assessment so that you can use it for personal development in the workplace...or just to put it on your fridge for your enjoyment...or to show off to family and friends at your next dinner party!I can't wait to have you as part of my happy tribe. Here's to happy, delicious cooking...and skills that will last you a lifetime.Chef Mel
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