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EatFit Cooking Class

Delicious food and cooking skills for a stronger, happier, healthier you.

The Happy Chef: Chef Mel

5.0 (5)

10k followers

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2.5 hours

1 to 16 guests

$97 (Afterpay available)

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What you'll do

EatFit Cooking Class: Healthy, Happy, Good-Mood Food

with Chef Mel – The Happy Chef

Make “in shape” your new normal.

If you want to feel stronger, healthier, and more confident in the kitchen without boring food or complicated recipes, this class is for you.

You can’t train off a bad diet, so stop self-sabotaging and start being intentional about what you put into your gorgeous body. When you feel inspired and supported, healthy eating becomes easy.

This is a hands-on, deliciously fun cooking class designed for everybody – athletes, beginners, teens, NDIS participants, busy professionals, or anyone who wants to feel better from the inside out.

What You’ll Learn

We will create quick, nutritious, flavour-packed meals that prove healthy food can be exciting, colourful, and satisfying, while still being budget-friendly and perfect for weeknights.

Menu We Will Cook

Chicken Involtini

Chicken breast stuffed with cheese, herbs, and garlic, baked in the easiest, laziest sugo. All in one dish – perfect for weeknights or dinner parties when you need to impress without stress.

One-Pan Suntanned Chicken

A versatile recipe with endless flavour variations. Mix and match rubs, sides, and accompaniments. Family-friendly, meal-prep friendly, healthy, and adaptable.

Aburi Salmon Stack

A lazy sushi twist. Build a fancy salmon stack or turn it into a good-mood bowl for a quick weeknight meal. Options for broccoli or cauliflower rice. Includes a demonstration of 10-minute sweet potato julienne fries – nutritious, crispy, and guilt-free.

Fresh and Fabulous Salads

Colourful, exciting salads that are a meal on their own, not an afterthought. Learn how to mix flavours and textures for satisfying, vibrant, healthy salads.

You’ll Discover How To

Prepare balanced meals for energy, recovery, and mood

Meal prep and bulk cook efficiently

Make healthy upgrades and allergy-friendly swaps

Understand portions, macros, and smart substitutions

Cook delicious, budget-friendly meals the whole family will love

Build confidence and independence in the kitchen

Improve knife skills for faster, safer, stress-free chopping

Who This Class Is For

Athletes and gym-goers

Veterans and first responders

NDIS participants building independence and cooking skills

Teens, students, and young adults learning to cook

Anyone managing coeliac, diabetes, weight goals, or special diets

Anyone with menu fatigue or kitchen unhappiness

Friends looking for a fun, healthy experience together

Chef Mel’s warm and inclusive teaching style makes everyone feel welcome. No judgment, no pressure – just happy cooking, great food, and plenty of inspiration.

What’s Included

All ingredients and equipment

A 3-course meal of the dishes prepared

Step-by-step coaching from a professional chef and culinary educator

Take-home recipe cards

Healthy inspiration to continue cooking at home

What to Bring

Bring your enthusiasm and an appetite for change.

A takeaway container is optional if you’d like to take leftovers home.

Location: Chef Mel Kitchen Studio, Newmarket, Brisbane

What you'll get

Recipes and inspiration
Three recipes + heaps of valuable tips and info + eat what we make
Downloadable recipes
Access to a private foodie fitness community for ongoing inspo + support.
Option to purchase Eat Yourself Fit EatFit Cookbook

Gift or Buy

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Knowledge required

Beginner-friendly

What to bring

Closed, flat shoes
Take-away containers

Add-on available for this class

Eat Yourself Fit Cookbook ($29)

You can add this when you book (optional).

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Newmarket, QLD

Exact location is masked for privacy. You'll automatically get the specific address after booking.

Your teacher can also travel within 100 kms of Newmarket, to a venue of your choice for a private class.

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Your teacher

The Happy Chef: Chef Mel

5.0 (5)

10k followers

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