French Cooking Class

Recent reviews of French Cooking Class

• 5/5 from Rhonda Bell, attended Jul 2026: OMG, what an absolutely fantastic afternoon with Chef Jacqui, it was like being with friends and having fun cooking and learning. The skills that Chef Jacqui shared were amazing and she is just so lovely. Jacqui had all 6 of us preparing and tasting the food. We cooked, laughed, exchanged experiences and generally had great fun. Would very highly recommend and would love to attend another one. I was gifted a ClassBento voucher and was very easy to redeem, once I decided how I wanted to use it
• 5/5 from Natalie Davies, attended Mar 2026: A really wonderful day spent in the home of Chef Jacqui, creating a delicious meal of mushroom vol-au-vent, green peppercorn beef fillet and Belgian chocolate hazelnut praline tarts. Learnt knife skills, how to prepare and portion meat sizes and tips about using puff and sweet short crust pastry. Really liked the fact that it was a small group and the meal Chef Jacqui taught us to prepare was simply delicious - 5* restsurant quality. I left feeling inspired and more confident with my cooking.
• 5/5 from Deborah Kerry, attended Mar 2026: The class was very enjoyable and Jacqui the teacher/chef was very knowledgeable and kind. The food we helped to prepare was delicious. It was a 79th birthday gift from my children and I loved it.
• 5/5 from Ethan Newnham, attended Jan 2026: Jacqui ran a lovely relaxed class that was lots of fun for my Mum and I. The food was incredible and we can't wait to make the dishes again!
• 5/5 from Kate Taylor, attended Jan 2026: Jacqui is a great chef who generously shared lots of tips she learned as a professional chef. She also had a few interesting stories to tell about her experience in the kitchen. The menu was fantastic: Quail with Brandy & Raisin sauce, Barramundi with a Beurre Blanc sauce and Crème Brûlée to finish. I was very happy to learn a few new techniques and I can now butterfly a quail with confidence! Thanks for a wonderful experience. Jacqui is a great teacher and a very welcoming host. I’d award her an A+ if she was my student !
• 5/5 from Olivia Hines, attended Oct 2025: Great day of tasting and cooking with Jacqui! Learned all of the pro tips and tricks.
• 5/5 from Jennifer Macedo, attended Oct 2025: We had such a great time cooking with Jacqui - highly recommend! Jacqui was super knowledgeable, a great teacher and made us feel very welcome in her home! The meals were delicious and we learnt lots of insider tricks! Thank you for having us!
• 5/5 from Elenni Loukopoulos, attended Oct 2025: Chef Jacqui was friendly and inviting, giving lots of tips and tricks as we cooked our way through the menu. The other attendees were also friendly and fun so we all had a wonderful day cooking and eating! Would thoroughly recommend.
• 5/5 from Todd Kiernan, attended Aug 2025: Excellent course, learnt lots and Jacqui was great. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Michelle Crisfield, attended Jul 2025: A birthday celebration for me with my family - hubby, young adult kids and partners. We had such a fabulous day cooking with Chef Jacqui in her home. The day was filled with so much laughter and fun. Chef Jacqui really gave a a full hands on experience, teaching us so many techniques and tricks. 3 course French meal we all prepped and cooked and enjoyed in each stage sitting down together as a family with Chef Jacqui. Highly recommend this cooking class. Friends, work colleagues or family. So delish x
• 5/5 from Ed Foord, attended Jun 2025: What a cracker, Jacqui create a unique experience and passed on some skills that I will not forget, that is how learning should be, fun and delicious!
• 5/5 from Dawn Gordon, attended Jan 2025: I was gifted this class along with my twin Brother as a birthday gift, it was such a great experience to do together. Jacqui was a lovely teacher, she was very knowledgeable but also made the class fun. We used beautiful, first class produce for all of the courses. Jacqui gave us excellent cooking tips and tricks and guided us to create the most exquisite restaurant quality food which we all enjoyed together! Would love to return for another of Jaqui’s cooking experiences and would highly recommend this class. Thank you Jacqui for sharing your home, making the day fun and meeting your beautiful dogs Humphrey and Sophie!
• 5/5 from Gary Eden, attended Jan 2025: Chef Jacqui was excellent, clear and conscise. Made the day fun and more importantly I learend so much. Dealing with Jacquie and booking in was simple. The biggest take away- it was delicious! Thanks CJ
• 5/5 from Melissa Leong, attended Jan 2025: We had a great time with Chef Jacqui. She was very warm and welcoming us to cook French food in her lovely home. The cooking was fun to watch, learn and do and the food was delicious! Picked up some great tips to take home with us. Her gorgeous pups- Humphrey and Sophie were so cute and we loved playing with them.
• 5/5 from Brigitte Hendricks, attended Nov 2024: Chef Jacque…..what an amazing chef, she is definitely a people person, professional, captivating and never a dull moment. This was my 2nd time, but not the last. Thank you for having us in your home and those beautiful 2 babies and cat. It was a joy to spend a day in your home ️️️️
• 5/5 from Heather Worrall, attended Nov 2024: Had a great day with Chef Jacqui learning some new techniques
• 5/5 from Tatiana Zaslavskaia, attended Apr 2024: Many thanks to Jacqui for her generosity! We learned not only a few useful skills and secrets from a brilliant chef, but also spent an absolutely unforgettable day having a delicious lunch in great company!
• 5/5 from Mirjana Gligorova, attended Apr 2024: What a great experience inside Chef Jacqui's beautiful home! She brought France on our plates unselfishly sharing all the tips and secrets of French cuisine. We learnt how to cook scallops with saffron butter, crispy duck breast with fig glaze, cauliflower & apple puree, potato fondant & string beans, and for the dessert we made crepes Suzette with vanilla ice cream! What a feast, what a treat!
• 5/5 from Tony Palmer, attended Apr 2024: A great day spent with chef Jacqui, fabulous food, cooked by the attendees, skills learnt, plus great company. Highly recommended.
• 5/5 from Rob, Vickie, Max & Zoe, attended Feb 2024: Chef Jacquie and the whole experience was excellent! We cooked great food, Chef was patient and explained everything really well. We learned lots and had an awesome meal, cooked by us! A wonderful thing to do with friends and family.
• 5/5 from Sarah George, attended Jan 2024: Loved the class, very hands on and learnt new cooking techniques I would never attempt at home. Very proud I learnt how to confidently bone a quail. And Sophie (the dog) was an added extra bonus of cuteness.
• 5/5 from Bruce John Wookey, attended Nov 2023: Thanksgiving! This was an absolutely inspired and inspiring gift! Chef Jacquie immediately put us at ease with her warm welcome into her home, and her friendly warm and cheerful manner. This whole easy, relaxed and informative manner carried through into a wonderful teaching style filled with the much anticipated techniques and delicious food with a hands on participation. A real pleasant surprise were the little jewels of tips and organisational kitchen embellishments! Suggestions on securing chopping, boards, preserving herbs, pre-planning work areas and flows, sourcing of superior products and kitchen tools. The entire five hours was a real treat. My partner and I left wonderfully enthused and lookig forward to employ new skills in our own kitchen. As the menu changes with the seasons reflecting fresh premium produce we can't wait to return!
• 5/5 from Nicole Birch, attended Sep 2023: My mum and I were made welcomed as we enter the Chef's house. We were greeted with a friendly smile and were informed of the program for the day. The chef made sure that everyone got a chance to participate in making the food, and she would also ensure that she passed on any helpful cooking hints as we progressed throughout the day. If we had any questions, she was happy to answer them as well as breaking down the information so that it was easy to understand. The meal was amazing as well as the company.
• 5/5 from Katrina Lee, attended Sep 2023: Went to this cooking class with my Dad as a birthday present. We had a fantastic day with Jacqui in her beautiful home kitchen in Sorrento. Class was very interactive and informative, in a fun relaxed setting. Intimate group size and the social aspect of learning and dining with others adds positively to the experience. Food was divine - wish I could have taken more of the rhubarb brûlée home! Good investment to level up your cooking skills and make some fond memories with loved ones. Thank you Jacqui
• 5/5 from Carol Pritchett, attended Sep 2023: Jacqui our chef and teacher was amazing.She made us all feel so welcome in to her home.Jacqui explained everything we were doing and how we were cooking it.It was all hands on and participating in every thing we cooked.We all had so much fun lewis and I would recommend doing this class with Jacqui.We will definitely be back.x
• 5/5 from Wayne Robinson, attended Sep 2023: Jacqui was very welcoming and taught the class in a clear, easy to understand way. I got a lot of tips and tricks. I’ve already used a couple of recipes for today’s lunch and they were well received by the family. I highly recommend this class.
• 5/5 from Leda Lee, attended Sep 2023: We had a delightful time with Jacqui, thoroughly enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of the French cooking class. Not only did we have fun, but we also acquired valuable knowledge. Jacqui taught us the secrets behind crafting an authentic Hollandaise sauce and perfectly poached eggs. Furthermore, she emphasized the significance of selecting seasonal ingredients to complement the time of year. The highlight of the class was undoubtedly the exquisite lamb dish with romesco sauce, which left us absolutely delighted. Our heartfelt thanks go to Jacqui for this wonderful experience!
• 5/5 from Daye Braike, attended Jul 2023: Chef Jacqui has such a warm and funny persona and she makes French cooking so accessible. I loved all the tips and tricks that she shared throughout on how to take each dish to the next level. She is open and generous with all of her knowledge. It was a beautiful day cooking with her. I wouldn’t hesitate to go back again.
• 4/5 from Cheryl Amos, attended Jul 2023: I thought Jacqui was very cheerful and full of fun. Leaning how to bone a Quail I thought was excellent. I was some what disappointed that our mains was steak and boiled potatoes smashed then roasted. Carmel Macadamia Nut tart. Would have been good to have made our own pastry. But maybe time did not allow this. Overall it was a fun day, and meeting other people that are interested in cooking.
• 5/5 from Smita Pati, attended Apr 2023: Jacqui's kitchen is well organised and overall a lovely welcoming home that encourages organic conversation to flow effortlessly. Jacqui takes extra care to reach out in advance to ensure the menu is suitable for everyone participating, allergies, vegan and vegetarian are all welcome. We had seafood in our menu which we aren't confident with, so we learnt a lot including knife sharpening, knife skills and generally best ways to work in kitchen. We covered starter, mains and dessert and it was a full day of learning to cook and eating while talking about food and travels. There are little tips and tricks about chopping efficiently that I will surely keep in mind when working in my own kitchen. Highly recommended this to learn some basics of cooking, quality ingredients to buy for home cooking and know about some French classics. Jacqui is a wonderful teacher.
• 5/5 from Shona Slimmon, attended Mar 2023: Overall a fantastic experience which I would thoroughly recommend. Jacqui has a beautiful home which was the perfect venue for the occasion. As well as being a remarkable chef and excellent teacher, she is warm, welcoming and clearly loves sharing her expertise. The ingredients were of the highest quality and all dishes prepared were absolutely delicious. This course is very hands on, unlike some courses where you just watch the chef prepare the food. There were so many useful tips from how to mince garlic to the importance of pre heating pots. I loved it.
• 5/5 from Lyn Carter, attended Mar 2023: This French Cooking Class was amazing. The home was superb and everything was perfect. I was able to learn so much and with a small group of 7 people we all enjoyed a fantastic 3 course meal. Would definitely recommend this to anyone - even a beginner
• 5/5 from Ann Witney, attended Jan 2023: Jacqui is a great chef and passionate about cooking. I would recommend her cooking classes.
• 5/5 from Aryana Lamont, attended Jan 2023: Jacqui was so friendly and welcoming to my husband and I. She taught us delicious French cooking and gave us confidence to try new skills. I loved her knowledge and how she teaches to cook from your heart. We had a great time with the other students and I’m so happy we did the class.
• 5/5 from Anna Xia, attended Jan 2023: Chef Jacqui was lovely and inviting. She lives in a beautiful home with a large balcony looking out to the moonah links golf course. From sharpening knifes to peeling the muscle tendon off each scallop (the muscle makes it tighten up and less tasty) to making a persillade sauce in a mortar and pestle to go with the saltbush lamb, gas torching the creme brûlée. It ran for over 5hours and Chef Jacqui was kind enough to spend all that time sharing her tips and tricks of the trade with us.
• 5/5 from Anna-Marie Stevanja, attended Jan 2023: Best thing we have ever done as a Christmas gift. So beautiful spending the day at the house and learning so many new things about cooking. Food was amazing
• 5/5 from Laura Carey, attended Jan 2023: This was a terrific class. Chef Jacqui was a fabulous teacher and host, and the food was all delicious. Made even better by the gorgeous location and the super sweet dog Sophie.
• 5/5 from Rosa Grant, attended Jan 2023: Fantastic session and recipes, best produce and lots of fun. Learnt a lot of great tips and Chef Jacqui is a fantastic teacher and very hospitable. Recommend highly.
• 5/5 from Vinoo Abraham, attended Dec 2022: I really enjoyed the French cooking class with Jacqui. Jacqui welcomed us to her beautiful home and taught us some beautiful delicious dishes. I highly recommend her class!
• 5/5 from Maria Buckingham, attended Nov 2022: Jacqui was absolutely wonderful! She made us feel very welcome in her beautiful home. We foraged for herbs and edible flowers in her garden and as an experienced chef Jacqui gave us many great tips for food preparation techniques and cooking successful French recipes. Of course we were also able to eat the finished dishes around a beautiful dining room table, while Jacqui entertained us with stories of her days as a chef. It was a delightful experience which I would definitely recommend to anyone. Thank you Jacqui, you were brilliant.
• 5/5 from Kathryn Scully, attended Oct 2022: We had a wonderful time & the class exceeded our expectations. The setting, host and food were amazing
• 5/5 from Tony Pick, attended Oct 2022: Chef Jaqui is hilarious and so knowledgeable and generous. My wife and I had a great time. The small group atmosphere and beautiful setting are bonuses. Great experience all round
• 5/5 from Robyn Lindholm, attended Oct 2022: The course was amazing. Jacqui the host was calm, relaxed and knew her stuff. She gave lots of ideas and pointers to make us better cooks. The venue lovely, great views and well organised. We loved our day out and experience. Thanks Jacqui and "family".
• 5/5 from Charlotte, attended Sep 2022: Jacqui has created a beautiful experience in her home that I’d recommend to all. Initialling walking in, the aesthetics of her house are warm are welcoming. The food, company and tips and tricks shown to us were wonderful! Definitely many to take home. Thanks again for a lovely day
• 4/5 from Sharn Bedi, attended Sep 2022: Beautiful home but Very far to drive and enjoy full experience of enjoying wine. Better to be in city area where easier to Uber. It was a fun day but was more like a basic cooking class instead of learning the techniques French cooking.
• 5/5 from Lauren Boulton, attended Aug 2022: What a wonderful experience! The 3 French dishes we cooked were delicious Great atmosphere, beautiful house -We had the best day and look forward to going back another time to see what other dishes you can teach us how to cook :) Thank you Jacqui!
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Aug 2022: Absolutely loved this French cooking class. Lots of precious tips from Jacqui. Her kitchen and set up was on point. We loved the atmosphere too. Very relaxed. Just like I cook at home with my French family.
• 5/5 from Mary O'Neill, attended Aug 2022: I loved very minute of it, Jacqui is devine and so so patient. She has the right technique for teaching. I will certainly be back. You were made to feel welcome from the minute you stepped through the door. Thank you Jacqui
• 5/5 from Amanda Cook, attended Jul 2022: We had a lovely and fun afternoon learning to cook French food with chef Jacqui! Her home was delightful and she is extremely talented and very knowledgeable. Another bonus was that all the participants were also very nice.
• 5/5 from Ray Wardill, attended Jun 2022: The French cooking class held by chef Jacqui’s was fantastic. The reason I say this is that it was held in her own family home kitchen, by doing this it show’s us ordinary cooks can produce a restaurant quality meal in or own home. She is also very good at explaining the way we go about preparing, cooking and platting up food. Job well done, would not hesitate going again.