Gutsy Goodness: Ferment Your Festive Summer Workshop

Enjoy the feast. Nourish your gut. Feel good from the inside out.


Marcea Klein
Marcea Klein
5.0 (19)

3 hours Location Surry Hills Class size 1 to 7 (public classes), 1 to 10   $189

The festive season is a time for indulgence, sharing and celebration — but rich holiday foods can leave us feeling sluggish and out of balance. Bring your gut back into the picture with delicious, vibrant lacto-fermented foods that add live cultures, flavour and variety to your festive table.
Your gut microbiome plays a vital role in digestion, immune function and overall wellbeing. Fermented foods can introduce beneficial live microbes and, alongside a diverse, fibre-rich diet, help support a thriving gut ecosystem. A little fermentation can make a delicious difference to how you nourish yourself throughout the summer holidays.
Join author, chef, and wholefood educator Marcea Klein for a hands-on workshop that explores the magic of fermentation. Learn to turn the season’s best summer produce into flavour-packed creations you can prep ahead and enjoy through Christmas and beyond.
Discover the delicious possibilities:
Fermented Pineapple Drink — a refreshing, tangy tropical ferment.
Savoury Fermented Salsa — lively flavours with gut-friendly potential for your holiday feast
Indigenous herbal Summer Pineapple Kraut
Miso-fermented Dessert
Make room for gut goodness this summer- learn simple fermentation skills- bring more diversity to your plate - discover how to enjoy festive food while caring for your microbiome.
Note: Live-culture content varies between ferments. Fermented foods are not suitable for everyone, particularly some people who are immunocompromised or have specific medical or dietary needs. Please seek professional advice if you have concerns.

Upcoming dates for Gutsy Goodness: Ferment Your Festive Summer Workshop

Times are Sydney time. Dates and prices as of 22 Oct 2026, 4:15pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

1 upcoming date between 21 Nov 2026 and 21 Nov 2026.

  • Sat 21 Nov 2026, 12pm-3pm
What you'll get
Take home two jars of ferments to look after.
Knowledge required
none
What to bring
  • 2 wide-mouth-opening glass sterilised jars
  • 1 x 500 ml
  • 1 x 300 ml
  • Cutting knife
  • Cutting board
2 sterilised glass jars
1x 450-500 ml large mouth (clip top is best)
1x 300 ml jar (same metal clip top)
Bowl
knife
apron (optional)
Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 10 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids (the adult may observe for free).

Location

6 Greenknowe Ave, Elizabeth Bay NSW

This venue is within walking distance from Kings Cross station (700m).

Gutsy Goodness: Ferment Your Festive Summer Workshop location
Your teacher

Marcea Klein
Marcea Klein

5.0 (19)

Hi, I’m Marcea! :-)
I’m a published author of 8 books on food and wellness. I have a private practice focusing on body-mind health through lifestyle, diet, mental health and wellness. I have over thirty years of experience. I studied Macrobiotics, fermentation and plant-based cooking and nutrition in Japan, India, and the US, along with psychotherapy, and Traditional Chinese Nutritional Medicine.
This knowledge has helped me re-balance my own health and develop a unique understanding of how food can affect our overall mental and physical health and be medicinal. Through this experience, I have developed a unique style of cooking and health which I am passionate about sharing with others.
If you have ever wanted to know how to master ferments and make the perfect sauerkraut, kimchi or salt-brine pickles, or dumplings or Japanese cooking then one of my cooking classes is where you’ll want to explore.
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