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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.
Learn the French way to make macarons in this fun cooking class in Sydney! You will learn how to make macarons in different colours and sizes to an industry standard.
This class is perfect for beginners and anyone looking to upgrade their dessert-making skills.
During this class, you will learn how to:
Mix ingredients
Make an Italian or French meringue
The process of “macaroning”(it sounds ok in French) the mix to obtain the right consistency
Piping and baking
Decorate and finish macarons to an industry-standard
At the end of the class, you will leave with your handmade macarons, the recipes and plenty of tips and tricks to help you recreate them at home!
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I am originally from France and have been a pastry chef for 25 years. For the past 14 years I have been living in Sydney.
From 2010 to 2015 I was a teacher at the renowned culinary school “Le Cordon Bleu” in Ryde, and taught patisserie demonstrations and private classes. In 2012 I started my own business, Patisserie le Marais in Bondi and have since moved it to Maroubra. My favourite things to teach are croissants, Danish pastries and puff pastry products. I really love these products because you can do so so much with them.
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Tyra Nguyen•
Nov 2023
Joel is a great teacher providing valuable baking techniques for beginners. Strongly recommend for people who wants to make tasty macarons.
James Wang•
Nov 2023
Fantastic class, highly engaging and and you leave with a huge haul of delicious macarons
David•
Sep 2023
Today I am so lucky to be the only one person to learn how to make macaron. Teacher is from France.He is professional with teaching work and is so enthusiastic. Before we started he prepare everything well and I follow his step. We talked a lot about the cake and his experience. He has a 35-year-work Experience. That is really amazing. So don't care about the details. He can manage all that thing. Finally I successfully make the macaron and it's so easy of course it can't be so smooth withdout the help of the teacher. I think I need to do it again at home so that make the fee worthy.
Maria Diethold•
Aug 2023
I really enjoyed this course. I basically had a private class because I was the only person who booked that particular time slot. Joel is a lovely teacher who really enjoys teaching and is so good at it. I really learned a lot, got to work with fresh and high quality ingredients and left the class with a big box of beautiful macarons.
If you like baking,no matter if you are a professional or not, this class is for you .
Learning the art of macaron making with Joel was fantastic. I discovered he is a qualified teacher and you could tell. Everything ran so smoothly, he created a lovely atmosphere for learning and enjoying the process, with lots of delicious results to enjoy. I learnt so much, the space was perfect, ingredients were fresh and there were plenty of them. I am keen to start making these myself for family and friends, highly recommend, thank you
Antonia Milner•
May 2023
This was such a fun class to do! I am an experienced baker but still
Learned a lot and Joel was so lovely!
Lindy Villanueva•
May 2023
My daughter and I did the macaron making class together.
Joel was just fantastic as a teacher. Very passionate about helping others get the macarons just perfect.
We really enjoyed it and the time went so quickly. Got to take home a large macaron as well as some smaller ones. They were delicious!
Venue was easy to find, and parking right across the road.
Couldn't recommend Joel's classes more highly.
Well worth the money.
Lindy and Tessa
Peta Cormack•
May 2023
2 ClassBento workshops attended
Amazing instructor he was fantastic so thoughtful and I couldn't handle the noise because of my autism and so willing to help me out especially with me and my friend highly recommended can't wait to go back
The Macaron class with the delightful Chef Joel was a great hands on experience. I learnt to make beautiful macarons with sublime fillings as well as learning tricks of the trade. If you love macarons you must do this class.
Camille Zankl•
Apr 2023
Brilliant teacher- precise instructions, excellent results Will come back for more classes and more French patisserie
I had so much fun during these classes.
Really enjoyed it and learned so much.
William Tran•
Jul 2022
Honestly the best baking class I've ever attended. The energy from chef Joel was amazing as well as his knowledge. If you're looking for a place to start your culinary journey, Patisserie Le Marais is where it's at.
Ian Zakon•
Jul 2022
The class was great, and the teaching was amazing - patient, supportive and very informative. And enjoying the results at the end was just the raspberry on the macaroon!
Silva Jacotine•
Jun 2022
3 ClassBento workshops attended
Joel Bardan is an excellent teacher and I absolutely loved this class. Joel manages to clearly explain the concepts, demonstrate and then let you do it all over again, all whilst keeping a close eye on all students. The class is also lots and lots of fun. This is the second class I have done with him (first one being the croissant making class which was equally excellent) and I will certainly do any other class he comes up with in the future. An excellent way to practice being a pastry chef in his commercial kitchen using all of his tools of the trade. I can't wait for the next class!
Sheree Camus•
Jun 2022
Did the Macaron making class with my teenage son. Had so much fun. Joel is warm and wonderful teacher full of so much knowledge. Will certainly look out for more classes to do.