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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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What you'll do
Do you love dumplings and want to try making them yourself? Join OTAO Kitchen for this online dumpling making class with a chef-prepared ingredients box delivered straight to your door.
Over the course of one and a half hours, you'll learn the ins and outs of Chinese dumplings. Chinese dumplings are like treasure chests - they encase a flavourful gift. The best dumplings are made up of a thin dough shell that encases a delicious mixture of seasoned meat and chopped veggies.
During this beginner's class, you'll unlock the secret to making traditional Chinese dumplings at home. Plus, save the effort of grocery shopping with a curated ingredients kit sent direct to you. We'll deliver everything you and your guests need to cook along at home, so all that's left is to log on, hone your cooking skills, eat delicious food and have a great time!
Highlights of this virtual cooking class:
Learn how to craft restaurant-quality dumplings at home
Learn to make the dough and filling from scratch
Learn useful tips and tricks from a certified chef instructor
A fun and social online atmosphere
Adaptable for various dietary restrictions - just let us know!
You will learn by doing and can start cooking at your own pace before and after the actual online class (as you can click on the QR code for the video and recipe). At the end of the class, enjoy your delicious DIY dumplings!
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QR code linked to the recipes and an online instructional video
Dietary notes:
The kit will make vegetarian dumplings but meat eaters can replace half quantity with meats such as chicken, pork or prawn.
Gluten-free - you can opt to have gluten-free soy. Replace wheat flour for supermarket 160g self-raising gluten-free flour for dough and 75ml hot water. Mix well. You may need to adjust the water/flour.
Dairy-free - the recipes don't include dairy.
Low sodium - use less soy sauce.
Kosher - these are vegan dumplings.
Halal - simply purchase your own halal meat.
Nut-free - we don't include any nuts in our meals.
In this online cooking class, you are welcome to BYO your wine and beer. However, for safety, please focus on cooking, and you can drink with the meal later.
Otao kitchen is a cooking school and event space with a mission for people to come together to cook, connect, celebrate. We believe cooking and eating should be an experience, not just a meal. We created Otao kitchen as an extension of our passions to cook, share and inspire.
EXPERT IN COOKING CLASSES
Otao kitchen was launched in Melbourne, Australia in July 2014, with the goal of celebrating the rich and varied cooking experiences of Melbourne’s immigrant multicultural communities. Its founder, Chef Ha Nguyen, originally from Hanoi shares his passion for food, instructing customers in the exotic diaspora of Asian and around the world cuisine.
WHAT WE DO BEST?
Today our guests can get inspired by cooking with our local and international chefs, listen to their cooking and travel experiences in Asia and around the world and bring some cooking and cultural tips and tricks home. With the nods at the diversity of communities within Melbourne, Otao kitchen features an array of global food experiences from Indian to Japan to Mexico and more.
In 2020 with the challenge of global Covid 19 pandemic, we set out to capture the curriculum of our hands-cooking classes and deliver it online to home cooks in Australia and across the world to guide you to cooking success and better health.
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Taylor-Jayne Martin•
May 2022
The chef was amazing and so informative! Definitely recommend. I learnt some great new ways to wrap my dumplings, making them look like restaurant quality.
Keir Dickson•
May 2022
Easy to follow along, teacher was fun and managed the time and different pace of everyone really well. Dumplings were delicious!
Nicolas Veldhuis•
Apr 2022
Delicious dumplings
Dylan was a great instructor
Easy to follow instructions and willing to answer any questions
Great class
Tamara Howorth•
Apr 2022
Such a fun & delicious cooking class. Dylan was a wonderful host. A great way to start the weekend
Really enjoyed the Dumpling cooking class. Very easy to follow instructions. Instructor was friendly and very helpful. I have a disability and found this class very easy to do, with a little bit of help from my support worker.
Blake Shorthouse•
Jan 2022
Would have like it if the chef had gone a bit slower - we needed more time to accomplish each step
Very easy than I thought. The teacher has shown different ways to shape dumplings which is great. Highly recommend the class to my family and everyone.
David Henry•
Dec 2021
Thanks for the class. It's was a lot of fun, and the dumplings were delicious!
Daniel Ng•
Dec 2021
I didn't receive my ingredients/box in time, so I was unable to participate with the rest of my group.
Robyn Hodge•
Dec 2021
I found this a fun and informative 2 hours! Even though it was a remote session (and would have been more fun if we were all together in the same room), it was engaging and the instructions were clear and very helpful. It was fairly intense and so you couldn't afford to miss any of the steps as there was quite a lot to get through - this reduced the time for team banter and conversation. However, I now have the confidence to make dumplings on my own
Szeman Leung•
Dec 2021
The lag in connection over the course was a little disruptive. Great passion by chef. Thank you
Cecily Ducksbury•
Dec 2021
I enjoyed the class. Easy to follow and chef was kind.
Melanie Pikios•
Dec 2021
Great session, so easy to make and absolutely delicious.
Gina Levy•
Dec 2021
Great class and learned so much. Really easy to follow and delicious dumplings
Clara McMullin•
Dec 2021
Great class, informative and engaging for a work team virtual cooking event. The speed of the class was very fast for the amount covered! Delicious end result, for my first time ever making Dumplings!
David Roberts•
Dec 2021
Great session. Easy to follow, very tasty and something I will be making at home.
Fantastic communication.
I thoroughly loved the package that arrived. I really like that it came with a paper and video version of the recipe as well for later or if you couldn't make it on that occasion. I think this is a really good class for people who are beginners or even would like to broaden their skills and styles of cooking.
Matthew Sheers•
Nov 2021
Thanks for a great class. I recommend this as a fun class for anyone to try.
Julie Pike•
Oct 2021
I received this class as a gift from a dear friend for my "big" birthday during lockdown and it was the perfect present. The teacher Dylan was very clear, and went at a good pace. The class was for 2 hours but it felt like 30 minutes, as very engaging. I regularly make dumplings but have never made the wrappers and this is what I was most excited about and believe was the highlight of this class. The instructions were great, and Dylan made sure we were all keeping up and showed us clearly with his camera so we knew what ours were supposed to look like. I will never buy wonton wrappers again. I also enjoyed learning to make the different dumpling shapes, and to top it off the dumplings were delicious along with the sauce.
Kerryn Plummer•
Oct 2021
Dylan was very clear in his instructions, waited for the class to keep up and gave lots of little tips along the way.
Patrick Farnan•
Oct 2021
Great Experience virtually, had some tasty dumplings, was super quick so a bit slower would be awesome
Shauney James•
Oct 2021
Such a great time! Thank you so much
Trudi Ross•
Oct 2021
The class was fun, it was great to learn and doing something totally different, the host was lovely and very informative and his instructions and demonstrations were really clear. At times I felt some of it went a little fast but that is me being very new to it, as it all came together really easily at the end and we could continue on our own afterwards which I did with confidence. thank you, I am keen to do an in person cooking class again!
Kay-Jay Earl•
Oct 2021
Great class and awesome teacher. Thank you !
Jo Morrison•
Oct 2021
Fabulous now have total respect for dumpling makers!
Carla Williamson•
Oct 2021
A fun class, great explanation of the process & interaction from Dylan, Thankyou.
David Shaw•
Oct 2021
Great package and instructions, everything arrived promptly.
Luke Hyde•
Oct 2021
Great fun, engaging, easy to follow and delicious.
I would 100% recommend this to anyone
Cienna Glynn•
Oct 2021
Was way too fast to follow.
Howie Hill•
Oct 2021
Lots of fun and very tasty! Thank you!
Celestine Radford•
Oct 2021
Did I miss the part where we were told to buy mince? It wasn’t on the information sheet in the box- I didn’t complete my dumplings because I had no mince
Tom Newbold•
Oct 2021
Dylan was really friendly and easy to understand. Is was awesome, very enjoyable and the dumplings were so tasty I would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to give it a go
Ineke Mast•
Oct 2021
Had a great session with Dylan and learned so much! Thank you
Renee Mariette•
Oct 2021
Brilliant. Thoroughly enjoyable
Hayley Tan•
Sep 2021
Class was great but some feedback - it would be nice if we were informed that not all ingredients will be used before we were told to soak all the stuff so I'd be able to store these easily after if not used entirely. Apart from that, great class - lots of fun!