This was the simplest cooking class I have ever done. I feel I could make a pad thai or thai beef salad woth ease. With the help of pro bought curry paste could make a hald decent pad thai.

The instructor was good too. I learnt a few things. There is wild ginger - who knew?

The only thing is other cooking courses ive done the food comes out restaurant quality. Though the level of complexity was huge. Some of this finished product lacked a professional kick, but then again it was just so easy.

Absolutely awesome! Kids had a blast. Kids got a go at generic pottery (my son made a pinch pot, my other a car) they also had a go at the wheel.

There is a coffee shop 20 metres away that serves beer. I had a couple while keeping an eye on them.

We then went to the beach there after. They offer a number of other services like family training. I want to do that, and then spend the rest of the day at the beach.

Location and experience was perfect.

Awesome course!

* He fixed an old Japanese knife of mine that had a chunk taken out. I was too ashamed to tell him I used that knife as a screw driver for some Ikea furniture years before. In doing so I snapped the end up. He showed me how to fixed it by wearing the knife away until there was no chip - amazing no machines :)
* He honed my skill - it is all well and good to watch youtube clips. But to have some one there to actually refine it, see what you are doing wrong is awesome! My knives are super sharp and put my skill into practice when I got home. Super happy I was able to do so
* This course only teaches Japanese techniques. I bought Japanese knives but I don't use a wet stone. When I got home I used my western diamond kit with the Japanese techniques he taught me. Using a blind subject (my wife) she couldn't tell the difference from the wet stone with the sharpening with his wet stones.

I would give this course 4.5 out of 5. 9/10 :) My only room for improvement would be a little more openness to the possibility of using other toolsets in sharpening. Such as diamond steal kits. Also perhaps a little more information on the wetstones we used - grit levels and the like. I don't like wet stones because they wear and tear when I purchased one previously. It slowly became uneven and I felt it wasn't worth the bother.

I am happy I was able to replicate this mans great skill with western technology and kinda guessed what to use in terms of my diamond kit.

Bottom line - I came out being able to sharpen a knife in 5 minutes instead of 15. Plus the knife comes out sharper. I really know what im doing! His polite error correction was awesome - thank you so much!

I also loved the Japanese vegetables at the end of the course. We chopped them up, marinated them! Delicious. What a low calorie treat! Going to look for them tommorow.