Saturday, 7th March 10am till 2pm $250 It's the season for preserving TOMATOES! In this workshop, you will learn how to preserve tomatoes in traditional Italian ways: Salsa di Pomodori (Tomato Passata), Pomodori Pelati (Bottled Peeled Tomatoes), and other tomato preserving products . You will no longer need to purchase tinned tomatoes or bottled tomato passata. You will be thrilled at how easy & simple it is to preserve and produce these wonderful tomato products.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. READ MORE BELOW

Saturday, 7th March
10am till 2pm
$250

It’s the season for preserving TOMATOES! In this workshop, you will learn how to preserve tomatoes in traditional Italian ways: Salsa di Pomodori (Tomato Passata), Pomodori Pelati (Bottled Peeled Tomatoes), and other tomato preserving products . You will no longer need to purchase tinned tomatoes or bottled tomato passata. You will be thrilled at how easy & simple it is to preserve and produce these wonderful tomato products.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. 

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Saturday, 28 February 2026 10am till 2pm $220 This is a Summer Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using summer produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; peaches, nectarines, berries, tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers, zucchini, cherries, mangoes, stone fruits (including my favourite apricots) and on and on the list goes. Summer is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 28 February 2026
10am till 2pm
$220

This is a Summer Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using summer produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; peaches, nectarines, berries, tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers, zucchini, cherries, mangoes, stone fruits (including my favourite apricots) and on and on the list goes. Summer is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!

There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 13th December 2025 10am till 2pm $250 This cooking class is always a hit for so many reasons; it's the last class of the year, there is always a tremendous lunch menu planned, and well, it's Christmas - a time to be festive and gather with friends & family! In this cooking class, Angela with share her love of creating an Italian Christmas lunch - where she will be influenced by her Southern Italian heritage, her extensive experience and knowledge gained from many years of study (Angela is a trained pastry chef), her work experience in commercial kitchens, and her overall love of Italian cooking & baking!This Italian Christmas Lunch with include the following menu -'Pasta con Frutti di Mare' to start, 'Porchetta' for our main, and to end 'Cherry Almond Semifreddo! There will be morning tea served on arrival, a glass of bubbles to help along the way, and of course, a glass of vino for the sit-down lunch - where the fruits of labour will be devoured and enjoyed!TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

Saturday, 13th December 2025
10am till 2pm
$250

This cooking class is always a hit for so many reasons; it’s the last class of the year, there is always a tremendous lunch menu planned, and well, it’s Christmas – a time to be festive and gather with friends & family!

In this cooking class, Angela with share her love of creating an Italian Christmas lunch – where she will be influenced by her Southern Italian heritage, her extensive experience and knowledge gained from many years of study (Angela is a trained pastry chef), her work experience in commercial kitchens, and her overall love of Italian cooking & baking!

This Italian Christmas Lunch with include the following menu –‘Pasta con Frutti di Mare’ to start, ‘Porchetta’ for our main, and to end ‘Cherry Almond Semifreddo! 

There will be morning tea served on arrival, a glass of bubbles to help along the way, and of course, a glass of vino for the sit-down lunch – where the fruits of labour will be devoured and enjoyed!

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

Saturday, 6 December 2025 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUTThis is a Summer Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using summer produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; peaches, nectarines, berries, tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers, zucchini, cherries, mangoes, stone fruits (including my favourite apricots) and on and on the list goes. Summer is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 6 December 2025
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

This is a Summer Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using summer produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; peaches, nectarines, berries, tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers, zucchini, cherries, mangoes, stone fruits (including my favourite apricots) and on and on the list goes. Summer is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!

There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 29 November 2024 10am till 2pm $220 SOLD OUT You will learn to bake three popular Italian dolci; Tiramisu, Cannoli & Panforte. Tiramisu - you will learn how to make this classic Italian treat from scratch! We will bake our own savoiardi biscotti, and make mascarpone, along with Italian meringue.Cannoli - Sicilian Cannoli are such a wonderful treat! You will learn how to make the cannoli shell and fill with flavoursome fresh homemade bufala ricotta.Panforte - a traditional Christmas sweet from Siena containing dried fruit & nuts.This cooking class is mostly hands-on, with some demonstration. Angela Palermo, founder & teacher of The Village Cooks, trained as a pastry chef and has worked for the likes of Rachel Grisewood, Sam Marineve, Lorraine Godsmark, and Andy Bunn. Her cooking and baking is heavily influenced by her Italian heritage and growing up in a family that grew its own food and created dishes from their own produce. Angela shares her love of simple, home-style cooking & baking with students at her cooking school, The Village Cooks, Sydney. TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Saturday, 29 November 2024
10am till 2pm
$220

SOLD OUT

You will learn to bake three popular Italian dolci; Tiramisu, Cannoli & Panforte.

Tiramisu – you will learn how to make this classic Italian treat from scratch! We will bake our own savoiardi biscotti, and make mascarpone, along with Italian meringue.

Cannoli – Sicilian Cannoli are such a wonderful treat! You will learn how to make the cannoli shell and fill with flavoursome fresh homemade bufala ricotta.

Panforte – a traditional Christmas sweet from Siena containing dried fruit & nuts.

This cooking class is mostly hands-on, with some demonstration.

Angela Palermo, founder & teacher of The Village Cooks, trained as a pastry chef and has worked for the likes of Rachel Grisewood, Sam Marineve, Lorraine Godsmark, and Andy Bunn. Her cooking and baking is heavily influenced by her Italian heritage and growing up in a family that grew its own food and created dishes from their own produce. Angela shares her love of simple, home-style cooking & baking with students at her cooking school, The Village Cooks, Sydney.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 22 November 2025 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUTThis is a Seasonal Spring Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using spring produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; asparagus, broad beans, spring onions, peaches, nectarines, fennel, peas, mint, wild herbs, beetroot, spinach, artichokes, stone fruits and on and on the list goes. Spring is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 22 November 2025
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

This is a Seasonal Spring Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using spring produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; asparagus, broad beans, spring onions, peaches, nectarines, fennel, peas, mint, wild herbs, beetroot, spinach, artichokes, stone fruits and on and on the list goes. Spring is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!

There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Sunday, 3 May 2025 10am till 2pm $220 Angela is very excited to be continuing her series of Italian Regional cooking and baking workshops for 2025 to celebrate her Italian heritage!Join me for a 3 course Sicilian inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region - Sicilia. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria. Whilst, I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I have an interest in the traditional cuisine of all Italian regions - north, south, and everything in-between!In this regional Italian cooking class of Sicily, we will commence with 'Bruschetta Caponata', then we will hand-make fresh 'Busiate pasta con Pesto Trapanese' - so very typically Sicilian! To finish, we will treat ourselves to 'Sfinci' - Sicilian Doughnuts!Join me for a wonderful day of cooking and baking Sicilian style!This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Sunday, 3 May 2025
10am till 2pm
$220

Angela is very excited to be continuing her series of Italian Regional cooking and baking workshops for 2025 to celebrate her Italian heritage!

Join me for a 3 course Sicilian inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region – Sicilia. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria. Whilst, I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I have an interest in the traditional cuisine of all Italian regions – north, south, and everything in-between!

In this regional Italian cooking class of Sicily, we will commence with ‘Bruschetta Caponata’, then we will hand-make fresh ‘Busiate pasta con Pesto Trapanese‘ – so very typically Sicilian! To finish, we will treat ourselves to ‘Sfinci’ – Sicilian Doughnuts!

Join me for a wonderful day of cooking and baking Sicilian style!

This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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MELBOURNE FOOD TOUR with Angela Palermo Friday, 24-26 October 2025 SOLD OUT I’m so excited to announce that I will be hosting a Melbourne Food Tour this coming October 2025! I have been dreaming of this Food Tour to Melbourne for many years, (I actually had one ready in early 2020, but COVID had other plans!). Well I’m back baby and have a great three days planned! It will be a cosy intimate group of 6 plus me! I will be your host, your guide, your cookery instructor (well for one class together), and your all-round good person! Ha! Melbourne is the next best thing to Italy in Australia for me and I’m so excited to share it with you!! Let me share just a few things to expect on this Food Tour in Melbourne: • Accommodation is booked in a brilliant designed home with desirable kitchen around the corner from South Melbourne Markets (see pics)! There are two room package options available- 2x one person private rooms and 2x shared rooms so gather your partner and/or friends. More details on these options and pricing to come. • I will conduct a MARKET-TO-TABLE cooking class from our wonderful kitchen on our first day. We will walk just around the corner to South Melbourne Markets to purchase our produce then return to cook & bake together for our first evening dinner! • I have another class planned for Day 2! This time with Paola Bacchia from @italyonmymind. We will make our way to Paola’s home for an afternoon baking of Apple Strudel! Oh what joy this will be!I have lots more planned so if you would like to receive the full 3 day Itinerary plus accommodation details as well as package prices, please email me here at angela@thevillagecooks.com.au.I look forward to sharing my Little Italy (Melbourne) with you!!!!TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

MELBOURNE FOOD TOUR with Angela Palermo

Friday, 24-26 October 2025

SOLD OUT

I’m so excited to announce that I will be hosting a Melbourne Food Tour this coming October 2025! I have been dreaming of this Food Tour to Melbourne for many years, (I actually had one ready in early 2020, but COVID had other plans!). Well I’m back baby and have a great three days planned! It will be a cosy intimate group of 6 plus me! I will be your host, your guide, your cookery instructor (well for one class together), and your all-round good person! Ha! Melbourne is the next best thing to Italy in Australia for me and I’m so excited to share it with you!!

Let me share just a few things to expect on this Food Tour in Melbourne:
• Accommodation is booked in a brilliant designed home with desirable kitchen around the corner from South Melbourne Markets (see pics)! There are two room package options available- 2x one person private rooms and 2x shared rooms so gather your partner and/or friends. More details on these options and pricing to come.
• I will conduct a MARKET-TO-TABLE cooking class from our wonderful kitchen on our first day. We will walk just around the corner to South Melbourne Markets to purchase our produce then return to cook & bake together for our first evening dinner!
• I have another class planned for Day 2! This time with Paola Bacchia from @italyonmymind. We will make our way to Paola’s home for an afternoon baking of Apple Strudel! Oh what joy this will be!

I have lots more planned so if you would like to receive the full 3 day Itinerary plus accommodation details as well as package prices, please email me here at angela@thevillagecooks.com.au.

I look forward to sharing my Little Italy (Melbourne) with you!!!!

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.

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Saturday, 10th October 2025 11:30am till 3:30pm $250 (+ booking fee) I am heading back to Soldiers Point, Port Stephens for a fourth Seasonal Italian Lunch at Bayhues with Fiona , JJ & Tara of Simpsons Cottage. This time, I will be cooking & baking a Spring Italian Lunch!Come and join us for a day full of great food and wine, meet some wonderful creatives and partake in some pasta making with our incredibly talented and passionate chef Angela Palermo. You walk away with a full belly and the skill to whip up the dish at home.The day commences at 11.30am drifting through to 3.30pm at beautiful Bay hues in Soldiers Point, Port Stephens.The tickets don't last long, so grab yourself a seat at the table today.BOOKINGS - Please click here to book you spot. Please contact Fiona Ward for further details.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 10th October 2025

11:30am till 3:30pm

$250 (+ booking fee)

I am heading back to Soldiers Point, Port Stephens for a fourth Seasonal Italian Lunch at Bayhues with Fiona , JJ & Tara of Simpsons Cottage.

This time, I will be cooking & baking a Spring Italian Lunch!

Come and join us for a day full of great food and wine, meet some wonderful creatives and partake in some pasta making with our incredibly talented and passionate chef Angela Palermo. You walk away with a full belly and the skill to whip up the dish at home.

The day commences at 11.30am drifting through to 3.30pm at beautiful Bay hues in Soldiers Point, Port Stephens.

The tickets don’t last long, so grab yourself a seat at the table today.

BOOKINGS – Please click here to book you spot. Please contact Fiona Ward for further details.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.

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Saturday, 27 September 2025 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUTThis is a Seasonal Spring Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using spring produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; asparagus, broad beans, spring onions, peaches, nectarines, fennel, peas, mint, wild herbs, beetroot, spinach, artichokes, stone fruits and on and on the list goes. Spring is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 27 September 2025
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

This is a Seasonal Spring Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using spring produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; asparagus, broad beans, spring onions, peaches, nectarines, fennel, peas, mint, wild herbs, beetroot, spinach, artichokes, stone fruits and on and on the list goes. Spring is a favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!

There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 30 August 2025 10am till 2pm $220 SOLD OUTJoin me for a 3 course Pugliese inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region - Puglia. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria.Whilst I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I do love the traditional cooking/baking from all the regions of Italy which I will explore in these Italian Regional cooking classes!In this regional Puglia cooking class, we will start with Focaccia Barese con Burrata e Olive (from the Bari, Puglia), then we will make the popular pasta shape Orecchiette with a seasonal sauce (I hope to have cime di rapa growing in my garden for a typical Pugliese pasta sauce) , and to finish, we will bake the very popular Lecce treat called Pasticciotti (crema pasticceria with a hint of lemon which is encased with pastry and baked).This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Saturday, 30 August 2025
10am till 2pm
$220

SOLD OUT

Join me for a 3 course Pugliese inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region – Puglia. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria.

Whilst I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I do love the traditional cooking/baking from all the regions of Italy which I will explore in these Italian Regional cooking classes!

In this regional Puglia cooking class, we will start with Focaccia Barese con Burrata e Olive (from the Bari, Puglia), then we will make the popular pasta shape Orecchiette with a seasonal sauce (I hope to have cime di rapa growing in my garden for a typical Pugliese pasta sauce) , and to finish, we will bake the very popular Lecce treat called Pasticciotti (crema pasticceria with a hint of lemon which is encased with pastry and baked).

This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 23 Auguts 2025 11am - 4pm $265SOLD OUT I am returning to the glorious Glenmore House for An Italian Garden Lunch with Mickey Robertson! What a day it will be! Please read on for Mickey's description of this special day! As the lemons dangle temptingly on the tree just outside the kitchen window, and our fingers and toes endure the mid-winter chill, I've been daydreaming. As a result I am so very excited to invite you to a celebratory ITALIAN GARDEN LUNCH with ANGELA PALERMO on SATURDAY 23 AUGUST! It's been several years since our last glorious Italian cooking workshop and feast with Ange which is far too long; and so...with the kitchen garden likely at peak productivity (think wigwams dripping with peas and burgeoning rows of plump things!) and with our hearts and tastebuds leaping and longing for spring, we though it time!This one will be a little different to the last cooking workshops; and whilst we will get our hands on ingredients enough to require everyone to bring an apron for some collaborative pasta rolling and cooking around the big table in the Dairy (and Ange will answer your every ingredient and making and baking question), we thought to take this opportunity to simply give you a wonderful day out - filled with food and joy, and to celebrate the season as it morphs from deepest winter into spring.Our feast will be a movable one - beginning in the kitchen garden, where we will wander and taste-test together, as Ange serves morsels of delight...our primo, from a table set under the apple tunnel. Then...we'll all come inside for pasta rolling and your contribution towards our secondo, which we'll enjoy along with our contorno and insalata at the long table in the loggia. Hmmm...and then to accompany our dolce and caffè? We have a little surprise...to get your feet tapping, your fingers clicking and perhaps even your hips swaying! Certainly a surprise to put a wide smile on all our contented faces...And to add to add to the celebratory atmosphere, the food on our table will be held by colourful, handcrafted, artisanal ceramics from the L0 Scoglio Stromboli collection of heritage bowls(and perhaps the instigator of the range will join us - she does love an opportunity to roll pasta!).TO BOOK - Please click here to book you spot. Please contact Mickey Robertson or Angela Palermo for enquiries.GIFT VOUCHERS: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.

Saturday, 23 Auguts 2025

11am – 4pm

$265

SOLD OUT

I am returning to the glorious Glenmore House for An Italian Garden Lunch with Mickey Robertson! What a day it will be! Please read on for Mickey’s description of this special day!

As the lemons dangle temptingly on the tree just outside the kitchen window, and our fingers and toes endure the mid-winter chill, I’ve been daydreaming. As a result I am so very excited to invite you to a celebratory ITALIAN GARDEN LUNCH with ANGELA PALERMO on SATURDAY 23 AUGUST! It’s been several years since our last glorious Italian cooking workshop and feast with Ange which is far too long; and so…with the kitchen garden likely at peak productivity (think wigwams dripping with peas and burgeoning rows of plump things!) and with our hearts and tastebuds leaping and longing for spring, we though it time!

This one will be a little different to the last cooking workshops; and whilst we will get our hands on ingredients enough to require everyone to bring an apron for some collaborative pasta rolling and cooking around the big table in the Dairy (and Ange will answer your every ingredient and making and baking question), we thought to take this opportunity to simply give you a wonderful day out – filled with food and joy, and to celebrate the season as it morphs from deepest winter into spring.

Our feast will be a movable one – beginning in the kitchen garden, where we will wander and taste-test together, as Ange serves morsels of delight…our primo, from a table set under the apple tunnel. Then…we’ll all come inside for pasta rolling and your contribution towards our secondo, which we’ll enjoy along with our contorno and insalata at the long table in the loggia. Hmmm…and then to accompany our dolce and caffè? We have a little surprise…to get your feet tapping, your fingers clicking and perhaps even your hips swaying! Certainly a surprise to put a wide smile on all our contented faces…

And to add to add to the celebratory atmosphere, the food on our table will be held by colourful, handcrafted, artisanal ceramics from the L0 Scoglio Stromboli collection of heritage bowls(and perhaps the instigator of the range will join us – she does love an opportunity to roll pasta!).

TO BOOK – Please click here to book you spot. Please contact Mickey Robertson or Angela Palermo for enquiries.

GIFT VOUCHERS: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.

Saturday, 9 August 2025 10am till 2pm $220 SOLD OUT There is nothing I love more than cooking & baking Italian comfort food during the cold Winter months! Join me for a cosy day where the outdoor fire will be on and we will stay warm in my kitchen studio cooking and baking a hearty 3 course Italian lunch; Zuppa con Fagoli (Soup with Beans) to start, Osso Buco con Pappadella Pasta for our main dish, and to end, Lemon Budino dessert. Three classic Italian dishes to warm our bellies and souls! Together we will prepare these dishes from scratch and then sit down by the fire to enjoy the fruits of our labour! This is a hands-on cooking class with some demonstration. TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 9 August 2025
10am till 2pm
$220

SOLD OUT

There is nothing I love more than cooking & baking Italian comfort food during the cold Winter months! Join me for a cosy day where the outdoor fire will be on and we will stay warm in my kitchen studio cooking and baking a hearty 3 course Italian lunch; Zuppa con Fagoli (Soup with Beans) to start, Osso Buco con Pappadella Pasta for our main dish, and to end, Lemon Budino dessert. Three classic Italian dishes to warm our bellies and souls! Together we will prepare these dishes from scratch and then sit down by the fire to enjoy the fruits of our labour!

This is a hands-on cooking class with some demonstration.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 26 July 2025 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUTThis will be a hands-on class with some demonstration where you will learn to make pasta dough and shape two popular and traditional Italian filled pasta: Tortellini & Agnolotti del Plin. We will also learn about stocks & broths; we will make a hearty chicken brodo (broth) to serve with our handmade tortellini, and then a vegetable stock for a soup that we will bath our Agnolotti del Plin. A perfect winter comforting workshop. We will then sit to enjoy our hearty bowls of filled pasta in brodo!TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 26 July 2025
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

This will be a hands-on class with some demonstration where you will learn to make pasta dough and shape two popular and traditional Italian filled pasta: Tortellini & Agnolotti del Plin. We will also learn about stocks & broths; we will make a hearty chicken brodo (broth) to serve with our handmade tortellini, and then a vegetable stock for a soup that we will bath our Agnolotti del Plin. A perfect winter comforting workshop. We will then sit to enjoy our hearty bowls of filled pasta in brodo!

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 28 June 2025 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUTThis is an Italian Seasonal Winter Pranzo (Lunch) Workshop! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using Winter produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; apples, pears, mushrooms, mandarins, rhubarb, beetroot, broccoli, Jerusalem Artichoke, beans, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, spinach, citrus, and on and on the list goes. Winter is another favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!There will be Italian home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling our authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 28 June 2025
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

This is an Italian Seasonal Winter Pranzo (Lunch) Workshop! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using Winter produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; apples, pears, mushrooms, mandarins, rhubarb, beetroot, broccoli, Jerusalem Artichoke, beans, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, spinach, citrus, and on and on the list goes. Winter is another favourite season of mine to cook and bake with and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!

There will be Italian home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling our authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 31 May 2025 10am till 2pm $220 SOLD OUTJoin me for a 3 course Napoli inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region - Naples. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria.Whilst I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I do love the traditional cooking/baking from all the regions of Italy which I will explore in these Italian Regional cooking classes!In this regional Italian cooking class of Napoli, we will start with the popular street food known as Pizza Fritta, then we will make our own spaghetti for one of my favourite dishes, Spaghetti alle Vongole, and to finish, we will bake the very popular Napoletana Carnevale torta called Migliaccio (a ricotta & semolina cake).Join me for a wonderful day of cooking and baking Napoletana style!This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Saturday, 31 May 2025
10am till 2pm
$220

SOLD OUT

Join me for a 3 course Napoli inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region – Naples. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria.

Whilst I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I do love the traditional cooking/baking from all the regions of Italy which I will explore in these Italian Regional cooking classes!

In this regional Italian cooking class of Napoli, we will start with the popular street food known as Pizza Fritta, then we will make our own spaghetti for one of my favourite dishes, Spaghetti alle Vongole, and to finish, we will bake the very popular Napoletana Carnevale torta called Migliaccio (a ricotta & semolina cake).

Join me for a wonderful day of cooking and baking Napoletana style!

This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 7th June 2025 11am till 3pm $250SOLD OUT I am heading back to Soldiers Point, Port Stephens for a third workshop at Bayhues with Fiona & Jay Jay.  This time, I will be cooking & baking a Winter Italian Long Lunch with hostesses Fiona, Jay Jay & Tara of Simpsons Cottage.There will be an Art Exhibition with two incredible artists from Melbourne. These artists, Jessie Feitosa and Parita Thakkar, will have pieces on display and for sale.Explore this glorious home and wonderful pieces of art while sipping cocktails, then come help me make a comforting Winter Italian pasta dish! • BOOKINGS - Only a few tickets left! Please click here to book you spot. Please contact Fiona Ward for further details. TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 7th June 2025

11am till 3pm

$250

SOLD OUT

I am heading back to Soldiers Point, Port Stephens for a third workshop at Bayhues with Fiona & Jay Jay. 

This time, I will be cooking & baking a Winter Italian Long Lunch with hostesses Fiona, Jay Jay & Tara of Simpsons Cottage.

There will be an Art Exhibition with two incredible artists from Melbourne. These artists, Jessie Feitosa and Parita Thakkar, will have pieces on display and for sale.

Explore this glorious home and wonderful pieces of art while sipping cocktails, then come help me make a comforting Winter Italian pasta dish!

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BOOKINGS – Only a few tickets left! Please click here to book you spot. Please contact Fiona Ward for further details.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: The Village Cooks Gift Vouchers are not redeemable for this event.

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Saturday, 17 May 2025 10am till 2pm $190 SOLD OUTThis is combined garden and lunch Workshop! I will share with you my basic knowledge of how to setup a kitchen garden and how to maintain it. We will focus on the autumn/winter garden, and lightly touch on a plan for the spring/summer garden. We will then harvest a few veggies from the kitchen garden to cook an Italian pranzo (lunch) together.There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 17 May 2025
10am till 2pm
$190

SOLD OUT

This is combined garden and lunch Workshop! I will share with you my basic knowledge of how to setup a kitchen garden and how to maintain it. We will focus on the autumn/winter garden, and lightly touch on a plan for the spring/summer garden. We will then harvest a few veggies from the kitchen garden to cook an Italian pranzo (lunch) together.

There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 12 April 2025 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUTRicotta is one of the most rewarding products to make at home and tastes like heaven (you will never buy store bought ricotta again)!In this class, you will learn to make fresh ricotta using a vegetable rennet. We will then use our freshly made ricotta to create three dishes for a delicious lunch; baked ricotta for an antipasto to start, our main will include Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni (we will make fresh pasta for this dish), and to end, a ricotta cake, tart or ricotta cannoli.This cooking class is mostly hands-on, with some demonstration. TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Saturday, 12 April 2025
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

Ricotta is one of the most rewarding products to make at home and tastes like heaven (you will never buy store bought ricotta again)!

In this class, you will learn to make fresh ricotta using a vegetable rennet. We will then use our freshly made ricotta to create three dishes for a delicious lunch; baked ricotta for an antipasto to start, our main will include Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni (we will make fresh pasta for this dish), and to end, a ricotta cake, tart or ricotta cannoli.

This cooking class is mostly hands-on, with some demonstration.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 29 March 2025 10am till 2pm $200 This is a Autumn Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using autumn produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; mushrooms, quinces, chestnuts, pears, persimmon, apples, fennel, silverbeet, eggplant, mandarins, citrus and on and on the list goes. Autumn is a favourite season of mine and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style weather permitting) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 29 March 2025
10am till 2pm
$200

This is a Autumn Italian Lunch cooking class! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using autumn produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; mushrooms, quinces, chestnuts, pears, persimmon, apples, fennel, silverbeet, eggplant, mandarins, citrus and on and on the list goes. Autumn is a favourite season of mine and I am looking forward to sharing this with you!

There will be home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style weather permitting) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling authentic Italian fare with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 1st March 10am till 2pm $220 SOLD OUTIt's the season for preserving TOMATOES! In this workshop, you will learn how to preserve tomatoes in traditional Italian ways: Salsa di Pomodori (Tomato Passata), Pomodori Pelati (Bottled Peeled Tomatoes), and other tomato preserving products . You will no longer need to purchase tinned tomatoes or bottled tomato passata. You will be thrilled at how easy & simple it is to preserve and produce these wonderful tomato products.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. READ MORE BELOW

Saturday, 1st March
10am till 2pm
$220

SOLD OUT

It’s the season for preserving TOMATOES! In this workshop, you will learn how to preserve tomatoes in traditional Italian ways: Salsa di Pomodori (Tomato Passata), Pomodori Pelati (Bottled Peeled Tomatoes), and other tomato preserving products . You will no longer need to purchase tinned tomatoes or bottled tomato passata. You will be thrilled at how easy & simple it is to preserve and produce these wonderful tomato products.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. 

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Saturday, 14th December 2024 10am till 2pm $220 SOLD OUT This cooking class is always a hit for so many reasons; it's the last class of the year, there is always a tremendous lunch menu planned, and well, it's Christmas - a time to be festive and gather with friends & family! In this cooking class, Angela with share her love of creating an Italian Christmas lunch - where she will be influenced by her Southern Italian heritage, her extensive experience and knowledge gained from many years of study (Angela is a trained pastry chef), her work experience in commercial kitchens, and her overall love of Italian cooking & baking!This Italian Christmas Lunch with include the following menu - 'Peach & Prosciutto Antipasto' to start, 'Lobster & Prawn Ravioli' for our main, and to end 'Zuppa Inglese (Italian Trifle)'! There will be morning tea served on arrival, a glass of bubbles to help along the way, and of course, a glass (or two) of vino for the sit-down lunch - where the fruits of labour will be devoured and enjoyed!TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

Saturday, 14th December 2024
10am till 2pm
$220

SOLD OUT

This cooking class is always a hit for so many reasons; it’s the last class of the year, there is always a tremendous lunch menu planned, and well, it’s Christmas – a time to be festive and gather with friends & family!

In this cooking class, Angela with share her love of creating an Italian Christmas lunch – where she will be influenced by her Southern Italian heritage, her extensive experience and knowledge gained from many years of study (Angela is a trained pastry chef), her work experience in commercial kitchens, and her overall love of Italian cooking & baking!

This Italian Christmas Lunch with include the following menu – ‘Peach & Prosciutto Antipasto’ to start, ‘Lobster & Prawn Ravioli’ for our main, and to end ‘Zuppa Inglese (Italian Trifle)’! 

There will be morning tea served on arrival, a glass of bubbles to help along the way, and of course, a glass (or two) of vino for the sit-down lunch – where the fruits of labour will be devoured and enjoyed!

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

Saturday, 30 November 2024 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUT - THIS IS A PRIVATELY BOOKED COOKING CLASS. Requirements for a Private Cooking Class -Minimum 6 people & maximum is 8 people for a private cooking class. Cost $200 per person Cooking class will include a 3 course Italian inspired lunch using seasonal produce and homemade ingredients such as pasta, ricotta, etc. Cooking class menu can be tailored to suit the needs/wants of attendees.If you would like to book your own Private Cooking Class, please contact Angela at angela@thevillagecooks.com.au.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 30 November 2024
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT –

THIS IS A PRIVATELY BOOKED COOKING CLASS.

Requirements for a Private Cooking Class –

If you would like to book your own Private Cooking Class, please contact Angela at angela@thevillagecooks.com.au.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 9 November 2024 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUT You will learn to bake three popular Italian dolci; Tiramisu, Cannoli & Struffoli. Tiramisu - you will learn how to make this classic Italian treat from scratch! We will bake our own savoiardi biscotti, and make mascarpone, along with Italian meringue.Cannoli - Sicilian Cannoli are such a wonderful treat! You will learn how to make the cannoli shell and fill with flavoursome fresh homemade bufala ricotta.Struffoli - A Neapolitan sweet dough treat! Deep fried small dough balls are formed into a wreath secured with honey and coloured with sprinkles. It's the perfect Christmas wreath!!! TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Saturday, 9 November 2024
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

You will learn to bake three popular Italian dolci; Tiramisu, Cannoli & Struffoli.

Tiramisu – you will learn how to make this classic Italian treat from scratch! We will bake our own savoiardi biscotti, and make mascarpone, along with Italian meringue.

Cannoli – Sicilian Cannoli are such a wonderful treat! You will learn how to make the cannoli shell and fill with flavoursome fresh homemade bufala ricotta.

Struffoli – A Neapolitan sweet dough treat! Deep fried small dough balls are formed into a wreath secured with honey and coloured with sprinkles. It’s the perfect Christmas wreath!!!

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 9 November 2024 10am till 2pm $200 SOLD OUTPreserving fruit & vegetables (and other ingredients) is an ancient art form, born out of necessity (not trend). When refrigeration and a good steady income were few and far between, preserving homegrown produce was essential. It also allowed for out-of-season ingredients to be enjoyed yearly! My Southern Italian parents knew this all too well and carried on with preserving traditions when they migrated to Australia from Calabria, Italy in the early 1960's. Whilst I didn't appreciate this process as a child, I absolutely value it now! Today, not wasting produce is imperative for reducing costs and waste in landfill - so imperative for our future!Join me for a great day of preserving like an Italian. I will share the basics of preserving and various ways one can do so! There is preserving under oil, brine and salt; pickling; jamming; drying; syruping, and much more! There is much information to cover and I will summarise it all in an easy format which will see you preserving like an Italian every season!This is a hands-on cooking class with some demonstration.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 9 November 2024
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT

Preserving fruit & vegetables (and other ingredients) is an ancient art form, born out of necessity (not trend). When refrigeration and a good steady income were few and far between, preserving homegrown produce was essential. It also allowed for out-of-season ingredients to be enjoyed yearly! My Southern Italian parents knew this all too well and carried on with preserving traditions when they migrated to Australia from Calabria, Italy in the early 1960’s. Whilst I didn’t appreciate this process as a child, I absolutely value it now! Today, not wasting produce is imperative for reducing costs and waste in landfill – so imperative for our future!

Join me for a great day of preserving like an Italian. I will share the basics of preserving and various ways one can do so! There is preserving under oil, brine and salt; pickling; jamming; drying; syruping, and much more! There is much information to cover and I will summarise it all in an easy format which will see you preserving like an Italian every season!

This is a hands-on cooking class with some demonstration.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 19th October 2024 10am till 4pm SOLD OUT Join me for a special 3 course Italian Spring Lunch in the beautiful home of Nonnie Aldridge (Interior Stylist) in Leura, Blue Mountains NSW. • Nonnie is an Interior Stylist based in the Blue Mountains of NSW and her stunning home has been featured in Lifestyle magazine 'Country Style'! We are so lucky that Nonnie is opening up her home and kitchen for us to cook and bake Italian style together!Join this fun day around Nonnie's very large wooden kitchen bench where we will create together a scrumptious Italian feast! We will have all of the glorious Spring bounty to play with (which I will source from my kitchen garden in Sydney and sustainable farmer's markets) and be sure that you will leave this day with an Italian filled belly, wonderful Italian recipes, lovely new connections and joyous food memories!•This will be a hands-on workshop with a few demonstrations.THE VILLAGE COOKS GIFT VOUCHERS are not redeemable for this workshop!SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 19th October 2024

10am till 4pm

SOLD OUT

Join me for a special 3 course Italian Spring Lunch in the beautiful home of Nonnie Aldridge (Interior Stylist) in Leura, Blue Mountains NSW.
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Nonnie is an Interior Stylist based in the Blue Mountains of NSW and her stunning home has been featured in Lifestyle magazine ‘Country Style’! We are so lucky that Nonnie is opening up her home and kitchen for us to cook and bake Italian style together!

Join this fun day around Nonnie’s very large wooden kitchen bench where we will create together a scrumptious Italian feast! We will have all of the glorious Spring bounty to play with (which I will source from my kitchen garden in Sydney and sustainable farmer’s markets) and be sure that you will leave this day with an Italian filled belly, wonderful Italian recipes, lovely new connections and joyous food memories!

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This will be a hands-on workshop with a few demonstrations.

THE VILLAGE COOKS GIFT VOUCHERS are not redeemable for this workshop!

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Cooking Class

Saturday, 7 September 2024
10am till 2pm
$200

SOLD OUT –

THIS IS A PRIVATELY BOOKED COOKING CLASS.

Requirements for a Private Cooking Class –

If you would like to book your own Private Cooking Class, please contact Angela at angela@thevillagecooks.com.au.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 24 August 2024 10am till 2pm $200 Angela is very excited to be continuing her series of Italian Regional cooking and baking workshops for 2024 to celebrate her Italian heritage!Join me for a 3 course Calabrese inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region - Calabria. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria. Whilst, I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I have an interest in the traditional cuisine of all Italian regions - north, south, west, east and everything in-between! But in this class, I have the opportunity to share the food I loved growing up in my Calabrese home!In this regional Italian cooking class of Calabria, we will commence our three course lunch with 'Antipasti con vedura sott'olio', then we will hand-make fresh 'Fusilli pasta con sugo al ragu' - one of my childhood favourite! And to finish, we will treat ourselves to 'Cuddruriaddri' - Calabrese Doughnuts!Join me for a wonderful day of cooking and baking Calabrese style!This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Saturday, 24 August 2024
10am till 2pm
$200

Angela is very excited to be continuing her series of Italian Regional cooking and baking workshops for 2024 to celebrate her Italian heritage!

Join me for a 3 course Calabrese inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the Italian region – Calabria. My love of Italian cooking and baking steams from my southern Italian heritage, where both my parents hailed from the Italian region of Calabria. Whilst, I am very familiar with the Italian cuisine of the south, I have an interest in the traditional cuisine of all Italian regions – north, south, west, east and everything in-between! But in this class, I have the opportunity to share the food I loved growing up in my Calabrese home!

In this regional Italian cooking class of Calabria, we will commence our three course lunch with ‘Antipasti con vedura sott’olio’, then we will hand-make fresh ‘Fusilli pasta con sugo al ragu’ – one of my childhood favourite! And to finish, we will treat ourselves to ‘Cuddruriaddri’ – Calabrese Doughnuts!

Join me for a wonderful day of cooking and baking Calabrese style!

This class has some demonstration & is mostly hands-on.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Sunday, 19 May 2024 10am till 2pm $200 Join me for a great day making authentic Gnocchi, where you will learn to make two varieties of gnocchi and fresh homemade ricotta!You will learn how to make two authentic gnocchi doughs; the traditional and ever popular potato gnocchi, along with ricotta gnocchi, using homemade ricotta. You will learn how to make fresh ricotta in this cooking class. In addition, we will prepare sughi (sauces) to compliment our gnocchi dishes. We will end the day by sitting alfresco style to enjoy the fruits of our labour (our gnocchi) with a class of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.READ MORE DETAILS BELOW: 

Sunday, 19 May 2024
10am till 2pm
$200

Join me for a great day making authentic Gnocchi, where you will learn to make two varieties of gnocchi and fresh homemade ricotta!

You will learn how to make two authentic gnocchi doughs; the traditional and ever popular potato gnocchi, along with ricotta gnocchi, using homemade ricotta. You will learn how to make fresh ricotta in this cooking class. In addition, we will prepare sughi (sauces) to compliment our gnocchi dishes. We will end the day by sitting alfresco style to enjoy the fruits of our labour (our gnocchi) with a class of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Sunday, 22nd October 2023 10am till 4pm  Kas Wren (Wordsmith, Renovator, Airbnb Owner) of Wren and Whippet  has asked (begged) me to return as the country folk from Coolah, Mudgee and the nearby small towns love to cook & bake Italian fare! I am so looking forward to returning to this wonderful spot to share my love of Italian fare with Kas, partner Kate, and all else who will be joining us!• BOOKINGS - Kas has notified me that all tickets have sold on Sunday 22 October.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Sunday, 22nd October 2023

10am till 4pm

 Kas Wren (Wordsmith, Renovator, Airbnb Owner) of Wren and Whippet  has asked (begged) me to return as the country folk from Coolah, Mudgee and the nearby small towns love to cook & bake Italian fare! I am so looking forward to returning to this wonderful spot to share my love of Italian fare with Kas, partner Kate, and all else who will be joining us!

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BOOKINGS – Kas has notified me that all tickets have sold on Sunday 22 October.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 7 October 2023 11:30am till 2:30pm $125 This is not a cooking class, but a gathering of people, known or unknown, connecting over a 3-course lunch! I was listening to an episode from The Imperfects podcast recently, when this idea came to me! Over the years, since the increase of social media use and especially since the covid pandemic, levels of isolation, loneliness and disconnect amongst humans has increased dramatically! It was very disheartening to hear that these levels are at their worst ever! And it occurred to me; organise a gathering for lunch here at The Village Cooks - not a cooking class - but an assembly of people around my table where we can sit and chat and connect together over a glorious Italian lunch which I have prepared! This is right up my ally as I love people, I love to cook & bake, and I love to entertain!TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 7 October 2023
11:30am till 2:30pm
$125

This is not a cooking class, but a gathering of people, known or unknown, connecting over a 3-course lunch!

I was listening to an episode from The Imperfects podcast recently, when this idea came to me! Over the years, since the increase of social media use and especially since the covid pandemic, levels of isolation, loneliness and disconnect amongst humans has increased dramatically! It was very disheartening to hear that these levels are at their worst ever! And it occurred to me; organise a gathering for lunch here at The Village Cooks – not a cooking class – but an assembly of people around my table where we can sit and chat and connect together over a glorious Italian lunch which I have prepared! This is right up my ally as I love people, I love to cook & bake, and I love to entertain!

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Saturday, 9 September 2023 10am till 4pm It would have happened earlier, if it won’t for covid, but here we are now and very excited to have you join us! We will cook & bake Italian style together, with a glass of vino by our side at the wonderful home of vintage collector, artist & airbnb owner, Georgie Stuart in Edith, Blue Mountains.Being early September, there will be a crossover of late winter and early spring produce. Georgie tells me she should have rhubarb, cavolo nero, Jerusalem Artichoke, radish, and wild spring leaves in her patch, whilst mine will include beetroot, peas, silverbeet, fennel and possibly broad beans (I planted these guys late this year, so maybe not!). Between us both, plus the help of farmers market, we will have a bountiful selection to create a feast! I can’t wait! We will endeavour to eat on a long table outside, weather permitting of course, however there is a plan B - a lovely table indoors by the fire! Perfetto!TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Saturday, 9 September 2023
10am till 4pm

It would have happened earlier, if it won’t for covid, but here we are now and very excited to have you join us! We will cook & bake Italian style together, with a glass of vino by our side at the wonderful home of vintage collector, artist & airbnb owner, Georgie Stuart in Edith, Blue Mountains.

Being early September, there will be a crossover of late winter and early spring produce. Georgie tells me she should have rhubarb, cavolo nero, Jerusalem Artichoke, radish, and wild spring leaves in her patch, whilst mine will include beetroot, peas, silverbeet, fennel and possibly broad beans (I planted these guys late this year, so maybe not!). Between us both, plus the help of farmers market, we will have a bountiful selection to create a feast! I can’t wait! We will endeavour to eat on a long table outside, weather permitting of course, however there is a plan B – a lovely table indoors by the fire! Perfetto!

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Sunday, 26 August 2023 10am till 2pm $200 It's tradition; every Father's Day, I bake Italian Cornetti (Italian Croissants). They are my hubby's favourite, and he loves them for breakfast on Father's Day morning. So we will be just in time with one week before the Aussie Father's Day. Or then again, we can just learn to make Italian Cornetti for ourselves!! Ha!I have had many requests for this class in the past and have decided to proceed. It will definitely be a challenge to squeeze three days worth of 'cornetti' pastry preparation into four hours, however, I have a plan to achieve baked cornetti for everyone to try and take home!This cooking class is mostly hands-on, with some demonstration. TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required. MORE INFORMATION BELOW:

Sunday, 26 August 2023
10am till 2pm
$200

It’s tradition; every Father’s Day, I bake Italian Cornetti (Italian Croissants). They are my hubby’s favourite, and he loves them for breakfast on Father’s Day morning. So we will be just in time with one week before the Aussie Father’s Day. Or then again, we can just learn to make Italian Cornetti for ourselves!! Ha!

I have had many requests for this class in the past and have decided to proceed. It will definitely be a challenge to squeeze three days worth of ‘cornetti’ pastry preparation into four hours, however, I have a plan to achieve baked cornetti for everyone to try and take home!

This cooking class is mostly hands-on, with some demonstration.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Sunday, 21 May 2023 10am till 2pm $180 This is an Italian Vegetable cooking class! Join me as we explore the many wonderful ways to cook and bake with seasonal vegetables the Italian way!There will be Italian home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling our authentic Italian dishes made with vegetables and with a glass (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

Sunday, 21 May 2023
10am till 2pm
$180

This is an Italian Vegetable cooking class! Join me as we explore the many wonderful ways to cook and bake with seasonal vegetables the Italian way!

There will be Italian home-style cooking and baking involved, with lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. We will then sit outside (alfresco style) together to enjoy the fruits of our labour sampling our authentic Italian dishes made with vegetables and with a glass (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Friday, 28 April 2023 10am till 2pm $175 Join me for a great day of making fresh pasta (two different types of pasta dough - one with egg, and one without). We will do this all by hand!You will learn how to shape both pastas in two very authentic Italian shapes - again all done by hand. In addition, we will prepare sughi (sauces) to compliment our pasta dishes. We will end the day by sitting alfresco style to enjoy the fruits of our labour (our pasta) with a class (or two) of vino.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.READ MORE DETAILS BELOW: 

Friday, 28 April 2023
10am till 2pm
$175

Join me for a great day of making fresh pasta (two different types of pasta dough – one with egg, and one without). We will do this all by hand!

You will learn how to shape both pastas in two very authentic Italian shapes – again all done by hand. In addition, we will prepare sughi (sauces) to compliment our pasta dishes. We will end the day by sitting alfresco style to enjoy the fruits of our labour (our pasta) with a class (or two) of vino.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Sunday, 28 February 2021 11am - 2pm SOLD OUT PLEASE SEE CORNERSMITH WEBSITE FOR BOOKINGS https://cornersmith.com.au/workshop/pasta-by-hand-2/  

Sunday, 28 February 2021
11am – 2pm

SOLD OUT

PLEASE SEE CORNERSMITH WEBSITE FOR BOOKINGS
https://cornersmith.com.au/workshop/pasta-by-hand-2/

 

Friday, 8 April 2022 10am till 2pm $165 SOLD OUTPlease note: you must be fully vaccinated to attend this class!In this class you will learn the art of making Choux pastry in order to bake wonderful pastries such as Porfiteroles and Eclairs.  In addition, you will learn how to prepare authentic Italian fillings to create the most delectable pastries and desserts that will impress family and guests.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.READ MORE BELOW

Friday, 8 April 2022
10am till 2pm
$165

SOLD OUT

Please note: you must be fully vaccinated to attend this class!

In this class you will learn the art of making Choux pastry in order to bake wonderful pastries such as Porfiteroles and Eclairs.  In addition, you will learn how to prepare authentic Italian fillings to create the most delectable pastries and desserts that will impress family and guests.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

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Sunday, 10 April 2022 10am till 2pm $170 In this class, Angela with share her love of baking traditional Italian Easter dolci - just in time for Easter! You will learn to bake the following 3 authentic Italian Easter sweets - 'Pastiera Napoletana' from Naples (a traditional wheat-berry & ricotta pie), 'Cannoli' from Sicily, and 'Uncinetti' from Campania. We will all so enjoy a light Italian lunch to balance our sweet palate.You will learn both demonstration and hands-on experience.TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

Sunday, 10 April 2022
10am till 2pm
$170

In this class, Angela with share her love of baking traditional Italian Easter dolci – just in time for Easter! You will learn to bake the following 3 authentic Italian Easter sweets – ‘Pastiera Napoletana’ from Naples (a traditional wheat-berry & ricotta pie), ‘Cannoli’ from Sicily, and ‘Uncinetti’ from Campania. We will all so enjoy a light Italian lunch to balance our sweet palate.

You will learn both demonstration and hands-on experience.

TO BOOK USING GIFT VOUCHER: Please email angela@thevillagecooks.com.au with your contact details and voucher number. Angela will reply with booking confirmation or if extra payment is required.

Sunday, 24 April 2022 10am till 2pm Please join me as I stand with our Ukraine brothers and sisters, to cook for them, their country, they're freedom! The senseless war by Russia on Ukraine has left many Ukrainians homeless - mothers with their young children fleeing Ukraine to find safety in boarding countries. These children's fathers left behind to fight for their country, their home! I can't even imagine the trauma these people are facing on a daily basis is irrefutable!Therefore, I will hold a 'Cook for Ukraine' fundraising workshop at The Village Cooks to raise much needed funds for Unicef Australia who is providing life saving supplies to the children and mothers displaced in Ukraine!100% of each ticket sold will be donated to Unicef Australia. Price per ticket is $200.We will cook and bake a 3 course Ukrainian lunch - recipes I will pick from Olia Hercules's (Ukrainian born, residing in London food writer, chef, author) cookbooks - Mamushka, Kaukasis and Summer Kitchens.Hope you can join me. 

Sunday, 24 April 2022
10am till 2pm

Please join me as I stand with our Ukraine brothers and sisters, to cook for them, their country, they’re freedom! The senseless war by Russia on Ukraine has left many Ukrainians homeless – mothers with their young children fleeing Ukraine to find safety in boarding countries. These children’s fathers left behind to fight for their country, their home! I can’t even imagine the trauma these people are facing on a daily basis is irrefutable!

Therefore, I will hold a ‘Cook for Ukraine’ fundraising workshop at The Village Cooks to raise much needed funds for Unicef Australia who is providing life saving supplies to the children and mothers displaced in Ukraine!

100% of each ticket sold will be donated to Unicef Australia. Price per ticket is $200.

We will cook and bake a 3 course Ukrainian lunch – recipes I will pick from Olia Hercules’s (Ukrainian born, residing in London food writer, chef, author) cookbooks – Mamushka, Kaukasis and Summer Kitchens.

Hope you can join me.