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.

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

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

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, 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

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

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 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

$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 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.

SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW