Cooking Classes

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Due to the recent government restrictions surrounding social distancing for the COVID-19 pandemic, this class has been scheduled for 4 attendees only. This class will only go ahead pending the phase and restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 virus.

Join me for a great day making authentic Gnocchi.

You will learn how to make two authentic gnocchi doughs; the traditional and ever popular potato gnocchi, along with ricotta gnocchi. 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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Due to the recent government restrictions surrounding social distancing for the COVID-19 pandemic, this class has been scheduled for 4 attendees only. This class will only go ahead pending the phase and restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 virus.

Join me as I share two of my favourite spring vegetables; carciofi (artichokes) & fave (broad beans). If it wasn’t for these two, spring just wouldn’t be the same for me!

There will be Southern Italian (Calabrese) home-style cooking, where I will share a few of my (childhood) favourite ways to enjoy artichokes & broad beans. We will then sit outdoors  (alfresco style) together to enjoy our wondrous pranzo; sampling the joys that is artichokes & broad beans with a glass (or two) of vino.

There will also be lots of chatting, laughing and learning along the way. So come join me! I’d love to share this day with you.

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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10am till 4pm

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

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This is an Italian Spring Pranzo (Lunch) Workshop! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using spring produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; peas, artichokes, fava (broad beans), beetroot, parsley, cumquats, blood oranges, green beans, spring onions, leeks and on and on the list goes. Spring is one of my favourite seasons for all the bounty it has to offer.

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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10am till 2pm

$160

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We are going to go out on a bang!! The last cooking & baking workshop for 2020 at The Village Cooks will be an ITALIAN CHRISTMAS LUNCH.

It’s going to be a surprise this year – you are just going to have to trust me. It will be different to last year’s Christmas lunch, but just as fantastic. So I hope you will be able to join me!

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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This is an Italian Summer Pranzo (Lunch) Workshop! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using summer produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; apricots, berries, cherries, melons, peaches, plums, beans, zucchini & zucchini flowers, tomatoes, eggplants and on and on the list goes. Summer is all about stone fruits and light crisp light fare! Can’t wait to share this all 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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This is an Italian Summer Pranzo (Lunch) Workshop! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using summer produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; apricots, berries, cherries, melons, peaches, plums, beans, zucchini & zucchini flowers, tomatoes, eggplants and on and on the list goes. Summer is all about stone fruits and light crisp fare! Can’t wait to share this all 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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10am – 2pm

$150

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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Angela is very excited to be bringing back a series of Italian Regional cooking and baking workshops for 2021 to celebrate her Italian heritage!

“I am extremely excited to be exploring the cooking and baking of all the regions of Italy. Our first destination for 2021 is Puglia! We may not be able to fly there for a while, but we can dream and escape to Puglia through the art of food at The Village Cooks.” 

Join me for a 3 course Pugliese inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the southern Italian region – Puglia.

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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