Cooking Classes

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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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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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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THIS IS A PRIVATELY BOOKED COOKING CLASS.

This is an Italian Autumn Pranzo (Lunch) Workshop! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using autumn produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; persimmons, figs, mandarins, plums, rhubarb, quince, beetroot, leek, brussels sprouts, chestnuts, fennel, wild mushrooms and on and on the list goes. Autumn 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

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THIS IS A PRIVATELY BOOKED COOKING CLASS.

This is an Italian Autumn Pranzo (Lunch) Workshop! Join me as we create a 3-course authentic Italian lunch menu using autumn produce. We have such a bounty to choose from; persimmons, figs, mandarins, plums, rhubarb, quince, beetroot, leek, brussels sprouts, chestnuts, fennel, wild mushrooms and on and on the list goes. Autumn 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

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.

READ MORE DETAILS BELOW:

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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 was Puglia! Now we head to Sicily; one of my favourite places to visit in Italy. We may not be able to fly there for a while, but we can dream and escape to Sicily through the art of food at The Village Cooks.” 

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

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, 30 May 2021
10am till 2pm
$160

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This is an Italian Regional Cooking: Private Class. For Private Cooking Classes (minimum 6 ppl/maximum 8ppl), contact Angela Palermo via email 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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10am – 1pm

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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 meatless Agnolotti del Plin. A perfect winter comforting workshop.

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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Please note: due to new Government restrictions regarding Covid-19, you must be fully vaccinated to attend this class!

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 meatless Agnolotti del Plin. A perfect winter comforting workshop.

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 was Puglia! Then we visited Sicily!!!  The next stop is Sardinia – another large Italian Island in the Mediterranean. We may not be able to fly there for a while, however, we can dream and escape to Sardinia through the art of food at The Village Cooks.”

This is a (mostly) demonstration & (some) hands-on class.

Join me for a 3 course Sardinian inspired lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals typical of the southern Italian Island – Sardinia.

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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Please note: due to new Government restrictions regarding Covid-19, 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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Join me for a great day making authentic Ravioli & Tortellini.

You will learn how to make pasta dough and learn the technique of shaping two very popular and traditional Italian pastas: Ravioli & Tortellini. Our pasta fillings will be inspired by seasonal ingredients and my Italian heritage. In addition, we will prepare delicious sughi (pasta sauces) to compliment our filled pasta. We will end the day by sitting alfresco style to enjoy the fruits of our labour (our ravioli & tortellini) 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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Angela is very very excited to be commencing, at The Village Cooks, a series cooking and baking classes to celebrate Angela’s favourite (and most influential) Italian cookbook authors! Angela’s cooking and baking has be shaped by many things; her Southern Italian heritage, her professional training as a pastry chef & experience working in commerical kitchens, but by far, her Italian cookbook (which there are many), have given Angela a greater understanding of la cucina povera!

“I am extremely excited to be sharing the cooking and baking from some of my favourite Italian cookbook authors. In each class, we will celebrate one Italian cookbook author that has influenced me! I will choose an entreè, main and dessert from the Italian author’s cookbook/s and recreate these dishes in the class. My first celebrated Italian cookbook author is Anna Del Conte! I love Anna’s authentic Italian provincial cooking & baking style and it has greatly shaped the way I cook!”

This is a (mostly) demonstration & (some) hands-on class.

Join me for a 3 course Anna del Conte lunch. We will cook and bake 3 meals recreated from cookbooks written by Anna del Conte. We will celebrate Italian Cookbook authors through their food at The Village Cooks.

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 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.

SEE MORE DETAILS BELOW

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.

READ MORE DETAILS BELOW:

10am till 2pm

$175

SOLD OUT

We are going to go out on a bang!! The last cooking & baking workshop for 2021 (and what a year that has been!!!) 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.