Private Modern Australian Cooking Class with a Professional Chef in Melbourne

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
5 hours
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Number of Guests
2 - 6 guests
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English
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Join Chef Tonya for a private cooking class at her home in Melbourne. Learn modern Australian dishes, savor the meal you create, and delve into local culture. Vegetarian options available.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with your host and professional chef Tonya. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Tonya will teach you three modern Australian dishes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together. Tonya trained as a chef in Melbourne as well as at Le Cordon Bleu and the Ritz Escoffier in Paris. She has an extensive personal culinary library of over 3000 cookbooks! Tonya loves teaching cooking and enthusiastically shares the Australian way of life, its food, culture and history. Through the experience of cooking and dining in her home you will get to discover everything you've always wanted to know about Australia's culture and cuisine!


Notes: Tonya can offer vegetarian, low-carb and gluten free meals on request. A glass of wine is included in your experience cost.

Sample Menu

STARTER
Scallop ceviche with a pear, ginger and lime dressing
MAIN
Slow-roasted ocean trout with a creamy aioli and native Australian finger limes
DESSERT
Pavlova with vanilla cream or chocolate fondant with berries and ice-cream

What You Get

All taxes, fees and handling charges
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
Non-alcoholic beverages
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Vegetarian, low-carb and gluten free option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • Private, personalized experience

What You’ll Experience

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Tonya warmly welcomes you into her beautiful modern apartment overlooking St. Kilda marina and Port Philip Bay with tea and cake. Tonya's food philosophy is to cook with fresh, seasonal, locally-produced ingredients using simple recipes that help enhance the natural flavors of the food, making the food look and taste delicious. During your hands-on Melbourne cooking class, learn to make three modern Australian dishes that you will enjoy together. Tonya starts your 3-hour cooking lesson by giving you an overview of the menu that you will be preparing, and providing helpful tips for the preparation and cooking process. A few dishes that you might prepare are oysters and verjus jelly with a shallot dressing, green peppercorn and chive jus, slow-roasted ocean trout with creamy, lemony mayonnaise and native finger limes, or hazelnut torte with blueberries. At the end of your cooking class you will be given a folder to take home with all the recipes and tips that you learned so you can easily recreate the meal at home.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, AU

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Please meet your host Tonya at her home in St Kilda neighborhood of Melbourne. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $428.68 
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Eastern Australia Time.
Free cancellation (48 hours notice)
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Earliest available date: May 23, 2025
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Eastern Australia Time.
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals