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Ayuverdic Nutrition and Cooking

Ayuverdic Cooking and Nutrition

Tutors: Hansa Rama and Veena Prasad
Time: 7-9pm
Term 1: no class
Term 2: starts Tuesday, 8 May
Held every Tuesday for 4 weeks
Fee: $95 Includes all ingredients for the course

Ayurveda is a holistic system of health, which focuses particularly on diet as key to helping people live long and healthy lives. This course will introduce you to some of the core principles of Ayurveda and help you to create an individualised dietary programme which you can incorporate into your daily lifestyle.

"There was a really nice mix of learning and cooking...The tutors were very personable and lovely and included everybody. Food was delicious and a great variety" - 2011 Student

Cafe Cooking

Tutor: Eddie Tan
Time 7-9pm
Term 1: no class
Term 2: starts Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Held every Wednesday for 3 or 4 weeks
Fee: $70 (includes first night's ingredients)

Gain some new meal ideas for home and entertaining. This course covers a range of classic cafe dishes. The Chef will also show you professional tips and tricks to help take your cooking to the next level.

Cooking with Kids

Tutor: Wendy Reid
Time: 6.30-7.30pm
Term 1: starts Wednesday 14 March 2012
Term 2: starts Wednesday 6 June 2012
Held every Wednesday for 4 weeks
Fee: $75 (see below for details)

Help your child discover their inner Master Chef! In this fun class, parents/caregivers and children will work together to cook delicious sweet and savoury dishes that they will be able to recreate later on at home. Fee is for one adult and up to two children. Children must be a minimum age of 9 years old. Fee includes all ingredients for the course

French Cafe Cuisine

Tutor: Lily Rahal
Time: 7-9pm
Term 1: starts Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Term 2: no class
Held every Wednesday for 4 weeks
Fee: $70 which includes the first night's ingredients.

Learn how to create some of the flavours of France! Start with the basics and move onto more creative cooking. Tutor is a French and a qualified chef who operates her own cafe.

Indian Cooking: An Introduction

Tutor: Niharika Dave
Time: 7-9pm
Term 1: no class
Term 2: starts Monday, 11 June 2012
Held every Monday for 3 weeks
Fee: $57 . Includes first night's ingredients.

Learn to cook mouth watering Indian finger foods and curries well known for their aroma, spices and taste.

"The range of recipes was fantastic - delicious! And I tried a lot of things I never would have at home and learned many new techniques." - Indian Cooking student, 2010

Malaysian Cooking

Tutor: Eddie Tan
Time: 7-9pm
Term 1: starts Monday 12 March 2012
Term 2: starts Monday 7 May 2012
Held every Monday for 4 weeks
Fee: $70 (includes first night's ingredients)

With Malay, Chinese and Indian influences, Malaysian cusine is well known for its range of flavours and spices. In this course, Chef Eddie Tan will teach you how to cook a variety of Malaysian dishes including appetisers, soups, curries and mains.

Mediterranean Cooking

Tutor: Ghada Abrahim
Time: 7-9pm
Term 1: starts Tuesday 14 February
Term 2: no class
Held every Tuesday for 4 weeks
Fee: $70 (includes first night's ingredients)

This class invites you to travel to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. In each class you will prepare two or three classic or favourite dishes from some of these countries. Recipes will include lamb tagine, fettuccine alla pizzaiola, moussaka, cheese pastries (borek), couscous, yufkali pilaf, foccacia and more. You will learn new techniques and be introduced to exotic spices.

Middle Eastern Cooking

Tutor: Ghada Abrahim
Time: 7-9pm
Term 1: Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Term 2: no class
Held every Tuesday for 4 weeks
Fee: $70 for 4 weeks which includes the first night's ingredients

Learn how to prepare delicious and aromatic dishes from various parts of the Middle East.

Pastry and Bread

Tutor: Ghada Abrahim
Time: 7-9pm
Term 1: no class
Term 2: starts Tuesday 5 June 2012
Held every Tuesday for 4 weeks
Fee: $70 (includes first night's ingredients)

Make delicious sweet and savoury recipes for breakfast, brunch and coffee time. Learn tips on how to work with both ready made and home made pastry. Get creative as you fold, mould, stuff, twist, plait and roll it. You will also learn how to make different types of bread, such as Turkish, pita and foccaccia.

Thai Cooking

Tutor: Efrem Tham
Time 7-9pm
Term 3 only: starts Monday, 19 September 2011
Held every Monday for 3 weeks
Fee: $58 (Excludes ingredients)

Learn how to prepare delicious sweet and spicy Thai Dishes in this popular class. Bring your own ingredients weekly - enrolled students will be sent a list of ingredients to bring on the first night.