Cookery Classes
Christmas on a Platter (practical)
Monday, December 5th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
Let’s break all the rules and for once the cook can relax by bringing generous platters to the table. We’ll cover pre-dinner nibbles, entrée, main course, vegetables and dessert.
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From Market to Table (tour and practical)
Saturday, January 14th, 8.00am-3.00pm/$120
Meet at Lucia’s in Adelaide Central Market, at the culinary heart of Adelaide. Shop for ingredients before heading back to the kitchen to prepare a shared feast, ideal for the busy summer season.
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A Few of Our Favourite Things (practical)
Monday, January 23rd, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
Between us, Richard and I have several favourite recipes and many tips that we utilize when friends come for dinner - they are fail proof, easy and present well. We are happy to teach them to you so entertain can be stress free for you too.
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Take One Duck (demonstration and practical)
Monday, January 30th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
Asian hot and sour soup, duck sausage, duck mousse and crispy skin duck - duck is one of my favourite ingredients - it is lavish, versatile and ever-popular and so many wonderful things to do with it!
happy to teach them to you so entertain can be stress free for you too.
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Dinner in an Hour! (mainly demonstration, some practical)
Monday, February 6th, 6.30-9.30/$90
In this class we will present two menus for you to mix and match. Give you tips for shopping, preparing and serving. Who said the guests should have all the fun?
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Splendour in the Grass – A Lavish Picnic (practical)
Monday, February 20th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
There are lots of warm, lazy weekends and balmy nights ahead to take advantage of our portable feast. Stuffed panini, elegant terrines, cold, marinated fish dishes – all in pretty boxes to take away. And a list to put into your picnic basket so you won’t ever forget that little something again!
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Organic, Vego and Loving It!(practical)
Monday, February 27th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
In collaboration with Goodwood Organics
Let’s celebrate doing the best for our bodies and the environment! In this class we discuss and prepare wonderful dishes that are completely nutritious but also fabulously delicious and versatile.
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Spanish Tapas (practical)
Monday, March 3rd, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
I am still reeling from the heady foods I ate when I travelled in Southern Spain. In all the bars wine, beer and sherry was accompanied by small plates of exquisite food. Inspired by my photographs, I will take you to revisit the best bars of beautiful Spain.
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Pasta, Gnocchi and Breads (practical)
Saturday, March 17th, 9.00am-2.00pm/$90
First we'll get some bread to prove and bake, then learn to make from scratch tagliatelle, ravioli, gnocchi. Finally, we'll eat the results with some fine wines. What a day! Please bring flat trays or boxes and 5 clean teatowels to take home your treasures.
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Fish Market and Class (tour and practical)
Saturday, March 24th, 8.00am-2.00pm/$120
Meet at the Central Market and shop for our 'catch'. Then back to Union Street to learn a variety of techniques for each of our glistening fish.
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How to Survive your Own Cooking (practical)
Tuesdays April 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$300
With my guidance, you will progress from knife skills, through meat cookery, vegetable dishes, baking and timing. In addition, you will leave with an excellent booklet of fail safe recipes.
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Croquembouche! (practical)
Tuesday, May 1st, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$100
Special Guest Chef: Carmen Vining
Learn the basics of making profiteroles, flavoured custard fillings and toffee. Then assemble and take home a small croquembouche, recipe booklet and the skill to reproduce it for a special party.
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Mediterranean Vegetable Dishes (practical)
Monday, May 7th, 6.30-9.30pm/$90
Mediterranean cuisines abound with flavourful, nutritious vegetable dishes. Explore the wealth of healthy recipes in this practical class.
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Market Tour and Street Food Class (tour and practical)
Saturday, May 19th, 8.00am-3.00pm/ $120
For this class we will begin at Lucia's in the Central Market then explore together the notion of street food.
Whenever and wherever I travel I notice that the longest queues are often at street stalls. Here the discriminating locals have a mid morning snack of rice cakes in Florence, pastizzi in Malta, croquetas de bacalao in Spain or pakoras in India, prawns on sugar cane in Vietnam and curry puffs in Malaysia. In Turkey, Greece, the Middle East the locals whet their appetites for the late evening meal with grilled salty cheese, kebabs or simple roasted nuts and seeds. I haven’t been everywhere (yet!) but everywhere I’ve been, I’ve eaten well and so will you.
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Lebanese Banquet (practical)
Monday, May 28th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
The foods of Lebanon are ancient and well travelled, we see influences throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East. It is a cuisine characterized by healthy ingredients, abundant herbs and rich flavours matched by a sense of genuine and warm hospitality.
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Sicilian Sojourn (practical)
Tuesday, June 12th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
The island of Sicily is a sun-drenched jewel whose position in the Mediterranean has seen it play unwilling host to many cultures of remarkable brilliance. This history and the exotic ingredients of the island - capers, raisins, saffron, citrus and rice - have combined into a rich and heavenly cuisine.
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Just Desserts (practical)
Monday, June 18th. 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
Do you struggle to think of foolproof desserts that don't have you in the kitchen for last minute touches while your guests wait for you in the dining room? This is a class for you. Do ahead, specky desserts - without fail!
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Small Bites(practical)
Tuesday, June 26th, 6.30pm-9.30pm/$90
Small plates of exquisite food on wooden boards, tiles or in glasses. How to achieve restaurant style at home? This class will inspire you.
Maximum effect, minimum effort.
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Offspring (practical)
Saturday, June 30th, 8.30am-1.30pm/$120 for two/$160 for 3
A class for parents and their children to share a love of cooking. Breads, wholesome snacks and desserts are covered.
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How to Book
Rosa Matto Cookery School
Shop One, 2 Union Street, Goodwood 5034
(Just off King William Street)
Phone: (08) 8373 6106
Email:
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Please read this information carefully before booking...
Classes, both demonstration and practical are small and focussed only on learning, there is no shopping to distract us from our main purpose!
When practical classes are offered, we ask that participants bring an apron and if possible a chef's knife and a paring knife.
There are important occupational health and safety rules that must be followed when participating in a practical class. These are non-negotiable.
These include:
- Closed, non-slip shoes must be worn
- No jewellry to be worn, this includes wedding bands, watches and earings which do not have clasps.
- Hair must be tied back or under a hat.
- No alcohol can be served while preparations are taking place.
Please ring Rosa on 08 8373 6106 for bookings. Bookings can be accepted only with payment by cheque, money order, credit card or cash.
Refunds are given only with 2 days' notice. Credits or transfers are accommodated with 24 hours' notice except for special interest courses. Where a class has to be cancelled or postponed as much notice as possible is given. You will then have the option of a credit, transfer or a full refund.