Online Cooking Schools |
Online cooking classes have become the new way of learning to cook.
Whether you're a beginner or looking to learn something new online classes anywhere anytime zoom video-conferncing.
Here are Roslyn Grundy's top Australian cooking schools..
Online Cooking Schools
BakeSchool
Cookbook author food editor and baking teacher Anneka Manning teaches everything from gluten-free baking to the science behind the recipes in her classes based in her Sydney studio.
14-day e-course $99 | bakeclub.com.au
Itsy Bitsy Chef
Melbourne-based trained chef Deanne Bogusz usually aims for her children's cooking classes to be as hands-on as possible though that became impossible when the pandemic hit and classes went online. Her term three weekly program is pre-recorded and teaches everything from chopping skills to full recipes while private classes and birthday party lessons are streamed live with step-bystep guidance from Deanne.
$25 a class parties from $150 for 10 kids; | itsybitsychef.com.au
Jamie's Ministry of Food
Aiming to change Australia's unhealthy eating habits by teaching how to cook fresh healthy meals on a budget The Good Foundation partners with Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food to offer these vital life skills at venues across the country. During the pandemic the not-for-profit put its five-session course online with professional food trainers teaching knife skills recipes and batch cooking techniques to beginner cooks via livestream.
$15 for a five-week course; ages 12 and above; | jamiesministryoffood.com.au
Le Cordon Bleu
The renowned French culinary institute recently launched 13 new undergraduate and graduate certificates all available online. From learning about business and leadership to food merchandising hospitality decision-making and event management these courses give hospitality workers extra skills during an uncertain time in their industry. Big incentive to book now: courses started in 2020 are 50% off.
cordonbleu.edu MasterClass
If you're persuaded by celebrity clout a monthly subscription gives you access to the master chefs: French pastry fundamentals taught by Dominique Ansel restaurant-worthy recipes (minus the expletives) with Gordon Ramsay Massimo Bottura teaching modern Italian. These are pre-recorded so lack the question and answer style you get with a live-streaming teacher but mean you can learn at your own pace.
$24 a month for unlimited access | masterclass.com
National Wine Centre of Australia
This Adelaide-based centre for Australian wine has taught handson vino appreciation for decades but 2020 saw the launch of NWC at Home - virtual tastings that work through the A-Z of Australian wine regions. Each session features six wines from six wineries and samples are delivered to your door before class starts.
$56 a single/$86 a couple including wine samples | nationalwinecentre.com.au
Nonna Live
You can't go to Italy anytime soon but this adorable website brings home-style Italian cooking to your own kitchen. Register for two-hour virtual live cooking experiences with grandmothers from around Italy and learn to make handmade pasta with 84-year-old Nonna Nerina and her family from a village outside Rome or Emelian tortellini with Nonna Pia.
$100 a class | nonnalive.com
Sydney Seafood School
NSW residents can get a seafood dinner taught by some of Sydney's best chefs through the Sydney Fish Market's online cooking school. Pre-recorded classes are sent to participants on Fridays with fresh seafood recipe kits delivered or available to pick up at select Harris Farm stores around the state (Orange Bowral and Newcastle included). Past classes have seen the likes of Giovanni Piluteach fresh malloreddus pasta with clams bottarga and zucchini flowers ; a New Orleans-style spicy blackened fish with oyster po'boys ; and Alessandro Pavoni (below) teaching seafood risotto.
$52.50 including recipe ingredients for two people pick up free or delivery from $19 | sydneyfishmarket .com.au
The Humble Dumpling
Learn to roll fill fold and pleat Chinese dumplings with secondgeneration cooking teacher Angie Chong (right). Normally she hosts groups of up to eight in her home kitchen but since the pandemic struck she's been sharing her heritage with people around the country via Zoom. " Dumplings are the perfect medium for bringing people together'' says the Melbourne-based teacher. " People love dumplings but it's also very simple food.'' At the end of the twohour class participants briefly sit down together while apart to savour their handiwork.
$60 | thehumbledumpling.com.au
This article by Roslyn Grundy is from the July 7 2020 issue of The Age Digital Edition. To subscribe visit digitaleditions.com.au.
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