Cooking School Program
Download Cooking School Program May - December 2010
We offer corporate or private classes, entertaining up to 12-24 in hands-on classes, or demonstration classes for up to 50, including banquet dinner and accompanying wines.
For further information contact Brenda on 3844 1132 or email eat@mondo-organics.com.au
H = Hands on
Beginners H | Book Online
$105 July 14 6.30–8.30 pm
Needing a little inspiration and confidence in the kitchen? Join us for a great introduction to a working kitchen with professional knife skills, advice on kitchen equipment, and pantry essentials. Learn basic techniques, recipes for stocks, perfect meringue, deep frying, and tips on grilling meat and easy fast salads.
Fast and Healthy Vegetarian with Chef Hermann Schafellner/ Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat H | Book Online
$125 July 17 9.30–11.30 am
Chef Hermann brings to Mondo 36 years of cooking experience and a love of delicious and easy healthy recipes. Join us for some Gwinganna classics: mushroom pate; falafels with tarator sauce; beetroot risotto with baked apples; rocket and balsamic glaze; vegetable tagine; harissa; and finishing with sticky date pudding and butterscotch sauce.
French Provincial with Chef Paul Horne H | Book Online
$125 July 21 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Paul Horne loves to cook French recipes. Bouillabaisse, dauphinoise potatoes, duck ragout, traditional salad nicoise and chocolate profiteroles. These are excellent recipes to impress your dinner party guests. Find a corkscrew and dust off your best French burgundy.
What’s for Dinner, Darling? H | Book Online
$105 July 24 9.30–11.30 am
Do you need healthy delicious recipes that you are able to throw together in under ten minutes, without the stress? Do you need a more organised pantry, fridge and freezer? If you need help with fast and clever cooking tips, this is the class for you.
Italian Classics H | Book Online
$105 July 28 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Paul Horne creates fast, simple, delicious pasta recipes, classic pizza, and other Italian kitchen specialties. We complete the class with an easy Italian dessert that will impress your guests every time.
Japanese Masterclass with Chef Soichiro Chaki H | Book Online
$125 August 4 6.30–8.30 pm
Master Japanese Chef Soichiro Chaki presents a hands-on class. Discover the mysteries behind the natural flavours this complex cuisine relies on. Prawn tempura, yakitori, gyoza tataki style tuna salad, gomaae and steamed rice. All delivered with quintessential simplicity. This class is a must if you love Japanese food.
Wheat-free and Dairy-free H | Book Online
$105 August 7 9.30–11.30 am
Relax and enjoy allergy-free living. Naturopath Dwan Vilcins gives us insight into food alternatives to wheat and dairy in our everyday diet. Discover new flavours and food combinations that will inspire you to continue to cook, look beyond the supermarket shelves and enjoy a gourmet’s tour into a whole new food world.
A Taste of Spain H | Book Online
$105 August 12 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Paul Horne shares the secrets of this magnificent cuisine. Discover paella, spicy sausage, piquant sauces, bold spices and our easy take on churros pastry with chilli chocolate sauce. Yum!
Yum Cha with Samantha Gowing H | Book Online
$125 August 14 9.30–11.30 am
Steamed in small bamboo baskets and shared between guests, sample these delicious parcels with their carefully chosen medicinal ingredients. Japanese gyoza, prawn and chive dumplings and Peking duck pancakes, and try your skill at rice paper rolls.
Moroccan H | Book Online
$105 August 18 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Paul Horne introduces us to the food and spices of North Africa. Learn how to prepare delicious traditional fish tagine, chermoula, nourishing harira soup, preserved lemons and Moroccan sweets.
Super Foods H | Book Online
$105 August 21 9.30–11.30 am
Learn to incorporate these foods into your diet. Foods including quinoa, turmeric, legumes, beetroot, leafy green vegetables, fish, omega 3 oil and more. Have all your food therapeutic questions answered by Naturopath Dwan Vilcins.
Winter Persian Delights H | Book Online
$125 August 25 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Roxanna Fakhra shares her passion for this exotic cuisine. Iranian thick soup; Paneer O Sabzi — a delicious starter of goat’s cheese, fresh herbs, walnuts and radish; pomegranate and walnut stew; saffron rice; and date halva.
Women’s Health Class with Samantha Gowing H | Book Online
$125 August 28 9.30–11.30 am
Join culinary nutritionist Samantha Gowing on a women’s health discovery, celebrating the winter harvest to reduce stress symptoms and balance hormonal functions. Specific foods that nourish, heal and help women thrive in daily life. After the class relax in the restaurant courtyard with a healthy banquet lunch.
What’s for Dinner, Darling? H | Book Online
$105 September 1 6.30–8.30 pm
Do you need healthy delicious recipes that you are able to throw together in under ten minutes, without the stress? Do you need a more organised pantry, fridge and freezer? If you need help with fast and clever cooking tips, this is the class for you.
Pastries and Desserts H | Book Online
$125 September 8 6.30–9 pm
Chef Eileen Horsnell shares her passion for the sweetness of life: delicate petit fours of nougat and macaron; prune and fig tart with double cream; raspberry soufflé with anglaise sauce. At this class we will provide sparkling wine and savoury canapés, and take home packs of desserts that have been prepared in class.
Masterclass Spring Menu with Head Chef Minh Le H | Book Online
$165 September 15 6.30–9 pm
Head Chef Minh Le prepares and plates three wonderful courses: spring baby vegetables with seared cuttlefish and almond foam; seared lamb backstrap with colcannon and squash flowers filled with ricotta cream; cherry fool served with blood orange cappuccino, blood orange jelly and toffee hazelnuts; and finishing with local cheese. All courses matched with wines selected by Restaurant Manager/Sommelier Emma Davis.
Super Foods 2 H | Book Online
$105 September 18 9.30–11.30 am
Learn to incorporate these healing foods into your diet. Foods including pearled barley, tempeh, kale, nuts, turkey, cocao, cinnamon, maple syrup and more. Have all your food therapeutic questions answered by Naturopath Dwan Vilcins.
Italian Vegetarian H | Book Online
$105 September 22 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Paul Horne teaches the secrets of preparing the perfect risotto. Discover the flavours of the Italian garden, simple food combinations that will delight your taste buds. Turn the non-vego, vego! Includes a ‘pick-me-up’ dessert classic that is fast and fabulous.
The Turkish Feast H | Book Online
$105 September 29 6.30–8.30 pm
Turkey is an exciting blend of modern Europe and the ancient Orient. Chef Paul Horne shares how to prepare a delicious and easy pilaf; Turkish pizza; the famous shepherd’s salad; baharat spice mix; chicken in sumac and pistachio crumbs; and sticky date and fig pudding.
Spanish Seafood H | Book Online
$135 October 6 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Paul Horne shares the secrets the perfect seafood paella. Delight your guests with fabulous seafood dishes and spicy unique bold flavours. Finish with an easy Spanish dessert.
Fast and Healthy Seafood with Chef Hermann Schafellner/ Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat H | Book Online
$135 October 9 9.30–11.30 am
Chef Hermann brings to Mondo 36 years of cooking experience and a love of delicious easy healthy recipes. Join us for some Gwinganna classics: chilled cucumber soup with prawn salsa; quinoa and chicken san choi bow; a snapper ceviche. Learn how to prepare and serve escabeche. Finish with heavenly gluten-free almond and orange cake.
Wheat-free and Dairy-free H | Book Online
$105 October 13 6.30–8.30 pm
Relax and enjoy allergy-free living. Naturopath Dwan Vilcins gives us insight into food alternatives to wheat and dairy in our everyday diet. Discover new flavours and food combinations that will inspire you to continue to cook, look beyond the supermarket shelves and enjoy a gourmet’s tour into a whole new food world.
Japanese Masterclass with Chef Soichiro Chaki H | Book Online
$125 October 20 6.30–8.30 pm
Master Japanese Chef Soichiro Chaki presents a hands-on class. Discover the mysteries behind the natural flavours that this complex cuisine relies on. Prawn tempura, yakitori, gyoza tataki style tuna salad, gomaae and steamed rice. All delivered with quintessential simplicity. This class is a must if you love Japanese food.
Pastries and Desserts H | Book Online
$125 October 27 6.30–9 pm
Chef Eileen Horsnell shares her passion for the sweetness of life: delicate petit fours of nougat and macaron; prune and fig tart with double cream; raspberry soufflé with anglaise sauce. At this class we will provide sparkling wine and savoury canapés, and take home packs of desserts that have been prepared in class.
Spring Persian Delights H | Book Online
$125 November 3 6.30–8.30 pm
Chef Roxanna Fakhra shares her passion for this exotic cuisine.
Eggplant with caramelised onions, mint and whey sauce; fish served with dill and herb rice; salad shiraz; sazi polo — fresh herbs and saffron rice; and to finish, an ancient recipe of delicious Persian rice pudding with cinnamon and pistachio.
What’s for Dinner, Darling? H | Book Online
$105 November 10 6.30–8.30 pm
Do you need healthy delicious recipes that you are able to throw together in under ten minutes, without the stress? Do you need a more organised pantry, fridge and freezer? If you need help with fast and clever cooking tips, this is the class for you.
Pasta Making with Head Chef Minh Le H | Book Online
$105 November 17 6.30–8.30 pm
Head Chef Minh Le teaches us the tips to producing the best fresh pasta dishes. This class includes four pasta dishes, a quick fresh spring salad and one of Minh’s favourite classic desserts.
Women’s Health Class with Samantha Gowing H | Book Online
$125 November 20 9.30–11.30 am
Join culinary nutritionist Samantha Gowing on a women’s health discovery, celebrating the spring harvest to reduce stress symptoms and balance hormonal functions. Specific foods that nourish, heal and help women thrive in daily life. After the class, relax in the restaurant courtyard with a healthy banquet lunch.
Vegetarian Masterclass H | Book Online
$105 November 24 6.30–8.30 pm
Naturopath Dwan Vilcins discusses the importance of vitamin B12 for the vegetarian diet and then we explore a range of delicious Mondo recipes we have successfully used on our menu over the years.
Party Food Canapés and Cocktails H | Book Online
$105 December 1 6.30–8.30 pm
Join us for some quick and easy canapé ideas and simple cocktail recipes that are affordable to make. This is the class for you if you need to impress your friends, family or work colleagues over the festive season.
Beginners H | Book Online
$105 December 8 6.30–8.30 pm
Needing a little inspiration and confidence in the kitchen? Join us for a great introduction to a working kitchen with professional knife skills, and advice on kitchen equipment and pantry essentials. Learn basic techniques; recipes for stocks, perfect meringue and deep frying; and tips on grilling meat and fast & easy salads.
