Cooking

Northcote College's Fabulous Kitchens Come and enjoy the upgraded facilities of Northcote’s new kitchen block. Meet other people with an interest in good food and enjoy a shared meal together at the end of each class. Please remember to ENROL EARLY so your tutor can purchase sufficient ingredients. NB: For ALL cooking classes you need to bring an apron, a tea towel, dishcloth and a plastic container in case there are any leftovers to take home. Click on any image below to see an enlarged view.

Authentic Thai Cooking
Learn to cook Thai food the fun way with a native, experienced chef. A hands-on and demonstration course covering exciting dishes from all regions of Thailand. Aspects of Thai culture will be covered and all recipes and ingredients supplied. Please bring a tea towel, cloth and scourer. Extra $55 food costs payable to the tutor on the first night.
Tutor: Ubol de Ronde

Learn to cook authentic South East Asian dishes with our experienced Thai chef, Ubol de Ronde.

Thai Cooking - Advanced
An follow-up course for those who have completed the Authentic Thai Cooking with Ubol. Extend your repertoire of Thai dishes and really impress family and friends. Please bring $60 food costs to the tutor on the first night.
Tutor: Ubol de Ronde

Cup Cakes
Cup cakes are right back in style. Learn tips and tricks to make and decorate these treats for all occasions. Please bring a tea towel, cloth and scourer and a container to take your sweet surprises home. Limited to 12 students.
Tutor: Dawn Stubbing

NEW for 2010!
Feta Cheese Making
Learn how to make a feta cheese ring, delicious cottage cheese and a cheese spread, popular with all the family. The class will be rounded off with something different and exciting: how to make iced tea. All food costs are included in the course fee.
Tutor: Doreen Rivas

NEW for Term 3!
More Italian Cooking
A simple approach to Italian dishes with our Italian tutor. Learn more delicious, authentic recipes. Please bring a tea towel and take-home container each week and $30 to the tutor on the first night for all ingredients.
Tutor: Marina Vaccaro

NEW for Term 3!
Indian Vegetarian Cooking
Limited to 12 students
Love Indian, love vegetarian... Easy, tasty and healthy. Sample the different blends of spices which make this cuisine so flavourful. New recipes for a full Indian meal each session. Course fee includes food costs and recipes. Please bring a tea towel, cloth and scourer.
Tutor: Monita Singh

Japanese Cooking
Limited to 12 students
Our Japanese chef will focus on popular restaurant dishes – udon & soba noodles, donburi, simmered and dressed dishes for a Japanese lunchbox with an authentic Osaka flavour. Course fee includes food costs and recipes. Bring your own lunchbox if you have one.
Tutor: Toshi Logan

NEW for 2010!
Liqueur Chocolates
If you love chocolates, this is the class for you!! The secret of perfect liqueur chocolates lies in how to cook the perfect syrup and use the perfect melting chocolate. You will get a chance to taste the chocolates in class and to take your own home – ready to top up and enjoy the next day!
Tutor: Doreen Rivas

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Spanish Tapas
Spanish cuisine is right in style, and tapas are the popular snacks or appetisers found in bars & restaurants right around the world. Learn how to make typical, tasty tapas with our Spanish chef. Demonstration and hands-on. Recipes provided. Different menu each session.
Tutor: Nando Abril

Sushi Making
Fresh, delicious and healthy - sushi has so much going for it. Emphasising the importance of making good sushi rice, our Japanese chef shows you the tricks to making your own style of sushi easily at home. Food costs are included in the fee. Please bring a tea towel, cloth and scourer.
Tutor: Toshi Logan

NEW for Term 3!
Vegetarian Cooking - Simply Delicious
Learn how to prepare a wide range of dishes while learning the basic principles so you can cook delicious, nutritious, vegetarian and vegan food with flair. Learn about nutritional properties and gain confidence to improvise to make your own delicious, healthful vegetarian & vegan meals. Tutor has operated a vege homestay and cooks for Buddhist retreats. Food costs are included in the fee. Please bring a tea towel, cloth and scourer.
Tutor: Beatrice Pritchard

	"Lots of info and practical advice ..." “Simply delicious! Now I can make sushi by myself” “Lots of info and practical advice in a short period of time” "Tutor [is] enthusiastic, knowledgeable with a sense of humour”

	"Excellent tutor ..." “Great course, nice variety of recipes." Excellent tutor – friendly, helpful and funny!” "Ubol is the perfect teacher – technically competent, passionate and lots of fun. This course was great and the food excellent." - Fiona "Ubol is the key to this excellent course - her guidance and humour made it thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommended!!" "A great tutor! Combines a great sense of humour with a very broad knowledge of her subject."

	"Fabulous tutor ..." "Learnt all the basics to become a better Italian cook! Marina is a fabulous tutor. Grazie!" "Have learnt lots and will do the next course!"

	"Lots of participation ..." "Entertaining and informative tutor, fun class, lots of participation. Toshi encourages involvement from everyone."

	"Great course..." "Very easy with good simple instructions supplied. Friendly teacher, good facilities."