Private Modern Australian Cooking Class With A Professional Chef

The journey, in full

Meal Description: Tonya lives in a beautiful, modern apartment with antique styling in St Kilda, Melbourne. Her apartment is opposite the St Kilda boat marina and from her balcony, you can enjoy stunning views across Port Phillip Bay. St Kilda is a bayside city suburb, very easily accessible via public transport and just 8 km from Melbourne's city center. Tonya warmly welcomes you into her apartment with tea and cake to experience her modern Australian food. Her food philosophy is to cook with fresh, seasonal, locally-produced ingredients using simple recipes that help enhance the natural flavors of the food, making the food look and taste delicious. Your meal served with wine is enjoyed at her dining table with views overlooking the bay. Enjoy seasonal dishes like scallop ceviche with a pear, ginger and lime dressing, slow-roasted ocean trout served with creamy, lemony aioili and garnished with native Australian finger limes, or herb-marinated pork fillet, pan-fried and finished in the oven. Your meal will end with a dessert such as pavlova-style meringue rolled with vanilla bean cream or chocolate fondant with seasonal berries accompanied by a cranberry jelly or ice-cream. Tea or coffee will be available upon request. Cooking Description: During your hands-on Melbourne cooking class, learn to make three modern Australian dishes that you will enjoy together, with wine. Tonya starts this 3-hour cooking lesson by giving you an overview of the menu that you will be preparing and providing helpful tips for the preparation and cooking process. A few dishes that you might prepare are oysters and verjus jelly with a shallot dressing, green peppercorn and chive jus, slow-roasted ocean trout with creamy, lemony mayonnaise and native finger limes, or hazelnut torte with blueberries. At the end of your cooking class, you will be given a folder to take home with all the recipes and tips that you learned so you can easily recreate the meal at home. Market Tour Description: Please note the market tour is available only on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays when the market is open. For market tour experiences, meet Tonya at her apartment for a quick refreshment. She will then drive you to the local South Melbourne market, 10-minutes away. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to experience one of the biggest local markets close to the city. On this tour, you will have the opportunity peruse and buy from the wide variety of wonderful local fish, meat, poultry, vegetable, dairy, cheese, and chocolate purveyors. After you buy a few ingredients needed for your class, Tonya will drive you back to her apartment so that you can join her in the kitchen to prepare your modern Australian meal. Food Tour Description: This is a wonderful opportunity for you to experience one of the biggest and acclaimed local markets close to the city. On this tour, you will have the opportunity peruse and buy from the wide variety of wonderful local fish, meat, poultry, vegetable, dairy, cheese, and chocolate purveyors. You will have the opportunity to chat with the market stall-holders about their products and to buy whatever your heart desires. Please note that the host offers multiple tour options combining the activities described above. Your tour itinerary will be determined by the combo option you select when booking your tour.