Cooking Schools & Gourmet Retreats
Sign up for a session at one of our cooking schools or gourmet retreats.
If you adore fine food and would like to know more about preparing a feast, this is an experience not to be missed. Bring a friend or partner and relish the experience of being tutored by top chefs, using South Australia' finest produce.
Cooking Schools
Bottega Rotolo's hands-on cooking school in Norwood is a fabulous place to learn about traditional and authentic European and Asian cuisine. Bottega Rotolo supplies Australia's finest restaurants with a range of products, specialising in cheese, olive oils, pasta and more. The cooking school provides a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Or try the Rosa Matto Cookery School in Good. Enjoy cooking lessons in a custom-built, open studio kitchen.
Join Simon Bryant and The Brasserie team for an entertaining dining experience in the Hilton Adelaide. Or join a cooking class at Outdoors on Parade, with chefs from top restaurants around South Australia. Classes run from March to November and use South Australia's fabulous local produce and wines.
In the Adelaide Hills, there's a cheese making school at The Udder Delights Cheese cellar door. It offers seven-day a week cheese tastings and sales. The Barossa Valley Cheese Company also offers cheese making courses. Read about all things 'cheesey' at the CheeseSA.
Join a hands-on cooking classes at Chapel Hill Winery Gourmet Retreat in McLaren Vale - exclusively for residential guests. There's also Relish Sisters Food Solutions, with Art of Food cooking classes including a three-course lunch or dinner.
And join chef Sue Pearson for free cooking demonstrations on Thursday nights at 2 Birds and 1 Squid on Kangaroo Island. Learn everything from how to select the best fish, to shucking oysters and preparing lobster and marron.
Gourmet Retreats
Find luxurious accommodation, great regional cuisine and friendly service at the award-winning Mercure Grand Mount Lofty House in the Adelaide Hills. Time your visit to coincide with their interactive cooking classes.
Great hospitality and gourmet cuisine don't come much better than at Thorn Park Country House in the Clare Valley. Hosts David Hay and Michael Speers have won a plethora of national and international awards.
Hands-on cooking classes are specially tailored for each group at Chapel Hill Winery Gourmet Retreat. You'll find a state-of-the-art kitchen, fireside lounge room with views over the vineyard and a terrace with wood oven, and sea views. Or learn how to make cheese at Blessed Cheese before heading out on the McLaren Vale Cheese and Wine Trail.
And on Kangaroo Island, you'll have your own beach and your own chef at LifeTime Private Retreats, where cooking lessons can also be arranged.
