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Chefs cooking at Becasse restaurant. Image Dan Boud

Coffee and chocolate tours

Join a chocolate espresso walking tour and you'll taste the delicious work of Sydney's best chocolate-makers. Some tours include coffee tasting or you may prefer to try a coffee cupping (tasting) session at Campos Coffee in Newtown.

Cooking schools in Sydney

Fresh produce at Fratelli Fresh. Image Dan Boud

Sydneysiders love their food and, with great restaurants, creative chefs and quality produce, why wouldn’t they? While you’re in Sydney, spend some time in the kitchen of an expert, and enjoy the fruits of your labours with a delicious lunch or dinner to complete the experience.  You’ll find Sydney’s best cooking schools in restaurants, patisseries, markets and private homes all over Sydney.

You might spot some celebrity chefs at one of Australia’s leading cooking schools, the Sydney Seafood School at the Sydney Fish Market. It’s a great place to learn new ways to cook the catch of the day, from paellas to the classic summer barbecue. For Italian home-style cooking, head to Fratelli Fresh. Sydney’s mecca for all things deliciously Italian also runs popular classes three times a week. Or, learn how to make the perfect home-made pasta at Cucina Italiana, in a beautiful Tuscan-style home in Annandale.

If you’d like to know more about fine wine appreciation, head to Wine Odyssey Australia in The Rocks and taste some of Australia’s best wines. You’ll hear from the winemakers themselves, and learn the art of food and wine matching.

Food tours in Sydney

Gourmet produce. Image Rob Blackburn

Taste your way through Sydney’s multicultural neighbourhoods on a Gourmet Safari Tour discovering the vibrant cuisines of Italy, Greece and Turkey. Eat and drink your way around some of Sydney’s favourite food quarters on an Ultimately Sydney Gourmet Tour where you'll learn how to make the perfect coffee and uncover a whole world of cheeses, olives and breads.

Cocktails in Sydney

The ideal time to learn how to mix the perfect sundowner cocktail is...anytime. Learn from Sydney’s best mixologists in a cocktail class at Cruise Bar by Sydney Harbour, Longrain Restaurant & Bar or the Shangri La Hotel, Sydney.

Longrain Huricain Pearl cocktail. Image Petrina Tinslay courtesy of Longrain

Gourmet kayaking

For the ultimate Sydney Harbour picnic, join a gourmet kayaking tour with Sydney Harbour Kayaks. It's an easy paddle through secluded waterways, with a reward of freshly-brewed coffee and snacks on a deserted harbour beach.

Kayaking near Manly. Image James Pipino

Eating out at Westfield Sydney

Quarter Twenty-One is Sydney’s newest foodie precinct in the city, and some of Australia’s best chefs share classic French cooking technique and fresh seasonal produce. Led by MasterChef’s Justin North, you can also taste the flavours of his signature restaurant, Becasse.

Quarter Twenty-One at Westfield Sydney

Cooking schools and food & wine tours

It's not every day that you can receive insider cooking tips from an expert, so take advantage of short classes around Sydney. Some are even hosted by Sydney renowned chefs. Open to everyone, they're the best way to wow your friends at the next dinner party or just have fun.

Roll up your sleeves after a Sydney Seafood School demonstration and recreate the dish of the day. It's one of Australia's leading cooking schools, featuring guest appearances by the city's most lauded chefs.

Sydney's Gourmet Safari walking Sydney tours offer a program of culinary adventures into exotic cuisines readily available in Sydney's flavoursome food precincts. Talk Eat Drink is a regular series of food events, catered around learning how to cook Australian cuisine. Master classes are held at Simon Johnson's fine food shop in Pyrmont. 

French Gourmet Academy in Balmoral will help you uncover the secret to perfecting macaroons, shortcrust pastry and basic recipes. Annandale-based Cucina Italiana emphasises on home-style Italian cooking, while the Council of Italian Restaurants in Australia Cooking Classes (CIRA) are hosted by chefs from some of Sydney's best Italian restaurants.

If wine is your indulgence, sample the best glasses at Wine Odyssey Australia in The Rocks and learn how to match each bottle with fresh produce. Don't miss coffee and chocolate classes for something a little special. Toby's Estate Coffee School in Woolloomooloo is the place for you if you don't know your Rainforest Alliance from your organic coffee beans.Lindt Café in Martin Place has, you guessed it, chocolate. The monthly chocolate appreciation classes on offer here will teach your tastebuds everything they need to know about chocolate.

Don't miss Quarter Twenty-One one of the newest providores on the block, and rapidly becoming the go-to destination for home chefs looking to impress.  Quarter Twenty-One also hosts cooking classes, and they’re proving wildly popular, you might even have MasterChef's Justin North pop in to survey the scene.

 

 

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