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Class Descriptions

The Italian Table is an interactive demonstration that steps back to the traditions of Italian cookery.  Learn the art of cooking your own fresh pasta and pasta sauce and develop an understanding of the finer points of cooking great Italian.

Panzanella Salad / Fresh Linguine with Mascarpone, Lemon & Prawn / Chocolate & Hazelnut Torte 

Duck 4 Ways

Learn to cook your favourite restaurant duck dishes in your own home.  We will demonstrate how to prepare a stunning spiced roast duck with twice cooked potatoes & watercress, duck liver pate and a 'to die for' duck tortellini with orange sauce.

Fast & Fresh

Mastering meal preparation in twenty minutes is a skill we'd all like to perfect.  Fast & Fresh teaches you the art of making a simple dish taste sensational.  Dishes include snapper with sweet peppers and a delicious risotto verde.

You will cook some of the following dishes:
Salsa Verde / Risotto Verde / Snapper / Tomato Sugo / Pappardelle with Tomato Sugo / Warm Fig & Almond Tart

Back to Basics

Back to Basics is an interactive demonstration of the essential life skills required to learn how to cook.  It covers everything from scrambling eggs to creating a great marinated minute steak.  After this class you'll be able to cook mashed potato perfectly every time and your friends and family will be knocking down doors to taste your classic apple and rhubarb crumble.

You will cook some of the following dishes: Creamy Pumpkin Soup / Ratatouille / Scrambled Eggs / Marinated Minute Steak / Mashed Potato / Béchamel Sauce / Herbed Salmon with Jasmine Rice / Apple & Rhubarb Crumble

A Luscious Dinner Party
Want to impress at your next dinner party?  Be inspired by our Luscious pan-fried dory recipe that includes zucchini fritters, kipfler potatoes & caper butter sauce.  Your guests will also be amazed when you present them with a stunning, easy to prepare, fig tart.

Warm Lamb Rocket & Pear Salad / Pan-fried Dory with Kipfler Potatoes, Zucchini Fritters & Caper Butter Sauce / Fig Tarte Tatin with Strawberries & Mascarpone

Dinner for Friends
Dinner for Friends is a perfectly balanced menu of scallop entrée, Asian influenced main course, followed by a rich traditional dessert.  This class will teach you recipes that you'll want to cook over and over again.

Pan Seared Scallops & Pancetta / Chinese Poached Chicken / Bread & Butter Pudding with Clove Cream

Bachelor & Bachelorettes
Even if you burn the toast at home or your fridge is always empty, we can convert you into a master in the kitchen, or at least give you the culinary skills to secure you a second date.  These classes will teach you simple meals for one or impressive meals for two.

Risotto Verde / Citrus Salmon / Hot Chocolate Budino

Luscious Dating
You know what they say ... better cooks make better lovers!  Luscious Affairs dating nights offer you a whole new environment in which to meet new people.  We promise a casual dinner party setting, with new friends, while improving your cooking skills at the same time.

Sweet Sensations
We will teach you the art of preparing stunning restaurant style desserts in your own home. 

A Taste of France
You'll experience a true sense of traditional French cooking when you learn to cook lemon brulee, chicken Normandy style and white onion and cider soup.  Along the way, we will be certain to offer you some insights into exactly why the French are so well regarded for their kitchen talents.

White Onion & Cider Soup / Chicken Normandy Style / Lemon Brulee

Cooking with Fish
Fresh seafood is so impressive when cooked perfectly yet it's so easy to get it wrong.  We'll teach you how to get it right every time.  You'll also learn the art of combining subtle flavours to best compliment various types of fish.

Luscious Lunches

At Luscious Affairs we believe nothing beats a long lunch.  Come along with a friend to our daytime classes and learn the secrets of our Luscious Affairs salads and a host of other creative lunch recipes.

Kids in the Kitchen – Parent & Child

Classes are designed so parents & children can spend quality time together producing both savoury & sweet Luscious treats. 

Classes are best suited to children eight years & over. We will teach your kids some of their favourite dishes including lasagne, pizza, mini shepherds pie, pumpkin soup, Nanna's apple pie, chocolate ripple cake, pancakes & smartie cookies.

You will cook some of the following dishes : Spinach & Ricotta Triangles / Mini Shepherds Pie / Nanna's Apple Pie / Smartie Cookies / Luscious Pizza / Pumpkin Soup / Choc Ripple Cake

Kids in the Kitchen – Private Birthday Parties

Enquire at our Toorak store about our Saturday afternoon private classes for your child's next birthday party.  We offer an action packed class and best of all; you're not left with any mess to clean up after the children go home!  Max party guests is 14.

De Dietrich

Luscious Affairs are proud to have De Dietrich as sponsors of the the Cooking School. The School exclusively uses De Dietrich Ovens, Microwaves and Steam Ovens.