Cooking Experience McLaren Vale

Spice Up Your Life: Global Flavour Fusion is not your average cooking class—it’s a vibrant, taste-packed journey that blends global spice traditions, artisan techniques, and a splash of South Australian wine (literally).Learn about some of our natives and master the art of balancing heat, sour, salt, and sweet through spice. We’ll kick off by sorting fresh ingredients into flavour profiles before diving into roasting whole spices and grinding them with a traditional mortar and pestle—just like the masters do. From there, you’ll craft signature spice creations:

You’ll get to taste your way through the session as each element comes together. Because flavour deserves good company, you’ll enjoy a wine experience matched to your dishes .


What’s Included:
✔️ Hands-on cooking and spice workshop
✔️ Learn to roast and grind spices with a mortar & pestle
✔️ Make a delicious native butter packed with a little Australian deliciousness
✔️ Make incredible spice products from scratch to take home.
✔️ Enjoy freshly grilled satay and a tasting of Massaman curry with coconut cardamom rice
✔️ Matched Wine tastings
✔️ A take home recipe book with lots of exciting recipes

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Join us for a hands-on Gnocchi-Making Masterclass at the stunning Chapel Hill Winery Retreat, located on the corner of Chapel Hill Road and Chaffey’s Road in McLaren Vale. In this joyful and interactive experience, you’ll discover the secrets to creating soft, pillowy gnocchi from scratch — just like Nonna used to make! Using simple ingredients and timeless Italian techniques, you’ll learn how to prepare, shape, and perfect your dough, along with a beautiful sauce to serve it with.
Between rolling, shaping, and tasting, you’ll enjoy a Chapel Hill wine tasting and the relaxed atmosphere of the estate. Optional charcuterie boards will be available for purchase during the session to complement your tasting.
You’ll take home your handmade gnocchi and a recipe booklet so you can recreate the experience in your own kitchen.
What’s Included:

• Hands-on gnocchi-making class

• Demonstration and tasting of a classic sauce

• Chapel Hill wine tasting

• Take-home gnocchi made in class

• Recipe booklet to continue the tradition at home

• Optional charcuterie boards available for purchase
Limited spots available – don’t miss your seat at the table!
Event Address: Chapel Hill Winery Retreat, Corner Chapel Hill Road & Chaffey’s Road, McLaren Vale, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia








About Fleurieu Food and Wine:

Fleurieu Food and Wine is owned and operated by Jackie and John Mazzocato, locals with a love of all things food and wine. Jackie and John are a carefully curated pairing — John brings over 40 years of experience in the wine industry, and Jackie brings a deep passion for cooking and recipe development. Together, they create engaging, flavour-filled experiences where guests learn, laugh, and indulge. Every class celebrates local produce, regional wine, and good company — an experience to savour long after the last bite.

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Join us for a 3-hour hands-on Gluten Free pasta experience where the rolling pins are out and the sauce is simmering.  We will be focussing on how to make the perfect GF pasta.  All the equipment in this class has not been used in our other pasta class and we endeavour to maintain a safe GF environment. Please contact us if you need further clarification in relation to this class and dietary needs. In this joyful class, you’ll learn the art of traditional pasta-making from scratch – from silky sheets to perfect spaghetti and filled ravioli. We’ll guide you through the kneading, shaping, and stuffing with plenty of tips and old-school tricks along the way.

You’ll also master a simple but delicious alla panna sauce, and we’ll share extra sauce recipes to inspire your next pasta night at home.

What’s Included:

• 3-hour hands-on pasta-making class (hand madei & ravioli)
• Alla panna sauce demo + extra sauce recipes
• Wine Tasting
• Take-home fresh pasta made in class
• Enjoyable Sample to enjoy pasta to enjoy
• Recipe booklet to recreate the magic at home

Limited spots available – don’t miss your seat at the table!

Event Address: Chapel Hill Wines Cnr Chaffey Rd & Chapel Hill Road McLaren Vale 5171

Fleurieu Food and Wine is owned and operated by Jackie and John Mazzocato, locals with a love of all things food and wine! Jackie and John are a carefully curated pairing. John has over 40 years of experience in the wine industry, and Jackie has a passion for cooking and vast experience in recipe development and curation. With a wealth of good humour and expert knowledge, the tasting events they run are truly special, and approachable for anyone. Carefully selected pairings with layered flavours and house made accompaniments, your palates will be awakened and your tastebuds delighted!

The experience begins with a hands-on steak education session where guests learn how to identify premium cuts, understand steak terminology, and prepare high-quality South Australian meat for hibachi cooking.

Guests are introduced to traditional hibachi grills, learning how they work, how to manage heat, and how to control flame and timing to achieve excellent results over live fire.

Set within the heritage gardens of Bungala House in Yankalilla, this three-hour experience combines expert steak education, native food immersion and open-flame hibachi cooking, finished with South Australian wine.

Guests then take part in a fully immersive native food experience. Explore a wide range of Australian native ingredients including wattleseed, pepperberry, saltbush, lemon myrtle and more. Learn about their origins, flavours and how they are used in modern cuisine.

Taste emu pastrami and green ants as part of this session and create your own wattleseed pepperberry butter to complement your steak.

To provide a more personalised experience, the group is split into smaller rotating sessions between the hibachi and native food components. This format ensures hands-on learning, individual guidance and a highly interactive experience throughout the day.

Guests then cook over traditional hibachi grills, putting their new skills into practice as they master flame control, searing and resting techniques to achieve restaurant-quality steak.

The experience concludes with a relaxed long-table lunch paired with Chapel Hill Wines, celebrating your creations in the beautiful gardens of Bungala House. It is a memorable day of fine food, local wine and South Australian hospitality.

What’s Included

• Hands-on hibachi steak masterclass
• Steak education covering cuts, terminology and preparation
• Hibachi grill education including heat management and flame control
• Immersive native food session featuring wattleseed, pepperberry, saltbush, lemon myrtle and more
• Native tastings including Emu pastrami and green ants
• Make your own wattleseed pepperberry butter
• Long-table lunch paired with Chapel Hill Wines
• Recipe booklet to take home
• All ingredients, equipment and aprons supplied

Whether you are a foodie, open-flame enthusiast or simply love a perfectly cooked steak, Our Hibachi, Steak and Native Flavours class is an invitation to learn, cook and connect in a truly special setting.

Important Information

Dietary requirements and accessibility needs can be accommodated with prior notice.
On-site parking is available.