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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Indulge in an unforgettable blend of culinary mastery and premium wine at the iconic Chapel Hill Wine in McLaren Vale. This exclusive Haloumi-making workshop is paired with a curated tastings from the renowned Chapel Hill range, making it a must-attend for both cheese aficionados and wine lovers.

Hosted by Fleurieu Food and Wine, this hands-on session will guide you through the process of crafting fresh Haloumi,  While Chapel Hill is known as a shiraz specialist in the McLaren Vale region, the winery produces an impressive selection of wines from lighter styles to the more complex. From whites and rosé, reds and red-blends to full-bodied reds and fortified wines. Choose a flight that reflects your taste preference, whether you’re a red drinker, prefer a white or love a bit of everything. in one of South Australia’s most picturesque distilleries. 

What You’ll Experience:

• Expert-led Haloumi-making with all the equipment and ingredients provided
• An impressive selection of wine tastings from the Chapel Hill range
• Friendly, informative staff offering insights into each tasting
• Fleurieu Food and Wine Say Cheese Recipe Book
• Take-home Haloumi and exclusive recipes to share your newfound skills
• Optional take home Cheese Kit available for purchase
• Optional Cheese boards to enjoy from Chapel Hill

Why You Can’t Miss This:

With only 20 spots available, which promises a unique combination of gourmet cheese-making and premium wine enthusiast. Whether you’re a seasoned foodie or a curious beginner, this event offers a perfect balance of learning, tasting, and enjoying the best South Australia has to offer.

Event Address: Chapel Hill Wine Chaffey Rd & Chapel Hill Road McLaren Vale SA 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 steak education session led by Guest Chef Stephen Edwards. Learn to identify the right cuts, understand steak terminology and prepare premium South Australian meat for hibachi cooking.  Set within the grounds of Chapel Hill Wines, this three-hour class combines expert steak education, native food immersion and open-flame hibachi cooking with South Australian wine to finish.

Next, join Jackie Mazzocato for a fully immersive native food experience. Explore a wide range of Australian native ingredients such as wattleseed, pepperberry, saltbush, lemon myrtle and more. Discover their origins, flavours and uses in modern cuisine.

Taste emu pastrami and green ants as part of this session and create your own wattleseed pepperberry butter and native-inspired bush mayonnaise.

To provide a more personalised experience, the group is split into smaller sessions, rotating between hibachi and native food components. This ensures each guest enjoys one-on-one guidance and an interactive connection with both presenters.

Guests then cook over traditional hibachi grills, mastering the art of flame control, timing and searing to achieve restaurant-quality results.

The experience concludes with a long-table lunch paired with Chapel Hill Wines, celebrating your creations. It’s an unforgettable day of fine food, local wine and authentic South Australian hospitality.

Stephen Edwards – Guest Chef & Meat Specialist

A qualified chef with over 25 years of culinary experience, Stephen Edwards has led kitchens and most recently worked with Meat & Livestock Australia, where he helped chefs, butchers, and consumers in the US and UK better understand the meat on their plate.  In this immersive session, Stephen shares his unmatched knowledge of cuts, marbling, ageing, and open-flame cooking—showing you exactly how to master steak on a Hibachi.
Learn how to select, prepare, and cook the perfect cut—right on the Hibachi.

Jackie Mazzocato – Cookbook Author & Culinary Creative

We will guide you through a curated wine pairing that complements your perfectly grilled steak!

What’s Included:

• Hands-on hibachi steak masterclass with Jackie Mazzocato and Guest Chef Stephen Edwards
• Steak education covering cuts, terminology and preparation
• Hibachi flame-cooking techniques for perfect searing
• Immersive native food session with tastings of wattleseed, pepperberry, saltbush, lemon myrtle and more
• Emu pastrami and green ant tastings as part of the native experience

• Make wattleseed pepperberry butter and native-inspired bush mayonnaise

• Chapel Hill wine tasting and long-table lunch

• Recipe booklet to take home

• All ingredients, equipment and aprons supplied

Whether you’re a foodie, flame fanatic, or just love a perfectly cooked steak—A Cut Above is your invitation to eat, learn, and indulge in unforgettable company.

Important Information

• Dietary requirements and accessibility needs can be catered for with prior notice.
• Parking is available on-site.