Gourmet in a Day

From planning a menu, sourcing the best possible ingredients, preparation and plating up secrets, this class is designed to increase your confidence and change the way you approach your next dinner party.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

A Day in France

The French connection is coming to the cooking school with a day of delicious traditional French cooking. Join us for a fun filled day of indulgent French cuisine enjoying a five course menu with matching wines.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Spanish Tapas

Join us for a day of tasty Spanish tapas where we will create a seven course menu highlighting the beautiful flavours of Spain.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

The Ultimate BBQ

This class is a must for those looking to completely upgrade their BBQ skills and learn how to cook a new repertoire of delicious BBQ recipes.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Asian Inspirations

Asian Inspirations combines our increasing love of Asian cuisine with our growing awareness of lighter, more healthy and gluten free eating without compromising on maximum flavour.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Fresh from the Wharf

Seafood, seafood and more seafood. This class is a must for those who love seafood and are looking to learn some fabulous new recipes with a variety of different types of fish and shellfish.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Summer Bounty

At this time of year the garden is full of fresh ripe produce and we will show you how to maximize the summer harvest by turning it into a gorgeous five course menu for you to enjoy.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

A Day in Italy

Inspired by travels throughout Italy, we share our favourite Italian dishes covering bread, antipasto, pasta making, fish or meat and an Italian dessert. We will create a gorgeous five course menu for you to enjoy in our fun filled class.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Canapes & Gin Cocktails

Canapes and local Gin Cocktails is new class pairing small elegant bites of food with a cocktail or two along the way. We will cover at least 8 canapes from nibbles to more substantial bites to get you inspired before your next party

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

A Day in Thailand

Inspired by our travels throughout Thailand over the years the cooking school has put together their favourite Thai dishes and have turned them into a five course menu for your to enjoy on the day and easily recreate in your own home.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Christmas Banquet

Your Christmas day menu with a modern, summery Kiwi theme. Come and join us where we will create a sumptuous five course menu that will be easy for you to recreate on Christmas Day.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Tastes of the Med

Inspired by travels throughout the Mediterranean over the years we will bring you a five course menu of our favourite dishes from all over the Med.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Winter Bistro

Join us for a day of heart warming food with recipes designed to get you through the coldest of winter days. Think hearty ragus, moreish soups, spiced slow roasted veges and gooey warm desserts all served at the large dining table.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Holiday Entertaining

With the holiday season fast approaching, we will be sharing our delicious, straight forward recipes for entertaining friends and family. We will cover a range of dishes from tasty lunches, snacks, dinners to cater for a crowd and desserts

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Spring Harvest

In this class we champion beautiful spring produce at the peak of the season and turn it into inspiring delicious dishes. Spring time is gorgeous on the Peninsula and with the abundance of fresh ingredients it's a great time to visit.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Mid Winter Dinner Party

Welcome to our brand new Mid Winter Dinner Party cooking class designed to give you some delicious new recipes and plenty of game changing tips to help you plan, prepare and deliver your next dinner party.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Mid Week Made Easy

Join us for our new class that has been designed to inspire you with new ideas to replace those repetitive mid week meals.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

The Breakfast Club

Join The Breakfast Club where we share new and innovative ideas for that all important meal of the day.

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Inspired Vegetarian

Inspiring Vegetarian is a brand new class designed to enhance your repertoire and show that meatless meals can be all about amazing taste and texture too

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Gourmet Akaroa

Spend a wonderful day having your own private gourmet experience at The Akaroa Cooking School.

• Duration: 4 Hours (approx.)

Sensational Salads

With many of us choosing to eat lighter, healthier and more digestible food we are now offering a seasonal salads class which will give you loads of ideas for a great variety of salads to see you throughout the year

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

Gluten Free Gourmet Entertaining

Come along and join us for a day of gluten free culinary delights showcasing a five course lunch using the best of our local, seasonal produce

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)

A Taste of Riverstone

Head Chef and owner Bevan Smith of award winning Oamaru restaurant Riverstone Kitchen is coming to Akaroa to run one day cooking classes. Confirmed dates for 2018 will be available early next year.

Autumn Harvest

Join Lou and Ant Bentley for an inspiring day at the cooking school where they will showcase fabulous new recipes inspired by the abundant produce available during the autumn months

• Duration: 6 Hours (approx.)