Indulge in all of the best flavours of Spain at our popular Paella class. You'll learn how to create one of the world's most famous dishes, and all about Paella's history and regional variations.
You've heard of Singapore Chilli Crab... But did you know that it has a rival (that many Singaporean natives prefer?). Introducing Black Pepper Crab, a rich, addictive dish that epitomises Singapore's street food.
Get ready to turn up the heat in one of our most popular classes: Seafood BBQ. We'll teach you how to clean and ‘honeycomb’ squid, how to get perfectly crispy skin on your fish fillets, and the best way to barbecue prawns.
You’ve done our incredibly popular Seafood Barbecue class, or you know your way around a hotplate and grill. Now up the ante on your tong master skills, with this brand new hands-on class.
Already know how to pan-fry a fish fillet? Comfy tossing some prawns on the barbecue? Sounds like it's time to up your seafood game. Dive into Seafood Specialist to learn how to clean, prep, peel, crack and cook a range of seafood species.
Join us in one of our most popular and longstanding classes; we'll be whisking you away to the tropical paradise of Singapore, where a love for seafood runs deep. Spice things up with the legendary Chilli Mud Crab.
Arriba! Welcome to our full-blown, hands-on, no-holds-barred Mexican class.
From Mediterranean mussels, to crab risotto, to baked squid, Italian cuisine and seafood are a match made in heaven. Book this class to dive deep into the cornerstones of Italian cooking: technique, simplicity, and high-quality ingredients.
This classic Italian class will teach you how to bring the Mediterranean's traditional flavours and techniques to all of your meals.
From sumac to Baharat, pomegranate molasses to Za'atar, our Middle Eastern Feast cooking class will take you on a journey through the authentic ingredients and flavours of one of the world's most diverse regions.
Let us take you on a journey through Southeast Asia, a fascinating and diverse cultural crossroads that links Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
Brunch doesn't get more decadent than Zucchini Fritters, Prawn Rolls and Spanner Crab Omelette. Book this hands-on class to learn how to prepare the ultimate seafood brunch for special occasions, or just for when you're feeling fancy.
If anyone has the chops to teach you about modern Australian Chinese food, it's Hamish Ingham. Book this class to pick his brains about everything from his head chef stint at Billy Kwong to his extensive Chinese travels.
That's right, Tom Walton is back! We loved welcoming this mogul of nutrition into the School in 2022, and he's returning to share even more simple, delicious, healthy recipes with you. Think minimum fuss, maximum flavour.
One of Sydney’s most exciting young chefs, Joel Bennetts gained a cult following during his time at Fish Shop, Bondi. Join Joel for a chilled out evening class, as he shares some dishes from his new cookbook.
Calling all oyster lovers! In celebration of World Oyster Day, we’re calling in Four Pillars to teach you how to make a mean martini (or two), alongside a few stunning oyster dressings.
Join us for an extra special Sundowner session, hosted by Tim Watkins from Black Market Sake. Dive in to learn all about Sake, how it's made, and the huge range of varietals you can find.
From kimchi to gochujang, Korean is the cuisine of the moment. Join us for a drink followed by a demonstration and tasting class of quintessential Korean dishes including seafood pancake, BBQ octopus and a selection of banchan.
We’re throwing a Mexican party at the Seafood School, with a brand new demonstration and tasting class. Join us for a drink then sit back and relax as our experts teach you some tricks and tips about Mexican food and flavours.
From honey prawns and spring rolls to prawn toast and sweet and sour everything, we all have our favourite retro Chinese dishes. Join us for a sundowner, then sit back and relax as we show you how to cook some delicious Chinese classics.
Transport yourself to the streets of Madrid for drinks and snacks done the Spanish way. We think there's no better snack for a sundowner session than delicious seafood tapas.
Step up to the plate, seafood beginners: this is class for you. Seafood 101 is the ideal intro to seafood. Learn how to buy, store and prepare it, and some simple but delicious ways to cook it. It's that simple! No experience necessary.
Already know how to pan-fry a fish fillet? Comfy tossing some prawns on the barbecue? Sounds like it's time to step up your seafood game. Dive into Seafood Specialist to learn how to fillet, clean, prep and cook a range of seafood species.
Anthony Puharich has an established reputation as one of Australia’s leading butchers and entrepreneurs, and is the meat supplier of choice to Australia’s best chefs.
Join acclaimed Sydney chef Mike McEnearney from Kitchen by Mike for this Saturday masterclass celebrating the joy of seasonal, local, wholesome food.
We've called in the experts to teach you how to host the ultimate dinner party. From delicious appetisers to showstopping table settings, you’ll go home with a treasure trove of tips that will make you the entertainer of the century.
In the first of our new Artisan Workshops we are thrilled to welcome Sharon Flynn of The Fermentary in Melbourne.
Looking for some hearty winter recipes to take your mid-year dinner parties (or just your mid-week dinners!) to new heights? Book in to learn to make a classic Seafood Pie and some delicious sides.
Roll up your sleeves and enter the world of fresh pasta-making. With our expert staff by your side, you will be channeling Nonna in no time, learning how to create your own fresh egg pasta from scratch.
Making gnocchi at home takes patience and practice, but when done right, it is a delicious vehicle for any sauce you can possibly dream up. Enter the delicious world of traditional gnocchi-making in this fantastic three-hour workshop.
Our Magic of Morocco class is back! Immerse yourself the aromatic flavours of Moroccan cuisine as you cook up an authentic feast utilising some of Australia’s most affordable species.
Bet you didn’t know that we have a Thai food expert in the house. Join long-time Sydney Seafood School presenter Grace Milinthangkul to learn about the flavours she's cooked with all her life.
Bouillabaisse has evolved into one of the world’s most luxurious seafood dishes, and can be found on the menu of every 5-star restaurant. Learn how to make this comforting dish yourself as the weather starts cooling down.
Get your kiddos comfortable in the kitchen in this safe and fun kids’ cooking class! Dumplings are one of the easiest and most enjoyable recipes for little hands, and in this class kids will learn how to make a selection themselves.
Got a teen who needs to brush up on their kitchen skills (or is just your home’s most passionate Taco Tuesday advocate)? We’ll take care of it. This class is a fun, easy intro to cooking seafood for teens who want to expand their horizons.
From kimchi to gochujang, Korean is the cuisine of the moment. Join us for this hands on cooking class full of quintessential Korean dishes including seafood pancake, spicy fried octopus and a selection of banchan.
Our Malaysian Laksa class brings a touch of luxury to the comfort food of Malaysia and Singapore. Learn to make the most of Australian crustaceans by cooking a delicious spicy Laksa with prawns and decadent Moreton Bay Bugs.
Seafood is a cornerstone of Japanese gastronomy, and our Taste of Japan class will introduce you to all of the authentic flavours and cooking methods used in the Land of the Rising Sun.
This class is a true journey: we'll take you from Greece's oceanfront grills, to Italy's trattoria's, to Spain's groovy tapas bars. You'll leave with the perfect menu for entertaining that's easier to recreate than you think!
Often referred to as Australia’s spice queen, Christine Manfield is one of our most celebrated and revered chefs. Join Christine as she showcases some of her favourite recipes and shares her essential tips for cooking with spice.
Guest-favourite chef, Danielle Alvarez, is back. On this visit to Sydney Seafood School, she's bringing along a little of the magic that made her former restaurant, Fred’s, so popular, plus recipes from her new cookbook.
With a resume including Quay, Tetsuya's, and Momofuku Seiobo, its fair to say that Clayton Wells is one of Sydney's best chefs, and he'll be bringing creativity, fine-dining flair, and all-Australian ingredients to this hands-on Masterclass
Hayden Quinn is one of Australia's best-loved food personalities for a reason. He first graced our television screens in 2011, and he's been teaching us how best to hero Aussie ingredients in simple, delicious cooking ever since.
O Tama Carey's restaurant Lankan Filling Station is a local Darlinghurst favourite for a reason... And we're lucky enough to be welcoming her into the School for a Masterclass this spring.
Join us for the ultimate, high-energy double act, with comedian Jennifer Wong and Ho Jiak's Junda Khoo combining forces for an unmissable masterclass on Chinese and Malaysian cuisine.
Spring has sprung, so we've called in Trisha Greentree of Fratelli Paradiso and 10 William St to give us a rundown on the perfect spring Italian menu. This Sundowner will be an easy, breezy celebration of high-quality ingredients, done well
It's time for another artisan workshop: this time, we're bringing in the fantastic Belinda Jeffery to teach you all the pastry basics! Is there a better way to spend a spring morning than baking some of Belinda's most delicious creations?
Step up to the plate, seafood beginners: this is class for you. Seafood Basics the ideal intro to seafood. Learn how to buy, store and prepare it, and some simple but delicious ways to cook it. It's that easy! No experience necessary.
Our friends at the National Indigenous Culinary Institute are back to run you through the ultimate Christmas entertaining menu. Learn how to ethically source and cook with saltbush, warrigal greens, Davidson plum, and so much more.
It's time for another artisan workshop: this time, passata! We've called in Alex Elliot-Howery from Cornersmith to host our very own passata day, and teach us how to make the glorious, crimson elixir just like nonna would.
It's official: seafood is a superfood. Join this class to learn how to cook three spectacular dishes that are as good for you as they are delicious.
Forget everything you think you know about Indian food. We've called in Bhavna, the modern Desi, to give us an authentic lesson in all-things Indian home cooking.
Our inaugural Palentine's Day class welcomes everybody for a night of Mexican flavours and feasting, and the ultimate seafood taco party, whether you have a date or not. Either way this is going to be a night full of fun.
To kick off summer, we’re welcoming the much-loved food writer, photographer and cookbook author Emiko Davies into Sydney Seafood School for a hands-off Sundowner Session to celebrate the publication of her new book.
You've heard about Singapore Chilli Mud Crab: it's the star of one of our most popular classes, for so many reasons. Well, we've upped the ante in the crustacean stakes with a brand new mud crab experience - XO Mud Crab.
In not much more than an hour, we'll teach you everything you need to know about filleting a fish: what tools you need, what kind of fish to buy, how different shaped fish need different treatments, and a host of essential techniques.
Earlier this year we welcomed the fantastic Alex Elliot-Howery from Cornersmith to teach us how to make the passata. This time, she's creates a stunning menu of salads to share with you, using the best seasonal autumn produce.
Indigenous Australians have been gathering and catching food from the sea for millennia. Get a taste of their knowledge and culture in this educational class, hosted by NICI and Chef Luke Bourke, and featuring a range of native ingredients.
Tom Walton returns! For this, his third masterclass, our favourite mogul of nutrition is bringing a healthy and delicious autumn menu to Sydney Seafood School.
Phil Wood, one of Australia's most exciting and innovative chefs, is joining us for a Masterclass at Sydney Seafood School in Autumn, featuring some of his favourite dishes from the Ursula's menu, deliciously simplified for the home-cook.
Join Boronia Kitchen's Simon Sandall for a masterclass in seasonal cooking. Simon will be bringing his passion for Australia's best product, recipes from his new book 'The Cookbook', and a whole lot of fun to this hands-on class.
We are thrilled to be welcoming tamale queen Rosa Cienfuegos into Sydney Seafood School this autumn to host a no-holds-barred Mexican masterclass.
At Sydney Seafood School we're proud to showcase some of Australia's most amazing Indigenous food talent in our First Nations Seafood series. For this class we're delighted to welcome Warndu founders Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan.
In a first for Sydney Seafood School, we welcome the lovely Nonie Dwyer to host an artisan workshop focused on all things gluten free cooking!
Join acclaimed self-taught chef Ellie Bouhadana for a Sundowner Session focused on recipes from her new book, 'Ellie's Table: Food from memory and food from home' (Hardie Grant) this autumn.
We are excited to be welcoming one of Sydney's best known Portuguese chefs, the brilliant Jose Silva, to Sydney Seafood School to teach us how to recreate the flavours of Portugal in Sydney.
After a sell out class in 2022 the multi-talented Elizabeth Hewson - food writer and creative, founder of Saturday Night Pasta and food columnist for The Weekend Australian Magazine - is returning to Sydney Seafood School.
Award-winning chef Junda Khoo is bringing the flavours of Malaysia to SSS, with recipes from his recently published book 'Ho Jiak: A Taste of Malaysia'. These dishes represent a dynamic cuisine, steeped in tradition.
In a very special debut, we will be welcoming guest chef Aaron Ward for an unforgettable masterclass.
Alex is Head Chef of the iconic Iceberg’s Dining Room & Bar.
Join us for the ultimate oyster appreciation experience at Sydney Seafood School, featuring oyster expert Salma Ebrahim from East 33 Oysters.
We've dug up some timeless classics from our recipe stores for this class, to help you channel your inner Francophile... Bon appétit!
In celebration of the Spring Moon Festival, take your tastebuds on a journey to a country with a hugely varied seafood eating culture: China.
Join expert baker Natalie Paull (aka Beatrix Bakes) for her first artisan workshop, to learn the secrets to perfect pastry, and how to make the best sponge cake every time.
Tamale queen Rosa Cienfuegos is returning Sydney Seafood School to host the ultimate taco masterclass. And she's bringing her amigo Gerardo Lopez who will not only be sharing his authentic tortillas but also some Metoro mezcal.
This class is your ultimate guide to feeding a crowd, the Mediterranean way. We're talking little snacks that are easy to pre-prepare or even whip up mid-party, without the stress.
Multi-talented chef Jose Silva is the brains behind much-loved Petersham seafood eatery Fich. In this masterclass he'll not only share the secrets of the famous Fich burger but also delve into some classic Portuguese seafood dishes.
Join us for the ultimate oyster appreciation experience at Sydney Seafood School, featuring oyster expert Salma Ebrahim from East 33 Oysters.
It's sashimi time! This premium class will teach you everything you need to know about sashimi and curing fish. You'll be slicing and dicing like an expert in no time as you prepare a menu of all-raw seafood dishes.
We've been lucky enough to get our hands on Khanh Nguyen: the hottest new young-gun chef from King Clarence (The Bentley Group). Join this masterclass to learn all about modern Asian cuisine.
Learn the basics of pickling from the queen herself - Alex Elliot-Howery of (now closed) cult-favourite cafe and deli Cornersmith - just in time for Christmas gifting season.
Forget everything you think you know about Indian food. We've called in Bhavna, the modern Desi, to give us an authentic lesson in all-things Indian home cooking.
Our favourite Italian chef, Orazio D'Elia from Da Orazio Bondi is coming back to showcase more of his classic Neapolitan recipes.
A Koori Christmas brings together everything we love about our First Nations Seafood classes: passionate young Indigenous chefs, native ingredients, and the original native food: seafood.
It's summer and for Aussies that means three things: seafood, barbecues and eating outdoors. We've got you covered with our new Summer BBQ class.
We can't wait to welcome cook, author, and social media sensation Brendan Pang into Sydney Seafood School, to teach us some recipes from his latest book, 'This Is A Book About Street Food'.
An author, TV presenter, teacher, and food writer, Tony Tan is the doyen of Asian cooking in Australia. And he'll be gracing the Sydney Seafood School kitchens this summer to celebrate the his latest book, Tony Tan's Asian Cooking Class.
Explore the aromatic cuisines of coastal India from Goa to Kerala and beyond in this class with Bhavna Shivalkar, AKA The Modern Desi. Bhavna will share her secrets to the essential spices you need for authentic Indian cooking.
One of our favourite chefs, Michael Rantissi, is returning to Sydney Seafood School to celebrate the launch of Middle Eastern Feasts, his new book that celebrates his all time favourite recipes.
Welcome to Summer of Seafood: a selection of short classes that bring some fun to summer weeknights, teach you a great recipe or two, feed you, and send you home with a copy of Sydney Fish Market's brand new cookbook: A Fish for all Seasons
Welcome to Summer of Seafood: a selection of short classes that bring some fun to summer weeknights, teach you a great recipe or two, feed you, and send you home with a copy of Sydney Fish Market's brand new cookbook: A Fish for all Seasons
Welcome to Summer of Seafood: a selection of short classes that bring some fun to summer weeknights, teach you a great recipe or two, feed you, and send you home with a copy of Sydney Fish Market's brand new cookbook: A Fish for all Seasons
After her sell-out session in 2024, gluten-free baking queen Nonie Dwyer, of Nonie's Foods, is back at Sydney Seafood School with a special gluten-free and dairy-free baking workshop, just in time for Easter.
Little sushi lovers will have so much fun in our hands-on sushi-making class. Creating sushi cones, nigiri, and maki rolls, the kids will get to mould and roll their very own lunch, with help from our experienced staff.
Welcome to Summer of Seafood: a selection of short classes that bring some fun to summer weeknights, teach you a great recipe or two, feed you, and send you home with a copy of Sydney Fish Market's brand new cookbook: A Fish for all Seasons
Karen Martini is back at Sydney Seafood School with her stunning recipes and cooking wisdom!
Julia Busuttil Nishimura is a much-loved cook, author and presenter whose food is influenced by her Maltese heritage. She'll be bringing her love of Italian food and the joys of the Italian kitchen to this very special cooking class.
Join Boronia Kitchen's Simon Sandall for a masterclass in seasonal cooking. Simon is a master of flavour, and will be bringing his passion for Australia's best produce, and a whole lot of fun, to this hands-on class.
To celebrate National Reconciliation Week, we're hosting our inaugural First Nations Seafood Snack Party with 2025 Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year, Luke Bourke.
We're delighted to welcome MasterChef 2021 winner Justin Narayan to Sydney Seafood School to cook recipes from his new book, Everything is Indian.
Barbecuing is one of the best (and easiest) ways to cook seafood and a great way to feed a crowd. Our Sunday BBQ class will help you do both. We'll show you how to bring the wow factor to all your barbecuing entertaining.
Our First Nations Seafood classes are hosted by rising star chef Luke Bourke in collaboration with the National Indigenous Culinary Institute (NICI), which supports young Aboriginal chefs through their apprenticeships.
Michael Rantissi is one of our favourite presenters at Sydney Seafood School and this class is a first look at recipes from his wonderful new book Salata.
Something old, something new. Danielle Alvarez will be bringing a bit of both to this hotly anticipated class, with recipes from her current book, Recipes for a Lifetime of Beautiful Cooking, and a peek at her new one (out in early 2026).
Join Karima Hazim Chatila and her mother Sivine Tabbouch, cookbook authors, teachers and the founders of Sunday Kitchen, for a Lebanese mouthwatering and memorable cooking workshop and feast.
Bhavna Kalra Shivalkar is the oracle on all-things Indian home cooking. In this class she will share her knowledge of the spices and essential ingredients that are the cornerstone of regional cooking from Kerala to Rajasthan to Punjab.