Join guest chef Cameron Matthews here at Cooking on the Bay next Thursday. Our first ever Guest Chef event. There are just two places left for Cameron’s Italian cooking class here next Thursday 26th September Cameron is the Executive Chef at the two-hatted Long Apron Restaurant in Queensland. He has been cooking for more than [...]
The peppers we used in our recent Mediterranean - Touch of Spice cooking class were fantastic and very well received. They make a great tapas dish and are fun to cook around the barbecue and with your friends in the kitchen. next time we will have the Piementos de Padrone. Our recent ones were these: [...]
More photos from the recent Mediterranean classes.
As always, we have had some great classes over the past few weeks with 3 Mediterranean – Touch of Spice and 3 French Odyssey – Journey through France. The Mediterranean – Touch of Spice classes featured a variety of tapas dishes, tagines and braises. And our special peppers. I was delighted to have these fabulous [...]
The best way to learn French is to live in France. So go to the Nancy University L’Ecôle d’Eté and spend July learning French! It was a wonderful three month visit to France. Barging, touring, cooking at La Combe and studying French at L’Ecôle d’Eté, Summer School at Nancy University. The [...]
For us, one of the joys of visiting France is the discovery of special places – Château de Boursault was one of these special experiences - a divine Champagne House just near the Route de Champagne. We arrived in Paris at Charles de Gaulle airport, at 6am [...]
You can eat what?! - Tim Driver’s food blog – now going into film...in the kitchen of Cooking on the Bay! Tim Driver is all about cooking food for vegetarians plus those with various food allergies – such as lactose or gluten intolerant. Tim cooks delicious, varied, healthy as well as indulgent dishes, such as [...]
We recently enjoyed the best lunch with Champagne Jayne - here pictured with me - at Vue de Monde, Rialto, as part of the recent Melbourne Food and Wine festival. It was a sensational day with superb champagnes and divine food, as you would expect from Shannon Bennett at Vue [...]
Each year we attend many events at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival with our friends Ashley and Helen. This year it was the festival’s 20th Anniversary and there have been very special events. We have been to two ‘pork’ events...an excellent lunch at La Luna in Carlton, with Chef Adrian Richardson, who always does [...]
