Cooking Classes in Central Barossa

Getting Cooking Classes Right

Central Barossa's cooking classes sit in two towns. Nuriootpa has a farm cooking school and a cheesemaking workshop, while Tanunda has a chocolate maker running hands-on sessions.

Comparing the three by what you cook and how long it takes:

Maggie Beer's Farm Shop, Nuriootpa: a seasonal cooking school for up to 10 that runs about two and a half hours, then a long-table lunch of what you made.
Cultured Cheese School, Nuriootpa: three-hour workshops on haloumi, feta or camembert, From $180 per person.
Barossa Valley Chocolate Company, Tanunda: Rocky Road, Chocolate Block or Praline workshops for eight or more, From $55 per person.
All three send guests home with something: recipe cards, a cheese kit and the cheese, or packaged chocolate.
Group size differs a lot, from four at the farm shop up to private cheese sessions for 12 adults or more.

The farm shop also runs a lighter studio kitchen demonstration, using the kitchen from The Cook and the Chef, with a wine and gin tasting and grazing lunch.
Themed classes at the farm cover desserts, cocktails and snacks, and plant-based cooking.
The cheese workshop is held among wine barrels at a winery cellar door, with morning tea, a wine tasting and a platter.
Pack a cooler bag for the cheese school, so your cheese travels home cold.

Choosing for a birthday or a work team

For a team day, the chocolate company pitches its workshops at corporate groups, and the cheese school runs private business workshops.
For a children's birthday, the chocolate company runs weekend morning parties for 12 or more kids.
Groups of more than six can book the Maggie Beer's Farm Shop experiences privately.
If the class includes wine or gin, arrange a booked driver for the group.

Answers to Common Cooking Class Questions

What is the longest cooking class in Central Barossa?

The Cultured Cheese School workshop runs for about three hours.

Can kids do a cooking class in Central Barossa?

The chocolate company runs kids' birthday parties, and the cheese school welcomes kids.

How many people fit the cooking school at Maggie Beer's Farm Shop?

Up to 10 guests, who cook one course and then sit down together for lunch.

Which class is in Tanunda rather than Nuriootpa?

The chocolate workshops at the Barossa Valley Chocolate Company.

Cooking Classes in Central Barossa

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