Cooking with Lola

About Cooking with Lola

Cooking with Lola is a cooking school led by chef Lola Migliore, who grew up in Buenos Aires in a household of Italian and Spanish heritage and trained as a musician before moving into food. Her kitchen is on the ground floor of Mercato Centrale at 546 Collins Street, and classes lean into the flavours of Spain and Latin America with music, a little Spanish language and a lot of sharing. Private groups can choose from several menus. The paella class covers a traditional paella made from scratch, a jug of sangria and churros for dessert, while the tapas class works through Spanish small plates, pintxos and a squid ink paella. There are also Peruvian, Argentinian street food and Mexican menus; the Argentinian one features chimichurri, choripán, a veal schnitzel sandwich and chocotorta and is mostly meat, so it cannot be adapted for vegans, vegetarians or pescatarians. Each class runs for about three hours, and everyone sits down at the end to eat what they cooked. The group format works for birthdays, Christmas parties, client entertaining and team days, and nobody needs to know their way around a kitchen. Ingredients, utensils and drinks are covered, and groups of more than 12 can ask about dates outside the public calendar. Families can also book the kids class, held on the last Saturday of each month for ages 5 to 15, where young cooks make tacos and guacamole with staff who hold working with children checks. Lola also caters paella for events elsewhere if the group would rather stay put.

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