Cooking Classes in Sunshine Coast Hinterland

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Category: Cooking ClassesLocation: Sunshine Coast HinterlandListings: 2

Find the Right Cooking Class in Sunshine Coast Hinterland

Mix Taste Eat - cooking classes on the Sunshine Coast

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Mix Taste Eat (Nambour)5.0 (6)

From $98pp

Work teams can swap the meeting room for a shared cooking project, then sit down together to eat what they made.

Spirit House Cooking School - cooking classes on the Sunshine Coast

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Spirit House Cooking School (Yandina)4.6 (493)

From $180pp

Day classes begin at 9.30am and evening classes at 4.30pm, so a group can pick a morning cook-up or a night out.

Getting Cooking Classes Right

Two hinterland towns host group cooking: Nambour, where a small teaching kitchen can be hired for your own class, and Yandina, where a restaurant's cooking school runs longer Asian classes that end in a shared meal. The difference comes down to length, cuisine and how private you want it.

Nambour against Yandina, side by side:

Mix Taste Eat in Nambour runs fully hands-on classes of about two hours, led by a qualified nutritionist, from $98 per person.
Spirit House Cooking School in Yandina runs classes of about four hours, then everyone sits down to the dishes they cooked, from $180 per person.
Cuisine: Nambour's public classes cover themes like dumplings, Asian dishes and Italian, while the Yandina calendar rotates Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, wok and barbecue themes.
Privacy: the Nambour studio is hired privately for your group, and the Yandina calendar sets certain dates aside as private classes.
Inclusions: Mix Taste Eat covers ingredients, an apron and recipes sent home; Spirit House supplies aprons, knives and utensils and pours wine and beer with the meal.

Sunshine Coast Hinterland Cooking Classes

Mix Taste Eat lists team building and corporate sessions, and the studio can be booked as a half day, a full Thursday, or an evening or weekend slot.
Spirit House Cooking School suits a birthday group that wants a long lunch or dinner built into the class, with day classes from 9.30am and evening classes from 4.30pm.
Both welcome beginners, so a group with mixed kitchen skills is no problem at either.
Spirit House takes keen cooks over 12 but not babies or strollers, so check ages before inviting a family group.

Practical points for a Nambour or Yandina class

Closed-in shoes are required at Spirit House because of the knives and hot liquids.
Some Spirit House classes are gluten free or seafood free, so match the date to any dietary needs in the group.
At Mix Taste Eat, on-site support can be added if a larger group needs extra hands.
Send each a date range rather than a single day, since both fit private groups around their regular classes.

Answers to Common Cooking Class Questions

Which hinterland cooking class is shorter, Nambour or Yandina?

Nambour. Mix Taste Eat's classes run about two hours, while Spirit House Cooking School's run about four, including the meal.

Does either cooking class finish with a meal?

Spirit House Cooking School ends each class with lunch or dinner made from the recipes, served with wine and beer. Mix Taste Eat focuses on the hands-on cooking and sends the recipes home.

Can a workplace book a private cooking session in the hinterland?

Yes. Mix Taste Eat hires out its Nambour studio for team building and corporate sessions, and Spirit House Cooking School lists corporate events and private class dates.

Are older kids welcome at the Yandina cooking school?

Keen cooks over 12 are welcome at Spirit House; babies and strollers are not.