French Cooking Class With Di Holuigue

French Cooking Class With Di Holuigue

The hands-on format starts the minute you call. Each participant is asked to give input into what the menu might include - not just the dishes, but the techniques youd like to master to be a comfortable, confident cook in your own home.

Be it making Italian risotto, roasting the best crisp-skinned duck, feeling at home with French souffl-making and complex sauces, insight into the new 'fusion' of cutting edge Australian cuisine or Moroccan dish, delicate fish dishes, puff pastry or a classy, made-in-advance dessert, Di will find a like-minded group for you. Your class starts at 9.

30am and its all hands on deck to cook a sumptuous, four-course sit-down lunch with wine. When we wrap up at 3.

30pm, the students will have had a full 6 hours to learn as much as possible from Dis skills, talents and years of experience. Initially trained at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, and LEcole Le Ntre, Paris (ptisserie and charcuterie), Diane continually augments this outstanding grounding with classes around the world, and in the kitchens of famous chefs, including those of Michel Gurard, Freddy Girardet, Roger Verg, Alain Senderens, La Tour d Argent, Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck.

Di was named a Living Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival and has authored 12 cookbooks, winning the inaugural "Best Contribution in Food print" for the Australian Food Media Awards. Di has been food editor of several national magazines, among them Home Beautiful, Epicurean, The Australian Magazine, Ita and the Sunday Herald Magazine and for 2 years was resident chef on the national TV programme Good Morning Australia, and for 10 years, chief judge for the Restaurant and Caterer's Victorian Restaurant Awards.

Please note: Due to the popularity of this experience we reommend booking in at least 2-3 months in advance. Please contact us if you are after a specific date.