Celebrate the art of cooking with Moonacres Cooking School. Understand, prepare and enjoy fresh, seasonal and hand-made food – experience the simple act of eating seasonally.
Learn specialist skills and crafts from artisans, farmers, local and renowned chefs and, take pleasure in the simple act of a shared table. The school is a living repository not only of food knowledge, but more importantly of food practice. The focus is on the doing, on learning by doing, on being taught by working practitioners.
Enquire with our Concierge Team about a customised group or corporate classes.
Making Edible Christmas gifts with Sophie Hansen
Date: Friday 6 December
Duration: 5 hours
Cost: $165
Moonacres Christmas cooking day with Sophie Hansen from Orange will have you preserving, baking, making and wrapping good things that you might like to replicate at home and give to the good people in your life. And in the middle of it all, we’ll stop to share a light lunch and glass of bubbles. Or two.
The menu will showcase seasonal produce. Sophie will demonstrate six different gift ideas, and as always with her classes, there’ll be many opportunities to participate and make along with her. There may be some extras for everyone to take home, but the idea here is to get the recipes, the inspo and the how-tos and then head off and make up in batches at home.
This class is hands-on, very relaxed and easy, and, we hope, a lovely chance to spend the day cooking, creating, chatting and sharing good food with new friends.
Sophies approach to cooking and sourcing food – keep it simple, keep it seasonal and get comfortable with a strong repertoire of bombproof recipes. And most of all, make mealtimes and shared tables part of every day.
The class runs from 10:00am to 3:00pm and Sophie and the team at Moonacres look forward to seeing you soon.
Artisan Pizza with Lachlan Campbell
Date: Saturday 7 December
Duration: 4 hours
Time: 3pm
Cost: $150
It will be a perfect time to gather, cook and savour the simple joy of artisan pizza.
Working with sourdough .. it has a brilliant and wild energy – alive and bubbling away. You must nurture it, let it rise at its own pace and when you get it right, the results are fantastic. That chewy crispy crust, full of flavour you just can’t get with anything else. It’s a labour of love, but when you slice into that pizza with the perfect base, it’s all worth it.
Sourdough is where tradition meets creativity, and you taste it in every bite.
The Moonacres team are harvesting some fresh produce from Moonacres farm, leafy wholesome greens and herbs, combining flavoursome Olsson salts and savoury oils. Celebrating the taste and simplicity of the ingredients with the art of creating crispy and chewy sourdough pizzas. It’s a hands-on experience.
You’ll be topping it off by sampling some locally made and loved hand-crafted beers. It will be a cracking event to enjoy with family and friends, just before Christmas, celebrating good food and even better company.
The experience begins and 3pm and concludes with a feast at 6pm around our shared table.
Lachie and the team at Moonacres can’t wait to see you in December.
Make the most of your time in the Highlands with an overnight stay at Moss Manor in Moss Vale.
Enquire with our Concierge Team about a customised group or corporate classes.
Understand, prepare and enjoy fresh, seasonal and hand-made food - experience the simple act of eating seasonally.
The opportunity to learn the art and craft of food, in all it's forms, is the offering of Moonacres School.