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Contact Info +64 09 302 1460, 20 Beaumont Street Auckland City |
Classes & Courses
Office Daze! Why not bring your team to Main Course? See how well you work together out of the office - You may be surprised at who rocks in the kitchen and who can't take the heat! This is a 100% tailor-made, fully hands on cooking class. Click on the "Office Daze" tab to your left for more information and if you like the sound of it, email us for an e-brochure (in a PDF format) containing prices, menus and blurb on how it all works. This is one of our most popular classes offering complete team building flexibility & heaps of fun. It's a wicked way to cater for everyone's team building tastes - What better way to get to know your colleagues or clients than creating a delicious meal together? Cooking is un-intimidating and much more appealing than climbing trees or sitting in a restaurant...... and it's really creative - a great way to allow the analytical brain take a break!
FROM $99.00 per person. Patisserie Workshop Suitable for beginners or more advanced pastry afficionados. This class will lead you step-by-step through making pastry products and give you ideas on use of different types of pastry. The class will cover choux, puff and sweet paste. Includes lunch and you get to take home your creations to show off to your friends and family. Fully hands on cooking - 3 types of pastry and about 6 hours long. Starts at 10am. Saturday 7th August 2010. $199.00 Creating THE Cake Workshop Ever wondered how the cakes in the cake shop got to look so delicious? Thinking of doing some Christmas cakes this year? Come and learn to work with buttercream; coat a cake in chocolate ganache; roll, colour and enrobe with fondant icing; pipe with royal icing and make cutouts and icing roses. You will be taking a cake home so line up some people to eat it! Cakes are baked for you. This class is about learning to decorate cakes. Hands on decorating of cakes - About 4 hours. Saturday 11th September 2010, starts @ 1pm. $129.00 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hola Mexico! Mexican food is more than mince meat tacos with grated cheese and sour cream. This class is for people who love Mexican food and want to make it at home! Authentic Mexican dishes to tantalise your tastebuds, including making fresh maize flour tortillas. Get your sombrero on and bring along your friends for an evening of fun and great food. Hands on cooking - 3 dishes and about 2.5 hours. Tuesday 14th September 2010, starts @ 6pm.$99.00 Chocolate Works Back by popular demand, this class is a chocoholic's dream. Dipping, moulding, rolling, tempering and paddling of chocolate is followed by decorating and presentation tips. Our chocolatier will advise on suppliers in Auckland and what you should buy to produce the best quality chocolates or chocolate work. Very hands on - about 3 hours in duration. Saturday 18th September 2010, starts 10am. $99.00 Fine Dining @ Home This is our most popular class. No Stress! It's all about being cool in the kitchen! Learn how to prepare and present an impressive three course dinner for any occasion. Discover the balance of entertaining your guests, enjoying yourself and serving a memorable meal. You will prepare an entrée and a main dish followed by a decadent dessert. Starts @ 6pm.
Hands on cooking - 3 dishes and about 2.5 hours. Check calendar for dates, there is at least one every month. $99.00 Mangiare Italiano! A fantastic menu for the evening has been set. If you are a lover of all things Italian then this is THE class for you. What a great opportunity for a date or to share with a mate! Antipasti, pasta making or risotto or gnocchi, Dolce, it's all here, in one night of fun, cooking and romance. Don't miss it! Hands on cooking - 3 dishes and about 2.5 hours. Thurs July 29 - featuring gnocchi, Friday August 20 - featuring pasta, Tuesday 7th September - risotto (last risotto class for the year!). $99.00 Thai Time! Liking it spicy? This class uses traditional Thai recipes to cook up a 3 course meal with condiments. You'll be making a soup, a Thai salad, green curry and a dessert. Fully hands on cooking - 3 dishes over 2.5 hours. Starts at 6pm. Date of next classes: Wednesday 1st September. This class is gluten free. $99.00 Tapas Experience Flavours galore! You'll be creating small plates of delectable morsels to share with friends and family. Each class covers 5 different dishes and the flavours are truly international. Great for party food or long afternoons. Each class will cover a different region of the world - check brackets after class dates below for your favourite or come along to them all! These classes will be run every second month this year: August 11 (Northern Europe), October 13 (Pacific Rim). Book one today! Fully hands on cooking - 5 dishes and about 2.5hrs long. Starts at 6pm. $99.00 Cool & Confident Basic Skills Develop a long term love for your kitchen. We'll get you started on the basics in this class in which you'll make three delightful dishes. We'll work on techniques like heat control, knife skills and stuff like timing, temperature and menu planning. Including tips on what to buy, where, how and when, what to cook for various occasions that won't have you melting down and a good giggle about why things go wrong sometimes. A fantastic class for the nervous and novice. Fully hands on cooking - 3 dishes and about 2.5hrs long. Starts at 6pm. Next class: 23 August 2010$99.00 The Modern Vegetarian This class kicks arse with vego attitude! We leave cheese on toast & mung beans in the 70's and smirk at the face of carnivore self-righteousness! A hippy free-zone (no offence hippies) this is a fully hands-on class in which we play with 3 dishes - all nutritionally balanced, all easy to shop for, all heaps of fun to make, with not a tofu burger in sight! This class rocks, do it even if you are a carnivore! Fully hands on cooking - 3 dishes and about 2.5 hours long. Starts at 6pm. Next class: 19th October 2010. $99.00
Complete Basic Skills Course (3 Sessions) A comprehensive version of Cool & Confident Basic Skills. Learn all the basics of good home cooking. Boost your confidence, improve your health, develop your creativity and enjoy the world of good food. You'll be all skilled up by the end of it and ready to blast into your kitchen with the expertise of a seasoned cook! You'll work closely with our chefs, all imparting their knowledge, humour and tips. Each class is 2.5 hours long, starting at 6pm and wrapping up at about 8.30pm. The format is true Main Course style, starting with a demonstration then you're into it yourselves using our awesome facilities, afterwards enjoying the fruits of your labour around the dining table with your classmates. $295.00 Booking conditions apply. Please refer to our Terms of Trade page. Next course scheduled Wednesdays July 7, 14 and 21 2010. Last course for the year scheduled Tuesdays September 21 & 28, 5th October 2010. Better than Basic (3 sessions) The sequel to the Complete Basic Skills Course. Whether you completed our Complete Basic Skills course or not, this is the ideal progression to those wishing to take the next steps to tasty, well thought out, healthy, nicely presented home cooking. Do not miss this fun, information packed, skilled up class. You'll work on correct preparation and accompaniments with meat, fish & shellfish, learn some of the finer arts of desserts and get back to our roots with some good soul food style dinners. Only twelve places available each season - book now as they won't last long. $295.00 Booking conditions apply. Please refer to our Terms of Trade page. Next course scheduled Thursdays 14, 21 and 28 October 2010. "Not a Novice" Master class series (3 sessions) You've got all the books, a subscription to Cuisine magazine and you love The Food Channel. You've attended a good selection of our classes (and others) and now you are hungry for more. There's a desire to lift your skill base, show off to your foodie friends and prepare all the posh stuff with a slightly arrogant confidence. From Foie Gras to Mille-Feuille - we'll show you how it should be done, how to make it better and how to earn the adoration of your mates.This course speaks for itself...... it's not for Novices. It's time to step up, step out of your comfort zone (of braised lamb shanks with red wine jus) and challenge yourself. You'll love it so don't miss it. $349 per person Booking conditions apply. Please refer to our Terms of Trade page. Last course for this year scheduled Thursdays August 5th, 12th and 19th 2010. Need some space? You can hire Main Course........ Click on the "Venue Hire" tab to your left for more information about hiring our wicked, light filled, open & cruisy space for your product launch, cooking demonstration, photo / film shoot, brainstorming session, sales meeting, whatever! Available by the hour you can tailor-make your event to include staff, delicious snacks & yummy lunches. It's private, smart and a whole lot more creative than a hotel conference room! We also offer experienced chefs, assistants, food styling & hand modelling service (additional fee's apply). Check to see if the date you need is available from our calendar then email us for an e-brochure. EASY! Retail Cookware If you've been to Main Course before you'll have experienced our awesome range of Infinite Circulon cookware. We like our clients to feel that they can recreate the magic they did during their class here - at home, using these pans. "The Circulon Infinite range of pans is fantastic", Sonya says. She may be a little biased but recent experience with them at the school has converted her into a true fan. The pans used in the school have had a good work out for five years and are still looking great! They are non-stick, versatile and the most important thing is that they have stainless handles so they can go in the oven too! We use these pans for everything, from roasting to boiling to baking cakes! Their versatility eliminates the need for baking trays, roasting pans and other baking paraphernalia and what's more - your risottos won't stick, neither will your eggs!
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