Cooking Workshops & Events
“The cooking workshops are excellent, I don’t know how Nicola manages to fit so much into each session. She lives and breathes all that she shares.”
My cooking workshops are more than a cooking class. They are a culmination of over 20 years of studying, teaching, and writing about cooking and eating well. I interweave my knowledge of nutrition and share cooking tips from my experience as a trained chef. I have also studied a Certificate in Adult Education (NMIT 2009), which I find invaluable for sharing my knowledge in the best possible way.
My food focus is on flavourful recipes using everyday ingredients that are packed with nutrients, with a particular interest in traditional cooking techniques such as Sourdough Bread, Fermentation, and Home Preserving. Over the last 20 years, I have presented to over a thousand workshop participants and taught all around New Zealand including Auckland, Whangarei, Tauranga, Waikato, Napier, Palmerston North, Wairarapa, Wellington, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch, Hokitika, Geraldine, Dunedin, Wanaka & Queenstown.
My workshops can fill up fast so please book early to secure a place. I open bookings to my Events newsletter first – subscribe HERE.
2024 Cooking Workshops (more dates to come)
Term One 2024
- NELSON – Preserve the Harvest – two dates to choose from – Wednesday 21st February OR Wednesday 20th March – 6.30 – 8.30 pm – SOLD OUT – register interest for 2025 here
- ONLINE (Zoom) – Preserving & Fermentation – Saturday 9th March 2024 – 2.00 – 4.15 pm – SOLD OUT – register interest for 2025 here
Term Two
- NELSON – Art of Sourdough – Wednesday 8th May – 6.30 – 8.30 pm – Sold Out
- CANTERBURY (Rangiora) – Art of Sourdough – Saturday 8th June – Sold Out – Register interest for 2025 here
- NELSON – Art of Sourdough – Wednesday 19th June- 6.30 – 8.30 pm – Sold Out
Term Three
- WELLINGTON – 2 x Sourdough classes – Saturday 3rd August – Sold Out – Register interest for 2025 here
- ONLINE (Zoom) – Learn Sourdough – Saturday 17th August – 2.00 – 4.15 pm – Book Now
- ONLINE (Zoom) – Everyday Sourdough – Saturday in November – 2.00 – 4.15 pm – More Details + Register Interest
- NELSON – Everyday Sourdough – Wednesday 11th September – 6.30 – 8.30 pm – Book Now
- NELSON – Art of Sourdough – Wednesday evening, November – date to be confirmed – Register Interest Here
*More 2025 workshop dates to be confirmed for Auckland and other locations. I am also available for private small-group workshops or demonstrating at larger events, please contact me.
Join my Events newsletter HERE to be kept up to date with cooking workshops around Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Please join my Events Newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming cooking workshops. You can read more about my experience and passion for eating well HERE.
I have been sharing my passion for cooking and eating well since I completed my chef & nutrition studies in 2003. What initially started as small cooking classes in my home quickly grew to evening cooking classes at the historic Fairfield House in Nelson. In 2006 I was invited to create and tutor a Cooking & Nutrition course for Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT). I ran this regular 6-week course until the arrival of my first child in 2010. I reinstated my cooking workshops in early 2014 and regularly teach in Nelson and around Aoteroa.
More details about the workshops
- The workshops are demonstration-style, with plenty of interaction with the ingredients & food.
- Workshops will include delicious food samples and a recipe folder to take home – bring a pen to take notes.
- The Nelson workshops are run at the warm and welcoming Broccoli Row Cafe on Collingwood street with plenty of off-street parking.
- The workshops fill up fast so please book early to secure a place. If you do miss out please contact me to be added to the waiting list.
- Due to time constraints, unfortunately, I am unable to offer a refund or credit if you can’t make it to a booked workshop, so please check the date carefully. However, I am happy for you to send a friend along in your place. Read the full Terms & Conditions HERE.
Feedback
“Nicola delivers a clear message about eating well, with many revelations!… I like her simplicity & practical approach to cooking healthy food. Very helpful – I’m referring to the recipes all the time.”
“Nicola is obviously passionate about food and helping other people to understand why. The only negative is that the workshop was too short!”
“An excellent course, Nicola’s enthusiasm for her subject and encouragement was awesome.”
“The nutrition information added to a straightforward cooking class – it was more than I expected.”
“The course was excellent, up to date, and enthusiastically presented.”