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Classes for January 2012

			Places Left		Class Price Per Person
28/1 Sat	Night	Vietnamese Cool down on a hot summer night with the refreshing tastes of Vietnamese cuisine. French influenced salads, seafood and a great noodle dish will be taught during this evening class. A good way to learn new knife skills as well.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95

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Classes for February 2012

			Places Left		Class Price Per Person
2/2 Thur	Night	Urban Graze Presents… New Guest Chef Class! MasterChef contestant Alvin Quah, is the talented and affable self proclaimed ‘scientist by day and cook by night’. Alvin’s website, Cinnamon Pig is not only a great food blog but offers recipes, videos and thoughtful insight into sweet and savoury dishes. Alvin will be conducting this hands on class focussed on seafood with a twist that only Alvin can bring along, adding to the special Urban Graze-ness that all of our classes are sprinkled with.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$140
3/2 Fri	Night	Mexican Cantina Authentic flavours are cleverly combined to create the unmistakeable dishes of Mexico. Learn how to make healthy, yet substantial meals ideal for the whole family. If you have never had real Mexican food before you’ll discover there is a lot more to Mexican cuisine than tacos and nachos.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
4/2 Sat	Day	Jam Session This is the best time of the year to learn how to preserve the best of the summers harvest before the stone fruits and berries are long gone. Of course we will also make a quick pickle of sorts and make use of any veggies that are still plentiful in the garden. This class is only offered in season, once a year. You will also have the opportunity to take home all of your jarred goodies.	Sold Out	11am	$95
8/2 Wed	Night	Seafood BBQ NEW Extra Class Prawns, mussels, oysters, fish and more will be cooked to perfection on our Weber Q barbie. Sides and sauce recipes will also be covered to ensure you have the best seafood feast covered.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$99
9/2 Thur	Night	Knife Skills So many of our Urban Grazers have over the past 5 years requested a ‘knife skills’ only class, it is difficult to count the requests. Workshop in nature, each student will have a mountain of veggie to julienne, brunoise, dice and mirepoix. If you don’t know those terms now, you will. We will also be eating on the night too.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$80
10/2 Fri	Night	Ate Plates Thai Degustation Demonstration Dinner Be our guest to an amazing culinary adventure where Urban Graze will cook and serve an eight course Thai themed menu using the best of seasonal produce. Choose to watch the meal being prepared or just come for a fabulous dining experience. Each person is requested to bring a bottle of wine that will match each course. Click here for more details on our Ate Plates Evenings.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$105
11/2 Sat	Day	Explore the Hawkesbury Discover the best in regional produce that’s on our doorstep during our hands on class inspired by what’s on at the Hawkesbury Harvest Farmers & Fine Food Market. The market is on at the showground on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month (except Jan.) Meats, veggies, mushrooms, real milk with cream on the top, seedlings and micro herbs… the menu is formed by the bounty found at the market only hours before the class.	Sold Out	11am	$99
11/2 Sat	Night	Seafood BBQ Prawns, mussels, oysters, fish and more will be cooked to perfection on our Webber Q barbie. Sides and sauce recipes will also be covered to ensure you have the best seafood feast covered.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$99
15/2 Wed	Night	Urban Graze Presents… New Guest Chef Class! MasterChef contestant Courtney Roulston was raised in Kellyville when it was still farmland (not that long ago) and has a love for fresh, local produce. She is a whiz at making food look and taste fantastic and will weave her magic at our hands on class where you can rub elbows (only elbows…) with a passionate foodie and femme fatale. Courtney’s first class with Urban Graze will be focussed on seafood-based party food. Learn how to prepare, clean and then joosh-up Australia’s best selection of seafood. Sparkling wine is a must!	(8)	6.30pm	$140
16/2 Thur	Night	Gluten Free NEW CLASS A special class dedicated to those who are gluten intolerant. This hands-on class will introduce new, alternate dishes for your diet. Great replacement recipes so that you can still enjoy your favourite, old foods and also new ideas to expand your recipe base.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$99
17/2 Fri	Night	French Bistro What exactly is French Bistro food? Uncomplicated (according to the French), tasty, small portions and reasonably priced. Butter, seafood, red meat, butter, poultry, butter and a wonderful dessert with butter!	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
18/2 Sat	Day	Thai Crazy February is Thai celebration month at Urban Graze. The Hills District seems to be crazy for Thai food. Folks can’t get enough! Join us to learn the art to creating lovely, Thai-sty dishes (had to have a pun) that are simple enough for the whole family to enjoy yet creative enough for the home chef to tackle.	Sold Out	11am	$95
18/2 Sat	Night	Ate Plates Mexican Degustation Demonstration Dinner First Time Offered Be our guest to an amazing culinary adventure where Urban Graze will cook and serve an eight course Mexican themed menu using the best of seasonal produce. Choose to watch the meal being prepared or just come for a fabulous dining experience. Each person is requested to bring a bottle of wine that will match each course. Click here for more details on our Ate Plates Evenings.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$105
23/2 Thur	Night	Get Out Of The Rut! How many dishes are in your weekly dinner repertoire? Is spag bol, schnitzel, roast chicken and beef stir fry on constant rotation at your dinner table? Spice it up baby! Move on and live in the now people. Healthy, mid week meals that will turn you into a super-hero in the kitchen	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
25/2 Sat	Day	High Tea High tea classes are back by popular demand and this one will be served at the traditional time. Gorgeous petite, little cakes, tarts and of course savoury tea sandwiches all made by you for this tea experience. A tasting using T2 tea is also included.	Sold Out	11am	$99
25/2 Sat	Night	Mahatma Coat Modern Indian breaks the mould of butter chicken and lamb saag gosht. You will learn how to bend spices and flavours like Beckham and create new dishes sure to impress the Bollywood royalty.	Sold Out	Night	$95
29/2 Tue	Night	Home Barista Learn the art of making espresso coffee using home machines. We are offering hands-on classes on the art of coffee making, designed with manual home equipment in mind. The classes consist of coffee origins, grinding, extraction, frothing, presentation and machine operation using different machines. A light meal is served with this class.	(8)	6.30pm	$70

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Classes for March 2012

			Places Left		Class Price Per Person
1/3 Thur	Night	Urban Graze Presents… New Guest Chef Class! MasterChef contestant Alvin Quah, is the talented and affable self proclaimed ‘scientist by day and cook by night’. Alvin’s website, Cinnamon Pig is not only a great food blog but offers recipes, videos and thoughtful insight into sweet and savoury dishes. Alvin will be conducting this hands on class focussed on seafood with a twist that only Alvin can bring along, adding to the special Urban Graze-ness that all of our classes are sprinkled with.	(4)	6.30pm	$140
3/3 Sat	Day	Wood Fired Oven The wood fired oven will be cranking and you will be cooking your own authentic, crisp crust pizzas with handmade mozzarella, roasting meats, root veggies and poultry. A fantastic class if you own or are planning on buying a wood fired oven. All of these recipes could be created in a conventional oven too, so please feel free to come along even if you don’t have a wood fired oven. We cook in an Alfresco Wood Fired Oven. Click here to read more about Alfresco & Sydney Heaters.	Sold Out	11am	$95
3/3 Sat	Night	Flavours of the Mediterranean Learn great recipes that show the true hospitality of the Mediterranean countries that share more than a beach. Beautiful fish, rich stews, veggies and more are created in robust and bold flavours. BYO cabana boy…	(4)	6.30pm	$95
6/3 Tue	Night	Cheap As Chips What family doesn’t want to spend less on dinner? Learn to make 5 great, inexpensive, delicious meals in our tight arse Tuesday class. The price has also been reduced for extra tightness!	(3)	6.30pm	$89
7/3 Wed	Night	Spectacular Slices If you missed Joh’s slice class last Spring, this is your chance to try again. Her slices are everything you want a slice to be: rich, gooey, sweet and mildly addictive. Five all new & cool slice recipes will be made during the class and if it is anything like the last class, all five will be consumed on the spot! Get in quick.	(2)	6.30pm	$95
8/3 Thur	Night	Chocoholic Chocolate is as popular as ever and during this class there will be a tutored tasting of at least 18 different chocolates from around the world. We use Belgian Callebaut chocolate couverture for all our recipes at Urban Graze and sell it as well (at an excellent wholesale price). Contact us for a price list. You will also make plenty of chocolate goodies to take home with you. A light meal is also served with this class.	(4)	6.30pm	$99
10/3 Sat	Day	Café @ Home Why bother getting dressed to go to a café? In the Hills area, good breaky joints are few and far between. Why not learn some new recipes for breakfast and brunch that you can make at home, in your jimjams and not have to go anywhere? Or be sneaky and send the teens to do your dirty work and enjoy breakfast in bed!	(1)	11am	$95
10/3 Sat	Night	Thai Hard as You Can! We’ve done Thai Hard and Thai Hard 2. Last year was Thai Harder, the sequel. This year…Thai as Hard as You Can featuring real Thai dishes, made in a land down under. Authentic, hand ground curry pastes, lots of chopping, julienning and chilli. Now showing to a select audience of Urban Grazers’ that have attended a Thai class before or the skilled looking for a challenge. This class is not for the total amateur. This is a no Bruce Willis guarantee!	Sold Out	6.30pm	$99
14/3 Wed	Night	Urban Graze Presents… New Guest Chef Class! MasterChef contestant Courtney Roulstonwas raised in Kellyville when it was still farmland (not that long ago) and has a love for fresh, local produce. She is a whiz at making food look and taste fantastic and will weave her magic at our hands on class where you can rub elbows (only elbows…) with a passionate foodie and femme fatale. Courtney’s class with Urban Graze will be focussed on Indian with a twist.	(10)	6.30pm	$140
15/3 Thur	Night	Block Rockin’ Moroccan Discover the vibrant flavours of Morocco with some traditional and new wave ideas that are easy to make and will pack a punch in your mouth.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
16/3 Fri	Night	Fancy Cakes Our cake expert, Johanna Folkard from SweetBite will guide you through the finer points of making fancy cakes. We will make large and petite cakes that will then be enrobed with fondant, smothered with butter cream and embellished with beautiful edibles and ribbon. This class is a more mid-range decorating class and is best suited to those with a small amount of baking knowledge.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
17/3 Sat	Day	Happy Endings French inspired desserts to make you swoon and say ooh la la! From the most divine crepes, to the classic crème brûlée and all places in-between, this dessert class will have you begging for seconds.	(6)	11am	$95
17/3 Sat	Night	Thai Crazy New Class The Hills District seems to be crazy for Thai food. Folks can’t get enough! Join us to learn the art to creating lovely, Thai-sty dishes (had to have a pun) that are simple enough for the whole family to enjoy yet creative enough for the home chef to tackle.	(2)	6.30pm	$95
22/3 Thur	Day	Easy As Quick and simple meals, ready to go lickety-split. A perfect class for those of you who are time poor but love to cook from scratch. This class will be finished by 2:00pm.	(6)	11am	$95
22/3 Thur	Night	Pasta Traditions Learn to make your own pasta in our fun and floury class. Golden egg pasta and beautiful, rich sauces will be made during our dinner class. Skip lunch today as we will enjoy 4 courses of pasta before you head home for some quality couch time.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
23/3 Fri	Night	Spanish Revolution We love Spanish inspired cuisine. These are perfect dishes to enjoy year round but especially at the beginning of autumn. Enjoy a glass of Sangria with our picante and dolce bites & pieces to soothe your soul.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
24/3 Sat	Day	Easter Basket New Class Due to the popularity of our Christmas hampers class, we are offering another themed gift making class. This class will include recipes to make fantastic Easter treats including marshmallows, rocky road and peanut vanilla caramel. Tempering chocolate will be covered as well. All goodies will be packaged up and made into a perfect Easter basket that will be too good for you to give away.	(1)	11am	$99
24/3 Sat	Night	Vietnamese Regarded as the healthiest cuisines in the world, Vietnamese foods also have the most flavours. Supreme salads, traditional char grilled meats and noodles are part of this refreshing class.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
28/3 Wed	Night	Meat Free Vegetarian meals shouldn’t be so strange to us. Everyone would do better eating less meat more often. (this coming from a former vego converted back to the dark side with crispy bacon.) Meatless meal are delicious and we will show you how to achieve this using minimal animal products (cheese, butter) and using the best of our local produce to create recipes you will fall in love with; with a clean conscience.	(6)	6.30pm	$95
29/3 Thur	Night	Out of The Blue If you have never filleted a fish but have always wanted to learn, this class is your first port of call. Everyone will get a chance to fillet and then you will turn your beautiful fillets into a delicious recipe. We will be using only sustainable fish such as salmon, fresh water trout, leather jacket and more which will be turned into salads, main courses and barbequed as well.	(6)	6.30pm	$105
31/3 Sat	Day	Not as Dim as it Sims Urban Graze will show you how to make 6 popular deluxe Dim Sum dumplings. We now have all new dumplings this year and a new improved version of the transparent pastry that's easy for beginners. You will get the opportunity to make all of the pastries and most fillings from scratch and everyone will make all 6 items. Once all is prepared, we will fire up the woks and fryers and cook what we have just made, then sit down to Chinese tea and of course plenty of dim sum.	Sold Out	10.30am	$99
31/3 Sat	Night	Modern Asian Joel will reveal his best Modern Asian recipes. A class chock full of delicious new ideas and techniques using authentic ingredients and flavours but with new, modern twists to make our dishes that little bit more special.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95

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Classes for April 2012

			Places Left		Class Price Per Person
3/4 Tue	Night	Vietnamese – 2nd class encore Regarded as the healthiest cuisines in the world, Vietnamese foods also have the most flavours. Supreme salads, traditional char grilled meats and noodles are part of this refreshing class.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
4/4 Wed	Night	Get Saucy The meals we remember most are often punctuated with great sauces that truly compliment the dish. Escoffier, the father of Modern French cuisine once said,’ Rôtisseurs (roast cooks) are made but saucier’s (sauce chefs) are born.’ We are hoping to change that for you in this class dedicated to making real sauces, from scratch that would make Escoffier proud.	(3)	6.30pm	$95
5/4 Thur	Night	Urban Graze Presents… New Guest Chef Class! MasterChef contestant Alvin Quah, is the talented and affable self proclaimed ‘scientist by day and cook by night’. Alvin’s website, Cinnamon Pig is not only a great food blog but offers recipes, videos and thoughtful insight into sweet and savoury dishes. Alvin will be conducting this hands on class focussed on seafood with a twist that only Alvin can bring along, adding to the special Urban Graze-ness that all of our classes are sprinkled with.	(9)	6.30pm	$140
11/4 Wed	Day	Kids Only School Holiday Special Parents can drop off their kids for a couple of hours and relax knowing they will be making their own lunch. Kids will enjoy a hand’s on cooking session learning how to safely use a knife, the stove, oven and bbq.	(4)	11am - 1.30pm	$65
12/4 Thur	Day	Kids Only “Desserts” School Holiday Special This is a special kid’s version of our desserts class. All children love desserts and we are dedicating a special class to cover just sweets. Parents beware; they will eat 4 different desserts laden with sugary goodness whilst at the class. Maybe have a sporting activity planned for later on…	(1)	11am - 1.30pm	$65
12/4 Thur	Night	Northern Italian France, Switzerland and Austria all influence the rich, cuisine of Northern Italy. Join us for a divine class embracing all that is good from the region.	Sold Out	6.30pm	$95
13/4 Fri	Night	Fondant Magic Join our guest instructor Johanna Folkard, owner of SweetBite cake decorating in Kellyville. Joh will be teaching the basics of cake decorating using fondant or RTR. She will show you how to cover small cakes, cupcakes and cookies in this hands on class.	(3)	6.30pm	$99
14/4 Sat	Day	Curds & Whey If you have ever wanted to learn how to make your own mozzarella & ricotta, then this is class is for you. We will be setting cheese, cutting curds and separating whey to the envy of Little Miss Muffet. Much more is covered including marinating cheese, classic cheese accompaniments such as hand rolled crackers, spiced almonds and fruit chutney.	(4)	11am	$95
14/4 Sat	Night	Pie Whole Learn to make the best flaky pastry and also traditional lard pastry for sweet and savoury pies from a pastry expert. You will also learn about the correct fillings for different types of crust and everyone will be able to stuff themselves with as much pie as they can eat. Plus take home something to share.	(6)	6.30pm	$95
17/4 Tue	Day	Kids Only “Baking” School Holiday Special Scones, cinnamon scrolls and muffins will be the menu on the day. All children love baking and we are dedicating a special class to cover just baking. The kids will be able to bring home their creations as well.	(2)	11am - 1.30pm	$65
18/4 Wed	Night	Urban Graze Presents… New Guest Chef Class! MasterChef contestant Courtney Roulston was raised in Kellyville when it was still farmland (not that long ago) and has a love for fresh, local produce. She is a whiz at making food look and taste fantastic and will weave her magic at our hands on class where you can rub elbows (only elbows…) with a passionate foodie and femme fatale. Courtney’s class with Urban Graze will be focussed on one of her favourite styles of cuisine to cook, Asian.	(9)	6.30pm	$140
19/4 Thur	Night	Bowled Over Making fresh stock and soup from scratch is inexpensive, yet so rewarding. From basic chicken, beef and vegetable stocks we will show you how to make the most tasty soups and stews to enjoy the rest of the winter! This class is a perfect way to warm up on a cool winter’s night.	(10)	6.30pm	$95
21/4 Sat	Day	High Rise With the cooler months here, it is time to fill your kitchen with the aromas of freshly made bread. This class is a little longer then our normal classes and we will make sweet cinnamon rolls and savoury breads plus soft pretzels that will have you quitting your day job and dedicating your life to this great pleasure!	(8)	10.30am	$95
21/4 Sat	Night	Desserts Only Dinner party desserts are an art, however we are going to show you how to cheat a little to make your dinner party desserts look and taste like a 2 hat dessert. Lots of tips and tricks accompany this sweet tooth class.	(2)	6.30pm	$95
26/4 Thur	Night	Birds of a Feather Flock together to our duck class. We love duck and as we know, so do most of you. Learn the secret to cooking duck to perfection along with the tastiest accompaniments (duck fat potatoes, great veggies & beautiful sauces). Local ducks from Pepe’s Ducks in South Windsor will be the star of the show.	(3)	6.30pm	$99
28/4 Sat	Day	Wood Fired Oven The wood fired oven will be cranking and you will be cooking your own authentic, crisp crust pizzas with handmade mozzarella, roasting meats, root veggies and poultry. A fantastic class if you own or are planning on buying a wood fired oven. All of these recipes could be created in a conventional oven too, so please feel free to come along even if you don’t have a wood fired oven. We cook in an Alfresco Wood Fired Oven. Click here to read more about Alfresco & Sydney Heaters.	(7)	11am	$95
28/4 Sat		Portuguese New Class A new class for Urban Graze where we will bring you some traditional favourites from Portugal. Real Portuguese chicken with piri piri, salted cod and Portuguese tarts plus a few extras to complete this adventure.	(4)	6.30pm	$95

Terms and Conditions
A cancellation for a booking made within the 7 day period of a booked class, no refunds will be given. A cancellation fee of $30 per booking per class will apply when a class is cancelled or transferred outside of the 7 day period. You may send another guest in your place if you are unable to attend your booked class at no additional fee. Your place in a class or for a private kitchen party is only confirmed when full payment is received. We will not hold any bookings without a payment. If you have a gift certificate please bring it along with you. Gift certificates become void when a booking is cancelled within 7 days of a class. Transfer fees apply to all gift certificates as well.

Urban Graze reserves the right to cancel a class within 24 hours due to insufficient numbers. If a class does not reach minimum numbers or if unforeseen or exceptional circumstances arise, Urban Graze reserves the right to cancel or postpone any class. If this occurs, a full refund will be given. Existing bookings have the choice of a refund or a transfer to another class.

Due to council regulations we are required to notify clients that parking should be made in our driveway which is located in Coral Crescent. Entrance to the school is located on Patterson Ave.

You will receive a reminder email a few days before the class. We look forward to seeing you then.

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