Cooking class+lunch experience

Cooking Class+Lunch Experience on Waiheke Island with Julie Biuso

Unique food & wine experience
Enjoy cooking class + lunch with renowned food writer/author Julie Biuso in her Waiheke home
Taste the best Waiheke and New Zealand artisan products
Option to add on premium wine tasting
All levels of travel can be arranged: ferry, premium private vehicle, helicopter

olive harvest 9 — Just-picked Waiheke olives at Rangihoua Estate

This premium food and wine experience is unique on Waiheke, and in New Zealand. Guests enjoy a cooking class and lunch with renowned food writer/author and Le Cordon Bleu Ambassador Julie Biuso in her home in picturesque Rocky Bay (Omiha).

Guests will taste Waiheke specialties such as award-winning olive oils and honeys, freshly shucked Te Matuku Bay oysters and fresh fish caught in the Gulf and other artisan food products, plus many typical premium products from around New Zealand including our famed salmon and lamb. Julie will also serve her own comestibles including preserved lemons, olives and chutneys made with Waiheke produce, and hazelnut dukkah and gluten-free seed crackers. Organically grown vegetables, herbs, edible flowers and fruit from Julie’s and local gardens will be incorporated into the lunch.

*Questionnaires are sent out in advance to ensure menus include all your favourites, and classes can be themed to suit.

It’s a learning and entertaining experience during which you will taste many specialities from Waiheke and from around New Zealand. It’s intimate, too, having your own personal chef. You can ask anything, and you will learn lots. Dishes are served as they are prepared, the merit of each dish discussed and Waiheke wines are served, or a selection of New Zealand artisan beers and cider.

Guests will leave with a set of recipes and a small bottle of freshly-pressed 2019 Waiheke extra virgin olive oil. Duration of the food and wine experience is about 3 hours. Transportation to and from Matiatia, or your accommodation on Waiheke can be arranged.

Julie’s experience includes authoring 16 cookbooks, holding magazine food editorships for 33 years, and she is a Le Cordon Bleu NZ Ambassador. She also runs the award-winning and successful website Shared Kitchen.

Cost:

Cooking Class+Lunch

$325.00pp (group of 2) $295.00pp (group of 4)

Cooking Class+Lunch and WINE TOUR

Wine tour with Lily from NZ Premium Tours (wine tour approx. 3 hours)

Travel in comfort to and from the ferry or your Waiheke accommodation in an Audi Q7 S-line

Visit 2 premium vineyards for private tastings and sightseeing

Enjoy Cooking Class+Lunch or Cooking Class+Supper (starting time up to 5.00pm)

Price on application

NZ Premium Tours

Book direct with Julie Biuso [email protected]

Available dates, times and price on application

Please contact Julie on +64 21 353-100 or +64 9 372-8675

(in New Zealand 021 353-100 or 09 372-8675)

or email [email protected]

Visit https://sharedkitchen.co.nz for Julie’s blog and recipes

Visit Background Julie Biuso for more information about Julie’s achievements

And for inspiration, view the food shots below

Sushi with New Zealand Salmon – perfect mouthfuls

Haloumi & roasted grapes — Haloumi & Roasted Grapes – a celebration of the grape harvest on Waiheke

Baked ricotta 2 — Baked Ricotta, White Peaches & Watermelon – drizzled with Waiheke extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled with kaffir lime dust

Baked ricotta 2|Baked ricotta|Baked ricotta 1| — Baked ricotta with peaches|Baked ricotta|Baked ricotta |White peaches

Pastilliere figs — Purple figs from Hawke’s Bay

Pork Balls hero — Pork Balls in Lettuce Cups – spicy and fresh and perfect for a hot summer’s day

Fish pies with chorizo — Fish Pies with Chorizo – crunchy-topped with a tender and tasty filling

Lamb-0892 — Roast Lamb with Anchovy, Bacon & Shallot Stuffing – classic New Zealand lamb cooked to perfection

Fish with apple & fennel salad — Pan-fried Fish with Apple & Fennel Salad with Edible Flowers – fresh fish caught in the Hauraki Gulf with edible flowers and vegetables grown on Waiheke Island produce a modern dish bursting with summer flavours

Coconut chicken curry — Coconut Chicken Curry – fingerlickin’ chicken cooked to tender succulence with a mildly spicy coconut sauce

Fish & chips 2 — Fish & Chips – best-ever chips, gorgeously golden and crunchy, with beer battered fish

Cauliflower steaks — Cauliflower Steaks – cauliflower never tasted so good!

Smoky zucchini — Smoky Zucchini with Curd – olives, garlic and marjoram add a depth of flavour to zucchini

Stuffed pepeprs with freekeh 3 — Stuffed Peppers with Freekeh – cute dinner for one (or more!)

Homegrown garlic — Freshly harvested garlic

Pavlova Paradise – learn all the tips to make the best Pavlova ever!

Apple galettes — Apple Galettes – crisp, sweet and delicious with New Zealand’s famed apples

Blackberry & apple pie slice — Blackberry & Apple Pie – just like mom used to make (though, dare I say it, even better!)

2 Comments

Hi.. I have read your article with great joy and interest because of the awesome idea therein …But at the same time I was very sad because I am not a citizen in New Zealand so I can join you and learn from you this great scrumptious art of Life..Have Great day ..I am following you at all your social media sites…Zouhair

Julie Biuso says:
31 May 2020 at 9:12 PM
Lovely to have you along on our foodie journey Zouhaiur.Hopefully you have signed up for our newsletters?
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