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Sally grew up in country North East Victoria on a farm where food was grown and harvested daily. She spent her holidays sitting in mulberry trees eating her fill on the branches and picking fresh almonds from the trees – sound like heaven?

Then in 2002 Sally moved to Brisbane! This is where The Loaded Larder was born! The Loaded Larder was initially a production kitchen developing dips and tapenades for sale in delis, supermarkets and for wholesale to restaurants and caterers nationally. A shop followed naturally enough and developed into another business supplying cafes and coffee shops with wholesale café foods. Sally now combines her love of food and travel through her business Taste Trekkers.

Moroccan Feast
If you are after something exotic, heady and exciting, this is the class for you.

Spices, snacks and foods for the whole family to feast on. Moroccan food is made to be shared and is fabulous for entertaining.  Arrive to some sweet biscuits and sweet mint tea toget your strength up for a hands class to prepare a feast.

We make flatbread on the BBQ
Warm eggplant & tomato salad

Sweet carrot salad
Roasted Vegetables with harissa & honey
Chicken, lemon & artichoke tagine
Lamb & prune tagine
Date & preserved lemon cous cous

Apple & Fig b’stilla with pitachio’s &orange blossom cream

LONDON, New York, Sydney, Bangalow. Top chefs Karl and Katrina Kanetani have been around the world on their journey back to the area where Mrs Kanetani was born. Owner of Satiate her philosophy is to provide a memorable experience with exceptional food. She achieves this through innovative techniques and by using rare local and imported ingredients

Restaurant Assiette opened in 2005 and quickly earned a reputation for high quality food and service at affordable prices. Assiette held a Sydney Morning Herald Chef’s Hat for 3 consecutive years untill late last year when it was awarded a highly prestigious second hat. Assiette has also been ranked in Australian Gourmet Traveller’s Top 100 Australian Restaurants.

Warren is very impressive in the kitchen and the day will be special.

Billy Law, of Malaysian Chinese descent, now resides in Sydney and is proud to call Australia home. With his Asian background and the influence of western culture, he counts himself lucky to have been exposed to some of the most spectacular cuisines from both worlds. Billy is always on the move, with his camera, travelling to different countries, exploring cultures, submerging himself in the sights and sounds of the culinary world.

His passion for cooking led him to Masterchef 2011. Since leaving the competition, Billy has submerged himself in the food industry.  He is also busy writing, cooking, and testing recipes for his upcoming cookbook – ‘Have You Eaten?’, due out in September 2012. While juggling between dishes, Billy is also hosting a 9-Day Culinary Tour to his home country, Malaysia this April.

Come along to this great hands on class and learn the art of cooking fantastic Malaysian food.  Then kick back and enjoy the feast whilst gazing over the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

Ian Curley from the hit TV Show Conviction Kitchen is also the Executive Chef of ever popular European Group venues. Ian is considered one of Australia’s first class chefs having worked as Head Chef in a number of Melbourne’s top restaurants and his philosophy has always been the same, “to create imaginative, honest and flavoursome food’ – it’s as simple as that.

Christine Manfield is one of Australia’s first internationally celebrated chefs.  She is an Author, food writer, food manufacturer, presenter, teacher and gastronomic traveller whose culinary work draws on the exciting tastes and flavours of many cultures and whose passion and skills are world renowned.  Her Sydney restaurant Universal was nominated as one of the world’s 10 best new restaurants at the 2008 Food and Wine Awards in New York and continues to be recognisd as one of Australia’s best restaurants.

Christine is a perfectionist inspired by strong flavours, and our intimate class sizes will ensure participants are able to draw on her experience form around the globe.  Sure to be  a great day.

Included is a lovely Gourmet lunch which will be enjoyed as you listen to the birdsong of the rainforest and gaze over the breath taking view of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland