Learn how to cook like a pro at these Sydney Seafood School masterclasses

While watching Masterchef over the years, nothing gets our heart rate up like seeing the contestants trying to fillet a fish. It looks overwhelming and quite frankly, very hard. However, with the right technique, it’s possible to learn how to fillet a fish with ease. At this fillet a fish masterclass, you’ll get to try it out yourself and even take your freshly sliced fillets home.

Fancy a masterclass with Rockpool’s executive chef of eight years? Yes please. On March 2, head to the Sydney Seafood School to take a lesson from renowned chef Phil Wood. Wood is a multiple hat winner, recently being awarded two hats for his independent restaurant Ursula’s Paddington. At his masterclass, you’ll learn how to take your home cooking up a notch and clever hacks to take your seaford from superb to sublime. 

Not only is the Aussie landscape beautiful and unique, but we have a variety of native plants, nuts, seeds and protein that are perfect for cooking with. If you’ve ever been curious about Indigenous cooking, then you’re in good hands with Warndu founders Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan. They’ll show you how to source native ingredients and use them to cook a seafood pho, as well as a Barra burger with bush tartare sauce.

Award-winning chef Tom Walton returns for another masterclass at Sydney Seafood School to teach eager students about cooking healthy and nutritious meals with simple ingredients. Learn to make salmoriglio swordfish skewers on the BBQ, whole roasted smoked chilli and tamarind fish with sprout salad and marinated beetroots and whipped feta with lentils and za’atar. Plus, enjoy welcome drinks and canapes (all included in the price).

If you already consider yourself a bit of a wiz when it comes to pan frying some prawns or a nice fish fillet, then this course teaches you how to take it up a notch. At the Seafood Specialist masterclass, learn how to clean, prep, peel, crack and cook a range of seafood – including blue swimmer crab, squid and a whole fish.

Unlike the famous line from The Simpsons, you actually do win friends with salad. In fact, you’ll probably win friends for life with the salad recipes you’ll learn with Alex Elliot-Howery at her Salad as Stars masterclass. You’ll create cauliflower salad and an extremely tasty carrot salad – all while using the best seasonal autumn produce.

Love Thai food, but when you try at home it’s just not the same as when you went to Phuket in 2015? Try learning from an expert in the game: Grace Milinthangkul. Milinthangkul is full of stories and knowledge about Thai cooking and culture. She’ll teach you how to use and buy traditional Thai ingredients, and how to use a wok like her Grandma. You’ll make Tom Yum Kung (famous spicy and sour soup), Pad Hoi Prik Pao (chilli and basil clams with chilli paste) and Kang Kung (stir fried water spinach with bean paste) .

Originally from Mexico City, Rosa Cienfuegos is a favourite of locals in Dulwich Hill. Her acclaimed store, The Tamaleria, is chock-full of authentic Mexican treats – like her tamales, of course. In this masterclass, you’ll learn to make guacamole, totopos, pescado al ajillo and handmade corn tortillas from scratch, as well as some of Cienfuegos’ favourite home style salsas.

Gluten free? Or have a loved-one that is? In a first for Sydney Seafood School, learn gluten free cooking with Nonie Dwyer. She’ll teach you how to avoid allergens, while not compromising on taste. In her class, you’ll make your own gluten free bread (to your own liking), gluten free savoury pastries, your own slice, and black sesame and miso biscuits.

To find out more about Sydney Seafood School, head to the website here.