Chef: Gavin Draper, Upon This Rock Café
Gavin has devised creative ways to go gluten free in many nationalities. First up it’s Indian with interesting dishes including a delicious golden onion bhaji, chat marsala dosa, Saag paneer, Dahl rice, butter chicken and pistachio burfi. All of course totally fine if you have a gluten intolerance or even if you just want to cut back.

Chef: Adam D’Sylva, Coda & Tonka Bar
Adam’s food has Asian influences even though his mother is Italian, his father Sri Lankan. These soups borrow from both cultures and double as main meals with everything from a crab and corn soup and a chicken vegetable and rice Mulligatawny, to a Tuscan bean Ribollita.

Chef: Chris Chee Ong
Thai curries vary so much from Indian and Malaysian, they have a refined sense of region and season, with dishes such as yellow duck curry, some curried wok fried noodles and an unusual curry in a betel leaf parcel. You will book your flights immediately!

Chef: Peter Gunn & Lindsay Fush, IDES Catering & Events
Take one table, 50 dessert components and gather around to build the most amazing
mega dessert. If you are fascinated by molecular gastronomy and ultra modern
techniques, this is your class. Peter even accommodates the cheese lovers with a section just for you. So if you love the sound of vanilla hazelnuts, macadamia puree, feijoa jam, orange oil, licorice, rosewater granite, pickled blueberries, dark chocolate tansy fudge sauce, candied cocao nibs, Davidson plum jam, pumpkin wafer, toffee apple and balsamic syrup then you must be part of this incredible experience!

Chef: Travis McAuley, Hellenic Republic
George Calombaris made the Greek dessert Loukamathes famous on SBS Food Safari
and it features on the menu at his Hellenic Republic - clever Head Chef Travis McAuley
shows us these classic Greek dishes served in the modern style including those delicious buttery Kourambiethes bikkies, sticky nutty multilayered baklava and more.

Chef: Antonio Catania, Antonio’s Fine Cuisine
Winter is the best time to be in the kitchen making goodies for the whole week, from breads and rolls, to the dough for chef quality pizza bases and some weekend pastries. Then we share in some of the warm breads for an early lunch while Mum shops.

Chef: Antonio Catania, Antonio’s Fine Cuisine
Today when everyone else is shopping the lucky Teens get to learn some great dishes and Italian techniques while enjoying brunch. Including arancini balls, their own hand made pasta and a creamy layered dessert.

Chef: Julie Thai
Kids crave puddings, it’s the gooey, yummy, runny centre and the warmth of a winter
dessert that catches them - today they will help make the puddings then sit and eat them before Mum returns, puddings include caramel sticky date pudding, chocolate mania pudding and tangy lemon delicious.

Chef: Julie Thai
Teens sit down to lunch while the parents shop! With great Mexican flavoured and inspired recipes that have an authentic edge, including tacos, nachos and stringy cheese quesadillas.

Chef: Keshav Kadel, Marpha
Thali is the complete Indian dinner for the family it’s usually served in small bowls for everyone to share, a type of build-your-own dinner; Eggplant pakoda (fritters), Bhuna chicken (panfried Chicken) Konkan coconut fish (fish in coconut sauce), and Daal Aaloo paratha (bread with an unusual potato filling).

Chef: Emma Mackay
From ‘Vampira’s Molle’ chicken burrito to tostadas, tacos and Aroz con Leche, then sweet corn ‘on a stick’ and delicious Mojito, Emma has it covered. Street food is the authentic food, it’s unrivalled for showing us the heart of a city.