Cooking with SBA’s Kitchen – Knowledge Sharing Sessions

Creating and conducting hands-on cooking and knowledge sharing experiences, tailored to your needs, and held at your venue, or in your own home. Yes, we are mobile, so all you need to do is gather a small group – your family, friends, community group, find a venue, maybe a neighbourhood house, community hall, or even your home, give me a call or send an email and we can work together to arrange the rest – what you would like to learn, when, etc.

My cooking and knowledge sharing is not only about learning, it’s about bringing people together, it’s about enjoying a meal together and chatting too.

Please contact me if you would like more information.

Coming up:

Check out the current list of sessions to be held throughout the region.

COOKING WITH TEENS – Cooking for Teens – Bánh Xèo (Crispy Vietnamese Pancakes)
Crispy golden crepes filled with bean shoots, pork and/or prawns, maybe chicken, as well as spring onions, wrapped in greens with fresh herbs and a delicious nước chấm dipping sauce…
Date: Tuesday 26 May 2026
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue: Maffra Neighbourhood House, 31A Thomson St, Maffra VIC 3860
Cost: $15.00 per teen
Bookings: Maffra Neighbourhood House – Ph: 0422 335 155
Max Participants: 6 (bookings essential)
On the menu: Filled coconut and safron crepes ||| Pickled carrots ||| Nước chấm dipping sauce ||| Fresh greens and herbs

MUSHROOMS – Earthy, umami flavoured, highly nutritious, and just delicious!
Date: Thursday 4 June, 2026
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue: Briagolong Community House
Cost: $55.00 per person (Cost includes recipes and all ingredients, plus a light lunch on the day.)
Bookings: Follow this link, or phone Briagolong Community House (03) 5145 5425
Max Participants: 6 participants
More details: Click here
Sample Menu: Mushroom Miso Soup ||| Marinated Mushrooms ||| Mushroom Paté with Crostini ||| Mushroom Bourguignon with Mash ||| Roasted Mushroom and Spinach Salad ||| Slow Cooked Shiitake Mushrooms ||| Mum’s Mushroom Tarts ||| Mushroom Dashi ||| Mushroom Salt

THE FOOD OF POLAND
Date: Friday 12 June 2026
Time: 10:00 – 14:00 (minimum of 4 hours)
Venue: Swifts Creek Hall
Cost: $40.00 per person
Note: This session has been subsidised by the Community Centre Swifts Creek and the State Government of Victoria, and will also include a take-home goody bag of key ingredients used in many of the dishes prepared on the day.
Bookings: Community Centre Swifts Creek :
📞 0491 697 298
💻 ccscfoodsecurity@gmail.com
Max. participants: 10 participants
More details: Click here
Sample menu: Sardines on Toast ||| Miseria (Polish cucumber salad) ||| Babcia’s Potato Salad ||| Zrazy (Individual beef or pork roulades cooked in mushroom sauce) ||| Kluski Slaskie (potato dumplings) ||| Kapusta Kiszona Zasmażana (a warming sauerkraut dish) ||| Ryż Zapiekany z Jabłkami i Cynamonem (rice, apple and cinnamon dessert ) ||| Kompot z truskawek na zimę (a Polish preserved strawberry drink to be enjoyed in winter)
(All food will be gluten free)

PUMPKIN & SPICE – Bright, aromatic and cozy!
Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026 (SOLD OUT – wait list available)
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue: Paynesville Neighbourhood Centre (PNC)
Bookings: Paynesville Neighbourhood Centre (PNC) phone: 5156 0214 or email: info@pnc.vic.edu.au
Max Participants: 8 participants
More details: Click here
Sample menu: Pumpkin Mutabal ||| Keralan Style Pumpkin, Bean & Coconut Curry Soup ||| Lebanese inspired Lamb, Pumpkin & Rice ||| Butternut Pumpkin & Bacon Tart ||| Roast Tomato and Pumpkin Salad with Spinach and Pinenuts and a Pesto Dressing ||| Pumpkin Streusel Cake – Gluten Free with Mascarpone Whipped Cream
All food will be gluten free.