Christmas Dishes from Around the World

Cooking with SBA’s Kitchen

The next session is scheduled for:

Date: Wednesday 10 December 2025
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

Date: Thursday 11 December 2025 (SOLD OUT!)
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
(All food will be gluten free)

Sample Menu

Terrine de saumon (France)
Krokiety (Poland)
Kari Debal (Malaysia)
Kroketten (Holand)
Rosolli (Finland)
Kourabiedes (Greece)
Bûche de Noël (France)
(All food will be gluten free)

Discover Christmas recipes from around the world, and learn of the traditions behind each as we cook. Many of these recipes have been passed on to me by very dear friends, and they’ve kindly written of their family traditions so that I can share them with you. Some of the recipes may be familiar to you, while there are some that may surprise as well. There’s even a recipe that’s cooked the day after Christmas, using leftover roast meat and veg!

On the day you will work together to prepare a variety of festive dishes which will be shared as we sit, relax, eat, chat and share thoughts on what we’ve just cooked and maybe what we’re planning to cook this Christmas.

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A little more detail…

On the day:
※ Participants will be provided with ingredients, instructions and guidance as they prepare the various delicious dishes on the day.
※ We will finish the session enjoying the delicious meal prepared on the day, as we sit, eat, chat and relax.
※ All food will be gluten free.

What you will take home:
※ Notes and recipes for the dishes made on the day.
※ A share of any leftovers from the lunch (containers provided).
※ Your own Christmas Hamper to gift to someone near and dear, or not!
※ Maybe a new friendship with other’s who attend on the day.

Session Duration:
The session will run for approximately 4 hours.

More Information:
I prefer not to call this a cooking class, but more of a hands-on cooking and knowledge sharing session, where those attending learn and share from my experience. I am not a trained chef, just taught and guided by my experiences, and driven by my love of cooking, sharing, and celebrating with food.

Health and Safety
※ If you have any dietary restrictions, please contact me prior to booking as I like to make sure that everyone can enjoy the food prepared on the day.
※ Closed shoes must be worn on the day.

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If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me using the form below.

A “Beautifully Blended Family” Christmas

December 31, 2024January 4, 2025 / sbaskitchen / 4 Comments

I’m not quite sure why time seems to get away from me, but it does!

The lead up to Christmas was, as I recently said to someone, frantic! There were cooking classes/knowledge sharing sessions to deliver throughout the region, cooking for a local café to be done, trips to Melbourne for family gatherings, an unexpected medical issue, hampers to prepare and get into the post for family up north, gifts to purchase and our preparations for our contributions to the Christmas Day Family Feast!

This year in the Christmas hamper I included a few new items, coffee liqueur, flavour bombs/simmer pot pouches and a new biscuit (cookie). The coffee liqueur was a recipe given to me by a host at a B&B in central France, the flavour bombs/simmer pot pouches were made up of my dehydrated citrus, some spices and a little candied ginger (I think that I will dehydrate ginger for them in future), and the new biscuit is based on a commercially available biscuit available here in Aus, but made using a recipe from my mum’s recipe book.

Goodies packaged ready to boxed up and posted off…

Christmas baking…

Mulled Wine Simmer Pot Bags

Butternut Chocolate Cream Biscuits

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Olivia & Christopher’s Dream – Setting the Scene

April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 / sbaskitchen / Leave a comment

Recently we enjoyed one of the most amazing weekends ever!

Our son, Christopher, married the love of his life, Olivia, at the beautiful Wandin Park Estate on the outskirts of Melbourne.

While everyone held their breath, hoping that there wouldn’t be another COVID outbreak resulting in yet another lock-down here in Victoria, as each day passed, we knew that finally their special day was to be.

Olivia and Christopher had planned and organised everything for their wedding. Much time was spent working on all the details as well as creating and making the decorations, creating those special touches that would make this day uniquely their day. Olivia dried rose petals to be used as confetti and made the cones for guests to help themselves. She made the most beautiful dream catchers to be hung throughout the venue, and the little string ball lights to be placed on the tables and barrels. Christopher worked on ensuring that everything would go to plan, with timelines, spreadsheets, and a little surprise for Olivia (but that’s for the final post in this series…)