Are you an NDIS Participant looking to learn how to cook healthy meals for yourself? Look no further than our Private Cooking Program! Our Healthy Cooking Class is designed specifically with your needs in mind and will teach you the basis of healthy cooking, from key knife skills to how to balance textures.

Your classes are private, giving you personal attention from our expert chef instructors. We provide hands-on examples, showing you how to cook a variety of dishes that incorporate a variety of colors and textures. After class, you'll sit down and enjoy the meal you've cooked as well as confidently walk away knowing how to seamlessly integrate healthy vegetables, fruit, and proteins into your home cooking. 

For those with a permanent or temporary physical disability involving mobility impairment, cooking can present challenges as well as opportunities for creative problem-solving. Not all disabilities or people are the same, but some common issues include limitations in standing, reaching, or using one side of the body. We can plan to have a weekly menu for you and the chef will join you to cook at home. It is best to have your support worker work with you so he or she can do the shopping, cleaning and helping you with other tasks. It will reduce our chef time and ultimately make the learning more affordable. 

Start today by enrolling in our Private Cooking Program For NDIS Participant. Enjoy learning everything you need to know about healthy cooking while having fun with experienced expert chefs!

HIGHLIGHTS

• The lifelong new food and flavour benefits of cooking, and you may create a future home chef!
• The participant can cook together and full benefits of having fun and being social
• Edible crafts with fresh ingredients and explore their food options
• Multi-tasking and time management, creativity and team-work and social interaction 
• You can bring your support person at no extra charge
  

ON THE DAY

• This hands-on cooking class experience lasts for 2-3 hours
• Understand new foods, flavours, textures and their menus and recipes
• Understand the recipes and how to prepare healthy food and drink menu
• The chef instructor will do a demonstration of the dishes
• Participants will prep and cook the foods with the help of their support worker and the chef
• Sit and eat at the end with drinks
• Safe cleaning routines and put kitchen items away

THE SAMPLE MENU 

Thai Cooking | Jan, May, Sep 

• Kaeng- Thai curry paste
• Nam Tok- 'waterfall' beef salad
• Kaeng Khiao Wan-Thai green curry

Japanese Cooking | Feb, Jun, Oct 

• Sushi salmon, avocado or vegetarian - GF
• Japanese pancake with vegetable and bacon

Vietnamese Cooking | Mar, Jul, Nov 

• Fish Sauce Dipping Sauce | Nuoc cham
• Vietnamese Spring rolls | Chả giò
• Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls 
• Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup | Pho Ga

Chinese Cooking | Apr, Aug, Dec 

• Hun Tun Tang- Wonton Soup 
  
• Mee- Stir-Fried Noodles with Bok Choy 
• Chao Fan- Cantonese Fried Rice

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• For rescheduling made more than 14 days prior to the event, there is no charge to change to your new date. After the first date change, there will be $49pp per date change. For rescheduling made within 14 days prior to the event, we can only accept that you are being sick with a medical certificate, and we will still charge $49 for administration fee.
  
• No refund or reschedule will take effect (1) if you fail to arrive at the venue at the time stipulated, (2) if you voluntarily leave your class after it has commenced, (3) if you need to leave the event for reasons of bereavement, injury or illness.  Travel insurance and medical insurance are therefore strongly recommended.
• In the event that you are unwell, we ask that you send someone in your place. The participants who are not unwell will still be expected to attend.
• Lateness: please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled start time of the class. We cannot accommodate or refund for those who arrive after the scheduled start time, even if you call ahead. The instructor will be expected to start on time and will not be able to repeat the health and safety and/or demonstrations at the beginning of the class.
• If you need a support person for your activity, please use the funding for Assistance with Social & Community Participation' (Category 4) for their ticket.
• Our NDIS cooking class service will help participants to:
• Category 4 - Assistance with Social & Community Participation - Covers the support you need to participate, but generally does not cover the cost of the actual activity (the actual activity may be funded in the category 'Increased Social & Community Participation (Category 9)
• Category 9 - Increased Social and Community Participation - Helps you participate in community activities that build your skills and independence. Funds all kinds of activities, such as study, life skills training or sports coaching. Can also fund the cost of a mentor to help you build your independence. Does not fund someone to support you participating in an activity. This is funded in the category 'Assistance with Social & Community Participation' (Category 4).
• Category 15 - Improved Daily Living - Helps you develop the basic cooking skills you need to get more from your day-to-day life.
• For more information please visit the NDIS website 
• Check our Frequently asked question for NDIS participants

FURTHER LEARNING WITH MASTER CLASSES 

Join our master class to learn to prepare meals. Acquiring cooking skills may have an increased enjoyment and may save money. Academically, learning to cook may promote maths and reading proficiencies required for employment. For participants with physical disabilities, learning cooking skills may double as physical therapy while promoting kitchen accessibility. Cooking classes can incorporate cross-cultural tolerance by exploring foods from other countries and cultures, and nutrition education promotes healthy eating. Finally, exposure to new textures smells, and tastes may decrease selective eating in individuals with abnormal sensory processing. For these reasons, teaching cooking skills can be valuable to both adults and children with disabilities who are transitioning into independent living. Read more Information for NDIS participants. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• New cooking venue with great accessibility by public transport or car with paid parking nearby
• Learn the fundamentals of ingredients and flavours
• How to create recipes yourself and to your palette
• Cooking tips, tricks, and techniques
• Use of the freshest quality food and ingredients provided
• A delicious meal celebrated and enjoyed together, toasted with sparkling wine or beer
• Online recipes from your class so you can recreate them at home
• You can bring your support person by purchasing a double ticket "ticket for 2".

ON THE DAY

• You are expected to cook with another guest - you can bring your social worker covered by category 4 NDIS funding
• This hands-on cooking class experience lasts for approximately 3 hours covered by category 5 or 5 NDIS funding
• Enjoy a complimentary refresher drink on arrival
• Demonstration of cooking class recipes by your Chef
• Chopping, rolling, folding and preparing your dishes - all hands-on
• Sit and eat together at the end with a glass of sparkling wine

THE MENUS AND CLASS 

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