"Good cooking is the source of true happiness" Auguste Escoffier.

On the Ridge Cooking School at Kureelpa in the Blackall Range, Sunshine Coast hinterland, invites you to come and enjoy our cooking classes whilst experiencing the lifestyle and the beauty of the wonderful Sunshine Coast hinterland.

The On the Ridge experience delights the senses and tangibly expresses the desire to share good food and goodwill with those we love and those who are close to us.

Our gastronomic philosophy is to cook fresh locally produced food in season, to cook for taste and to cook food simply, enhancing the natural flavours so the food looks and tastes delicious. 

Our cuisine is modern Australian taking the best ideas, using the freshest, local produce, combining the cooking principles, techniques and inspirations gained from many cooking traditions and cultures, and forming it into what we like to eat today.

You will be encouraged to develop a passion for cooking healthy, tasty, delicious and scrumptious food.  You will be able to create a style that is natural and true for your own tastes.  

• Food and cooking is kept simple. Its natural flavour is enhanced and it looks and tastes delicious. 
• You share the secrets of good cooking
• You learn the how and why, the pitfalls and the remedies. 
• We take the mystery out of cooking.

Create, cook and celebrate - watch, participate, touch, chop, smell, taste and enjoy.

 "At On the Ridge we celebrate good food to make sitting around the table and dining,

a pleasurable, delectable food taste sensation for both family and friends." 

Cooking can be easy, but only when you know how to do it.  Learning to cook well, will give you confidence and presence in the kitchen and at the table.  It will save you time and money, improve your health and reduce dinner time stress.

As we are all going to eat three times a day for the rest of our lives, it is important to learn about food and cooking, discover your culinary skills and enjoy your cooking experience.
 
On the Ridge Cooking School provides inspirational ideas and menus for delicious, scrumptious entertaining and dinner parties.  This also helps you create tasty, easy, healthy midweek meals and nourishing family weekend breakfasts, lunches and dinners. 

Delivering skills in practical preparation, ‘mise en place’, cooking and presentation, we offer shortcuts that should save you time.  With a focus on kitchen safety, we demonstrate knife handling and sharpening techniques, whilst also having some fun with table settings and dining etiquette.

On the Ridge teaches cooking using theme and variation approach.  By learning the principles and techniques of cooking, you are able to transfer that knowledge to adapt and vary many other cooking applications and recipes. 

Come and join Tonya at La Combe, where she will create, cook and celebrate the regional delights, where the focus is on using the wonderful local produce available in Périgord, and creating dishes that reflect her modern take on French classics.

Join us for an unforgettable week of culinary and cultural experiences, centered around our 18th century country home in Périgord Noir, in southwest France.

The Guest Chef Program will feature On the Ridge with Tonya Jennings from Monday 25th June, until Monday 5th July, 2010.

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