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Modern Middle Eastern Mezze | Saturday July 25th | With Cath Claringbold

$260.00

Step inside the Marthadale kitchen for an intimate, immersive cooking experience with celebrated chef, former restaurateur (Mecca & Mecca Bah), and food creative Cath Claringbold.

This hands-on, flavour-driven class is designed to build confidence, technique, and instinct in the kitchen. Working with seasonal produce from the Bellarine Peninsula, you’ll explore a menu inspired by the Middle East and Mediterranean – generous, vibrant food made to be shared.

Together, you’ll cook a complete mezze menu, moving from breads and dips through to warm dishes, finishing with a clean, bright dessert.

What to Expect

  • A demonstration-led class with plenty of hands-on elements

  • Practical techniques you can confidently recreate at home

  • A focus on flavour building, seasoning, and intuitive cooking

This is a rare opportunity to cook alongside Cath in a relaxed, intimate setting; creating dishes designed to be made again and again.

Bookings for this class will close on the 15th of July

Step inside the Marthadale kitchen for an intimate, immersive cooking experience with celebrated chef, former restaurateur (Mecca & Mecca Bah), and food creative Cath Claringbold.

This hands-on, flavour-driven class is designed to build confidence, technique, and instinct in the kitchen. Working with seasonal produce from the Bellarine Peninsula, you’ll explore a menu inspired by the Middle East and Mediterranean – generous, vibrant food made to be shared.

Together, you’ll cook a complete mezze menu, moving from breads and dips through to warm dishes, finishing with a clean, bright dessert.

What to Expect

  • A demonstration-led class with plenty of hands-on elements

  • Practical techniques you can confidently recreate at home

  • A focus on flavour building, seasoning, and intuitive cooking

This is a rare opportunity to cook alongside Cath in a relaxed, intimate setting; creating dishes designed to be made again and again.

Bookings for this class will close on the 15th of July

  • Arrive at Marthadale from 10.00 am for a warm welcome before a prompt 10.30 start.

    This workshop is designed to be interactive and collaborative, with guests encouraged to participate throughout the preparation of the day’s mezze feast. Working in small groups, you’ll prepare a range of dishes while learning Cath’s approach to flavour, balance, styling and generous Middle Eastern-inspired entertaining.

    Alongside the hands-on elements, Cath will demonstrate key techniques and guide guests through the presentation and flow of a beautifully layered mezze table.

    Following the cooking session, everyone will gather to enjoy the shared luncheon together, with plenty of time for conversation, questions and stories from Cath’s remarkable career in hospitality.

    Menu

    Yoghurt Pide Sticks with Za’atar & Garlic Oil
    Soft, freshly baked bread with yoghurt richness, brushed with garlic oil and finished with za’atar

    Hand Rolled Labna with Pickled Shallots & Dukkah Spice
    Homemade labne, with tangy pickled shallots and warm, nutty dukkah

    Baba Ganoush
    Deeply charred eggplant folded with tahini, lemon and garlic for a smoky, silky dip

    Chickpea-Battered Mussels & Almond Skordalia
    Crisp fried mussels in a spiced chickpea batter, served with a rich almond and garlic skordalia

    Harissa Roasted Carrot Salad
    Slow-roasted carrots with gentle heat from harissa, lifted with olives and fresh herbs

    Spiced Lamb & Pine Nut Filo Cigars
    Fragrant lamb wrapped in crisp filo, served with a cool mint yoghurt sauce

    Spiced Couscous
    Light, fluffy couscous layered with butter, harissa, herbs, nuts and sweet bursts of sultana

    Lemon & Wild Fennel Posset
    A softly set citrus cream with delicate fennel notes — clean, bright and refreshing

    Please note: dietary requirements cannot be accommodated for this session.

  • 10:30 – 2:30 (approx)

    Please arrive at  between 10:00 – 10:15 for meet and greet, morning coffee and readiness for a sharp start at 10:30.

  • No experience needed.

  • Cath Claringbold has spent a lifetime cooking, creating, teaching, and bringing people together through food. A chef, writer, restaurateur, and passionate advocate for home cooking, Cath has built a career across some of Australia’s most respected kitchens, restaurants, and food projects.

    Trained under hospitality greats including Stephanie Alexander and Jacques Reymond, Cath went on to become the owner of Melbourne favourites Mecca Restaurant and Mecca Bah. Her food is deeply influenced by Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavours, exceptional Australian produce, and a love of generous, relaxed cooking that people genuinely want to recreate at home.

    Today, Cath is the co-founder of Studio Kitchen, an online cooking and food platform designed to help people cook with more confidence, creativity, and joy. Known for her warm, down-to-earth style, Cath’s classes are less about perfection and more about flavour, connection, storytelling, and sharing the kind of cooking knowledge that makes life better.

    Whether she’s teaching a hands-on workshop, developing recipes, or feeding a crowd, Cath brings humour, experience, and an infectious love of food to everything she does.

    Marthadale is honoured to welcome Cath for this intimate workshop experience, offering guests a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the industry’s most generous and accomplished cooks.

    Cath Claringbold – Creator Studio Kitchen

    @lovestudiokitchen

  • · Opportunities for hands-on participation

    ·       A small group of 12 guests to keep the experience warm, personal and truly interactive

    ·       Plenty of time to ask questions and explore the artistry behind each dish

    ·       Comfortable shared seating arranged for easy viewing and conversation

    ·       A relaxed mezze style luncheon

    ·       Complimentary beverages

    ·       Printed recipes to take home

    ·       A wander across the Marthadale grounds, including a visit to the vegetable garden

    ·       Collection available for foot passengers arriving via the Sorrento/Queenscliff ferry (please email us at hello@marthadale.com.au to organise)

    ·       Wheelchair access provided

    ·       Marthadale pantry produce available for purchase

  • Please bring an apron, as guests will be actively involved in food preparation throughout the workshop.

    You may also wish to bring a notebook for personal notes and a carry bag should any produce or pantry items be available for purchase on the day.

If you have any queries please contact Jennie at hello@marthadale.com.au

We will contact you closer to the day with any further information you may require.

Occasionally, workshops may need to be cancelled or rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. In such cases, you’ll be offered the option to transfer your booking to a new date (if available) or receive a full refund.

If,  for whatever reason you are unable to attend please advise for alternative arrangements. The small class offered on this day is dependent on the confirmed numbers as I am sure you will appreciate. Together,  every endeavour will be made to fill your place and have refund offered.