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Master the Art of Authentic Chinese Cooking
Discover the secrets of traditional Chinese cuisine with our immersive, hands-on Chinese Cooking Class in Melbourne. Perfect for food lovers of all skill levels, this interactive experience guides you through creating classic dishes from scratch using fresh, premium ingredients and time-honoured family recipes. 🍳
Under the guidance of our expert chefs, you will master essential techniques including wok cooking, steaming, pan-frying, and balancing complex flavour profiles. Whether you are looking to elevate your home cooking, plan a unique date night, or host an unforgettable group event, this class offers a fun, social, and delicious way to learn.
Experience Highlights
- Expert Guidance: Enjoy a hands-on cooking experience led by a professional chef instructor.
- Essential Skills: Learn how to safely use and care for traditional Chinese kitchen knives.
- Flavour Mastery: Explore the fundamentals of Chinese ingredients, spices, and sauces. 🌶️
- Feast & Toast: Cook a delicious multi-dish meal and enjoy it together with complimentary beer, wine, or sparkling wine. 🥂
- Recreate at Home: Take home professional chef tips and access online recipes after your class.
- Perfect Gift: Great for weekly classes, special occasions, and gift vouchers with 3-year validity.
What is Included
- Refreshment drinks throughout the class
- Use of all premium cooking equipment, utensils, and aprons
- Fresh, high-quality ingredients supplied
- A shared feast enjoyed together at the end of the class
- Complimentary sparkling wine or beer with your meal
- Access to online recipes to recreate the magic at home 🥟
The Menu
Please note: This is a sample menu and is subject to change.
- Chongqing: Fried Chicken with Sichuan Chillies
- Pai Huang Gua: Sichuan Pickled Cucumbers
- Hun Tun Tang: Pork and Prawn Wontons
- Dan Dan Mian: Sichuan Noodles with Sesame and Chilli Oil
On the Day
- Enjoy a 2.5-hour hands-on cooking experience.
- Sip on a complimentary refresher drink upon arrival.
- Watch a live recipe demonstration by your professional chef.
- Work alongside fellow foodies in a fun, social environment.
- Get hands-on with chopping, rolling, folding, and preparing each dish.
- Sit down together at the end of class to enjoy your culinary creations.
- Celebrate your new skills with a glass of sparkling wine.
Group Bookings & Events
This Chinese cooking masterclass is the ultimate solution for your next group event. Whether you are planning a work Christmas party, birthday celebration, anniversary, hens or bucks night, team-building activity, or corporate launch, we can accommodate groups of 6 to 40 people. We happily cater to various dietary requirements to ensure everyone has an exceptional experience.
Guest Reviews
“The teacher was very thorough and his instructions were clear. The class ran smoothly and there was no pressure to finish quickly…”
— David G.
“What a great experience. From the initial booking of the class to the actual day itself. Thank you”
— Dom W.
“Teacher was amazing, easy to follow. Food was great had a lot of fun”
— Emily P.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Booking Terms – Public Classes
This is a summary of our Terms & Conditions. By booking, you accept them for everyone in your booking.
- Payment: Your place is confirmed on full payment at the time of booking.
- More than 14 days before your class: One free transfer to another date, or a credit valid for 12 months.
- 7 to 14 days before: Transfer to another date on payment of the $49 per person change fee, subject to availability.
- Less than 7 days, or non-attendance: No refund, credit or transfer of date. You may send someone in your place at no charge – just provide their name and any dietary requirements before the class starts.
- All changes and cancellations must be requested and are effective only once we confirm them.
- Illness, bereavement or other exceptional circumstances: We may waive these conditions at our discretion and may ask for supporting evidence. Please do not attend if you have symptoms of an infectious illness – we will do what we reasonably can to move your booking.
- If we cancel or reschedule (e.g. minimum numbers not met): You may choose a full refund, a credit or a transfer to another date.
- Arrival: Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. Classes start on time; late arrivals may join, but we cannot repeat content already covered and no refund or credit applies.
- Dietary requirements must be advised at least 10 days before the class. Our kitchen is not allergen-free.
- Closed-toe, flat, non-slip shoes are required. Participants under 16 must be accompanied by a supervising adult, unless the class is advertised as a children’s or family programme.
- Bookings made through a third-party platform are also subject to that platform’s terms; refunds and changes must be arranged with them.
Nothing in these terms affects your rights under the Australian Consumer Law. Full Terms & Conditions: Terms & Conditions.
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They also provide takeaway containers, which was a nice touch. It’s a fantastic activity for couples, friends, or even doing solo. There’s a great variety of other classes too, although starting with the dumplings was definitely the right choice for us. Drinks were included per person, and the staff were incredibly friendly throughout the whole experience. Highly recommended!
We made sushi, miso soup, okonomiyaki, and soba with tempura. Each dish was hands-on, and I loved that Dylan taught tips and techniques you wouldn’t normally get from a recipe. My favourite part was learning how to roll sushi properly — it was surprisingly beginner-friendly with his guidance.
The class also included free drinks, and I really enjoyed the wine.
Overall, it was a great experience and I’d definitely recommend Chef Dylan’s class to anyone wanting to learn Japanese cooking in a fun, relaxed, and welcoming environment.
Dillian was a great teacher who was engaging and didnt overwhelmed the class with too many directions at one time.
Even when our ramen noodle dough went a bit south he swooped in to help us out and encouraged us until we saved it.
Thanks again. Will be back!
The only constructive feedback / improvements worth to look at is that every student should have their own dedicated board when hand made their own pasta or pasties. At the moment all these are done on the cooking/dining table and we see it with possible hygiene issues. Hope to see this new change in our next classes, thanks
The only constructive feedback for improvement - All students should have dedicated board to hand make their own pasta and pastries instead of on the cooking table as it will be more hygiene
Large, well stocked kitchen, plenty of time to cook 4 different dishes.
Fun, interactive, well paced, Cooking demonstrator and assistant friendly and suportive.
very enjoyable evening
Highly recommend this cooking experience.
Had a great night learning to cook Japanese meals, the set up was fantastic and the class ran amazingly well, a lovely way to spend a friday night.
Anan was a great teacher and fun person to learn to cook from!
We'll be back for another type of cuisine soon I'm sure.
I could not fault it.
No one in our group had ever prepared dumplings the only experience we had was eating them in restaurants.
The chef was so thorough in his explanations, patient answering questions and helping novices correct technique.
We enjoyed the process and we were rewarded with a delicious lunch, washed down with our choice of wine or soft drink. Plus we were provide with containers to take home the remainder of the dumplings.
Excellent morning - thanks chef.
Anan was super generous with his time, you end up with a great amount of food to eat and take home as well
The facilities were clean and well set out. We had all the equipment needed to carry out the preparation and cooking of the meals. The drinks provided certainly helped to create a very relaxed and inclusive atmosphere. And, to finish things off, we were able to enjoy a very tasty dinner.
I can not recommend this experience highly enough. We would be more than happy to partake in another one of these courses.
Thanks again to Anan and the team at Otao.
Cheers,
Michael and Tatiana
I felt it was rushed and because I was paired up with someone that they did the majority of the cooking.
For what I was looking for, I felt like the $200 price was not worth it.
This review is in no way a reflection of the chef that demonstrated the class, but only my experience.
Throughout it all Dylan attentively makes sure we are all across the assembly and cooking steps. I thoroughly recommend this for all, from new to seasoned cooking enthusiasts!!
We would use this company again
The OTAO chopping knife is a handy souvenir I recommend you take home :-p
The preparation beforehand was excellent and we’ll be back again for sure
We wish it had been longer and our daughter's aged 14&12 loved the experience as well
Attention to detail and the help working through the courses was great.
We are confident that we can now make dumplings at home from scratch.
We bought the experience for our daughter as a birthday present we had a fantastic time and can't wait to return to Otao Kitchen with the whole family for another class.
Great fun, high energy, inclusive, an the food that resulted was delicious.
The kitchen class room was well laid out, the large screen for additional viewing was a good assist instead of having a recipe on the bench or looking at a mobile screen.
The instruction came at a good pace so there was no boredom time and yet there was no rush either. It didn't make a difference whether one was proficient in the kitchen or not it just seem to be at your pace. Thank you to Ang for his guidance and instructions.
Definitely looking to come back and try something else.
The kitchen class room was well laid out, the large screen for additional viewing was a good assist instead of having a recipe on the bench or looking at a mobile screen.
The instruction came at a good pace so there was no boredom time and yet there was no rush either. It didn't make a difference whether one was proficient in the kitchen or not it just seem to be at your pace. Thank you to Ang for his guidance and instructions.
Definitely looking to come back and try something else.


















