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Indulge in the unique and exquisite flavours of Chinese cuisine and experience its rich cultural heritage with our small and friendly group cooking classes. Led by expert chefs, you’ll get to explore the fundamentals of Chinese cooking, including well-kept cooking knives, essential ingredients, spices, and flavour profiles.
Our immersive, hands-on classes cater to all experience levels from beginners to advanced, with a range of themes including dumpling making and Street Food Asia. You’ll learn how to whip up multiple mouth-watering dishes, giving you the confidence to recreate them at home with ease.
And the best part? At the end of your class, you get to enjoy your delicious creations with complimentary beer and wine. Plus, you’ll receive expert cooking tips and tricks and online recipes to take home. Repeat your experience, purchase gift vouchers – they last for 3 years. Join us for an unforgettable foodie adventure full of taste and culture!
HIGHLIGHTS
- Hands-on cooking experience with an expert chef instructor
- Learn best practices to well-kept Chinese knives
- Explore fundamentals of cooking ingredients, spices and flavour profile
- Create a delicious meal to your palette then enjoy with complimentary beer and wine
- Listen to cooking tips and tricks and recreate the dishes at home with online recipes
- Brilliant with weekly classes, purchase gift vouchers with 3-year valid
EXPERIENCE INCLUSIONS
- Refreshment drinks throughout the class
- Use of all cooking equipment and utensils, including an apron
- 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
SAMPLE MENU *all menus subject to seasonal change
- Chao Shou- Sichaun Wontons
- Chilli and Sesame Oil Sauce
- Yuxiang Qiezi- Sichaun Eggplant
- Mapo Tofu – Tofu with Chilli Bean Paste
- Dong Po Rou – Braised Pork Belly
- La Yu- Chilli Oil
ON THE DAY
- This hands-on Chinese cooking class experience lasts for approximately 2.5 hours
- Enjoy a complimentary refresher drink on arrival
- Demonstration of the Chinese cooking class recipes by your Chef
- You are required to work with one another in the class.
- Chopping, rolling, folding and preparing your dishes – all hands-on
- Sit and eat together at the end with a glass of sparkling wine
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- This Chinese cooking master class can be a perfect solution for your Work Christmas Party, Birthday party, Anniversary, Hens Party, Bucks Party, Team Building Cooking, Work Lunch and Dinner or Corporate Launch Event from 6-40 people. We can cater to different dietary requirements.
- 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.
- Read more of our FAQs and booking terms
REVIEW
Katie De R. Dec 2025
My husband and I did the Chinese cooking class with Dylan, and we absolutely loved it. Not previously being the biggest fans of Chinese food, we took the class out of curiosity. We learnt all about the different types of cuisine and the different regions of China in a relaxed atmosphere. We ended up loving the food we made (which was Sichuan) and had a great night. We now want to sign up for more classes and bring some friends.
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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.

















