Relish Mama

Relish Mama Voted as one of the best cooking schools in Melbourne. Offering in person & online cooking classes, workshops & team building. Nellie & the Relish Mama team
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Plus +++ the incredible Relish Mama Cooking Club to cease cooking boredom & solve your 'what's for dinner' dilemma. In 2009, we opened the doors to a very special business called Relish Mama. It is a cooking school at its core and yet it is so much more than that. Relish Mama is a very special place with the values of a family and a fundamental understanding of what magic can be created when we ga

ther through food. We are proud that Relish Mama boasts a reputation as one of the best cooking schools in Melbourne. The physical school itself is beautiful and it is a uniquely inspiring and creative space. We love to help people to create beautiful food, to enjoy with the people they love, without having to spend hours in the kitchen. We delight in sharing our knowledge, skills and of course, our recipes. All cooking classes include the enjoyment of all the dishes cooked during class (whether a face-to-face class or an online cooking experience). It is all about ‘real food’ and ‘real people. Relish Mama also offer bespoke private events and classes for special groups including Corporate workshops and team building. There are two highly praised Relish Mama cookbooks available for purchase through the Relish Mama website as well as all great bookstores. We are delighted to also offer annual culinary tours overseas and predominantly to Europe and we can't wait to get back to that when it is safe to travel once more. Relish Mama is about celebrating every day. It is about learning new skills, beautiful food and sharing ourselves, our kitchen and our table with those with who we have the pleasure of cooking with. Wishing you much love and laughter always around your table.

25/06/2026

School holiday cooking classes start next Tuesday and I cannot wait!

Three sessions over the course of the week.

Tuesday 30 June — Italian Gnocchi Making, Garlic Bread & Biscotti
Wednesday 1 July — Asian Cooking including Dumplings
Friday 3 July — Pizza Making & Tiramisu

All classes run from 10:30am and are open to kids and teens — whether they’re kitchen confident or just starting out, there is always a place for them here.

Places are limited and these are the only classes I’m running these holidays, so please head over to book if you are wanting to grab a spot for your child. 🍕🥟

https://relishmama.com.au/school-holiday-cooking-classes/

23/06/2026

Fresh pasta is one of the most beautiful things to make at home — simple ingredients, your own hands, and a little know-how.

I have just returned from Sicily, where we cooked and ate fresh pasta every day and I want to show you how I make mine.

This Sunday at 4.30pm I’ll be teaching my live online Fresh Pasta class — and you can roll and cook along from your own kitchen.
I’ll guide you through making the dough, rolling, cutting and all the little cues that make such a difference (you really should be weighing your eggs 🥚).

You’ll finish with a pasta night that feels genuinely special. Recordings are sent to all who register. Bookings are open on the Relish Mama website — link in bio.

With this beautiful dough I rolled out lasagne sheets in my KitchenAid pasta attachment to setting 4 and then made cannelloni — recipe coming soon. Not a bad Tuesday night I say!

I’ve had a rare free Sunday at home and without teaching and I made the most of it.Not in a big ‘busy-busy’ way but just...
21/06/2026

I’ve had a rare free Sunday at home and without teaching and I made the most of it.

Not in a big ‘busy-busy’ way but just quietly, happily, pottering around the kitchen for a couple of hours while the massaman beef curry did its thing in the slow cooker. And now I look at the bench and feel genuinely ready for the week.

A spiced lentil and vegetable soup
A vegetarian chickpea curry
Massaman beef curry (slow cooker, barely any effort)
Vegetarian Mexican bean and sweet potato
Mexican beef taco bowl with sweet potato

We have a mix of vegetarian and non-veg eaters in our family so I love having both versions of the same flavours — everyone sits down to something they love and nobody feels like an afterthought.

I don’t cook every night in advance though. I leave room for the other adults in the house to cook too, and it is important to have a little flexibility to see what our bodies might crave.

Preparing this way also means you end up using what’s in the crisper, leaning on leftovers, and rescuing things before they are a little too sad. Nothing going to waste here — you can swipe to see how I think about that and I hope some of these tips might be helpful for you also.

Two hours. A few pots. A new week that feels a lot more manageable & very delicious.

Wishing you a really lovely new week ahead.

💛 Nellie

There is nothing quite like making gnocchi by hand — the soft dough, the little ridges pressed with a fork, and then sit...
18/06/2026

There is nothing quite like making gnocchi by hand — the soft dough, the little ridges pressed with a fork, and then sitting down to eat what you just made. It’s the perfect way to kick off a Friday night. Two spots have just come up for tonight’s class (5.30–7pm) and I’d love to fill them with lovely people. Includes dinner and vino.
https://relishmama.com.au/cooking-classes/in-person-cooking-classes/

I am home from Sicily — and what a trip it was.We had such an incredible time, and I was lucky to be sharing it with the...
16/06/2026

I am home from Sicily — and what a trip it was.

We had such an incredible time, and I was lucky to be sharing it with the most special group of people — all willing to embrace and uncover everything Sicily has to offer. It is always one of my favourite things to watch guests become friends and look out for one another along the way.

I have written a little about the trip in today’s newsletter, going out at 10am. I am also sharing a nourishing pasta e fagioli recipe — somewhere between a soup and a stew, even better the day after you make it, and exactly what I needed after eating my body weight in pasta for two weeks.

The recipe is in today’s newsletter — if you are not yet a subscriber, you can easily sign up over on my Relish Mama website.

And how good is it to hug the people you love when you walk through the door. Our welcome home signs are a family tradition I cherish very much.
❤️

Re-entry can be rough 😆
14/06/2026

Re-entry can be rough 😆

10/06/2026

Hello from Sicily 🇮🇹

I filmed this from Sicily because I am feeling so inspired by the food, the people, the markets and the generosity of this place.
It felt like the perfect time to share what is waiting for you inside the Relish Mama Cooking Club this month.

Members have just received our beautiful Sicilian cookbook, A Sicilian Table: Layers of Flavour, and next month I’ll be adding Part 2, with recipes and inspiration I’m bringing home from this tour.

Also included this month is our online Fresh Pasta Making class, which is free for members and recorded if you can’t join us live.
Plus, each week, members receive new recipes and dinner inspiration to make cooking at home feel easier and more joyful.

It’s $35 a month, or $350 for the year, and you also get access to more than four years of recipes, themed cookbooks and class recordings.

It’s a pretty wonderful place to be if food and cooking bring you joy.

I’d love to welcome you inside ❤️

https://relishmama.com.au/relish-mama-cooking-club/

Some places just stop you in your tracks.The Valley of the Temples at Agrigento. Ancient Greek temples rising out of the...
09/06/2026

Some places just stop you in your tracks.

The Valley of the Temples at Agrigento. Ancient Greek temples rising out of the hillside, older than the Colosseum, still standing. Walking among them is one of those moments where you find yourself quiet and just taking it all in.

And then... Planeta. A working wine estate - our new home in Menfi where we are eating, drinking and being looked after so beautifully. The kind of hospitality that makes you never want to leave.

This is what our Sicily tour looks like. Every. Single. Day.

I would love for you to join one of our future tours.
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