If you love chocolate, this is the class where we completely surrender to it.
We’ll make Dubai-style chocolate filled with creamy pistachio and crisp, buttery kataifi pastry, followed by a beautiful ganache that we’ll turn into decadent truffles.
Then it’s time to play with chocolate. We will learn about tempering Chocolate and we’ll make cigars, shards and cut-outs, practise piping techniques and experiment with decorations that can turn a simple dessert into something spectacular.
Finally, we’ll make a chocolate mousse to die for and see how it can also be turned into semifreddo—my husband Matt’s favourite dessert.
And because even I wouldn’t serve you chocolate for dinner, we’ll enjoy freshly made chicken shawarma wraps with salad before returning to the serious business of tasting everything we’ve created.
Dubai-style chocolate with pistachio cream and buttery toasted kataifi pastry
A smooth chocolate ganache transformed into handmade truffles
Chocolate cigars, shards, cut-outs and piped decorations
A rich chocolate mousse that can also be made into semifreddo
When: Thursday 26 November 2026
Time: 5pm–8pm
Where: The Post & Rail, 58 Riddoch Street, Penola
Cost: $185 per person
A relaxed, fully guided three-hour chocolate masterclass
All ingredients, recipes, cooking equipment and materials
A freshly made chicken shawarma wrap supper with salad
All the recipes from the evening so you can recreate these dishes at home.
Places are limited to keep the class personal and hands-on. Book your place and come ready to melt, pipe, shape, decorate and eat a rather magnificent amount of chocolate.
The Post & Rail is an immersive cooking, gardening and art school located at 58 Riddoch Street in the heart of Penola, just a stone’s throw from historic Petticoat Lane and the Mary MacKillop Penola Centre. We are also on the doorstep of the renowned Coonawarra wine region, home to an exceptional collection of cellar doors and wineries.
Set within the beautiful heritage-listed former Cobb & Co building, our classes are relaxed, welcoming and hands-on. Whether you are a complete beginner or have some experience, you’ll be encouraged and made to feel at home.
Please arrive approximately 10 minutes before the advertised starting time so you can settle in, meet the group and be ready to begin. Allow approximately 30–35 minutes’ travel from either Mount Gambier or Naracoorte.
If you love chocolate, this is the class where we completely surrender to it.
We’ll make Dubai-style chocolate filled with creamy pistachio and crisp, buttery kataifi pastry, followed by a beautiful ganache that we’ll turn into decadent truffles.
Then it’s time to play with chocolate. We will learn about tempering Chocolate and we’ll make cigars, shards and cut-outs, practise piping techniques and experiment with decorations that can turn a simple dessert into something spectacular.
Finally, we’ll make a chocolate mousse to die for and see how it can also be turned into semifreddo—my husband Matt’s favourite dessert.
And because even I wouldn’t serve you chocolate for dinner, we’ll enjoy freshly made chicken shawarma wraps with salad before returning to the serious business of tasting everything we’ve created.
Dubai-style chocolate with pistachio cream and buttery toasted kataifi pastry
A smooth chocolate ganache transformed into handmade truffles
Chocolate cigars, shards, cut-outs and piped decorations
A rich chocolate mousse that can also be made into semifreddo
When: Thursday 26 November 2026
Time: 5pm–8pm
Where: The Post & Rail, 58 Riddoch Street, Penola
Cost: $185 per person
A relaxed, fully guided three-hour chocolate masterclass
All ingredients, recipes, cooking equipment and materials
A freshly made chicken shawarma wrap supper with salad
All the recipes from the evening so you can recreate these dishes at home.
Places are limited to keep the class personal and hands-on. Book your place and come ready to melt, pipe, shape, decorate and eat a rather magnificent amount of chocolate.
The Post & Rail is an immersive cooking, gardening and art school located at 58 Riddoch Street in the heart of Penola, just a stone’s throw from historic Petticoat Lane and the Mary MacKillop Penola Centre. We are also on the doorstep of the renowned Coonawarra wine region, home to an exceptional collection of cellar doors and wineries.
Set within the beautiful heritage-listed former Cobb & Co building, our classes are relaxed, welcoming and hands-on. Whether you are a complete beginner or have some experience, you’ll be encouraged and made to feel at home.
Please arrive approximately 10 minutes before the advertised starting time so you can settle in, meet the group and be ready to begin. Allow approximately 30–35 minutes’ travel from either Mount Gambier or Naracoorte.
