Wickedfood Cooking School, SUNNINGHILL

Information & bookings (011) 234-3252 sunninghill@wickedfood.co.za

Hi all,

Welcome to the first Wickedfood alternate newsletter. Following our recent survey, half of our readers called for a newsletter to be sent every alternate week as opposed to every week. So in a bid to try to service all our clients we have decided to write two different newsletters, the regular newsletter you have been receiving (yet sent out every 2nd week now) and an ‘Alternate Newsletter’ which will be solely published on our blog.

The ‘Alternate Newsletter’ will focus more on going green, being proudly South African, more tips and tricks, more competitions and much much more. Our aim is to give you confidence in the kitchen while being aware of the impact your kitchen can have on the environment.

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Wickedfood Cooking School news

Our April individual cooking class programmes are up on the internet – click on the month for the programme –  April.

Wickedfood Cooking School runs classes with a minimum of 8 participants and a maximum of 12 as this gives everyone hands-on experience  and keeps the class small enough for maximum learning.

  • Week 1 – 05 to 11 April
    Monday 05 April at 6pm – 30 minute meals 2/2 (R370 pp). Includes chickpea and pumpkin curry, grilled beef, grilled tuna and rich chocolate self-saucing pudding.
  • Week 2 – 12 to 18 April
    Monday 12 April at 6pm – Easy to prepare Italian dishes (R360pp). An introduction to Italian cuisine including tomato pizza, bean and pasta soup, cannelloni, grilled fish, bean salad and lemon tart.
  • Sunday 18 April at 4pm – Simply Asian with Neil Perry (R390pp). Revered as one of Australia’s foremost chefs and international TV food celebrities, Neil Perry’s first love is Asian food, with a strong Chinese leaning. In this class we explore some of his favourite dishes, taken from his book, Simply Asian. Dishes include fried sweet corn cakes, steamed fish, tangerine beef and stir-fried vegetables with noodles.
Please contact the school should you wish to make a booking:

Green ideas for your kitchen? Whole Earth is a company, which aims to make recycling as easy and hassle-free as possible. By upholding their core values of honesty and reliability they are able to provide homes, complexes and offices with a great service second to none. They also  sell a range of products which help to make green living and recycling just that little bit easier which include different coloured recycling bags as well as worm bins. For more info click here

Awesome website of the week: The well respected Woman’s and Men’s Health magazines are digitally dishing out advise on health, wealth and everything in between.

Food tip of the week: Even the most rugged men can’t help themselves when cutting onions. I always explain to our students you need one of three things to prevent you from crying: 1. Wear a snorkel and goggle 2. Wear contact lenses or 3. Wash your onions once they have been peeled and once cut, leave them in water until ready to cook.

Food Joke: McDonalds – Driving through Oklahoma, my husband and I went out of our way to stop at what was billed as the largest McDonalds in the world.
 However, we were less than thrilled when an employee addressed everyone over the intercom: “Attention, world’s largest McDonalds’ customers.”

The Wickedfood Team


Wickedfood Cooking School runs cooking classes throughout the year at its purpose-built cooking studio. Classes are run in the mornings and evenings 7 days a week (subject to a minimum of 12 people). The venue is also popular for corporate events and private functions – team building cooking classes, birthdays, kitchen teas, and dinner parties with a difference.

Our classes are hands-on, where every person gets to participate in the preparation of the dishes. They are also a lot of fun where you not only learn new skills, but get to meet people with similar interests. For corporate groups and team building cooking classes these events are a novel way of creating staff interaction or entertaining clients.