Reserve Your 9-Week Culinary Course to Creating Vibrant Lasting Wellness
Join Botanical Chef Omid Jaffari for an Exclusive Training in Autumn 2012
Autumn Certification Course 2012
15th February – 11th April
Based in Melbourne
Botanical kitchen
130 Macpherson Street,
Carlton North
VIC 3054
Available Spaces: 6 only – FULL!
Required equipment: Cutting knife, palate knife, small knife & apron
Botanical Cuisine is an simplified approach to life and food that is focused on all things artistic and heirloom, where organic, seasonal produce is enough to please the eyes and the palate. Botanical Cuisine draws its inspiration and ingredients from the wealth of flavours, textures and nutrition found in the plant kingdom to create dishes that are raw, lactose-free, egg-free, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and adaptable enough to accommodate any allergy.
Botanical Way Course
The Botanical Way Course gives you the opportunity to learn directly from Botanical Chef Omid Jaffari, in his Melbourne Botanical kitchen 130 Macpherson Street, North Carlton
VIC 3054 (Map and Directions). Students attend evening classes every week, which include in-depth examination of the weekly topic, food preparation demonstrations, practical experience, plenty of food and drinks and extensive notes and personalised instruction from Botanical Chef Omid.
This is the premier and most comprehensive education on transitioning from cooked vegan food, raw vegan food to Botanical Cuisine!
Botanical Way consists of 3 levels:
Level 1 Cooked Vegan – 3 classes over 3 weeks – covering:
- Class 1 Transition to Wellbeing: Introduction to the principles of creative gourmet cooked vegan cuisine
- Class 2 Gluten-free Vegan Confectionary Workshop: Vital dessert creations
- Class 3 Breakfast 101 with everything you need to know about creating a healthy vegan breakfast
3 classes – 1 class per week
Level 2 Raw Vegan – 3 classes over 3 weeks – covering:
- Class 4 Raw 101: Principles & recipes of plant-based cuisine
- Class 5 Raw Desserts 101: Foundations of living food dessert
- Class 6 Dehydrating Class: Different recipes made to perfection in the dehydrator
3 classes – 1 class per week
Level 3 Botanical Cuisine – 3 classes over 3 weeks – covering:
- Class 7 Botanical Cuisine 101: Introduction to the principles of Botanical Cuisine
- Class 8 Advanced Botanical Cuisine: Elements of Botanical Cuisine
- Class 9 Botanical Confectionary 101: The art of Botanical Desserts
3 classes – 1 class per week
Botanical Way Course is made all the more enjoyable, sociable, yet truly transformative process due to the added bonus of developing genuine life-long friendships as you all share in this process together.
The only Botanical Way Course for 2012
The classes will begin with an introduction to gourmet wholefood vegan cooking – and transition gradually and logically to culminate in the artful elegance of Botanical Cuisine style raw vegan dishes. Step by step, week by week, you will increase your skills in the kitchen as your overall wellbeing naturally and effortlessly continues to rise to wonderful new heights!
This is the premier and most comprehensive education on transitioning from cooked vegan food, raw vegan food to Botanical Cuisine!
Just look at what you will learn in each module:
LEVEL 1: COOKED VEGAN
Class 1: 15th February 2012
Week 1
Transition to Wellbeing: Introduction to the principles of vegan cuisine
Creative Vegan Cuisine Recipes:
- Black & white quinoa super salad
- Black rice with red radish shiitake mushrooms & miso glaze
- Sea vegetable salad with cucumber, wakame & spring onion
- Wild rice sushi with avocado, eggplant & red pepper
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Class 2: 22nd February 2012
Week 2
Gluten-free Vegan Confectionary Workshop: Vital dessert creations
- Chocolate cupcake with lemon & almond icing
- Banana bundt cake
- Flourless Chocolate Cake with Glazed Pears
- Apple & cinnamon granita
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Class 3: 29th February 2012
Week 3
Breakfast 101 – healthy vegan breakfasts.
- Apple bread
- Strawberry jam, orange marmalade, ganache spread and macadamia butter
- ‘Poached’ pear with pann cotta, orange blossom agave nectar & crushed pistachios
- Chia porridge with sliced granny smith apples, candied pecan & chia caramel
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
LEVEL 2: RAW VEGAN
Class 4: 7th March 2012
Week 4
Raw 101: Principles of plant-based cuisine
- All about sprouts
- Raw vegan nut base dairy: raw nut milk, raw nut cheeses, raw nut cream frech, raw nut sour cream etc
- Sweet red pepper soup with chive cream frech
- Rustic putanesca with truffle alfredo sauce
- Jerusalem style dolma with zesty pine nut cheese, tzatziki & sweet pepper suace
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Class 5: 14th March 2012
Week 5
Raw Dessert 101: Sin-free desserts – puddings, pies, tartlets, flans, mousses & icecreams
Decedent Raw Dessert Recipes
- Chocolate Brownies
- Seasonal Mascarpone Tart
- Brazilian Truffle
- Green Tea Flan
- Chocolate Mousse with Chocolate Soil
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Class 6: 21st March 2012
Week 6
Dehydrating Class: The art of dehydrating techniques
- Portabella Croquette with Horsradish Creme
- Semi – Dried Tomato with Truffle Tapenade
- ‘Roasted’ garlic, red pepper & blonde kalamata olive pizza
- Spinach & Wild Mushroom Quiche
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
LEVEL 3: BOTANICAL CUISINE
Class 7: 28th March 2012
Week 7
Botanical Cuisine 101: Introduction to the principles of Botanical Cuisine
- Pickled Vegetables & Cucumber Granita
- Beetroot & Rhubarb
- Onions & Blueberries
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Class 8: 4th April 2012
Week 8
Advanced Botanical Cuisine: Elements of Botanical Cuisine
- Pear Poached in Herb Flowers, Chestnuts, Walnuts & Thyme Oil
- Carrot & French Vanilla Mousse
- Mushroom Bouillon with Truffles
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Class 9: 11th April 2012
Week 9
The Botanical Confectionary 101: The Art of Botanical Desserts
- Sweet Potato Crisp with Anise & Chocolate
- Pink Lady Apple, Fresh Hazelnuts & Marjoram
- Victorian Oranges, ‘Burnt’ Italian Meringues & Herbal Tea
Residential Duration: 3 hours
Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Residential Duration: 3 hours
So, are you ready to enroll in the most comprehensive, fun, vegan, raw and Botanical Cuisine education and dining course of 2012?!
Available Spaces: 6 only – FULL!
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