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Are you a budding gourmet or someone moving out of home and wanting to boil your first egg? At Macarthur, you can choose from a large range of classes in various types of cooking, including beginners classes, cake decorating, piping, sugar flowers, fast cooking or cooking with asian flavours. So get ready for your next dinner party with us!

Our classes can take you from an absolute beginner to a masterchef contestant so you can reach your full potential.

So if you are near Fairfield, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden or Picton, we have a course for you.


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Classes are organised into 4 terms each year, with speciality workshops running throughout the year.


Explore our exciting range of courses below


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Cake Decorating - Beginners

This course will introduce participants to the basic skills of cake decorating and sugar art. You will be shown techniques related to tools and equipment, covering a cake using icing, use of modelling paste and basic piping with royal icing. Learn how to make some sugar flowers (including Waratah, Carnations, Frangipanis and filling flowers) and then put the finished product together. Bring requirements listed on Confirmation/website first session. Please note that the cost of materials for ... Read On

Course ID:
CT2007-12X
Price:
$262.00 (GST included)
Status:
Places are available.
Location:
Campbelltown HS
Tutor:
Maree Cullinan
Sessions:
8 sessions of 2 hours
Time:
7:00pm-9:00pm
Starts:
Tuesday, 05 May 2026
Finishes:
Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Cake Decorating - Intermediate

This course is for those who have completed at least one term of a beginner's cake decorating course. Develop your experience further while working on your own project/s. Bring requirements listed on Confirmation/website first session. No concession. Read On

Course ID:
CT2001-12X
Price:
$262.00 (GST included)
Status:
Places are available.
Location:
Campbelltown HS
Tutor:
Maree Cullinan
Sessions:
8 sessions of 2 hours
Time:
7:00pm-9:00pm
Starts:
Wednesday, 06 May 2026
Finishes:
Wednesday, 24 June 2026

Cheesemaking

Do you love cheese? Have you ever wondered how you make it? Have you ever considered making it at home, using equipment you already own? This course might be for you if you answered yes to some or all of these questions! This course will take you on a deep dive into the cheese-making process, where you will learn about the physical and chemical changes that take place in the milk to turn it into cheese. You will learn about the equipment and ingredients needed to make it and the steps to create ... Read On

Course ID:
CT2410-10
Price:
$157.00 (GST included)
Status:
CANCELLED
Location:
Campbelltown HS
Tutor:
Brendan Heffernan
Sessions:
4 sessions of 2 hours
Time:
7:00pm-9:00pm
Starts:
Monday, 04 May 2026
Finishes:
Monday, 25 May 2026

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