6 week transformation

Cheffy Skills Course: 6 Weeks to Kitchen Confidence

stop following recipes. start understanding food!

This is not just a cooking class. It’s a high-performance culinary transformation for beginners, aspiring pros, athletes and anyone ready to cook with serious confidence.

Monday nights x 6 weeks 5:45 pm – 9:15 pm 4-course feast weekly
Location The Studio Cooking School: Powered by Chef Mel @ VENŪ 12/44-48 Junction Drive, Coolum Beach, Queensland 4573
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$1,195.00
Chef Mel Complete Cheffy Skills Course
100% cheffiness Cook like you mean it.
6 weeks Monday night action sessions from 5:45 pm to 9:15 pm.
4-course feast Enjoy your creations every week and take extras home.
Free eBook Receive a Cheffy Skills Cookbook eBook copy on week one.
Flexible catch-up Missed session? Give one week’s notice and make it up.

The 6-week curriculum

From stressed and uninspired to confident and creative.

Master chef-level foundations, poultry, pork, pastry, fish, dumplings, preserving, pasta, gnocchi and plating with total ease.

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Week 1

Fire & Foundations

Master the Maillard reaction and finally understand salt, fat, acid and heat.

Skills Searing, bread-making, stocks, sauces, gelatine and sugar work. Menu Perfect steak, sauces, truffled rosti, vegetables, jus vs gravy, rolls, lavosh, grissini, stir-fry and lemon panna cotta.
Week 2

The Poultry Professional

Demystify knife skills, trussing, deboning and poultry confidence.

Skills Spatchcock, trussing, roulades, emulsion sauces and blowtorching. Menu Gruyère roulade, poached eggs with burnt butter hollandaise, brioche, around-the-world chicken and crème brûlée.
Week 3

Pork & Spice Odyssey

Conquer world-class pork crackling with lifetime confidence.

Skills Pork crackling perfection, twice-cooking, braising and spices masterclass. Menu Braised Moroccan belly, sticky plum and ginger ribs, and spice night.
Week 4

La Patisserie

Conquer the big three of pastry for show-stopping confidence.

Skills Choux au craquelin, shortcrust, puff pastry lamination, crème pâtissière and spun sugar. Menu Croquembouche, pepper porcini chicken tarts, Moroccan lamb shoulder and apple lattice pie.
Week 5

Fish, Dumplings & Preserving

Handle delicate fish, crispy skin, smoking, preserving and dumpling rolling.

Skills Crispy fish, stovetop smoking, artisan preserving and dumpling folding confidence. Menu Crispy skin fish, house smoked salmon, preserves, fermenting and Silk-Road steamed dumplings.
Week 6

Grand Finale

Bring it all together with culinary bling and professional plating.

Skills Gourmet pasta, gnocchi, sauces, advanced plating, stacking and knife speed. Menu The celebration feast — your best work, styled for the camera.

Transformation experience

High-energy, hands-on, no sidelines.

Every week is a 3.5-hour action session with Chef Mel and her team by your side. You will cook, taste, learn, laugh and build proper kitchen confidence.

Why join

100% guaranteed happiness + cheffiness.

Total transformation Move from stressed and uninspired to confident, happy chef.
Save time Learn Lazy Chef hacks that cut your prep time in half.
90/10 rule Eat yourself into shape with healthy fuel and naughty fun in balance.
Expert tuition Learn from passionate professional chefs who love sharing skills.
Free eBook Get the Cheffy Skills Cookbook eBook, valued at $35.95, in week one.
Licensed bar soon Enjoy your weekly 4-course reward with a drink from the bar.

Who this course is for

Built for beginners, aspiring pros and serious food lovers.

Perfect if you want to stop relying on recipes and start understanding food like a confident cook.

Beginners Aspiring pros Athletes Food lovers Busy home cooks Dinner party hosts Skill builders Knife skill learners Creative cooks 90/10 lifestyle Confidence seekers Cheffy legends

Payment

Secure your spot with a 50% deposit.

Lock in your start date with a 50% deposit. The balance is due on your start date.

Missed a week? No stress. Give a heads-up via email and you can make it up with another group.

The toolkit

Cookbook, confidence and lifelong skills.

Receive a free eBook copy of the Cheffy Skills Cookbook in week one. You can also buy a paperback copy to take home.

Ready to level up?

Let’s get cheffy and build your standing-ovation kitchen confidence.

your 6-week transformation starts here ✨

Choose the best start date from the calendar and secure your place in the next Cheffy Skills Course.