COOK & BRUNCH

Cook & Brunch | The Long Table

Brunch should not involve one person standing in the kitchen poaching eggs while everyone else “helps” by asking where the good plates are.

This time, bring everyone to the table properly.

Join us at Roving Larder Cooking School in Manly for a beautiful, hands-on Cook & Brunch experience where you cook together, laugh together, and then sit down to a generous long-table brunch without anyone having to shop, prep, plate, host or clean up.

This is not a rushed café booking.
This is not toast and a quick coffee.
This is brunch with flavour, warmth, family, friends, and a little bit of “look at us, we made hollandaise.”

You’ll arrive to welcome drinks, step into the kitchen for a fun chef-led cooking session, then gather around a beautifully set table to enjoy everything you’ve made — plus all the extra brunch goodness that makes the morning feel abundant and special.

Relaxed, family-friendly, beginner-friendly, delicious, and genuinely memorable.

Cook & Brunch is designed for families, friends, couples and small groups who want to do something together — not just sit opposite each other in a crowded café hoping the eggs arrive before everyone gets cranky.

You’ll be guided step by step by our chef, with all ingredients, equipment and aprons provided.

Then we sit down properly.

No dishes.
No hosting stress.
No one secretly scraping burnt bits off a tray in the kitchen.

Together, we’ll make two beautiful brunch classics that feel indulgent, celebratory and completely worth leaving the house for.

Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict

You’ll learn how to create a brunch favourite without the usual kitchen panic:

• perfectly poached eggs

• silky hollandaise

• toasted English muffins

• smoked salmon

• fresh herbs and lemon

Elegant, delicious, and the kind of dish that makes everyone go quiet for the first bite.

Always a good sign.

Brioche French Toast

Golden on the outside, soft and custardy in the middle, made with beautiful brioche and finished with all the lovely bits:

• vanilla and cinnamon warmth

• golden brioche edges

• soft, rich centre

• berries

• dusting, drizzle and pretty plating touches

Not sad weekday French toast.
Proper “this is why we came out for brunch” French toast.

This is relaxed and fun, but you’ll still leave with genuinely useful brunch skills:

• poached eggs without panic

• hollandaise that stays smooth

• building an Eggs Benedict that does not collapse

• assembly and serving flow

• French toast texture

• how to set a brunch spread so it looks abundant without becoming chaotic

Everything is guided step by step, so beginners are very welcome.

Because brunch should feel generous, relaxed and just a little bit gorgeous.

After cooking, we’ll gather at a beautifully set table to enjoy your brunch together.

Alongside the dishes you’ve made, the table will also include:

• whipped cream

• butter

• jams, marmalade and other spreads

• generous seasonal fruit platters

• fresh juices

• chocolates

Yes, there will be chocolate — we are not monsters.

You cook the hero dishes.
We help create the occasion.
Then everyone sits down and enjoys it properly.

• Chef-led, hands-on cooking

• On-the-spot coaching

• All ingredients, equipment and aprons

• Welcome drinks on arrival

• Long-table brunch featuring everything you cook

• Additional brunch spread with fruit, juices, spreads and sweet extras

• Digital recipes to keep

• A relaxed, beautifully hosted brunch experience

Perfect for families, friends, couples, small groups, celebrations, birthday mornings, relaxed catch-ups, visiting relatives, or anyone who wants a brunch that feels a little more special than just booking another table somewhere.

Bring the kids.
Bring your partner.
Bring your friends.
Bring Grandma.
Bring the people you love.

It is warm, hands-on, beginner-friendly and designed for all ages to enjoy together.

Adults: $129 per person

Kids add-on when booking:
6–12 years: $49 per child
Under 6: Free

Duration: Approximately 3 hours — cook + brunch
Location: Roving Larder Cooking School, 2 Gunner Road, Manly NSW
Experience level: Beginner-friendly
Dietaries: Can often be accommodated with notice
Menu: Seasonal and flexible — may vary slightly depending on availability
Seats: Limited, to keep the experience warm and special

Brunch is better when the cooking is guided, the table is beautiful, and nobody has to do it all alone.

Come cook.
Come brunch.
Come sit at the long table.

Book now — limited seats available.