Along with its world-renowned beaches and natural beauty, Byron Bay is well known as a hub for fine food lovers, with many award-winning restaurants and cooking schools.
A smorgasbord of tantalising experiences awaits anyone with a penchant for fresh local produce, farm-to-plate dining and artisanal culinary creations of every description.
There’s something for everyone, from farmers’ markets, feted restaurants and out-of-the-way gems, best discovered from one of the many fantastic guided food tours on offer.
Of course, there’s also the option to cook in the comfort of your villa with an in-room kitchen.
Open Table
Just 19 minutes’ drive west of Elements of Byron, Open Table offers a cooking class experience that embraces the notion that food brings us together in a universal language that crosses cultures and ages, and speaks to who we are, where we come from and where we’re going.
Workshops and classes are developed by award winning chef Ronit Robbaz and begin with basic spice selection and essential condiments before building into more of the specialisations of Ayurvedic, paleo Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine.
Learn techniques based on hundreds of years of tradition and pick up an Open Table Cookbook to take home with you.
Taste Byron Bay
Pull fresh seasonal ingredients from the Fig Tree Restaurant garden or choose from Byron Bay local produce and learn the lifelong art of how to balance and build the flavours that create delicious dishes.
Chef Terese Davidson has built a career of leadership from the very beginning. She worked her way up in the then renowned Sydney restaurant Aqua Dining. It wasn’t until 2015 that she moved to Byron Bay, established new connections to this region and its local produce and began her own food based business, Taste Byron Bay.
Veet’s Vegan Cooking School
Long before plant-based cuisine was popular, Veet established Veet’s Vegan Cooking School in 2015 with the vision to help people establish healthy lifestyle habits with a focus on ethical and clean eating. Understanding that knowledge helps in being able to live a healthier lifestyle is knowledge, Veet generously shares her vast skills and experience to build confidence in choosing and cooking the right foods.
Veet offers both a three-day vegan cooking course or a tailored cooking class in Murwillumbah. She specialises in understanding an individual’s health needs and creating a class that caters to it. This can include cooking for iron-deficiency, hypertension, detoxification, strength after surgery or to support menopause.
Want more inspiration for things to do in Byron Bay? Check out our Ultimate Guide to Byron Bay.