Garvan - cooking classes
Joanna's passion for cooking has inspired many people over the years to improve their own skills. This winter is a great opportunity to learn more about cookery in the Garvan Kitchen. Below you can find some more information on the Garvan Cooking School.
Class Dates
- Please contact us for our new classes
NZ$49.00 per person, NZ$20.00 kids cooking. Groups of six people or more can arrange a private cooking classes tailored to suit the group.
Joanna Lowrey's Cooking History
Joanna has drawn on nearly 20 years' experience. Former Executive Chef at The Park Royal Hotel, Sydney, owner of a catering company in South Canterbury Chef on The Run, Polytechnic Chef Tutor at Aoraki Timaru, Chef Trainer in for South Pacific Hotel in Papua New Guinea and Mother of two children.
Her food is influenced by the experiences working in and with people from Europe, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, and urban New Zealand while her character was baked in the farmhouse kitchen of rural South Canterbury.
Joanna started out at age eight cooking for shearers on the farm and filling the cake tins. She entered her first cooking competition at 12 years of age and won the adult section. Recipe was published in Alison Holst cookbook Lamb Tastic. At age 16 she started at the Hyatt Kingsgate in Queenstown as a kitchen hand before going to Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin to start her chefing career.
She is currently owner with her husband of Garvan Hotel, Fine Dining Restaurant and Cooking School at Lovells Flat, in South Otago.
Joanna is looking forward to providing fun sessions that allow plenty of interaction and no pretensions.
More information
For more information, contact Garvan directly or read a feature in the ODT (850Mb.).