Right here in Melbourne you can learn to make your own essentials of French gastronomy and culture and even pass on these skills to your students.
The AFTV takes pleasure in offering AFTV Members only the opportunity to attend one of the 3 French gastronomy classes below at a date of your choice (throughout 2024) and receive a subsidy of $50 on submission to the AFTV treasurer: treasurer@aftv.vic.edu.au of a paid invoice and a completed claim form.
Classes run on both week days and weekends and run for 5-6 hours @ $200 pp.
Where ? Gourmet Kitchen, 14 Margaret Street Moonee Ponds
When? Check the website calendar for further details and to make your booking
Who? Laura Jane will be your teacher (trained by French Pâtissiers )
What? All pâtisserie recipes follow the traditional French method.
Cost? $200 (minus $50 AFTV subsidy)
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1. Pâtisserie Masterclass: Macarons, Pastries & Fillings
Learn to make macarons, tarts, éclairs and profiteroles covering around 10 different recipes including choux pastry, shortcrust and chocolate shortcrust pastry.
2. Pâtisserie Masterclass: Mousse cakes, Caramels, Coulis & Macarons
Create exquisite Mousse Cakes filled with delicious fillings and learn some secrets to glazing and decorating, covering around 10 different recipes.
3. Pâtisserie Masterclass: Croissants
This class is designed so you learn each stage in detail packed into the 5 hour masterclass.
At the end of the class you will take home your own batch of croissants (plain, pain au chocolat, almond, ham & cheese and palmiers) as well as the batch of dough you made to take home to rest and roll out the following day.
Croissants Plus | AFTV and Gourmet Kitchen
Right here in Melbourne you can learn to make your own essentials of French gastronomy and culture and even pass on these skills to your
students.
The AFTV takes pleasure in offering AFTV Members the opportunity to attend one of 3 classes at a date of your choice
throughout 2024.
We are pleased to continue to offer online French conversation classes in Term 4 2024.
The online classes are delivered by Marilyne Lopez of Almaje Language School.
Dates 16 October to 20 November
Time 6.15pm to 7.45pm
The AFTV invites you to a celebration of Marcel Pagnol and all things 'Provençal' on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of
Pagnol's death, and 90th of his first film, 'Angèle'. A full day packed with fun ideas, good food and an amazing performance!
Venue St Michael's Art Centre, 4 Chapel Street St Kilda 3182
Date Saturday 9 November
Time 10.00am
- 3.00pm
SOLD OUT!
Our annual celebration Francophone dinner is now sold out. This year it is Vietnam with a French twist - GOOD | DIFFERENT is Rue de
Thanh, serving some of the most interesting and delicious Vietnamese food in Melbourne.
Venue Rue de Thanh, 406 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Date Friday 6 December 2024
Time 6.30pm - 10.30pm
SAVE THE DATE - FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2025
The AFTV 2024 AGM is taking place on Friday 7 February 2025 at the Immigration Museum. The AGM will include an introduction and viewing of
the 'Notre Dame de Paris' exhibition which will be showing at the Immigration Museum.
More information to follow shortly
Want to join the AFTV Committee?
The AFTV 2025 committee to be voted in at the AGM. More information to be provided once the bookings open.