Daniel’s modern menu is designed to take you on an exciting spice journey to discover the vibrant flavours and textures from across the Middle East region. Learn to create a mezze plate featuring: hummus with preserved lemon, pistachio and green olives; soft stracciatella cheese with saffron, peaches, basil and chives; hiramasa kingfish with confit leeks and harissa; pickled heirloom tomatoes with St David’s yoghurt and dried urfa biber chilli. Daniel will then make grilled wagyu rump cap with white onion and zhoug, a fresh, spicy coriander sauce from Yemen; charred cos lettuce with hazelnut and date dressing; and zucchini with lemon yoghurt and mint. And if you still have room left for dessert, an irresistible yoghurt cheesecake with ripe strawberries, lemony sumac and smoked pepper. Not to be missed!
Middle East: A Spice Journey
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Get up close and personal with the chefs from some of Melbourne’s best restaurants. Sharing their extraordinary knowledge and expertise, our Master Class chefs will show you how to create the food that they are famous for and teach you how to take your cooking to the next level. Click here for more information the class format.
Image is indicative only and does not reflect the exact ingredients or dishes you will use/make during this class.
About the Chef
Daniel Giraldo
Head Chef, Maha Restaurant
Born in the Caribbean, Daniel worked for several years at the luxury ‘Millennium Resort’ in the Dominican Republic before travelling extensively in the United States of America, Europe and South America where he gained wide experience across a range of cuisines. His education and professional development continued with internships at leading restaurants across the globe including Germany’s one Michelin star ‘Die Muhenhelle’. On arrival in Melbourne, Daniel became Sous Chef at the Rydges Hotel, four star Restaurant. After 2 years he took up an offer to work under ex-Vue de Monde Head Chef, Andrew Harmer at The Point Albert Park. He joined Shane Delia at Maha in 2014 as Sous Chef and in September 2015 was appointed Head Chef. In 2016, under his leadership Maha retained its one Chef Hat in The Age Good Food Guide.
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Get up close and personal with the chefs from some of Melbourne’s best restaurants. Sharing their extraordinary knowledge and expertise, our Master Class chefs will show you how to create the food that they are famous for and teach you how to take your cooking to the next level. Click here for more information the class format.
Image is indicative only and does not reflect the exact ingredients or dishes you will use/make during this class.
