Goreva Cooking School
The Goreva Cooking School occupies a purpose-built teaching kitchen on the hotel's second floor, running classes that draw directly from the same supply chains feeding Forge & Fold and The Counting Room - so students work with the identical produce the hotel's chefs are using that same week. Classes are designed for curious eaters rather than aspiring professionals: people who have eaten their way through Marrickville's food scene and want to understand the techniques behind what they have tasted. Chef Delic and members of the hotel's resident brigade rotate through the teaching calendar, ensuring every session is led by someone actively cooking in the hotel's professional kitchens.
Market Morning Classes
Saturday sessions begin at the Marrickville Organic Food Market, where students shop alongside the hotel's own procurement team before returning to the teaching kitchen to build a three-course meal from their selections.
Wood-Fire Technique Workshops
A quarterly one-day intensive teaches the fire management, timing, and resting principles behind Forge & Fold's ironbark-fired cooking - held in the restaurant kitchen outside service hours.
Inner-West Flavour Series
A six-class rotating series explores the migrant food traditions embedded in Marrickville's streets - Lebanese flatbread baking, Vietnamese broth-making, and Greek pastry craft each receive their own dedicated session.
Private Group Bookings
Corporate teams, birthday groups, and hotel guests may book the teaching kitchen exclusively for sessions of up to sixteen participants, with a customised menu theme agreed in advance with the lead chef.
Spice Library Access
Students enrolled in any class gain access to the hotel's curated spice library - assembled in partnership with Marrickville's Lebanese and Vietnamese food community - and leave with a personalised blend assembled during their session.
Chef Mentorship Dinner
Guests who complete four or more cooking school sessions in a single calendar year are invited to a closed mentorship dinner where Chef Delic cooks an unrepeated menu and discusses the creative process behind each course.