Sydney Fish Market

SYDNEY SEAFOOD SCHOOL

WHEN: 11am, Saturday 8th March, 2025

WHERE: Sydney Fish Market

Indigenous Australians have been gathering and catching food from the sea for millennia. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, fishing not only provided sustenance, but was also a cultural practice informed by ecological knowledge, passed down through generations.

The First Nations Seafood class is hosted by the fantastic chef Luke Bourke (from Rockpool Bar & Grill) who recently won the Good Food Young Chef of the Year award. This class is in collaboration with the National Indigenous Culinary Institute (NICI) which supports young Aboriginal chefs through their apprenticeships, and helps establish and support their career pathways.

What you’ll learn:

Where to source and buy native ingredients
Which native ingredients work best with seafood
How to support Indigenous-owned businesses
How the National Indigenous Culinary Institute is supporting young Aboriginal chefs across the country

What you’ll cook:

Prawn and warrigal greens dumplings with chilli saltbush dipping sauce
Pan fried bream with warrigal greens and lemon myrtle butter sauce

Price: $180

Duration: 3 Hours

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WHEN: 9am, Sunday 30th March, 2025

WHERE: Sydney Fish Market

This class lives up to its name: in not much more than an hour, the experts at Sydney Seafood School will teach you everything you need to know about filleting a fish: what tools you need, what kind of fish to buy, how different shaped fish need different treatments, and a host of essential filleting techniques.

Once they’ve shown you the ropes, you’ll be set loose (with helpers, of course) to do it yourself!

You'll be testing your skills on the freshest daily market catch, which you'll get to take home together with plenty of recipe inspiration for how to cook your fillets to perfection.

Class inclusions:

Expert filleting demonstration and discussion.
A fully equipped cooking island in our state-of-the-art kitchens to fillet your fish.
Take-home recipe booklet with additional seafood storage information.
Free parking at Sydney Fish Market.
Sydney Seafood School apron.

Please be aware that this is not a hands-on cooking class. This class is a demonstration and hands-on filleting session only.

Price: $120

Duration: 2 Hours

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SYDNEY FISH MARKET TOURS

WHEN: 6.40am Monday's, Wednesday's, Thursday's and Friday's in March 2025

WHERE: Sydney Fish Market

Want to know more about where your seafood comes from? How Australia’s fisheries are managed for sustainability? Where Sydney's top restaurants go to buy the freshest of the fresh?

Sydney Fish Market’s Behind the Scenes Tour is your ticket into the weird and wonderful world of Australian seafood.

On this early morning tour, you get to peer into the world of Australian seafood and experience the hustle and bustle of the wholesale trading floor, where you’ll learn about the Dutch auction system that Sydney Fish Market uses to sell 50 tonnes of sustainable seafood daily.

Follow a seafood expert as you explore dozens of spectacular seafood species and learn about different fishing techniques used by professional fisherman that minimise bycatch and improve the quality of their product.

Price: $60

Duration: 2 Hours

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WHEN: 10am Monday's, Wednesday's and Thursday's in March 2025

WHERE: Sydney Fish Market

Join one of Sydney Fish Market’s expert seafood educators to explore the retailers at Australia’s Home of Seafood. You’ll learn about what makes the seafood industry tick, how to shop for seafood like a pro, and perhaps pick up a cooking tip or two.

The beauty of Sydney Fish Market is that no day is ever the same, but here are just some of the things you'll get to see and experience:

Learn how to pick the freshest catch every time.
Discover some of the lesser known and underappreciated species, and the best recipes to pair them with
Watch oysters being shucked by the experts.
See the retailers’ live tanks and filleting rooms.
Visit the Market's working wharf to learn about the local fleet.
Witness the construction of the new Sydney Fish Market across the bay

Price: $40

Duration: 1 Hour

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WHEN: 10am on Fridays in March 2025

WHERE: Sydney Fish Market

Taste your way around Australia’s Home of Seafood with an experienced seafood educator.

You’ll get to sample the season’s best produce while learning all about where it came from and how it was caught.

While the samples will change based on what’s in season, you can expect:

To peel and eat different types of Prawns
Watch rock oysters being shucked to order
Look in amazement as tuna is broken down right in front of you and try fresh sashimi off the backbone
Pick out fresh calamari to be fried to a golden-brown
Try Australian classics like meat pies and vegemite on fresh baked sourdough
Finish the tour with a selection of fresh fruit and local chocolate.

Price: $95

Duration: 1.5 hours

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