Cooking Classes and Workshops for Seasonal Wellness
Nourishment from the Inside Out
Bringing together ancient wisdom, native herbs, spices, and modern wholistic nutrition
2026 Classes and Workshops
Fermented & Pickled Class for 5 Seasons
Each class is designed for the season at the time of the class, to help balance health.
$179 pp
Wholefood Cooking Around the World
Transform plants into mouth-watering meals your friends and family will rave about.
$169 pp
Dumplings and Cocktail Workshop
Make either GF or wheat dumplings, includes shape, steam, and pan-frying dumplings.
$169 pp
About Marcea
A true pioneer in holistic living and natural food education, Marcea has spent decades inspiring healthier, more mindful ways of living.
An established author, chef, and educator, Marcea blends her passion for food, wellness, and psychology to help people create balance from the inside out. She is a practising psychotherapist and an integrative Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic nutrition and lifestyle practitioner, as well as a life coach, supporting clients in cultivating sustainable health and deeper self-awareness.
Her lifelong mission? To inspire a healthier world — one mindful meal at a time.
Organic Healing
A trailblazer of the organic wholefoods movement in the USA during the 1960s, Marcea’s influence has shaped how chefs and home cooks around the world approach plant-based cuisine. Her remarkable career includes launching Berkeley’s first vegan macrobiotic eatery, creating New York’s first tofu “cheesecake”, running a Wholefood Bakery in London, founding the first organic Japanese tofu factory in Surry Hills, and leading The Wholesome Gourmet Cookery School in Sydney throughout the 1980s.
Testimonials
I really enjoy my fermenting class with Marcea! She is so knowledgable and has years of experience and understands the fine detail involved.
Luisa Manfredini
Marcea is a wonderful instructor and we learnt a lot about the pickling and fermentation process. It was relaxed I felt like I was with friends. Marcea was very welcoming.
Amanda Sayan
Books by Marcea
The Sweet Life: Natural-Food Dessert Book
Naturally Sweet & Sugar Free
Naturally Sweet Desserts