NDIS Cooking Coach

  • NDIS kids/teens cooking classes

    4 Week program NDIS kids/teens

    Mondays
    Start date TBC
    $420

    Saturdays
    9:30-11:00 a.m
    August 1 8 15 22
    ONE spot left!
    $450

  • NDIS cooking group

    4 Week Program Wednesday NDIS adults

    Wednesdays Meal-making group
    11:00 a.m-12:30 p.m

    August 5 19 26 (skip a week for EKKA) September 2
    ONE spot left!
    $420

  • NDIS cooking group

    4 Week Program Tuesday NDIS adults

    Tuesdays Meal-making group
    August 11 18 25 September 1
    ONE spot left Email Karen
    10:30 a.m-12:00 p.m
    $420

  • School Holiday Cooking Class

    Kids and Teens Dough fun session
    Tuesday 29th September 1:00-3:00 p.m
    TWO spots left!
    Every child has their own batch of dough and learns how to create a fun and yummy menu as well as bread-making techniques and becoming a kneading expert.
    Carbilicious fun for the keen little chef and so much fun rolling out your own bow of dough, working independently to create delicious treats

    Menu: Vegemite or Cinnamon Scrolls, Calzone Pizza Pocket, Fruit and Custard Danish

    • Please note: This menu is not adaptable to gluten or dairy free. 

    The lessons are held standing up to replicate being a chef but please do ask if your child needs a stool or the wheelchair table.

Hi and welcome to our friendly and welcoming cooking workshops.

✅Brisbane NDIS cooking classes
✅ Our ground-floor, teaching kitchen has wheelchair access and wheelchair electric workbenches.

I’m Karen Browne with over 30 years of teaching experience and I love to encourage kitchen confidence, creativity and independence. I have been teaching kids and adults both mainstream and special needs for over 30 years.


I see my role as many things including:
✅Cooking coach and mentor providing a safe space for
✅skill-building
✅encouragingexpanding narrow diets
✅fostering friendships along the way.

Our Brisbane NDIS cooking classes are all held at our purpose-built teaching kitchen in The Gap, Brisbane with wheel-chair access as well as specifically built, height adjustable and electric work benches.

We work on new meals and work out menus together and our terms are 4 weeks only.
We build on skills of:
✅food preparation and presentation, ✅food shopping seasonally and budgeting to minimise food wastage and best use of funds
✅food safety and kitchen hygiene.
✅encourage making healthier choices and moving out of food-comfort zones by trying new foods.


Currently our uniquely small NDIS specific cooking groups are short, 4 week programs as well as one-off School Holiday cooking classes.


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Group Glasses & Important Information

Colorful infographic with various bubble-shaped sections on a black background, each containing text about different aspects of empowering participants in a program, including topics like food hygiene, achievable meals, budgeting, social connection, extending limited diets, and life skills.

Group Classes

We support students with an NDIS plan with goals of increasing independence through cooking classes providing practice in culinary skill development and encouraging healthy eating through exposure to a variety of food exposure and new meals. Only six participants per group session and Support Workers/Parents are very welcome.

The cooking classes need to align with one (or more) of the goals in your plan.

Meal-making, Life-skills course (4 weeks) $420 **weekends surcharge
Please note that the course fee is invoiced in full following the last session date regardless of how many were attended (unless a prior agreement at the time of booking the course is made).

Please fill in ‘Register Interest’ form link above or click the individual class link to express interest in joining a group . These friendly classes are run specifically for kids, teens and adults with additional learning needs to get them cooking meals and learning how to use kitchen tools safely together. They are friendly, smaller groups (6 max) and run at a slower, less hectic pace.

Menus are worked out week to week with the participants to include favourite dishes and to extend fussy eaters a little out of their comfort zones (but not too far!). Support workers and parents are very welcome to attend to help or supervise and no extra charge is made.

Please read our Terms and Conditions before booking in to decide if this type of class is right for your child/client

  • Behaviour expectations required; respectful, kind, safe and inclusive. Classes are held at a slow-medium pace with turn-taking and listening to instructions needed.

  • These are stand-up lessons to replicate the reality of being a chef and move about easily in the room but if this is an issue, a stool can be provided. *Please note there are two wheelchair-friendly kitchen benches that can be used by up to 2 participants.

  • Aprons are only worn by one participant  (please feel free to bring your own), surfaces are regularly disinfected and hands are frequently washed and dried with single use paper towel.

  • Participants just need to bring 2 plastic containers and a drink bottle. They will take home all food made and students need to arrive 5 mins early with enclosed shoes on and long hair tied back.

  • Class sizes are always kept small to be uniquely hands-on with kitchen skills to practice.

  • Dietary requirements must be disclosed at time of booking and please also request a vegetarian option at this time.

  • Classes can be a mix of age ranges and abilities.

  • Support workers/Parents are very welcome to stay and assist if need be.

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  • Participants just need to bring 2 plastic containers and a drink bottle. All food is provided and they will take home all menu items made.

  • Students need to arrive 5 mins early with comfy, enclosed shoes on (for our stand-up lessons) and long hair tied back.

  • This depends case to case. These are hands-on, practical lessons and support workers are encouraged to assist clients when required with tasks. Do contact Karen to discuss.

  • Yes, there is free, on-street parking on Grenoble Street.

  • The classes are held in a ground floor kitchen with access and there is a wheelchair electric work table for 1-2 clients.

  • They are held at 11 Grenoble St, The Gap, Brisbane in a purpose-built teaching kitchen.

  • The minimum group class is 6 for NDIS or do enquire about 1:1 private class options.

Frequently Asked Questions

One of our parents experience

A is a 16 year old girl with global developmental delays which impact many of her daily living activities. Working with Karen at Come & Cook has not only given A the opportunity to develop her cooking and fine motor skills, it’s also given her a chance to socialise with other young chefs in a relaxed atmosphere, working towards a common goal. Karen’s program has given A experience outside of home, building her confidence to cook more independently.

A has difficulties with sensory processing such as proprioception (body awareness), tactile processing and bilateral coordination. Even though Come & Cook is focussed on cooking, these essential skills are also being developed, in a fun and engaging environment.

When you put this development of A's sensory processing skills alongside the independent cooking skills that she is learning at Come & Cook, it’s clear that Karen’s program is increasing A's capability to live more independently in the future.