This year Sydney Seafood School turns 20, and we're getting ready to celebrate with a brand new look.

The School will be closed from July to September for a major refurbishment, reopening to celebrate its 20th birthday in November with a truly stellar guest chef line up including David Thompson, Justin North, Cheong Liew, Neil Perry, Janni Kyritsis, Matt Moran, Guillaume Brahimi, Peter Gilmore and Christine Manfield.

The School’s new look has been designed by Michael McCann of dreamtime australia design using feedback from thousands of customer surveys. We asked you, our guests what you'd like to see changed about the School and the overwhelming response was that you'd love to cook with gas appliances on each of the islands in our hands-on kitchen. So we’re very excited to announce that from October each island will incorporate the latest Fisher & Paykel IZONA appliances: a CookSurface combining the performance of gas with a smart flat glass cooktop that becomes extra work space when not in use, plus an oven, a CoolDrawer refrigeration unit and a very quiet VentSurface smoke and steam extraction system.

Beefeater Barbecues have also come to the party with five built in gas barbecues for our most popular class, Seafood Barbecue. The School’s new look will preview in October with a month of the most popular classes including BBQ, Thai, Salt & Pepper Prawns, Tapas, Paella, Chilli Crab and Quick’n’Delicious, before the official relaunch and 20th birthday celebrations in November. Click here for a program of October classes >