Sydney Fish Market: Fillet a fish

Activity details

In not much more than an hour, we’ll 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 we’ve shown you the ropes, we’ll set you loose (with helpers, of course) to do it yourself!

What’s included
Expert demonstration in our tiered theatrette.

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.

Sydney Seafood School apron.

What’s not included
Skills class only. No cooking.

Highlights
What You’ll Learn:
Learn about the tools of the trade for fish filleting.
Gain essential knife skills.
Test your filleting and butterflying skills on the freshest catch from the market.
Take home your fish and plenty of recipe inspo on how to cook those fillets to perfection.

Additional information

What to bring

It’s a good idea to bring your own container, cooler bag & ice bricks to take home your fresh fish fillets. (We’re on a mission to eliminate single-use plastics where we can!)

Special requirements
Minimum age 12. Children 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult

Health & Safety
Recipes may contain allergens including fish, crustaceans and molluscs.
Please contact us for more information.
Disclaimers
You will be cooking at a shared workstation in a group of 3 or more (maximum 6 per bench).
If you have a group of 7 or more, please contact us at sss@sydneyfishmarket.com.au or 02 9004 1111 to book.

We make every effort to ensure that the class and the recipes proceed as advertised. However, occasionally we may need to alter recipes, ingredients or class format due to availability of produce or other circumstances.