The Saucy Fork Functions : Cooking Classes : Catering

Name: The Saucy Fork Functions : Cooking Classes : Catering
Address: Cloyna, QLD, 4605, AU
Telephone: +61416142044

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Chef Roberta Schablon is an events off-site caterer and strives to utilise local produce within 165km radius in all her creations!

Also on offer are small group cooking classes and home cooked frozen and fresh meals for busy families and businesses.

09/06/2026

COME TO FRANCE 🇫🇷 WITH ME!

Our group is growing. However, there is limited availability on this all-inclusive Scenic River cruise, A Taste of the South of France, which I am hosting in October.

Book by 17 June to secure your spot on this almost sold-out adventure from Lyon.

You also have the option to add 5 nights in Paris prior to the river cruise. I created this optional tour, Paris on a Plate, to enhance the food experiences prior to Scenics' amazing river cruise.

If you love food, wine, history, art, and exploring but don't feel comfortable on your own, I will be travelling with you and our wonderful group.
With my experience in travel for over 25 years and as a qualified chef, we will create some wonderful memories together.

For more information on the inclusions and a detailed itinerary, please contact me via [email protected] or 07 4162 2355.

T&C's Apply.

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05/06/2026

Day 1 of Rome

We drove from Pompei to Naples airport to drop off our hire car, which Evie lovingly called Stamford. 😆

We jumped on a high speed train 🚅 in Executive class, which was super fun as there are 8 leather seats in the entire carriage. Lunch and drinks are included as well as the use of the FrecciaLounge which was equipped with food, drinks and coffee.

We arrived in Rome at around 2pm, checked in and raced out the door to see a few sites.

We like to stay on Via Tritone, which is around the corner from the Trevi fountain ⛲️ and The Pantheon.

Lunch was a fabulous panini with prosciutto at Ginger, and they served excellent coffee ☕️.

We walked to Piazza Navona, The Pantheon 🏛 and the Trevi fountain. We arrived on Friday, 1 May which was Italy's Labour Day public holiday, so most of the sites were packed but equally a great vibe.

Dinner was at a small but fantastic restaurant called PinsItaly. They made some of the best pizzas we have had and their suppli (similar to arancini) were delicious 😋

A gelato in Piazza Novana and off to bed ready for a day of exploring.

Happy creating :-)

04/06/2026

Once again, apologies for the break between posts!

Pompei!!!

We left Tivoli and drove 2.5 hours to the town of Pompei, our hotel was just a short walk to the ruins of Pompeii.

The food here was amazing of course, you might notice the pizza 🍕 has a thicker crust than up north. It's wonderful how each region in Italy 🇮🇹 have slightly different cuisines 😋

The Roof top bar at our hotel had fabulous views of Mt Vesuvius and the town.

We had a day tour of Pompeii and Herculaneum with an archaeologist, which Evie was ecstatic about!

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and took our small group to see some amazing structures still in fantastic condition.

The next day was a little rainy 🌧 so we decided to head back to Pompeii for the morning and explore a few other parts of the ruins and just get lost amongst it. So much fun!

The gnocchi, pasta, pizza 🍕 and cocktails 🍸 were excellent, even our breakfast each morning was fabulous 👌 just like all our other hotels.

Pompeii is worth doing with a guide. Craig and I were here in 2008 and we just walked through ourselves. We definitely learnt a lot more this time.

Most people stay in Rome and do a day trip to Pompeii or they stay in Sorrento and catch the train in. Give Pompei a go, it is a beautiful town and worth staying a few nights.

Happy creating :-)

30/05/2026

A huge thank you to all my family and friends for all my birthday phone calls, messages, texts, and gifts last week 🎁 ❤️

I had a lovely day and evening with my family, feeling spoilt after such an epic, wonderful adventure together ❤️

51 ain't so bad, but I am still tired of waking up and not being in Italy with my coffee ☕️ and cornetto 🥐

Thanks for all the love ❤️ 😍

27/05/2026

After our perfect stay in Montepulciano, we drove an few hours south to Tivoli.

Tivoli is perched high on a mountain about an hour drive inland from Rome. This town is older than Rome, it is also where Hadrian had his summer ☀️ palace.

Once again, we stayed in a palazzo, a wonderful guest house run by an excellent host, Manuel.

We had a delicious dinner followed by a walk to the lookout where you could see the city lights of Rome.

A scrummy gelato from Glam 😋 and a sit in the park watching the fountains ⛲️ in the evening light.

The next morning, we set off to Villa d'Este, a beautiful villa with fountains and waterfalls which were 100% potable water! The views were beautiful from here as well.

Craig and I stayed in Tivoli 18 years ago for one night as a stopover prior to arriving in Sorrento.
This time, we also used it as a break in the long journey on our way to Pompei. We have now decided this town deserves a longer stay next time.

Before we hit the road, we had a quick look through their daily food market. Most of you know how much I love artichokes and travelling through Italy 🇮🇹 in Spring is the perfect time to enjoy them fresh, check out the size of the artichoke tower!!

Happy creating :-)

26/05/2026

Apologies for the big break between posts! Getting back to reality is a real struggle! 🥺

We finally made it to our destination, my favourite town in Italy, Montepulciano 💕

Another medieval town high up on a mountain.

This is our 2nd visit to this gorgeous town. Our hotel was a B&B in an old palazzo which was around 300 years old 😳 our view from our balcony was to die for!

We enjoyed bistecca Fiorentina, which is a T-bone steak from the Chiania cattle breed. This breed is over 2000 years old, the Romans used them for pulling chariots and farming. This breed of cattle is so big, our T-bone was 1.8kg!!! They are served in the Middle of the table to share. It was tender and delicious 😋 cooked to perfection 👌

We were lucky enough to see The first of many flag throwing practices as well as the traditional medieval procession. This is in lead up to one of Montepulciano's barrel race that is on in August. It is lovely to see locals keeping their traditions.

The food was wonderful constantly in every restaurant.
Pasta is always made from hand, you will never receive packet pasta in Italy 🇮🇹 the ragu is always cooked slowly and with care.

We stayed for 3 nights, which was over our ANZAC day, 25 April. This date is also special for Italy, it is their Liberation Day, when Italy was liberated from German occupation in WWII.

My heart is still in Montepulciano ❤️💔😢 a place that is so special to me.

Happy creating :-)

10/05/2026

This is a big one!!

We absolutely love Tuscany and couldn't wait to share it with our daughter, Evie.

We left Pisa and drove 1.5 hours to Florence, where we had the most beautiful apartment in the Santa Croce district for 5 nights.

The food was insanely wonderful, they shave truffles on everything like it is Parmesan cheese! I was in heaven ❤️🇮🇹

We visited the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia Gallery, entered Palazzo's owned by the Medici family. Walked the Vasari Corridor, over the Ponte Vecchio, and visited the final resting place of Michael Angelo and Galileo.

This is the city where the Renaissance began, there was so much history of how and when it all started.

One piece of food history I loved, Pisa wanted to take over Florence and one of their strategies was to stop the transportation of salt into Florence as they knew this was a major ingredient when making bread 🍞. The Florentines didn't let it bother them, so they made bread without salt.
Whenever we ate bread in Florence, you can taste there is no salt, they have continued the same recipe hundreds of years on.

When we left Florence, we drove to San Gimignano which is just over 30 minutes away. Another lovely medieval town high on a mountain. We enjoyed a morning tea of coffee and pastries before exploring.

A 45 minute drive further south, we stopped in at Siena. We relaxed in the Tuscan Sun 🌞 in the Campo, the is where the bare back horse race happens once a year. We also climbed old church ruins that is now a Vista point.
Lunch was one huge slice of pizza 🍕 while watching the world around us go about its business.

After Siena, we drove to my favourite town of all, Montepulciano. This place is so special to us, I will do another post for this.

Happy creating :-)

The people

01/05/2026

We said goodbye to Parma and drove 1.5 hours to La Spezia in Cinque Terre.

Our stay was fantastic! There are 5 towns on the Ligurian Coast, Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Manarola, Monterosso and Corniglia.

Not long after we arrived, we caught a train to Riomaggiore for dinner, the seafood in Cinque Terre is unbelievable 👌 😋

The next day we decided to start from the furthest town and make our way back. Monterosso is the furthest and when we arrived, there was a gorgeous beach with umbrellas and banana chairs. I made a vow that we would be back the next morning to chill by the ocean.

We explored each town but skipped Corniglia as it requires a bus as it is the only town out of the 5 that is on top of a high mountain.

We got to Manarola, I had heard of a restaurant perched high on a mountain with great views and even better lobster 🦞 pasta. Trattoria di Billy did not disappoint and the hike was worth it.
We couldn't believe we got a front row table without booking 😳 yum, just yum!

The next day we relaxed for around 5 hours by the sea and soaked in the Ligurian sun 🌞
Craig and Evie jumped in the water, it was way too cold for me. I went in as far as my knees.

Lunch was a spectacular buffalo 🐃 buratta pizza 🍕 it absolutely exceeded our expectations!!

After a short rest back at our hotel, we caught a train and bus to Corniglia for dinner. We were so high up, the views were fabulous 👌
Cinque Terre specialises in pesto, so their pesto pasta is a must if you are here.

On check out day, we drove south to Pisa to see the leaning tower, which Evie hasn't seen yet.
We checked out all buildings in the area.

Another hour and a half inland to Florence for our 5 night stay.

I will need to post separately as it was just too amazing and the food.

Cinque Terre is somewhere I would definitely go back to ❤️

Happy creating :-)

26/04/2026

We had a fabulous stay in Bologna for 3 nights. We drove 45 minutes to the beautiful town of Modena.

We had morning tea, visited churches, checked out great art 🎨 but my ultimate favourite was the marceto. Great produce, tasty food and lots of wine 🍷

We travelled an hour on which took us to Parma. This is where Parma ham (prosciutto) comes from.

We had a great dinner at a small restaurant that had a quirky 1960's atmosphere.

This region is well known for their tortellini in broth, which I was looking forward to due to the weather being a little wet and cool.

We stayed one night here to break up the long journey to Cinque Terre.

More delicious stories on that region soon. 😋

Happy creating :-)

17/04/2026

After we said goodbye to Venice, we caught an express train to Bologna. This took just under 2 hours.
We travelled in Executive class, which gave us access to the lounge 90 minutes prior to departure, which included snacks, tea, coffee and drinks. We also had our lunch and beverages included during the trip on board.

Bologna is the food capital of Italy 🇮🇹 and they really do things right there!

They are very well known for their cured meats, such as mortadella and prosciutto parma. Tortellini, especially in broth and tagliatelle with ragu. They are also well known for their cheeses, Reggiano parmigiano and balsamic vinegar 😋

We definitely ate our way through this city!

The history is amazing too, their Duomo is spectacular, you can see in the photo it isn't finished (the marble stops half way) and they have the oldest university in the Western world. The university has an anatomical theatre as well.

There were originally between 100 and 118 medieval towers in Bologna but there is only around 4 left today. It was a sign of power and money in the medieval times, the higher the tower the more 💰

There is a beautiful church on top of a mountain called the Sanctuary of Madonna di San Luca. There are 666 continuous porticoes to walk through before you reach the church, the 666 porticoes represents Madonna stepping on the devil prior to him getting to the church.
It was a 10km round trip up hills and stairs 😮‍💨😮‍💨😳 but we did it!! A lovely panini and glass of vino after our workout 😆 was just what we needed.

The apartment we stayed in had a market directly under it, which was filled with spectacular produce and market kitchens where you could find delicious fresh pasta dishes 🍝

On our last afternoon, we joined a food walking tour, which was also fantastic 😀 great food and loads of info on where and how produce is from and grown.

We loved Bologna, we will definitely be going back ❤️

Happy creating :-)

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Cloyna, QLD
4605

Telephone

+61416142044

Website

http://www.thesaucyfork.com.au/

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