Chef Recipes Melbourne | Four Leaves Cafe Rosanna

Four Leaves Food Store has an extensive breakfast menu including perennial breakfast favourite of pancakes
Four Leaves Food Store has an extensive breakfast menu including perennial favourites like southern fried chicken burgers and wagyu burgers
Four Leaves Food Store has an extensive breakfast menu including perennial favourites like lasagne and pasta of your choice

Chef Recipes Melbourne Home Cooks Love

Chef Recipes Melbourne locals can make at home: Chef Rodney's favourite dishes from our Rosanna cafe, written for home cooks.

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Lemon Coconut Slice Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Lemon Coconut Slice Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Rodney's Lemon Coconut Slice Recipe from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna is a crowd favourite which is popular with kids and adults and a delicious pairing with a coffee!

Make AheadSweet Treat
Chocolate Caramel Slice Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Chocolate Caramel Slice Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Rodney's Chocolate Caramel Slice Recipe from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna is a crowd favourite which is popular with kids and adults and a delicious pairing with a coffee!

Crowd FavouriteSweet Treat
Vanilla Yoghurt Muffin Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Vanilla Yoghurt Muffin Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Rodney's Vanilla Yoghurt Muffin Recipe from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna is a great base to which you can add your extras of choice: banana, choc chips, blueberries

CustomisableLunchbox friendly
Hibiscus Poached Pears Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Hibiscus Poached Pears Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Chef Rodney's Hibiscus Poached Pears Recipe from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna is a delicious take on traditional poached pears and used with his house made granola.

Gluten-freeWinter Dessert
Crème Pâtissière Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Crème Pâtissière Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Chef Rodney's creamy potato, leek and bacon soup from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna. A simple, hearty winter recipe that serves 10–12 and freezes well.

Dessert ClassicMake Ahead
Honey Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Honey Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Rodney's Honey Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette Recipe from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna is a simple dressing that can be made quickly with readily available pantry items.

Gluten-freevegetarian
Lemon Curd Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Lemon Curd Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Chef Rodney's lemon curd recipe from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna. A delicious lemony sweet tangy filling which can be used in tarts, cakes and slices.

Potato, Leek & Bacon Soup Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Potato, Leek & Bacon Soup Recipe | Four Leaves Cafe

Chef Rodney's creamy potato, leek and bacon soup from Four Leaves Cafe in Rosanna. A simple, hearty winter recipe that serves 10–12 and freezes well.

Freezer FriendlyServes 10-12

Meet Chef Rodney

Rodney Van Oirschot is the owner and executive chef of Four Leaves Cafe Food Store. He began as an apprentice chef in Australia, worked as a sous chef in large commercial kitchens, then spent time in New York helping open a new restaurant. He came home and opened Four Leaves in Rosanna in 2016, and runs Classic Catering from the same kitchen. After more than 30 years of cooking, you'll still find him behind the deli counter, talking Reubens with the regulars. Every recipe on this page is his. Our story

Recipe questions

Who writes the Four Leaves Cafe recipes?

All recipes in our Chef Recipes Melbourne collection are developed by Chef Rodney, who runs the kitchen at Four Leaves Cafe Food Store in Rosanna, Melbourne.

Are these the same dishes served at the cafe?

Yes. They are dishes from our kitchen, scaled and written for home cooks.

Do the recipes freeze well?

Many do. Each recipe includes its own serving, storage and freezing guidance where relevant.

Where is Four Leaves Cafe?

Four Leaves Cafe Food Store is at 37 Greville Rd, Rosanna VIC 3084, in Melbourne's north-east. Call us on (03) 9459 7227.

Rather we cook? Visit us at 37 Greville Rd, Rosanna, or shop online.

Booking Notice

Same-day bookings cannot be made online. Please call Four Leaves directly to check availability!

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