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Private cooking lessons and cooking parties in your own kitchen are a great experience. Each private cooking class is customized so you can learn exactly the type of cooking you want. Whether you want to start from scratch and learn cooking basics or simply want to expand your culinary repertoire, you can be sure to have a fun and educational cooking experience. Through in-home cooking classes, students learn how to cook the foods they love to eat in a relaxing environment. Our classes range from beginner to advanced and include pastry and desserts. Classes are approximately 3.5 hours and are centered around the preparation of a complete meal. Scheduling is flexible. We can accommodate even the most difficult of schedules! Afternoon, after work, and weekend classes are all available. One of our professionally trained chefs will come to your home with all the ingredients and tools to teach you private hands-on cooking instruction. We will provide an initial phone consultation where you can discuss your goals and desires. After which we will create a personal learning program specifically designed for you or you can choose from our menu selections below. Your session will be created according to level of confidence, interests and food preferences. “Our goal is to come to your home and teach you how to cook in your kitchen with your tools so you have the confidence and knowledge to do it all on your own." Classes can be held in any home kitchen in the greater Los Angeles area. We will also happily travel to many other locations in Southern California - traveling costs are additional. Menus:
This series was designed for both beginning students and those who want to expand and refine their culinary techniques. In each class, the basic cooking skills are covered in addition to time management issues, which will help you to cook full meals from start to finish in the most efficient way possible. You will come away from this series with more confidence in your cooking abilities and the necessary vocabulary and skills to successfully continue practicing on your own at home. All menus include a seasonal dessert selection. Class #1: Roasted Chicken with Pan Gravy Skills Covered: Basic Knife Skills, Kitchen Safety, Proper Seasoning Techniques, Pan-Roasting Chicken Pieces, Making a Pan Sauce, Working with Root Vegetables and Green Vegetables, Roasting Garlic, Vinaigrette 101 Class #2: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger Skills Covered: Cooking with Beef: Understanding the Different Cuts, Searing Meat, Making Pureed Vegetable Soups, Sauteing Leafy Greens, Roasting Root Vegetables Class #3: Seared Tuna with Olive Tapenade Skills Covered: How to Select Fresh Fish, Fish Cookery: Searing, Pan-Frying & Poaching, Creating Sauces for Fish, Cooking with CousCous, Blanching & Shocking Green Vegetables, Toasting Nuts Class #4: Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apples Skills Covered: Cooking with Pork: Understanding the Different Cuts, Browning Meat, Making a Roux, Roasting Beets, Preparing Candied Nuts
This series was designed for those people who want to improve and lighten their cooking style without sacrificing any flavor. We will focus on selecting and cooking high-quality, flavorful ingredients; utilizing fresh herbs; and mastering simple cooking techniques like braising, poaching, and steaming to create food that is richly satisfying. All menus will include a seasonal light dessert selection. Class #1: Parchment-Baked Wild Salmon Fillets with Julienned Seasonal Vegetables Skills Covered: Basic Knife Skills, How to Select Fresh Fish, Fish Cookery: Parchment Baking and Searing, Making Balanced Sauces for Fish, Sauteing Vegetables, Using Fresh Herbs, Cooking with Quinoa, Seasonal Fruit Dessert Class #2: Minestrone Soup Skills Covered: Making Stocks and Soups, Roasting Chicken Breasts, Making a Tomato Sauce, Roasting Root Vegetables, Reduction, Proper Seasoning Techniques Class #3: Arugula Salad with Balsamic Glazed Peaches and Pine Nuts Skills Covered: Creating Balanced Vegetarian Meals, Cooking with Legumes, Sauteing Leafy Greens, Roasting Vegetables Class #4: Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Wild Mushroom Ragout Skills Covered: Cooking with Beef: Understanding the Different Cuts, Searing and Roasting Lean Meats, Working with Mushrooms, Pureeing vegetables, Light Vinaigrettes Pricing for individual lessons: Pricing: (Includes all food, prep, staff, and taxes)- minimum 6 A 15% gratuity for the staff will be added to all parties. Roast Chicken Dinner Mixed Greens Salad with Oven Roasted Tomatoes and Marcona Almonds Fall/Winter Menu Wilted Spinach Salad with Beets, Goat Cheese and Pancetta Crisps Meat and Potatoes Butter Lettuce with Blue Cheese and Candied Walnuts Cooking Fish Whole Roasted Sea Bass with Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Roast Duck Breast Mixed Greens, Roasted Green Beans, Goat Cheese, Marcona Almonds, Raspberry Vin. Comfort Food Iceberg Lettuce with Blue Cheese, Diced Tomatoes and Bacon Crisps Vegetarian Quinoa with Apricots, Currants and Lemon Cumin Dressing Brunch Menu Bloody Marys Vietnamese Vegetarian Spring Rolls Hors d’oeuvres Menu Brie and Fig Jam Phyllo Cups Please browse our Hors d’oeuvres selections in the A La Carte Menu for other choices. CHILDRENS COOKING LESSONS OR PARTIES A cooking party is the perfect way to celebrate the birthday of a young food lover. Cooking parties provides an unbeatable hands-on activity to entertain the kids, and culminates in a fully prepared meal that they helped prepare for them all to enjoy. Cooking lessons offer budding chefs (7 years old and up) an opportunity to cook their favorite foods in the safety and comfort of their home kitchen. Each cooking lesson culminates in a full meal for 2 children and 2 adults. Pricing: Kids' parties of up to 12 guests: $800 Includes a chef's hat and a recipe booklet. Each hands-on cooking lesson is $250 (3 classes: $675) and includes 2 people, so students can invite a friend, sibling, or parent to join in the fun. A 15% gratuity for the staff will be added to all parties. Menus ideas to mix and match: Individual Pizzas Homemade Pasta with Pesto Sauce Homemade Quesadillas You are welcome to browse our adult party menus for ideas. Birthday, Engagement, Wedding and Holiday Gifts A gift certificate for a single class or a series of classes makes the ideal gift for the aspiring or accomplished cook in your life. Gift certificate recipients will choose their own menu and the time/date of their class when they call to schedule. Kitchen Registry Consultation for Engaged Couples This is an unbeatable engagement gift for any couple getting ready to set up their home together. We understand that outfitting a kitchen can seem like a daunting challenge for newly engaged couples, especially when there is such pressure to assemble a wedding registry. Couples need to be careful about this process, because far too often they find themselves with a kitchen full of giant, single-use appliances and countless platters that actually fill few of their daily cooking needs. A kitchen registry consultation helps couples take all the mystery out of choosing the best brand of chef's knives, the right size saute pans, the best quality of nonstick cookware, the most essential kitchen tools and gadgets, and even the right cookbooks to suit their unique lifestyle and culinary interests. This 3-hour consultation will ensure that every item on the happy couple's registry is something that they will look forward to cooking with for the rest of their lives. The registry consultation begins in the engaged couple's home. The instructor will go through their entire kitchen to determine what equipment they should improve upon and what cookware and servingware they are missing. The trio then travels to the store where the couple is registered to add those items. At the store, the instructor will also have the hands-on opportunity to illustrate why they are selecting each item. Pricing: $200 for a 3-hour consultation. |
