5 half-days Mon-Fri Aug 21-25, 9:30am-12 Noon - Ages 8-13 only

Raising the Next Junior Master Chef? We've got Food Network Stars teaching our Kids Camps! Kids will have fun with a rotating chef and Food Network assistant Cole Malouin a self proclaimed "teenage science geek who loves to cook" and competed on Rachel vs. Guy Kids Cook off and Chopped Junior.

South Bay School of Cooking offers a wonderful alternative for summer camp. Kids will have fun learning new skills, trying new foods, team building, and sharing mealtimes with others. If your kids like watching the Food Network, have an interest in food preparation, or occasionally utter, “Mom, I want to be a chef!” –this kid-friendly hands-on cooking camp is an inspiring option. Our communal cooking style promote complete interaction with the instructor and all of the other campers. Each day of camp will focus on a theme incorporating a variety of fresh ingredients without compromising what kids like to eat, and of course, having fun. Menus and skills are designed for the abilities of ages 8-13 years* only.

Cost includes: instruction, food, utensils, lunch in class, and an apron, notebook with recipes and handouts to take home.  Age limits* imposed are based on safety level, counter heights, attention span, and the teacher’s ability to create teamwork in the kitchen. This is a working kitchen close toe shoes only, no sandals. Please do not register underage children or ask for exceptions.

Please Note: We are unable to accommodate children with severe allergies, vegetarian or other restrictive diets. We do not use any peanuts/tree nuts in our recipes. Please do not register your child if he/she will not is unable to eat food prepared in class.   

Camp Policy:We do not give refunds. Credits or week changes not available after June 1, 2017. Changes are solely up to management and space availability. Children must be picked up immdiately after class as we do not have anyone to stay after to care for late pickups. There are no make-up days in other weeks. This policy refers to camps only.

Calling all sushi fans! Learn the creative art of sushi making. Take a hands on journey as you learn to make perfect sushi rice then rock a nigiri and roll a California roll, spicy tuna, inside out, crunch rolls, hand roll, or invent your own.  Learn the sauces that make the rolls pop with flavor and eat to your hearts content! Find out where to purchase sushi grade fish, nori (seaweed), rolling mats, condiments, and garnishes so you can make your own sushi party at home. Eat, drink, and kampai!

Adult Class: You may bring beer or sake for your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. Please note you must eat what you make in class. We cannot allow you to take the sushi home. 

Spend a fun evening preparing a lavish dinner of Spain’s national dish. Learn to master the layering effects and exotic aromas of saffron that complements the finest seafood, chicken, Spanish sausage and rice. Sip Chef Annette’s fruity sangria while munching on Spanish cheeses and olives with quince paste and bread. A tasty tapa of fire roasted pimentos with capers and herbs, and the crown jewel--paella. A luscious Spanish dessert will be served. Ole! 

Adult Class: Sangria will be tasted but you may bring some wine for your meal.--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Time for raviolis and tortellini. In this workshop, we'll make a rich egg pasta dough and roll out into long sheets to be filled with luscious cheeses, poultry fillings and vegetables then cut and mold them into all kinds of shapes and sizes. It's easier than you think and after a few turns you can become a ravioli making machine. You'll mix, crank it out, fill, fold and seal. We'll make a few sauces to go along with them and sit down to a wonderful plate of handmade pasta pillows. Freezing will be discussed because who wouldn't love a freezer full of homemade pasta ready to cook at a moments notice for family dinners or entertaining? Today we'll make a shrimp ravioli with roasted red pepper sauce. Mushroom ravioli with creamy spinach sauce. Pumpkin tortellini with browned butter sage sauce .YUM! 

Ages 12 and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Korean cooking has finally gone "global" and has made a big splash on the fusion scene. Traditional restaurants are found all over LA area. Let's go "Gangnam Style" tonight KFC--Korean fried chicken wings--super crunchy, sweet, sticky, and spicy. No Korean table is without beef--grilled kalbi beef ribs marinated with Asian pear, garlic, soy and sesame oil served with steamed rice. Pa Jun--savory pancake with shrimp and kimchi. Keeping with tradition, meals are served with a delicious array of banchan--tiny little dishes. Due to time constraints some of the ban chan will be pre-made/purchased such as fermented kimchee, creamy Korean potato salad and a few others. We will make Korean cucumber and radish salad in rice vinegar. These little dishes are seasoned-spicy, sweet & sour, and salty and the 5th taste UMAMI to stimulate the appetite.  

Adult Class: you may bring beer/wine/soju to enjoy with your meal.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some menu items may change due to market quality/availablity. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Do you feel a tug on your line to eat more fish? Fish makes a perfect quick healthy meal in minutes without too much fuss. Don't be afraid to cook fish! Learn what to look for when purchasing and how to cook to perfection. We'll make a variety of 4-5 fish dishes-- baked, sauteed, grilled, pan fried and/or poached to add to your repertoire. Some will have sauces, others may have a rub, use of citrus, herbs and spices to make yumulicious and fabulous fish.  Fish used will be determined by market availablity.

16 years of age and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

"Half way through dinner my husband said, this is so much better than any restaurant." --G Harris

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Tired of the same dried out rubber flavorless chicken. Afraid of under cooking hence you over cook? Disappointed in overcooked salty supermarket rotisserie chicken? Spice up drab chicken dishes with exciting tastes and textures the whole family will love. Learn techniques for juicier, tastier, and tender chicken dishes. Get seasoning know how, techniques, tips and tricks for searing, sauteing, roasting, and grilling with several seasonal chicken dishes to add to your repertoire. Whole roasted herbed chicken--a Sunday fave! Zippy one pot chicken and rice dish. Quick stove top chicken saute. Learn to stuff a chicken breast with all kinds of things and how to cook it to perfection!

" I now know how to test for doneness and no longer dry out chicken!" --A Falstaff

16 years of age and older ok   Class runs about 2 1/2 hours --Adults may bring wine to enjoy with their meal. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Poke (pohkay) the infamous island bowl has been around for a long time but with anything a re-birth with a twist here and fusion there has pushed this Hawaiian favorite into a whole new realm. Chirashi sushi is similar concept, scattering a variety of sushi grade raw fish over a bowl of rice. Add some garnishes and you have a delicious meal in a bowl. Learn the steps to building a bowl from dressing the fish, sauces, making the rice or noodles, and what kind of add-ins work best. We’ll be using high quality sushi grade fish to build a traditional ahi poke with pineapple slices. A spicy Korean style poke with a bit of kimchee. A unique salmon quinoa poke with wasabi peas. And one of Chef Annette’s originals using a bit of dark molé to the mix along with avocado and mango. You will also learn about where to shop for the freshest fish. Fish used may change due to market availablity.

Adult Class: You may bring beer or sake for your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops.

 Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups 

Using easy to prepare recipes, seasoning and basic cooking techniques, you'll learn time saving preparation to get you on your way to cooking wonderland.

Our quintessential hands-on series pairs preparing, seasoning, sautéing, roasting, and essential knife skills with purchasing, food storage and handling to create everyday dishes at home for beginners and kitchen veterans alike  This series will focus on the seasonal harvest of main dishes, fearless sides, understanding meat cooking, soup and salads with home made dressings will also be learned. Learn loads of tips and those sacred cooking secrets that only a professional can share. Each class builds on more skills.Handy booklet with measurment conversions, cooking time charts. All recipes, food and utensils included. 

 "Fabulous and fun cooking experience. Chef Annette is a hoot yet one talented chef. Our class was thoroughly delightful." --N Harmon

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Peruvian cuisine — has much to offer beyond that tasty rotisserie chicken. Boasting over 3,000 varieties of potatoes, 300 varieties of aji (chili) peppers, a multitude of seafood from the coast and highland meats of the Incan past are abundant. These indiginous ingredients have been supplemented with ingredients and flavors of Spanish conquerors, Europeans, Africans, and more recently Chinese and Japanese immigrants. Simply put Peruvian food is a global feast for the senses.

Tonight we’ll be making papa rellena--meat filled potato croquette with salsa criolla. Peruvian ceviche—fish marinated in 'leche de tigre"-- infused with red onions, chile, and cilantro; garnished with sweet potatoes, giant corn, and avocados. Traditional lomo saltado--a home-style beef stir fry with veggies and fragrant garlic rice. We'll also be teaching you the secret to that spicy Aji verde--green sauce. And we'll cap it off with a special dessert.  Muy delicioso!

Adult Class: you may bring wine/beer to enjoy with your meal--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Donuts are the "new cupcake". A donut revival is sweeping the nation. Not your run of the mill spongy things that get stale in an hour but donuts so delicious that even one will leave you ‘glazed and confused’. We’ll mix, raise, fry, fill, powder, and glaze pillows of absolute deliciousness. If you can't resist a freshly made doughnut, then this is the class for you.  Jelly filled with powdered sugar, custard filled with chocolate glaze, maple glazed. A baked double chocolate devils food and of course donut holes!

 “Donuts, is there anything they can’t do”? –Homer Simpson

Ages 12 and up-Class runs about 3--3 1/2 hours--bring a box to take some home!

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Knife skills are the most important part of cooking. They are the 'wheels' of motion in the kitchen and make cooking less a chore and more a joy. Get the cutting edge info on knives and learn which 'tools of the trade' and double duty gadgets are necessary as you learn what to buy and when to sharpen. slice, dice, peel, julienne, and chop to make a meal delcious meal of roasted vegetable quesadillas, pickled red onions, mixed vegetable-salsa salad and a baked fruit dessert. You won't go home hungry!

"This class changed my life" -C Feazel

14 and older OK and Vegetarian friendly--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Italian food goes beyond red checkered table cloths and empty hanging Chianti bottles. Tuscany engages lighter meals with a variety of fresh vegetables and herbs, hand-made pastas, meats braised in delicate broths, and artesan cheeses that are the foundations of phenomenal regional dishes. For our late summer menu we'll fire up the grill and make spiedini--grilled skewers of chicken, zucchini wrapped sausages, sweet peppers, and red onions. Lightly seasoned baked polenta moons with Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. A summer salad of fire roasted peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, olives, arugula and figs. Giant crostinis. And an Amalfi lemon tart for dessert. Buona Serra!  

Adult class--You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market availability/quality. For your safely-this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups 

Each week builds on the last geared to the needs of each group. 

 "Chef Annette takes the angst out of the kitchen and makes it a playground".  D Kaufman

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Unravel the secrets of exotic Thai cooking. Learn to create with confidence and where to shop locally for exotic Southeast Asian ingredients. A luscious appetizer of prawns, garlic and lemon grass steamed in banana leaf. Marinated and grilled crying tiger beef. A cool and refreshing cucumber, pineapple salad, and Pad see yew noodles. 

“I learned so much about different Thai ingredients I have never known how to use. Class was fun and food was great!” --C Robertshaw

Adult Class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy with your meal.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to marketquality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Those tiny delicate French filled cookies are all the rage. Shops boast a rainbow of flavors and everyday another flavor seems to pop up. Learn the secrets and how easy it really is to make your own lovely macarons simply with egg whites, almond flour and sugar. Today's class will feature a variety of flavors including a fruits, chocolate, caramel or nutella. Flavorings and coloring will be addressed. YUM! This is your chance to be the first on your block or in your office to bring some in an boast! 

Ages 12 and older ok--Class runs about 3 hours  Please bring a container to take home some cookies

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

We hear it every day but it’s easy to forgo veggies when they aren’t prepared well or flavorless and mushy. Learn ways to incorporate them into main and side dishes that will cut down but not cut out carbs so you still feel satisfied. Make veggies part of each dish in a meal rather than a soggy or undercooked side dish. Tonight’s class we’ll make a light zucchini ravioli. Broccollini with a bit of Spanish chorizo. Roasted lemony Brussels sprouts with garlic. Green beans sauteed with shallots and sweet pecans. Maybe your kids will even eat them! 

Ages 16 and up ok--class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Whisky/Whiskey how ever you spell it is venturing out of the liquor cabinet and into the kitchen. Chefs are using whiskey to enhance salty, smoky or sweet flavors.  It brings out the flavor of the sea in seafood, the smokiness of wood fired food, and the sweetness in desserts. Whether it's Bourbon, sour mash, Canadian, or a single malt Scotch, it’s amber color and multifaceted bouquet is as mysterious as the lore surrounding it. Pour yourself a dram, tie on your apron and have a delicious culinary adventure. Scrumptious bacon cheddar bourbon swirls, whiskey marinated skirt steak, bourbon glazed yams topped with crunchy sweet pecans. Creamed succatash and a salad of pears and arugula with a whiskey vinaigrette. For dessert a sinful chocolate whiskey mousse. We will be whipping up a wee signature cocktail.  

Adult Class: 21 and older only for this class. You may bring wine to enjoy with your dinner --Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market availability/quality. For your safely-this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups

Each week builds on the last geared to the needs of each group. 

 "Chef Annette takes the angst out of the kitchen and makes it a playground".  D Kaufman

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Come along on a magic carpet ride as we highlight one of the most diversified world cuisines. Spices from the souks of Marrakesh with influences from the nomads of Northern Africa, caravan traders of the Middle East and French occupation create exceptional dishes. Tonight we’ll make the infamous B’Stilla—chicken, almonds, and eggs entwined with sweet and savory spices wrapped in multiple layers of flaky phyllo pastry. An intoxicating spice scented roasted vegetable tagine served over a confetti couscous--tasty tidbits of sweet peppers, scallions, dried apricots, golden raisins and pine nuts. For dessert a Moroccan a orange scented zebra cake. Rock the Kasbah!

Adult Class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Learn how easy it can be to make fresh pasta at home. Did you know that handmade pasta is considered an artisan food? Get ready to play with your pasta as you make magic from the basic ingredients of semolina, flour, and eggs. Let your sticky fingers and bursts of laughter create an impressive and luxurious fettucini. Basil laminated papardelle pasta and hand pinched bowties. We'll make some sauces to go along and have a nice meal. Mangia! Vegetarian Friendly  “I can’t wait to go home and impress my friends!” --N Cremins

Adults & Teens 12 and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

  Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availablity. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Do you feel a tug on your line to eat more fish? Fish makes a perfect quick healthy meal in minutes without too much fuss. Don't be afraid to cook fish! Learn what to look for when purchasing and how to cook to perfection. We'll make a variety of 4-5 fish dishes-- baked, sauteed, grilled, pan fried and/or poached to add to your repertoire. Some will have sauces, others may have a rub, use of citrus, herbs and spices to make yumulicious and fabulous fish.  Fish used will be determined by market availablity.

16 years of age and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

"Half way through dinner my husband said, this is so much better than any restaurant." --G Harris

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

The next best thing to drinking craft beer—is eating it! Beer can bring out and add flavor to all kinds of foods from appetizers, meats, breads and even desserts! In tonight's "craft beer crawl" we'll mix it up with an exotic braised pork belly in Amazon Xingu beer served with tender greens with a "malt" vinaigrette. Bamberg onions stuffed with golden raisins and pine nuts simmered in beer with Bratwurst. Potato mash with a beer and sauerkraut gravy.  And a "root beer" vanilla ice cream float for dessert!  

Adult Class: 21 and older only. Although we'll be cooking with a variety of brews and having a tiny taste, you may bring your favorite to enjoy with your meal. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Let's kick off the grilling season! Argentina is known for beef prepared on parrillas—grills, but there's more to Argentine cuisine than beef. We’ll keep the Southern California year round grilling season going with this delicious cuisine. We'll start off with mini picadillo filled empanada--filled turnovers. Then get the grilling going with a grilled skirt steak with our infamous homemade chimichuri sauce. Argentine sausages, potatoes and veggies fragrantly grilled Gaucho style on rosemary skewers and served with an aromatic cilantro garlic rice. And Argentine dessert will be served. Go Meat!  

"I thoroughly enjoyed myself and had fun Lots of fun" -C Cutrone

Adult Class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal. Wine suggestion: Argentinean Malbec. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Decorating cakes in more modern styles are the new trend. Create your own style with different new techniques you'll learn today. Start with learning how to level, fill, crumb coat, and frost smooth sharp edges. Learn how to decorate cakes and sweet treats with basic buttercream techniques of simple-to-pipe flowers and borders using round, star, petal and, leaf decorating tips. Learn to use decorating bags. Colors will be discussed. We’ll supply the tools, a premade 6 inch cake, buttercream to work with and a pink box for you to take your masterpiece home. 

Mirna Brinkman--owner of Treasure Bites is an amazing cake decorator!

Class runs about 2 1/2--3 hours--Ages 12 and older ok

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

 Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups 

Using easy to prepare recipes, seasoning and basic cooking techniques, you'll learn time saving preparation to get you on your way to cooking wonderland.

Our quintessential hands-on series pairs preparing, seasoning, sautéing, roasting, and essential knife skills with purchasing, food storage and handling to create everyday dishes at home for beginners and kitchen veterans alike  This series will focus on the seasonal harvest of main dishes, fearless sides, understanding meat cooking, soup and salads with home made dressings will also be learned. Learn loads of tips and those sacred cooking secrets that only a professional can share. Each class builds on more skills.Handy booklet with measurment conversions, cooking time charts. All recipes, food and utensils included. 

 "Fabulous and fun cooking experience. Chef Annette is a hoot yet one talented chef. Our class was thoroughly delightful." --N Harmon

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Tired of the same dried out rubber flavorless chicken. Afraid of under cooking hence you over cook? Disappointed in overcooked salty supermarket rotisserie chicken? Spice up drab chicken dishes with exciting tastes and textures the whole family will love. Learn techniques for juicier, tastier, and tender chicken dishes. Get seasoning know how, techniques, tips and tricks for searing, sauteing, roasting, and grilling with several seasonal chicken dishes to add to your repertoire. Whole roasted herbed chicken--a Sunday fave! Zippy one pot chicken and rice dish. Quick stove top chicken saute. Learn to stuff a chicken breast with all kinds of things and how to cook it to perfection!

" I now know how to test for doneness and no longer dry out chicken!" --A Falstaff

16 years of age and older ok   Class runs about 2 1/2 hours --Adults may bring wine to enjoy with their meal. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Eating “tapas” style is all the rage it can spice up any occasion and add a taste of romance, social interaction, and all around fun. These very popular dishes may be from land or sea and can be simple or complex. They can actually make a full meal when you add them all up. Tonight's menu will start with a gazpacho shooter. Albondigas St Clement--lamb/beef meatballs with with a Sherry reduction. A Catalan coca--grilled flat bread with Spanish Chorizo, drunken goat cheese, roasted peppers and zucchini. A bright roasted beet and anise salad, and a traditional tortilla Española--potato fritatta. OLE!

 Adult Class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy with your meal.  Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

I enjoyed myself and had Lots of fun The entire group got to know each other, shared stories, drank wine and were dining together by the end of the class. What a fantastic night out! --E Duston

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market/quality availability.

Close your laptops and open your ovens! In this class we'll roll up our sleeves and learn a combination of traditional and new baking techniques for yeast levened breads easily made at home--without a bread machine! Learn a versitile basic rich yeast dough which can be molded into various loaves--white/oat/wheat, sweet bread like pecan sticies, kuglehops, or dinner rolls. We'll also be making an Italian focaccia with herbs, olives, and sun-dried tomatoes. We'll taste the labors of our work and a bit to take home. Yum!

Adult and teens 13 and up ok  Class runs about 3 1/2  hours long.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Calling all sushi fans! Learn the creative art of sushi making. Take a hands on journey as you learn to make perfect sushi rice then rock a nigiri and roll a California roll, spicy tuna, inside out, crunch rolls, hand roll, or invent your own.  Learn the sauces that make the rolls pop with flavor and eat to your hearts content! Find out where to purchase sushi grade fish, nori (seaweed), rolling mats, condiments, and garnishes so you can make your own sushi party at home. Eat, drink, and kampai!

Adult Class: You may bring beer or sake for your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. Please note you must eat what you make in class. We cannot allow you to take the sushi home. 

The secret to artisan pizza is in the crust. Rustic hand formed dough with a minimal amount of toppings make for bubbly, crisp and tasty pies. Get the ins and out on raising the yeast , fermenting the dough, and essential heat to get that great inner chew and a crisp crust.  We’ll be making our semolina dough from scratch, raise it, hand form it and learn to use a peel to place onto a hot pizza stone. We'll have a load of toppings will include enough to make a variety of pizza flavors such as a simple Margarita pizza, Greek olive and feta,  veggie, prosciutto, pesto, artisan pepperoni, and much more.The sky is the limit!

13 years of age and older OK --Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Vegetarian  friendly!

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups 

Each week builds on the last geared to the needs of each group. 

 "Chef Annette takes the angst out of the kitchen and makes it a playground".  D Kaufman

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Brazilian food is a conglomeration of many cultures from indigenous food products, African and Portuguese influences. The largest Japanese population outside of Japan resides in Brazil. From all these cultures comes a rich and unique gastronomy. Tonight we'll samba our way through traditional pao de queijo--a unique cheese puff appetizer made with tapioca flour. An Afro Brazilan style bobo de Camarao--rich shrimp stew with coconut milk. Coxhinas--chicken croquet's. Brazilian hearts of palm salad. And for dessert a Maracuja (Passion fruit) mousse. 

Adult Class--You may bring wine/beer to enjoy with your meal--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

  Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

What do all of these delectable pastries have in common? They are all made with the same dough! Today we'll demystify Pate′ a choux--the classic French dough that can be turned into a variety of sweet and savory delicacies. Custard filled éclairs with chocolate glaze or swan shaped puffs piled with cream Chantilly. Fried and glazed they become crullers. Learn how to fill and use a pastry bag to pipe out these lovely little fancies. Get the ins and outs to fast and easy custard and glazes. We'll taste in class but bring a box to take some goodies home. 

Ages 12 and up ok! Class runs about 3 hours. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Cucina Romanesca is as colorful as it’s past. Gutsy pastas, gnocchi, and simple contorni--vegetables cooked with garlic abound in this "Eternal City".Tonight we'll celebrate this cuisine with tacchino saltimbocca alla Romana—turkey cutletts speared with prosciutto and fresh sage leaves bathed in a white wine reduction sauce. Roman style gnocchi ala mezaluna--moon shaped semolina gnocchis. Slurp up garlicky sautéed cicoria greens sprinkled with Pecorino Romano and served with giant crostinis. And of course a fantabulous dessert! Hail Caesar!  

Adult Class: You may bring some wine for your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Cost is for all three classes--no individual class sign-ups

Each week builds on the last geared to the needs of each group. 

 "Chef Annette takes the angst out of the kitchen and makes it a playground".  D Kaufman

Adult Class--Runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Knife skills are the most important part of cooking. They are the 'wheels' of motion in the kitchen and make cooking less a chore and more a joy. Get the cutting edge info on knives and learn which 'tools of the trade' and double duty gadgets are necessary as you learn what to buy and when to sharpen. slice, dice, peel, julienne, and chop to make a meal delcious meal of roasted vegetable quesadillas, pickled red onions, mixed vegetable-salsa salad and a baked fruit dessert. You won't go home hungry!

"This class changed my life" -C Feazel

14 and older OK and Vegetarian friendly--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Conjure up the sights and smells of food cooking as you walk the streets of Mumbai. Every country has its ‘Street Food’ and in India roadside stalls and carts hawk savory delicacies called Chaat. Quick cooked delicious small plates similar to what's being served in many Tapas bars. We are taking this concept into the kitchen with zesty crisp potato samosas, zippy chicken Frankies with cool cucumber raita to tame the heat. Fried onion bhagi (think Indian style bloomin' onions), lime scented basmati rice, and a fresh mango salad. YUM!

Adult class: You may bring wine or beer to enjoy with your meal.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops.

Basque cuisine is worth getting to know and it goes well beyond the boarding house food of the central valley. Traditional and new cuisine spans both sides of the Pyranees embracing Spanish and French influences. Tonight we’ll make a traditional Basque salad with aged sherry vinaigrette. A variety of Montaditos--Basque style open face sandwiches—featuring stuffed piquillo peppers, olives, grilled txistorra sausage, Piperada and more. From the sea, bacalao de pil-pil—cod in garlic. Pinxitos de pollo—grilled marinated chicken with pickled shallots. For dessert we’ll serve Gateaux Basque! 

Adult class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal. Class runs about 2 1/2 hours 

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Nothing warms the tummy and soothes the soul like a delicious bowl of homemade soup. Add crunchy bread and it can make a rustic meal or light starter. We'll make a couple quick and easy--a light brothy Japanese udon noodle soup with baby bok choy. Lickity split roasted red pepper and tomato and shrimp bisque. And for the more entailed, a French Onion soup with Gruyere crouton and our house favorite--roasted butternut squash with a dollop of creme fraiche. Mmmm! 

13 and older ok!--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Fondant covered and decorated cakes are all the rage. You will learn how to easily make a delicious homemade fondant and mix colors to tint and marble the fondant. We'll supply a pre-baked iced cake. Learn different techniques to drape the cake and how best to roll out and make cut outs. Using basic tools to create simple fondant fantasy flowers for decoration. You will take home a small cake you've decorated and learn precious tips for life.  We'll supply a cake box to carry your masterpiece home.

Mirna Brinkman--owner of Treasure Bites is an amazing cake decorator!

Ages 12 and up ok! - Class runs about 2 1/2-3 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Is the kitchen the new "man cave"? Whether single, a stay at home dad or just wanting a good hearty meal more and more men are taking to the kitchen. This men only class will focus on the 'tools and techniques' you need to get a good healthy meal on your table. The dishes you will make will feature bold and flavorful ingredients presented in an easy format.  Versatile recipes that will show you how to change out a few ingredients and make another dish. You will learn proper knife skills, easy planning so you don't have to shop every day to make a meal. We'll give you tips on how to stock your pantry with ingredients you'll use often. Learn when to pan fry, broil, saute, and roast. 

Ages 16 and older ok! Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. 

Souffles may look complex but they are easy to make for an impressive brunch or dazzling holiday dessert. Expand your culinary horizons and be the talk of the town this holiday season! Today we'll give you the tricks of the trade on how to make a lovely savory tomato, basil and cheese souffle--perfect for those morning brunch guests. For your sweet tooth--a delightful autumn pumpkin spice souffle, and a holiday gingerbread souffle. Then we'll go to the dark side with a luscious dark Belgium chocolate souffle. C'est la vie! 

 Ages 13 and Up ok-- Class runs about 3 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Flavorful ingredients from around the world are available in California. Come "play" in our kitchen with incredible, flavorful ingredients from around the globe. We'll be making traditional appetizer dishes in this class. Call them Tapas in Spain, Mezes in the Middle East, Cicchetti in Venice, Smorebrod in Sweden, or Izakaya in Japan--no matter where you are, there's an APP for that! They are an important part of the socio-culinary culture of countries. Tonight we'll tour many countries with delectable dishes to enhance your culinary prowess. From Venice--mozzarella en carroza. Spanish chicken marinated with pickled grapes and herbs skewered and grilled. From Greece--a Feta cheese and herb filled flakey boureki. Next Japan for edamame dumplings in dashi. Then off to Sweden for a dessert. 

Adult class: You may bring wine/beer to enjoy with your meal. Classes run about 2 1/2 hours. 

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Is the kitchen the new "man cave"? Whether single, a stay at home dad or just wanting a good hearty meal more and more men are taking to the kitchen. This men only class will focus on the 'tools and techniques' you need to get a good healthy meal on your table. The dishes you will make will feature bold and flavorful ingredients presented in an easy format.  Versatile recipes that will show you how to change out a few ingredients and make another dish. You will learn proper knife skills, easy planning so you don't have to shop every day to make a meal. We'll give you tips on how to stock your pantry with ingredients you'll use often. Learn when to pan fry, broil, saute, and roast. 

Ages 16 and older ok! Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. 

Latin cuisine is more than salsa and chips and food truck tacos. Tamales are the celebratory food of Mexico and much of Latin America and are perfect any celebration. These unique pre-Colombian delicacies have been hand made by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Velvety traditional freshly ground masa-no dry mix here, caramelized lard, several luscious fillings made from scratch and wrapped in corn husks and banana leaves then steamed. Get precious tips and learn where to buy everything you need locally. Create a family tradition!

12 and up ok! --Class runs about 3 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Is the kitchen the new "man cave"? Whether single, a stay at home dad or just wanting a good hearty meal more and more men are taking to the kitchen. This men only class will focus on the 'tools and techniques' you need to get a good healthy meal on your table. The dishes you will make will feature bold and flavorful ingredients presented in an easy format.  Versatile recipes that will show you how to change out a few ingredients and make another dish. You will learn proper knife skills, easy planning so you don't have to shop every day to make a meal. We'll give you tips on how to stock your pantry with ingredients you'll use often. Learn when to pan fry, broil, saute, and roast. 

Ages 16 and older ok! Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.

Easy as Pie! Butter vs. shortening? How do I keep the dough from cracking? Learn to make fail proof pies for your holiday needs. Get the "crust musts" and professional tips and techniques for mixing, rolling, and baking. Each student will make their own batch of dough. Then think inside the crust with an Autumn maple pecan pie, the perfect pumpkin, and a Dutch apple crumb pieWe'll taste in class and you can take some home too. Yum!

Ages: 12 and older ok--runs about 3 1/2 hours

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

The Napa valley region is obviously famous for wine making however it's much more than that. Locals are as serious about their food as they are their wine. Delectable plates of local and hand crafted foods abound. Bright California olive oils, farm raised meats and poultry, cheese from local grazing goats and cows, and delicate organic herbs and vegetables. Wild honeys and mustard are local industries. Tonight's exceptional menu is based on much of what the region offers. Proscuitto and goat cheese on a house made olive oil bread with pistachios and bits of dried fruits. Roasted on the vine tomatoes drizzled with a fruity olive oil, fresh herbs and warmed boconcini mozzarella. Marinated lamb skewers served with house made pickled grapes. Mushroom ragu with polenta. And of course dessert!

Adult Class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

If you've ever been gifted a beautiful box of home made Christmas cookies with the aroma of vanilla, sweet butter, dotted with tidbits of chocolate, nuts or jeweled with a spread of jam than you will truly appreciate this class. Making a batch of cookie dough doesn't seem difficult but making multiple batches of various dough's so there is not only enough for gifting but for some self indulgent tastes can take some professional help and tips. We'll make a variety of holiday cookies, using press method, colored sugar cut outs and scoop style. Learn the ins and outs and tricks of the trade for do ahead dough, storage, and packaging to make your gifts extra special. 

Adult & Ages 12 and older ok! (Not designed for younger kids)--Class runs 3 1/2-4 hours due to baking/cooling & decorating time.--bring a box to take some cookies home.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Close your laptops and open your ovens! In this class we'll roll up our sleeves and learn traditional and new baking techniques for yeast and other levened breads easily made at home--without a bread machine! We'll start off with a basic dough which can be molded into holiday braids and Christmas kringles, stickies, marzapan twists, Nutella starbread, dinner rolls and more.  And an easy and delicious olive oil bread with dried cherries and pistachios which can be served with holiday cheese platters or eaten just on it's own. Yum!  We'll taste the labors of our work with maybe a bit to go home with. 

 13 and older ok! --Class runs about 3 1/2--4  hours long

Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability.For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

The Yule log cake--or Bûche de Noël in French, is an elaborate Christmas cake. Sponge cake filled with a light chocolate filling and rolled jelly roll fashion, then frosted with dark chocolate buttercream. Festooned with chocolate bark, marzipan holly leaves, and meringue mushrooms, and maybe a few other edible decorations. You will learn to whip up a foolproof chiffon sponge cake, fill and roll into a pinwheel, then frost and decorate. We'll provide boxes for you to take your masterpiece home just in time for the holiday celebrations. 

Ages 13 and up ok! Class runs about 3 hours

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops

Each year we offer this unique cooking class elevating the Christmas spirit with an elegant menu reflective of how the upper crust once dined during the Dickens era. Dickens wrote extensively about food and in today's time would have been considered a 'foodie'. With the holiday season upon us, A Christmas Carol and other Dickens stories remind us that kindness, generosity, and compassion are the values we should honor most.

This hands-on experience captures the flavors of elegant dining of years past with a smoked trout croustade. Individual beef Wellingtons--filet mignon with a mushroom duxelle wrapped in puff pastry and served with a mulled wine reduction sauce. A luscious creamed casserole of potatoes with red and white pearl onions. A pear and candied walnut salad with hazelnut oil vinaigrette. We'll finish with a show stopping flaming brandied apple & golden raisin cake served with 'hard sauce'. We will sing Christmas Carols!

Celebrate this season with this unique holiday dining experience. 

Adult Class: You may bring wine to enjoy with your meal--Class runs about 3 hours.

 Please note: We specifically purchase food products for each class and cannot make individual menu substitutions for food allergies or aversions. Some items may change due to market quality/availability. For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops