Cost is for all three classes--no individual day 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.

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 and recipes will be determined by market availablity.

16 years of age and older ok--Adults may bring wine to enjoy with meal. 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. 

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 empanadas--meat filled turnovers. Then get the grilling going with a grilled steak with our infamous traditional homemade chimichuri sauce. Argentine sausages, potatoes and veggies fragrantly grilled Gaucho style on rosemary skewers and served with an aromatic cilantro garlic rice. An 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. 

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 scratch made fillings of turkey with molé, chicken in salsa verde, and fire roasted poblano chiles with panela cheese.  We'll wrap them in corn husks and banana leaves and steam. Get precious tips and learn where to buy everything you need locally. Create a family tradition!

14 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

Italian food goes beyond the red checkered table cloths and empty hanging Chianti bottles of days gone bye. Fresh herbs, farm fresh vegetables, hand-made pastas, braised meats in broths, and artisan cheese are foundations of phenomenal regional dishes. Tonight we'll enjoy a culinary bounty of Tuscany small hens roasted with stuffed with pancetta fennel seed and fresh sage. Delicata squash roasted with fresh sage and sprinkled with shredded Parmesean.  Ciccoria greens sauteed with garlic. A light salad of butter lettuce with a lemon citronette. Dessert will be served. Bella Sera! 

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. 

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 with simply egg whites, almond flour and sugar. Today's class will feature a variety of flavors including a fruits, apple spice 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 do not enroll underage children.

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, 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 plain steamed side dish. Tonight’s class we’ll make a light zucchini "ravioli"--ricotta filling wrapped in thin zucchini strips. Broccollini Italiano--tender baby broccoli sauteed with golden raisins and pine nuts. Roasted rainbow carrots. Crispy cauliflower bites. Maybe your kids will even eat them! 

Vegetarian friendly

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. 

Whip up speedy delicious meals in a flash. Cut your cooking time in half (or even in quarters) and spruce up tired meals using a variety of scratch and ready made products that make cooking simple yet delicious and impressive. You’ll be amazed how fast you can get a healthy great tasting meal on the table. We'll make several dishes from a variety easy to find products in this very popular class. Each dish will represent a full meal or hearty main course.  Pasta, chicken, stew, soups, and more. We'll complete 4-5 dishes in this class!

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

 "Chef Annette is a wizard in the kitchen--and we are her apprentices"  dd

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

16 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

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. 

Easy as Pie! Butter vs. shortening? How do I keep the dough from cracking? Why is my crust soggy at the bottom? Learn to make fail proof pies with the Fall bounty. Get the "crust musts" and professional tips and techniques for mixing, rolling, and baking. Each student will make their own batch of dough and roll our many 5" pie shells to fill with maple pecan, perfectly spiced pumpkin and a Dutch apple crumb. 

Class runs about 3 1/2  hours long.--Ages 13 and older ok! Please do not register under age children.

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. 

Easy as Pie! Butter vs. shortening? How do I keep the dough from cracking? Why is my crust soggy at the bottom? Learn to make fail proof pies with the Fall bounty. Get the "crust musts" and professional tips and techniques for mixing, rolling, and baking. Each student will make their own batch of dough and roll our many 5" pie shells to fill with maple pecan, perfectly spiced pumpkin and a Dutch apple crumb. 

Class runs about 3 1/2  hours long.--Ages 13 and older ok! Please do not register under age children.

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 ravioli ready to cook at a moments notice for family dinners or entertaining? Today we'll make a chicken and leek ravioli with a light spinach sauce. Turkey ravioli with stuffing and cranberry sauce. Pumpkin tortellini with browned butter sage sauce.YUM! 

13 and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours--Please do not enroll underage children

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 cook it to perfection!

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

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

Chefs and cooks swear by it, and somehow it had lost its way among the non-stick generation, but a resurgence of this affordable and time-tested cookware is once again celebrated as America’s favorite. Known for its great heat conduction and it's ability to sear, sauté, braise, caramelize, and bake--this trusty cookware can take you from breakfast to dinner and dessert. Class will cover how to season and care for cast iron.  Our menu will be pan seared steak. Crispy kale, Brussels sprouts and potato hash. corn bread with honey butter and even a pizza--all done in cast iron pans! 

    Ages 14 and older OK--Class runs about 2 1/2 hrs

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. 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.  and a salad of pears and lettuce greens with a whiskey vinaigrette. For dessert a sinful chocolate whiskey mousse.  

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. 

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 leavened 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, marzipan twists, Nutella flower bread, chocolate babkas and more. Yum!  We'll taste the labors of our work with maybe a bit to go home with. 

Class runs about 3 1/2--4  hours long--13 and older ok please do not enroll underage children.

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 cutlets speared with prosciutto and fresh sage leaves sauteed in a white wine and shallot reduction sauce. The infamous cacio e pepe with freshly grated pecorino Romano--we will be making the pasta from scratch. Slurp up garlicky sautéed cicoria greens or broccolini with golden raisins and pine nuts served with giant crostinis. A luscious dessert will be served. 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. 

What are the holidays without candy? Bring out the ‘elf’ in you and fill those stockings and tins with easy homemade candy treats. All it takes is a few ingredients and your on your way. If you’re thinking about stirring up some tasty treats from your kitchen join us for crunchy nutty English toffee. Melt in your mouth creamy chocolate dipped peppermint patties. Candy cane crunch marshmallows. Coconut joys and of course peanut brittle. Learn easy candy making tips and where to buy fun ingredients.

Ages 13 and up OK--Class lasts about 3 hours. Please Do Not register underage children.

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. 

Whip up speedy delicious meals in a flash. Cut your cooking time in half (or even in quarters) and spruce up tired meals using a variety of scratch and ready made products that make cooking simple yet delicious and impressive. You’ll be amazed how fast you can get a healthy great tasting meal on the table. We'll make several dishes from a variety easy to find products in this very popular class. Each dish will represent a full meal or hearty main course.  Pasta, chicken, stew, soups, and more. We'll complete 4-5 dishes in this class!

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

 "Chef Annette is a wizard in the kitchen--and we are her apprentices"  dd

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. 

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 and recipes will be determined by market availablity.

16 years of age and older ok--Adults may bring wine to enjoy with meal. 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. 

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. 

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 scratch made fillings of turkey with molé, chicken in salsa verde, and fire roasted poblano chiles with panela cheese.  We'll wrap them in corn husks and banana leaves and steam. Get precious tips and learn where to buy everything you need locally. Create a family tradition!

14 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

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 scratch made fillings of turkey with molé, chicken in salsa verde, and fire roasted poblano chiles with panela cheese.  We'll wrap them in corn husks and banana leaves and steam. Get precious tips and learn where to buy everything you need locally. Create a family tradition!

14 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

We hear it every day but it’s easy to forgo veggies when they aren’t prepared well, 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 plain steamed side dish. Tonight’s class we’ll make a zucchini gratin delicious casserole and great for winter nights. Broccollini Italiano--tender baby broccoli sauteed with golden raisins and pine nuts. Roasted rainbow carrots. Scandinavian red cabbage with apple and caraway. Crispy cauliflower bites. Maybe your kids will even eat them! 

Vegetarian friendly

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. 

Are sauces daunting to you? Do you feel chocked with fear even when the word is mentioned? Sauces do not have to be intimidating and they take a dish to a whole other level. It's holiday time and we want to impress our guests whether it's brunch or dinner. Sauces are actually the easiest part of a dish. Let us show you how to move your holiday/party/brunch dishes to another level. Ease and preparation are the key. In tonight's class we'll unveil an easy hollandaise--always great for eggs Bennie, but also for asparagus and other veggies. How about a wild berry port sauce great for a roast pork, duck or rack of lamb. Easy saffron cream sauce for seafood, pasta or chicken will turn any any dish into a masterpiece. And last but not least an easy full bodied Cabernet sauce for steak or lamb. Join us and learn how to sauce. 

 Ages 16 and older OK--Class runs about 2 1/2 hrs

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. 

An Edwardian Downton Abbey tribute dinner that offers some leeway to break with decorum but that won't cause a scandal. Start a new holiday tradition and celebrate with us in this extravagant 5 course cooking class. We’ll take cues from Mrs. Patmore’s kitchen and favorites of the Grantham family. We may not have debonair footmen to serve us, but the meal will surely be one to remember.

We’ll start with Lady Mary’s favorite amuse bouche of Gorgonzola bacon truffles. A favorite celery root and leek soup of the Dowager Countess. Lady Edith’s warm winter pear salad with a thyme and lemon citronette. Cornish hens stuffed with dried apples, sausage and sage served with a ruby port sauce from Lord Grantham’s liquor cupboard. Daisy’s roasted parsnips with a pop of pomegranate arils. And the grand finale--Cora’s favorite ouefs a la neige—light as a feather meringues floating on vanilla crème Anglaise with a drizzle of caramel.

Class runs about 3 hours. You may bring wine to enjoy with your dinner.

 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. Spaghetti caccio pepe, and hand pinched bowties. We'll make some sauces to go along and have a nice meal. Mangia!

Vegetarian Friendly  

13 and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours. Please do not enroll underage children.

  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 topped with pate' and mushroom duxelle wrapped in puff pastry. Served with a mulled wine reduction sauce and lingonberries. A luscious creamed casserole of potatoes with red and white pearl onions. 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 be singing 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

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 1/2 hours. Please do not register underage children.

 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

Kids will have fun making and decorating holiday treats. Christmas tree surprise cupcake,  Cinnamon crispy snowflake cutouts. And caramel pretzel buttons. We'll have to go boxes for them to take their treats home. This is a kids class drop off only. 

 Ages 8-12 only--This is not a parent child class. Please do not enroll underage children. Class runs about 1 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. Class is not designed for kids under 8 years old. 

Most kids are hardwired to love pasta and eat it several times a week. In this class, kids will learn to make the dough and then roll it to make 'hand-formed' cavatelli and orechiette pastas. They will be a sauce for each pasta. When it's cooked they'll eat their pasta masterpieces. 

Ages 8-12 Only----Please do not register underage children--Class runs about 1 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.

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 ravioli ready to cook at a moments notice for family dinners or entertaining? Today we'll make a chicken and leek ravioli with a light spinach sauce. Ricotta basil in a light chicken broth. Pumpkin tortellini with browned butter sage sauce.YUM! 

13 and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours--Please do not enroll underage children

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. 

Unravel the secrets of exotic Thai cooking. Learn to create with confidence and where to shop locally for exotic Southeast Asian ingredients. A luscious menu of delicate steamed banana leaf wrapped prawns, spicy coconut yellow curry with chicken and eggplant Thai basil. Jasmine rice scented with kaffir lime leaves and dotted with black sesame seeds. A delicious mango mint salad. And everyone's favorite--pad Thai!

 Adult Class: You may bring wine or beer 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. 

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

16 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

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 and recipes will be determined by market availablity.

16 years of age and older ok--Adults may bring wine to enjoy with meal. 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. 

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 cutlets speared with prosciutto and fresh sage leaves sauteed in a white wine and shallot reduction sauce. The infamous cacio e pepe with freshly grated pecorino Romano--we will be making the pasta from scratch. Slurp up garlicky sautéed cicoria greens or broccolini with golden raisins and pine nuts served with giant crostinis. A luscious dessert will be served. 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 day 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.

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 a salsa criolla--red onion salad marinated in 'leche de tigre"-- an infusion of lime juice aji amarilla, and cilantro. Traditional lomo saltado--a home-style beef stir fry with veggies and potatoes. We'll also be teaching you the secret to that spicy Aji verde--green sauce. A dessert will  be served. 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. 

Fans of the PBS baking show this one is for you! The most addictive show brought new words, baking styles and names of bakes we never heard of such as hobknobs, Cornish pasties, buns. In todays class, we’ll make Mary Berry’s lemon drizzle cake, sticky toffee pudding, blueberry scones, strawberry shortberead cookies, and those adorable fairy cakes. You'll leave the class armed with hands-on experience, tested recipes, and the confidence to wow your friends and bring the best bakes to your next Great British Baking Show viewing party. Let’s Bake!

Ages 13 and up--Class runs about 3--3 1/2 hours. Please do not enroll underage children.

 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. 

With the weather cooling and the wind blowing we look for nostalgic comfort foods. Pot pies come in a variety of styles and fillings and can create wonderful and homey meals. They can be made family style in a casserole or in individual crocks. Make ahead and re-warm for a delicious lunch, brunch or anytime snack. We'll make a flaky chicken pot pie with tender chicken meat and Winter veggies. An Irish style Shepherd’s meat pie with fluffy carrot, potato and mash topping. A zippy chili pot pie with home made buttermilk biscuit top.  

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.For your safety this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops. 

Whip up speedy delicious meals in a flash. Cut your cooking time in half (or even in quarters) and spruce up tired meals using a variety of scratch and ready made products that make cooking simple yet delicious and impressive. You’ll be amazed how fast you can get a healthy great tasting meal on the table. We'll make several dishes from a variety easy to find products in this very popular class. Each dish will represent a full meal or hearty main course.  Pasta, chicken, stew, soups, and more. We'll complete 4-5 dishes in this class!

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

 "Chef Annette is a wizard in the kitchen--and we are her apprentices"  dd

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. 

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 and wrapped in multiple layers of flaky phyllo. It is uniquely Moroccan, intricate and grand. fabulously rich and fantastical. A side dish of intoxicating spice scented roasted vegetable tagine served over a confetti couscous--tasty tidbits of sweet peppers, scallions, dried apricots, golden raisins and pine nuts. 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. 

 Cost is for all three classes--no individual day 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.

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--super crunchy, sweet, sticky, and spicy. No Korean table is without beef--bulgogi marinated in Asian pear, garlic, soy and sesame oil.  Served with steamed rice, and kimchi bundled together with parilla and lettuce leaves. Pa Jun--savory pancake with green onion 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. 

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.  You can fill with vanilla or jam. Glaze, roll in cinnamon sugar or simply dust with powdered sugar.  We'll also make some baked double chocolate devils food donuts 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. 

Are you bored with the same old boneless, flavorless chicken breast and a salad? Baked fish with lemon pepper and microwaved broccoli just isn’t cutting it? We’re all trying to cut way back on carbs but that doesn’t mean we have to cut out flavor. Get out of the rut and join us for two nights of fresh flavors, a variety of lean proteins and veggies that will keep you on track. You may be on one of the "lean and green" diets out there and this class will give you the inspiration to stay focused.  Each week will concentrate on a variety of inspirational recipes. 

  Ages 16and older OK--Class runs about 2 1/2 hrs

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, 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 plain steamed side dish. Tonight’s class we’ll make a zucchini gratin delicious casserole and great for winter nights. Broccollini Italiano--tender baby broccoli sauteed with golden raisins and pine nuts. Roasted rainbow carrots. Scandinavian red cabbage with apple and caraway. Crispy cauliflower bites. Maybe your kids will even eat them! 

Vegetarian friendly

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. 

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 our kitchen with zippy crisp potato samosas. Fun chicken Frankies with a tad of heat and cool cucumber raita. Fried onion bhagi (think Indian style bloomin' onions) a real crowd pleaser. Lime scented basmati rice with a fresh mango salad. YUM!

 Adult Class: You may bring wine or 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 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 day 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.

Tonight is Tapas Basque style. The 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 Pyrenees embracing Spanish and French influences. Pintxos--similar to Tapas have been the quintessential small plates of the Basque region. Pub crawls where eating is almost more important than drinking is considered a serious sport in this region. Every bars counter are laden with a variety of pintxos and montaditos. Tonight, we'll have our own crawl with chicken and mandarin orange skewers drizzled with a pommegranate glaze. Huevos diablos--fire roasted red pepper deviled egg with crisp Jamon Serrano. Txistorra sausage with blistered padrino peppers. Traditional tortilla Española--potato and onion frittata. A Spanish dessert will be served. 

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. 

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 your sweet treats with basic techniques of simple-to-pipe flowers, rosettes, petals, leaves, and borders using a variety of decorating tips and colors. Learn to use decorating bags. Best color gels will be discussed. We’ll supply the tools, a premade 6 inch cake, and everything needed to work with and a pink box for you to take your masterpiece home. "A party without cake is really just a meeting"-Julia Child.

Ages 13 and older ok. Class runs about 2 1/2--3 hours--Please do not enroll underage children.

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

Are you bored with the same old boneless, flavorless chicken breast and a salad? Baked fish with lemon pepper and microwaved broccoli just isn’t cutting it? We’re all trying to cut way back on carbs but that doesn’t mean we have to cut out flavor. Get out of the rut and join us for two nights of fresh flavors, a variety of lean proteins and veggies that will keep you on track. You may be on one of the "lean and green" diets out there and this class will give you the inspiration to stay focused.  Each week will concentrate on a variety of inspirational recipes. 

  Ages 16 and older OK--Class runs about 2 1/2 hrs

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 cook it to perfection!

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

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

Discover the lip smacking flavors of the Caribbean! With influences from African, Indian, British, Spanish and Chinese immigrants, the food evokes images of culinary madness that all seems to come together. Tonight we'll start with our very own scratch made Jerk sauce. Small chickens will swim in a fragrant peppery marinade of allspice, ginger, and garlic before hitting the broiler. Then we’ll move onto a Jamaican “escovitch”—a sweet and savory salad of julienned carrots, red onions, and pineapple in a sweet and tangy dressing. Coconut milk infused yellow rice with pigeon peas. Sweet fried plantains. A fabulous Caribbean rum cake will be served for dessert. Can't you just hear the reggae music now?

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

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. Spaghetti caccio pepe, and hand pinched bowties. We'll make some sauces to go along and have a nice meal. Mangia!

Vegetarian Friendly  

13 and older ok--Class runs about 2 1/2 hours. Please do not enroll underage children.

  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. 

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 with simply 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 13 and older ok--Class runs about 3 hours. Please do not register underage children. 

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 day 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

16 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

Fans of the PBS baking show this one is for you! The most addictive show brought new words, baking styles and names of bakes we never heard of such as hobknobs, Cornish pasties, and Scottish cream buns. In todays class it's all about sponge cakes. The queen of sponge cakes--the Victoria Sponge and a Medeira cakes use a traditional UK batter sponge recipes. Genoise or American style sponge cakes will make lemon curd with torched meringue or a champagne mimosa stack. Why we don't have these amazing bakes here in the US is beyond me!! You'll leave the class armed with hands-on experience, tested recipes, and the confidence to wow your friends and bring the best bakes to your next Great British Baking Show viewing party.  Let’s Bake!

Ages 13 and up--Class runs about 3--3 1/2 hours. Please do not enroll underage children.

 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. 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.  and a salad of pears and lettuce greens with a whiskey vinaigrette. For dessert a sinful chocolate whiskey mousse.  

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 day 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.

Whip up speedy delicious meals in a flash. Cut your cooking time in half (or even in quarters) and spruce up tired meals using a variety of scratch and ready made products that make cooking simple yet delicious and impressive. You’ll be amazed how fast you can get a healthy great tasting meal on the table. We'll make several dishes from a variety easy to find products in this very popular class. Each dish will represent a full meal or hearty main course.  Pasta, chicken, stew, soups, and more. We'll complete 4-5 dishes in this class!

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

 "Chef Annette is a wizard in the kitchen--and we are her apprentices"  dd

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. 

Saute with your sweetheart in this romantic French cooking class with a delicate Flamishe appetizer--savory leek and goat cheese tart. A salad of baby greens with fresh strawberries and balsamic reduction dressing. Love birds--puff pastry wrapped supreme of chicken with a dollop of apricot preserve and fontina cheese.  Roasted winter vegetables. No romantic menu is complete without something chocolate--we'll be serving chocolate souffles drizzled with a raspberry coulis. Includes a "French Kiss" cocktail--Champagne with a blush of cassis. Cest' la Vie!

Cost is per person--couples register for two spaces.

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 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 day 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.

There’s something so comforting about bread baking and the knowledge that you made it yourself. Cast iron conducts heat evenly and just about any type of bread, rolls, pizza, and even cake can be baked in a cast iron skillet or griddle. Where yeast or baking powder raised you can put your trusty cast iron skillet to work with these sweet and savory breads. Today's class we'll bake up an Amish onion poppy seed bread. A rustic olive garlic and herb bread. Irish soda bread studded with raisins. Caraway seed rye and sweet cinnamon buns. 

Class runs about 3 1/2  hours long.--Ages 13 and older ok! Please do not register under age children.

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. 

For thousands of years, herbs and spices have served as currency, medicine and, most importantly, the culinary “foot print” of ethnic cuisines.  Fresh vs. dried and how they can transform simple veggies and bread toppings to complex flavors in stews, rice and pasta dishes. Find out how to transform your dishes with a few herbs and spices that can stand alone or go together. In this class we’ll discover the world of seasoning with herbs and spices by tasting, toasting, grinding, experimenting and cooking with them. We’ll make a few blends and a several dishes. Tonight's class will make an Asian spiced stir fry. Grilled cocoa spice rubbed salmon. Zucchini carpaccio with a melange of fresh herbs. And an amazing compound butter to go with pasta, veggies or various proteins. Includes comprehensive herb/spice booklet for you to take home. You won't go home hungry! 

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 availability/quality. For your safely-this is a working kitchen please wear closed toe shoes. No sandals or flip flops.