Beginner Cooking Classes in Chicago
Novice cooks have nothing to fear with beginner cooking classes in Chicago. Now you can learn all the basics culinary skills you need to succeed in an informative and entertaining environment. Expert chefs are ready to show you the techniques in preparing outstanding meals in a variety of cuisines. Learn about knife skills, culinary language, seasoning and spices, proper ways to cook meat, pasta and more, even how to prepare a delectable dessert. Come a beginner, leave a professional.
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Gourmet Brasserie Fare
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Celebrate everything that makes French food so distinctive with a sumptuous brasserie supper. Make your own brasserie menu at home thanks to this insightful French-inspired cooking class. Start by searing steak and using the pan juices to make a dynamic sauce featuring wholegrain mustard. Add haricot verts on the...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Romance in Marrakesh - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Immerse yourself in the alluring flavors and aromas of Moroccan cuisine. This gourmet cooking class invites couples to an evening of culinary romance as an expert chef leads your journey into Moroccan recipes. Assemble a refreshing salad, then the chef teaches you to roast juice chicken flavored with caramelized onion...
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Chef Eric or Resident Chef
Chicago (Streeterville)
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Seaside in the South of France
$89
Cooking Class
$89
You can almost feel the fresh ocean breeze with this vibrant menu. This hands-on cooking class focuses on regional French cuisine, drawing inspiration from the coast and classic Mediterranean fare. While exploring this lighter side of French cooking, you’ll elevate your skills, learning to mix homemade...
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Chef William or Resident Chef
Skokie
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Authentic Moroccan Menu - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Add authentic Moroccan recipes to your weekly recipe collection. Explore Moroccan culinary traditions at a date night duo cooking class that’s great for couples. Under the guidance of a top-rated chef, you’ll both learn how to prepare roasted chicken with preserved lemons, fluffy couscous and zesty orange...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Father’s Day Steak Dinner
$89
Cooking Class
$89
Gift your father a delicious surprise this Father’s Day with a steakhouse special menu. Your Dad will certainly appreciate you going all out in this steak-special cooking class for his special day. You'll be searing strip steak with a generous dollop of blue cheese compound butter, tasty twice-baked potatoes and...
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Chef Eric or Resident Chef
Chicago (Streeterville)
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Pizza With a Twist
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Re-imagine what pizza can be with inventive takes on the traditional pie. This fun and creative cooking class explores the exciting possibilities of classic pizza dough. The chef shares tips for preparing a basic dough to transform into delicious bites from a decadent carbonara-style pizza to hearty calzones stuffed...
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Chef William or Resident Chef
Skokie
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Father's Day Steak
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Make the perfect steak for your Dad this Father's Day. Make a world-class dinner for your world-class dad in our Father's Day Steak cooking class. In this class, a professional chef will teach you how to make steakhouse favorites — perfectly seared steak paired with flavorful compound butter and tasty sides. For...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Kids Cooking Series
Father's Day Wings - Family Fun
$69
Cooking Class
$69
But celebrate the big day by making delicious chicken wings. Celebrate your Dad in style as you prepare the most mouth-watering meal with expert chef guidance in this cooking class. Get the family together and prepare some chicken wings, veggie sticks and a homemade ranch dip to-go. Make the best use of the Pizza Bar...
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Chef Eric or Resident Chef
Chicago (Streeterville)
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Kids Cooking Series
Italian American Celebration - Family Fun
$69
Cooking Class
$69
Bring your culinary crew to the kitchen for a family-friendly lesson in Italian cooking. Share a session with your youngest helpers in a hands-on cooking class that helps bring classic Old World flavor to your home table. You and your family will enjoy an easy-going session with a top-shelf local chef while learning...
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Chef William or Resident Chef
Skokie
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Trio of Summer Sweets
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Develop new skills and get fresh recipe inspiration for sumptuous desserts. Turn dessert into the main event with this cooking class celebrating deliciously sweet recipes. Following the chef instructor’s lead, you’ll make a light sponge to transform into tres leches cake. You’ll also combine butter...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Classic Fare From Southern France
$89
Cooking Class
$89
Bask in the light and luxurious cuisine epitomized by the South of France. This immersive cooking class explores the Mediterranean-inspired flavors of France’s southern provinces, brimming with fresh seafood and aromatic produce. Guided by the chef, you’ll enhance your skills while preparing refreshing...
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Chef Eric or Resident Chef
Chicago (Streeterville)
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Kids Cooking Series
Father's Day Wings - Family Fun
$79
Cooking Class
$79
Learn to cook delicious wings with your father this Father's Day. Learn to cook juicy, flavourful wings in this Father's Day Wings Family Fun cooking class with a top-rated chef. Your children will learn knife safety skills from the chef as they prepare veggie sticks to eat with a fresh, made-from-scratch ranch sauce....
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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