Beginner Cooking Classes in Downtown Chicago
There’s a finesse and skill to cooking your favorite meals. If you are an aspiring chef, but need a little help from professionals, sign up for a beginners class in Downtown Chicago. Expert chefs will teach you the basics of cooking and provide you with the skills and methods you need to begin creating decadent dishes in your own kitchen. Talented chefs are looking forward to introducing the art of cooking to guests in Downtown Chicago.
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Taco Fiesta
$85
Cooking Class
$85
Celebrate zesty Mexican favorites in exciting new ways in Chef Eric’s hands-on cooking class. Tacos aren’t just for Tuesdays anymore. With a focus on satisfying ingredients and novel flavors, Chef Eric is ready to help you consider this modest culinary staple from a fresh angle, any night of the...
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Chef Eric
Chicago (Near South Side)
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
Culinary Fundamentals for Kids
$39
Cooking Class
$39
Chef Molly teaches on the foundation of basic culinary skills in this kids cooking class. Discover a fun, simple side of cooking with Chef Molly in this hands-on cooking class that's perfect for kids wanting to learn a few kitchen skills.
Chef Molly will teach kids how to make a variety of culinary classics with...
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Chef Molly
Chicago (Lincoln Park)
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How to Make Maki Sushi
$95
Cooking Class
$95
Get ready to learn everything you've ever wanted to know about making maki at home. In this hands-on class with Chef Ivan, you will learn everything you need to know to make different types and sizes of maki sushi at home using time-honored Japanese methods and culinary techniques.
Some of the skills you can look...
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Chef Ivan
Chicago (South Lawndale)
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French Caribbean Feast
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Learn to create a colorful three-course French Caribbean feast from scratch with Chef Jane. In this hands-on class, you will learn the fundamentals of French Caribbean cooking with the instruction of the incredibly talented Chef Jane. Caribbean cooking is all about adding layers upon layers of flavor, which will be...
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Chef Jane
Serving the Chicago area
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Classic Beef Wellington
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Learn how to make this timeless, classic dish that would make Julia Child oh so proud! In this hands-on class, you will learn how to perfect the art of beef Wellington with Chef Jane, who will teach you how to make the flakiest puff pastry as well as the technique to making a beautifully flavorful and decadent...
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Chef Jane
Serving the Chicago area
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Chop! Chop!
$89
Cooking Class
$89
Knife skills are essential to a culinary lifestyle. Sharpen your skills with Chef Scott. Chef Scott is pretty sharp when it comes to using a knife. He is ready to show you just how a true chef uses and cares for their knives. It is important to understand how to properly handle and utilize these instruments that are...
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Chef Scott
Serving the Chicago area
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L'Amore = Pizza
$89
Cooking Class
$89
Discover a new kind of love for your favorite pizza pie with Chef Scott. Making pizza from scratch is as easy as pie with Chef Scott providing the techniques. Chef Scott loves pizza just as much as we do, and in this class, he will showcase all the things you can do with a pizza pie, from dough to final, mouthwatering...
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Chef Scott
Serving the Chicago area
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
It's Tapas Time
$95
Cooking Class
$95
Explore and savor these classic Spanish appetizers! Experience a virtual culinary retreat to the Mediterranean with Chef Andy as your host and discover what goes into creating these satisfying plates. You will find yourself not only learning about the tapas themselves, but the cultural influences behind each...
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Chef Andy
Serving the Chicago area
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Tuscan Grill
$89
Cooking Class
$89
The grilled flavors from Central Italy are calling your name Chef Nick gives you a world class lesson on a sophisticated, grilled Italian feast. In this class you will learn how to prepare an appetizer, salad, main course, and dessert with inspiration from the Italian region of Tuscany, and everything will be done on...
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Chef Nick
Serving the Chicago area
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
Live Healthy
$85
Cooking Class
$85
Chef Julie shows you how healthy food can taste outstanding and make you feel fantastic! When it comes to healthy food, it is a myth that the taste has to be bland. Chef Julie is ready to provide you with skills to create outstanding healthy meals that are packed full of flavor.
Chef Julie will show you how to...
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Chef Julie
Serving the Chicago area
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Bites from South of The Border!
$75
Cooking Class
$75
Go on an unforgettable, jazzed up journey to culinary Mexico with Chef Julie Join Chef Julie as you head south of the border and enter into a new culinary realm. Discover how delectable Mexican cuisine can be, prepared in a new, exciting, and sophisticated manner. You will discover an entirely new world of Mexican...
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Chef Julie
Serving the Chicago area
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chef Will Be Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)
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