Beginner Cooking Classes in La Jolla & Pacific Beach
Discover your cooking feet and learn to prepare simple, delectable and healthful cuisine. Even if you know nothing about cooking, you will be astonished at the variety of dishes you will have the opportunity to explore with an experienced gourmet chef. With beginner cooking classes in La Jolla and Pacific Beach, you can recreate your newly-learned creations at home and impress friends and family at every occasion. Be sure to book today!
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Team Building Activity
Handmade Thai Fare
$159
Team Building Activity
$159
This Thai-focused class features authentic dishes packed with superfoods and hearty flavors. In this hands-on team building activity with Chef Jordan, you and your fellows will learn to make Thai dishes using high-quality ingredients. You'll also learn tips for cooking Thai food and the techniques to make each dish...
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Chef Jordan W.
Julian
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Essential Culinary Skills - Knives
$69
Cooking Class
$69
Learn about a kitchen essential, the knife, in this educational and interactive cooking class. This hands-on cooking class is your introduction to knife skills. A master chef instructor will share proper knife usage with the class, including chopping, dicing and slicing, sharpening knives and general maintenance....
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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The Best of Breads
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn how to create everyone's favorite breads in this immersive cooking session. Learn the secrets to homemade bread in this hands-on cooking class. You will learn how to create fluffy and balanced homemade white bread, perfect for sandwiches. You will also bake up a sweet and sticky cinnamon raisin bread and a...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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Master Thai Cooking
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn how to create classic Thai dishes. Make delicious and authentic Thai dishes in this hands-on cooking class, where you'll learn how to balance fragrant ingredients to create delicious Thai flavors. The professional chef will teach you step-by-step how to cook Thai classics such as green curry and pad Thai. You'll...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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Springtime Mealtime - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Say goodbye to winter with the fresh flavors of spring. Welcome Spring with open arms by creating a fabulous dinner in this interactive cooking class. You will roast chicken flavored with spring herbs, put together a farro salad with crispy snap peas and tie it all together with roasted carrots with a tart and savory...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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The Best of Chinese Cooking
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Cancel your takeout order and learn to make these classic Chinese dishes at home. Recreate the dishes from your favorite Chinese restaurant in your home kitchen by signing up for this cooking class! Whet your appetite with a traditional hot and sour soup. Follow it up with fan favorite savory homemade scallion...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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Portugal in a Nutshell
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Build your Portuguese cooking repertoire by mastering these classic dishes. Save on a plane ticket to Lisbon and bring the flavors of Portugal into your home kitchen by signing up for this immersive Portuguese cooking class. Learn to make tender and spicy piri piri chicken to be paired with crispy potato croquettes...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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French Bistro Cuisine
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Experience the true culinary essence of Paris. In this cooking class, you'll be shown how to bring the delicious flavors of Paris into your home. Experience the feeling of being in a Parisian bistro and learn how to master classic French dishes such as creamy goat cheese soufflГ© and crГЄpes Suzette. Oh la...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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The Home Trattoria
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Bring the tastes of your favorite Italian trattoria home with this indulgent culinary class. In this Italian cooking class, you will learn how to make a multi course meal featuring an array of classic ingredients from Italy. You will whip up a hearty chicken piccata to be accompanied by a rich polenta flavored with...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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Nonna's Secret Sauce
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Cook like an Italian grandmother in this Italian-inspired cooking lesson. You can become your very own nonna after you've completed this cooking class. Starting with a classic shrimp pasta with a secret combination of tomatoes and herbs to create a perfectly flavored sauce, you will crack the code to the old family...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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Master Pasta Making
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn how to make the finest homemade pasta. In this hands-on cooking class, you'll discover how to create the most fantastically flavorsome pasta from scratch! You'll discover how to create the perfect pasta dough and practice rolling and cutting several different types of pasta. Using fresh produce, you'll also get...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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Comforting Cuban Cuisine
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Explore the flavors of Cuba in this festive cooking course. Save yourself the trouble of flying to Havana by signing up for this immersive cooking class instead. You will learn to make a classic Cuban pork dish with tangy lime-marinated onions, which pairs perfectly with plantain-based tostones and a refreshing...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
Carlsbad
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