Beginner Cooking Classes in Naperville
Take your skills from culinary beginner to kitchen-savvy cook under the guidance of world-class chefs with beginner cooking classes in Naperville. Learn foundational techniques from knife work to plating from top-rated professionals while exploring your favorite cuisines. Try your hand at making fresh, homemade pasta, creamy hummus, colorful paella and other international delights or keep it close to home while elevating Midwestern comfort classics. Start your culinary journey by booking a class today!
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Scratch-Made Sweets
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Prepare your favorite pies to impress family and friends at the next event. Led by a gourmet chef, this cooking class explores tips and techniques for preparing a variety of pies. You'll start with practicing the foundations for a great pie, the perfect pie dough. You'll make two fillings, assemble hand pies and...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Italian Sweets
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Master techniques for preparing authentic Italian desserts. Savor the flavors of global desserts in this cooking class. Led by a gourmet chef, you'll learn step-by-step instructions for mixing batter and rolling pastry dough. Make a chilled semifreddo frozen dessert and craft a refreshing dolce di Amalfi, a classic...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Celebration of Chocolate
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Indulge your sweet tooth by learning new dessert and baking techniques. Join this cooking class to discover how to create treats to satisfy any chocoholic. You'll learn how to bake brownies, whip mousse and churn milk and sugar into gelato. Make a trio of treats using techniques like tempering chocolate, shaving...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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French Pastry Perfection
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Explore and master the art of French pastries. Join this cooking class to learn how to create your favorite French treats at home. Led by a gourmet baker, you'll learn tips and tricks for combining water and flour into puff, choux or flaky pastry dough. Prepare laminated dough, bake delicate palmiers and bake...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Classic French Macarons
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Practice the art of preparing French macaron. Join this cooking class to learn tips and techniques for creating the perfect platter of macarons. A gourmet chef leads these fun and interactive sessions. Practice mixing, sifting, meringuing eggs and filling batter for a duo of macarons, peach and champagne and crГЁme...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Fun Pasta Menu - Family Fun
$79
Cooking Class
$79
Share a love of cooking and cuisine with the whole family. Plan quality family time with a fun and interactive cooking class. You'll join a gourmet chef who will share tips and techniques for preparing homemade pasta, simmering tomato sauces and tossing fresh greens into a Caesar salad. Have fun making sweet dessert...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Kids Cooking Series
Pizza Night - Family Fun
$79
Cooking Class
$79
Gather the whole family for this fun and interactive session. Led by a fun-loving gourmet chef, this cooking class is the perfect way to inspire a love of cooking within the group. You'll learn how to mix and shape homemade dough into a pizza and a calzone platter. Practice shredding cheese, slicing sausage, topping...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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French Classics - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn how to prepare your favorite French cuisine. Explore the flavors of fine French cuisine in this cooking class. Led by a gourmet chef, you'll learn insider tips for selecting seafood and slicing ingredients as you work together as a team. Make a zesty vinaigrette, roast savory green beans and whip up bittersweet...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Southeast Asia - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Forego the traditional restaurant night out and enjoy a unique culinary experience. Designed for all levels of home chefs, this cooking class is a wonderful way to connect with your significant other. Join a gourmet chef to learn techniques for preparing Vietnamese specialties, including crispy crГЄpes and a...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Land and Sea - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Plan a unique evening out with your significant other. Join this cooking class to explore the flavors and techniques of preparing surf and turf cuisine. Learn how to source fresh seafood, grill steak and steam shrimp. Master the art of combining herbs and spices to create sauces and glazes to accent recipes. End this...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Honed Knife Skills
$69
Cooking Class
$69
Hone your knife skills. Hone your knife skills in the most essential cooking class you'll ever take. In this cooking class, you will learn basic knife skills and fundamental cutting from our top-rated chef. Learn to cut tender roasts, how to prepare different meats and seafood preparation. This class offers plenty of...
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Chef Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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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 Justin or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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