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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Colorful Italian Summer Menu
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn how to prepare favorite Italian specialties with a summer-centric twist. Discover the joys of Italian cuisine in this fun and interactive cooking class. Led by a gourmet chef, classes feature lessons on skills such as making homemade pasta dough, whisking a creamy carbonara sauce and assembling a fresh and...
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Casual Italian Menu
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Plan a fun and interactive culinary experience. This cooking class explores the flavors of traditional Italian recipes. Led by a gourmet chef, you'll make fresh pasta, slice tomatoes and prepare shrimp for an authentic main entrГ©e. Toss together a seasonal salad and churn milk and sugar into a refreshing gelato...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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Bastille Day Celebration
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Explore traditional French flavors for a summertime feast. Join a gourmet chef for this cooking class inspired by the French celebration of Bastille Day. You'll learn authentic French culinary techniques, including pan-searing steak, crafting compounded butter with herbs and making fresh side dishes. Practice torch...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Classic French Brasserie
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Take a trip to your favorite French brasserie. Join this fun and interactive cooking class to spice up your French cooking skills. Led by a chef instructor, you'll practice skills like poaching eggs, tossing a frisГ©e salad and whipping up a truffle aioli for steak frites. Prepare a perfectly cooked steak and end...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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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 Jesse 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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