San Diego
4.7
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef

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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
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32 Reviews
Chef Michael is a classically trained chef with over 25 years of diverse culinary experience, including formal training at a Le Cordon Bleu affiliate in Chicago. His impressive career spans work in restaurants, private chef roles for athletes and celebrities and extensive time cooking across North America on yachts and sport fishing vessels. Outside the kitchen, Chef Michael enjoys family time and road trips through Baja California, bringing a rich background and vibrant personality to each cooking class he teaches.
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San Diego Cooking Class: Explore Global Tastes - Teens' 5-Day Culinary Camp San Diego Cooking Class: Explore Global Tastes - Teens' 5-Day Culinary Camp 2 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Explore Global Tastes - Teens' 5-Day Culinary Camp 3 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Explore Global Tastes - Teens' 5-Day Culinary Camp 4 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Explore Global Tastes - Teens' 5-Day Culinary Camp 5 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Explore Global Tastes - Teens' 5-Day Culinary Camp 6 slide
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Teens Cooking Series

Explore Global Tastes - Teens' 5-Day Culinary Camp

$349
Cooking Class
$349
A week of exciting cooking challenges where teens develop essential kitchen techniques and creativity. Prepare your teen for a meaningful journey in this cooking class. They will get creative by making a menu from scratch while learning advanced techniques and safety skills from a top-rated chef. Teens will learn to...
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4.7
32 Reviews
Carlsbad
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Team Building Activities WITH Chef Michael or Resident Chef

San Diego Team Building Activity: Culinary Creations San Diego Team Building Activity: Culinary Creations 2 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Culinary Creations 3 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Culinary Creations 4 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Culinary Creations 5 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Culinary Creations 6 slide
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Great for Groups of 12-20

Culinary Creations

$110
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$110
Fill the table with a stunning spread your team can create and enjoy together. Invite your team to an exciting team-building cooking class outside the office. They will discover how to elevate their culinary skills with traditional techniques and fresh ingredients as they work together to make four courses of elevated...
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4.7
32 Reviews
Carlsbad
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San Diego Cooking Class: Sumptuous Sushi Secrets San Diego Cooking Class: Sumptuous Sushi Secrets 2 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Sumptuous Sushi Secrets 3 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Sumptuous Sushi Secrets 4 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Sumptuous Sushi Secrets 5 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Sumptuous Sushi Secrets 6 slide
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Sumptuous Sushi Secrets

$99
Cooking Class
$99
Discover secrets known by true sushi masters as you learn to prepare your own creations. Take a step toward sushi mastery in this hands-on cooking class, where slicing and dicing are key ingredients. Explore traditional and contemporary methods for making the ideal sushi rice and prepare an array of elements to...
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4.7
32 Reviews
Carlsbad
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San Diego Cooking Class: Global Dumplings San Diego Cooking Class: Global Dumplings 2 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Global Dumplings 3 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Global Dumplings 4 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Global Dumplings 5 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Global Dumplings 6 slide
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Global Dumplings

$99
Cooking Class
$99
A range of cultures bring their distinctive dumplings to the table in this informative course. There's more than one way to do dumplings, as this hands-on cooking class demonstrates. Discover how a selection of international cultures create their own unique takes on this satisfying dish. You'll explore regional...
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4.7
32 Reviews
Carlsbad
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San Diego Cooking Class: Authentic Thai Specialties San Diego Cooking Class: Authentic Thai Specialties 2 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Authentic Thai Specialties 3 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Authentic Thai Specialties 4 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Authentic Thai Specialties 5 slide San Diego Cooking Class: Authentic Thai Specialties 6 slide
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Authentic Thai Specialties

$99
Cooking Class
$99
Take on a beloved Asian-Pacific cuisine where fresh flavor and wholesome ingredients to the menu. The Thai dishes you'll create in this hands-on cooking class come together to form a quintessential regional meal. Learn the magic of mixing tastes, textures and seasoning in just the right measure to create culinary...
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4.7
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Carlsbad
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Team Building Activities WITH Chef Michael or Resident Chef THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE

San Diego Team Building Activity: Handcrafted Comfort Cuisine San Diego Team Building Activity: Handcrafted Comfort Cuisine 2 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Handcrafted Comfort Cuisine 3 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Handcrafted Comfort Cuisine 4 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Handcrafted Comfort Cuisine 5 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Handcrafted Comfort Cuisine 6 slide
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Great for Groups of 12-20

Handcrafted Comfort Cuisine

$105
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$105
Gather your team for a food-focused experience they will connect over. Team building goes gourmet with this hands-on cooking class focused on culinary fundamentals. Your group will learn to communicate and bond as they practice useful kitchen skills like how to season and cook meat, various knife skills and how to...
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef
4.7
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Carlsbad
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San Diego Team Building Activity: Decadent Culinary Creations San Diego Team Building Activity: Decadent Culinary Creations 2 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Decadent Culinary Creations 3 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Decadent Culinary Creations 4 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Decadent Culinary Creations 5 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Decadent Culinary Creations 6 slide
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Decadent Culinary Creations

$115
Team Building Activity
$115
Take team building to the kitchen with this hearty meal to share. Foster a special environment where your team can bond and learn something new together. This cooking class focuses on culinary skills for comforting dishes like homemade stuffed pasta or fluffy, fried hushpuppies. Practice knife skills to prepare side...
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4.7
32 Reviews
Carlsbad
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San Diego Team Building Activity: Special Steakhouse Recipes San Diego Team Building Activity: Special Steakhouse Recipes 2 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Special Steakhouse Recipes 3 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Special Steakhouse Recipes 4 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Special Steakhouse Recipes 5 slide San Diego Team Building Activity: Special Steakhouse Recipes 6 slide
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Special Steakhouse Recipes

$125
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$125
A team effort fills the table with rich, chophouse favorites. Craft flavorful steakhouse favorites in this team building cooking class. A chef instructor will guide your team through a multi-course menu, teaching recipes and essential culinary techniques. Your team will work together to craft flavorful dishes while...
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4.7
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Chef Michael or Resident Chef's Overall Rating

4.7 / 5

Based on 32 reviews

Reviews guests left for Chef Michael or Resident Chef

SARAH C.

SARAH

08/04/24
It was so great!! The chef was so kind and professional.
08/04/24
Linda E.

Linda

07/10/24
It was very great, but sometimes he ran thru the instructions too fast to comprehend.
07/10/24
Roberto F.

Roberto

07/09/24
The Pie baking experience didn’t really live up to my, very beginner, pie making expectations. Chef Mike was a nice guy but he was very open about the fact that he was a savory chef not a pastry chef. He didn’t have much to add to the process of baking other than to say he wasn’t into measuring very much. This was evident in the prep for the class. We made one full size pie of peaches and blueberries. After getting things mixed, we pored the filling into the crust and it was about 1/3 the amount it should have been. Not a huge deal but it doesn’t show any attention to basic prep. When doing the lattice on the pie the sous chef (who claimed to be a pastry chef) didn’t know the process for weaving the lattice. She instructed us one way and was corrected by, I’m guessing, the manager of (the store where the class held. The kicker was that the ovens apparently weren’t baking our pies as fast as they should have been. So, our pie came out almost baked by the end of the class. The chef instructed the sous chef to take it out of the pie tin and put it in a cake box, for us to take home and finish baking. Well this assumes we have a pie tin at home and also assumes that we’ll be able to get a fully loaded pie, sitting in just the crust, off of a cardboard box and into a pie tin. Not easy for an experienced chef I’m sure, let alone a couple of novices. I would have guessed working ovens or better prep with timing would be a basic feature of a class like this. There was so much down time waiting for the pie to slowly bake that the chef started teaching us how to cut onions and mince garlic. Nothing wrong with that, just a lot of standing and waiting that seemingly shouldn’t have happened. The one thing everyone on staff seemed prepared to do was push sign-ups for their other classes and products in the store (for which we were given a 10% off coupon). All in all, I was disappointed. This was supposed to be a nice gift for my wife’s birthday but it turned out to be a big let down. I would not recommend the Cozy Meal classes.
07/09/24
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