Cooking Class - Festival of Indian Flavors in Northern Virginia

We attended Chef Manjiri's class for my husband's birthday. She was warm, inviting, and provided a great experience. This is definitely a keeper!

The class was excellent and a great way to spend an afternoon. Manjiri was very patient and clear about the ingredients and the specific steps along the way. The food was delicious and I learned a lot. I would recommend this experience to anyone.

Excellent class that was fun, informative, and low stress.

Chef Manjiri was great! She taught us so much and helped us figure out what we've been doing wrong at home. She's fantastic, and the recipes she shared were fast and delicious.

I had a great experience in Chef Manjiri's class, she made cooking Indian food approachable and fun, and I definitely learned a lot.

This was such a great experience for my wife and I! We love Indian food and have always wanted to learn how to cook authentic Indian dishes. Chef Manjin created a cooking experience that was quite simple, had few ingredients not found in your pantry and delicious! We came home with dinner for 3-4 people and were able to host friends to enjoy our expert cooking!! Would recommend this to anyone of any level of cooking experience! Jeff from DC.

Manjiri is an excellent teacher! My boyfriend and I really enjoyed her style of teaching, she gave us a rundown of how things would work then went step by step with us. Our meal turned out delicious! We saved the recipe so we can remake it at home. 10/10 recommend her class if you love Indian food!

Chef Manjiri was an exceptional instructor- she provided us the recipe hardcopy with ability to take notes if we wanted. She answered all our questions, including locations we could be sure to find the spices, then she coached us while we made the meal. It turned out delicious, and we had a wonderful time.

Fantastic class!! I loved that chef Manjiri explained all the ingredients to us and chose recipes that took less than 20ish minutes to make (each). She made Indian cooking accessible for me. I was pretty intimidated before this class. I'm already looking at her other classes and looking to sign up.

My wife and I really enjoyed this cooking class. The food was really good!

We really enjoyed the Festival of Indian Flavors cooking class! Chef Manjiri is very welcoming and provided a great environment for the class. And she did a great job teaching us how to cook one of our favorite meals - butter chicken with mango lassi for dessert. Everything was delicious!! We are planning to try it again at home in the near future.

Chef Manjiri was so amazing to work with and learn from! We learned so much about selecting the best ingredients for the dishes we prepared, how the different courses work together, and general information about Indian flavors. We loved getting to chat with Chef Manjiri and getting to learn more about her. Everything was fresh and one of the best parts ended up being how many leftovers we had! 10/10!! Cannot recommend Chef Manjiri enough!

My mom and I had a blast for her birthday! Chef Manjiri was so welcoming, friendly and knowledgeable and her home and kitchen were clean and inviting. The presentation was great from start to finish. And the food was absolutely delicious with plenty of leftovers to take home. Highly recommend if you're looking for a fun activity for a special occasion! Skip the fancy restaurant and have a hands on experience.

My girlfriend and I took the Festival of Indian Flavor with Chef Manjiri. It was such a wonderful experience - she clearly explained the agenda for the class, told us about herself, explained all the ingredients, and then helped us through all four recipes with both laughter and fun. What a great time!

We had a great time with Manjiri, and came away with some good general tips for cooking Indian food. Loved how she gave us recommendations on what brands to buy for certain ingredients and where to get them in our area. Would definitely recommend.

Manjiri was friendly and kind (including being very patient with my 13 yo son). However, I was disappointed in the class. It felt like hanging out with a home cook who uses shortcuts, not a professional chef. The ingredients were not in the least gourmet (for example, margarine in the "butter" chicken, pre-flavored vanilla yogurt for the mango lassi). I had hoped to learn more about Indian spices and see an expert cook with fresh, high quality ingredients. We had a fun time and the food was tasty but overall the experience wasn't a good value for the money. She's a very nice person, but I want to leave a candid review.

Manjiri was amazing! She thought of everything, and created such a warm, inviting, and learning-friendly space for my partner and I to make some AMAZING dishes. Would highly recommend!

Chef Manjiri was fantastic! The recipes she set up were delicious, yet easy to execute. We will definitely include her recipe in our culinary toolbox!