Cooking Class - Foundational French Techniques

With Chef Michael or Resident Chef

4.4 (44 Reviews)

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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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WHAT YOU’LL DO

Learn fundamental methods from French cuisine with guidance from an expert chef.

This hands-on cooking class explores the legacy of French techniques in modern gourmet cuisine. Your chef instructor will teach you proper methods for emulsifying vinaigrette, preparing starches, searing meat and reducing pan sauce. For dessert, youâ€™ll learn to make the ultimate French dessert with a seasonal twist - pear tarte tatin.

Tea, coffee and water will be provided. Guests are welcome to bring non-alcoholic beverages.

This class is suitable for ages 14+ with an adult present. Children under 17 must be accompanied by a paying adult. Class price is per person.

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CLASS SIZE

1 (min) to 16 (max) people.

Meal Courses

4 courses

EVENT DURATION

2-2.5 hours

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Chef Michael or Resident Chef's Overall Rating

4.4 / 5

Based on 44 reviews

Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Michael or Resident Chef

This was a great class. 6 students learned 3 different pastry bakes. So many unknown baking lessons. Mary, the chef, was wonderful. She made us feel so comfortable and welcome. I would definitely take another class from her.

Melissa

08/14/2025

So fun and easy! Definitely looking to take another class at this location with friends. Thank you!!

Excellent chef, excellent class, excellent date night

Roberto

07/09/2024

The Pie baking experience didnâ€™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 didnâ€™t have much to add to the process of baking other than to say he wasnâ€™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 doesnâ€™t show any attention to basic prep. When doing the lattice on the pie the sous chef (who claimed to be a pastry chef) didnâ€™t know the process for weaving the lattice. She instructed us one way and was corrected by, Iâ€™m guessing, the manager of (the store where the class held. The kicker was that the ovens apparently werenâ€™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 weâ€™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 Iâ€™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 shouldnâ€™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 wifeâ€™s birthday but it turned out to be a big let down. I would not recommend the Cozy Meal classes.