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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Refined French Culinary Foundations
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Gain confidence mastering chef-inspired French classics. Build confidence with timeless French recipes in this interactive cooking class in Naperville. With guidance from Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll roast chicken, create a white wine pan sauce, achieve perfectly crisp potatoes and prepare tender...
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Making Macarons Just For Mom
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Mom will love the elegant macarons you create in this fun and engaging cooking class. Join a three-hour interactive cooking class to craft indulgent macarons with hints of peach and champagne and chocolate crème brûlée. A master chef will guide you in perfecting batter construction, coloration and meringue...
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Hearty Inspiring Italian - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Treat your partner to a delicious, Tuscan-inspired gourmet steak meal. Whisk your partner away to a date night cooking class celebrating classic Tuscan ingredients and techniques. Led by an expert chef, you’ll work together to make crisp bruschetta topped with ricotta, pan-roasted steak with capers and...
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Restaurant-Style Seafood Feast
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Cook a traditional seafood menu in this hands-on cooking class. Cook a full seafood-focused menu in this hands-on cooking class in Naperville. Learn how to achieve crispy skin salmon with lemon and dill butter, steam mussels marinières and perfectly poach shrimp. You’ll also watch a fish butchery...
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Make a Classic Surf and Turf Dinner - Date Night
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Craft a memorable steakhouse-style menu in this cooking class. Enjoy a coastal-inspired steakhouse menu in this interactive cooking class in Naperville. With guidance from Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll grill steak and shrimp, prepare scallion pesto, season asparagus with chermoula and build a bright...
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Homemade Pizza-Making for Beginners
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Create simple pizzas in this cooking class while learning dough handling and baking techniques. Prepare a creative pizza menu in this fun cooking class in Naperville. Guided by Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll make fresh pizza dough, bake carbonara-style pizza, prepare a fennel and sausage calzone and...
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Make Timeless French Bistro Favorites
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Create balanced French bistro dishes in this cooking class while learning simple searing techniques. Enjoy a traditional steak frites menu in this fun cooking class in Naperville. Guided by Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll prepare seared ribeye with tapenade compound butter, crispy frites with roasted...
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Seasonal Italian Summer Pasta
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Develop confidence in Italian cooking techniques in this cooking class. Learn how to make fresh pasta from scratch in this hands-on cooking class in Naperville. Mix and roll homemade pasta dough, then shape and cook hand-cut pasta with roasted asparagus, truffle oil and Parmesan. You’ll also prepare orecchiette...
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Explore Summer Outdoor Cooking Recipes
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Practice grilling in this cooking class while improving smoking and heat control skills. Work with fire and smoke in this fun cooking class in Naperville. Guided by Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll prepare corn fritters with smoked salmon, grilled skirt steak with scallion gremolata and grilled corn with...
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Kids Cooking Series
5-Day Foodie Fun Kids: Explore Global Comfort Foods
$369
Cooking Class
$369
Sign your child up for a five-day cooking series centered on international food. Designed for ages 7-11, this hands-on cooking series in Naperville takes young chefs on a five-day journey through global flavors. Guided by Chef Jesse or a chef instructor, kids will explore dishes inspired by Mexico, Asia, Italy, France...
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Southern Cuisine Skill Building
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Create traditional Southern dishes in this cooking class while learning frying and biscuit techniques. Build confidence with Southern cooking techniques in this interactive cooking class in Naperville. With guidance from Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll fry classic buttermilk chicken, mix and shape biscuit...
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Make Bold Caribbean Favorites - Date Night
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Create bold Caribbean dishes in this cooking class while learning simple marinating techniques. Share a flavorful evening focused on Caribbean cuisine in this fun cooking class in Naperville. Guided by Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you and your partner will prepare jerk chicken thighs, arugula and avocado salad,...
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