Chef Dirk’s deep passion for food and global cuisine stems from his travels to more than 20 countries. Classically trained as a gourmet chef and hospitality manager in Germany, his native country, Chef Dirk has served celebrities and worked at five-star restaurants. His vast culinary, hospitality, and leadership experience, and enthusiastic personality make for deeply engaging, entertaining, and truly unforgettable classes.
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WHAT YOU’LL DO
Get ready to join Chef Dirk for a dynamic, interactive, and engaging team building experience!
In this hands-on team building experience with Chef Dirk, you and your team will work together to prepare fresh, handmade Italian pasta from scratch as well as a gourmet salad and a world famous dessert. Chef Dirk will begin by dividing your team into groups, each of which will be responsible for a particular style of pasta and sauce, and then the fun begins as you learn to use a variety of traditional Italian pasta-making tools, such as hand-crank pasta makers, pasta wheels, five wheel cutters, and garganelli strippers.
Guests are welcome to purchase wine and beer from the venue.
Your Menu
Insalata Estiva With Italian Vinaigrette
With seasonal lettuce, tomatoes, olives, fresh cheese and capers
Handmade Pasta
Includes Fettuccine Farfalle
Homemade Sauce
Includes Slow-cooked beef red wine sauce Sage cream with Italian pork link sausages
Affogato Gelato
With a selection of sauces and toppings
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
No prior cooking experience needed
All ingredients and equipment are provided
Dietary accommodations available upon request
Private classes available for groups and special events
Chef Dirk’s deep passion for food and global cuisine stems from his travels to more than 20 countries. Classically trained as a gourmet chef and hospitality manager in Germany, his native country, Chef Dirk has served celebrities and worked at five-star restaurants. His vast culinary, hospitality, and leadership experience, and enthusiastic personality make for deeply engaging, entertaining, and truly unforgettable classes.
Highly recommend taking a class from chef Dirk. We were celebrating a birthday and had an amazing experience. We took the interactive pasta making class. Chef gave great instruction , was patient and at the same time fun!
Ivan Gautier .
Chef Dirk was great. He was direct but funny and made the experience go smoothly without wasting any time. He explained things and helped us to understand the process!!
Carolyn C.
Wonderful 18th birthday celebration with Chef Dirk!
Sarah C.
Everyone had so much fun - 10/10 experience!
Anirudh V.
Awesome class!
Ajay Sabhlok@rubrik.com .
Chef Dirk was very engaging and detail oriented. Making pasta from dough was a unique experience. The food tasted great and we all enjoyed dinner after cooking
The kitchen was in a house and a bit congested for 8 people.
A quick demo on how the fresh pasta dough was made would have been helpful too. We asked the chef to share the recipe afterwards so we could repeat the effort at home.
Ted Strawser .
Super fun. Great food. Great experience. And we learned some things. Chef Dirk’s passion shines through from end to end
Elizabeth A.
We had the most amazing time!!! Chef Dirk was such a wonderful entertainer, teacher, food educator and host. We walked away feeling like accomplished chefs because the food was amazing!!!! My team was thrilled and is still talking about the experience today.
Sunny P.
Chef Dirk was a great host for this pasta making class. He made it very interactive and fun! The food was amazing as well!
Veronika L.
Chef Dirk let an amazing pasta making class for a team of 10 of us. He was really enthusiastic, well organized, and made sure everyone had a role and special moment during the class. Would definitely recommend him for a team bonding event and I hope we can take another class of his soon.
Angelique S.
The food was great and Chef Dirk was awesome. Thanks!
Annie G.
Chef Dirk was professional, polite, funny, warm and wonderful! It was a super instructional time and the food was delicious!
Judy I.
Shelley just wants to say this is the third cooking class she has taken as a team building event and this was BY FAR THE BEST! She had a really great time. Chef Dirk was awesome at keeping everyone on track while also keeping everyone engaged! Highly recommend!
Emma K.
Loved our class with Chef Dirk. I was a little apprehensive about hosting a corporate team building event in a casual setting (in-home) but everything went perfectly. Not only was the food excellent, but Chef Dirk kept everyone engaged the entire class, and received rave reviews from our team afterward. Thanks for making this such a great experience for us, we would absolutely do it again!
Dawn B.
We enjoyed our evening with Chef Dirk! He was very knowledgeable and taught us all. The food was fantastic!
Yvonne Anadumaka .
Overall this was an amazing cooking experience! Chef Dirk is truly one of a kind and he comes highly recommended. The white meat sauce pasta was my absolute favorite and the educational bits behind our meal were a huge plus. The location was slightly off-putting, but we made due and had a wonderful time.
Chris Scharing .
Great time and great food with Chef Dirk!
Raeann Y.
Our executive team had a blast with Chef Dirk! Would definitely recommend for a corporate outing. Chef Dirk was so patient with me leading up to the event, answering all my questions in a timely manner. I appreciate your assistance to ensure our team had a fun and unique experience!
Tasandra G.
Our Executive Team of 11 had a wonderful Italian team building cooking experience with Chef Dirk! He has such a great, upbeat personality that had all of us laughing and engaged. We made a wonderful meal of homemade pasta and sauces, the dessert was fabulous and we really enjoyed our evening. He did a great job of accommodating our 3 food restrictions. I highly recommend him if you want a yummy dinner, great entertainment and to learn how to cook!
Joanna
Very passionate and patient! Good experience
Shirin A.
We had an amazing time with Chef Dirk, in his pasta making class! His knowledge of pasta making was extensive, and he was very patient with beginners to pasta making in the group. Chef Dirk also brings a level of energy, friendliness and entertainment that is unreal! We had a great time. However, we thought the pasta itself was delicious, but the sauces that accompanied the pasta were a bit average. Especially for the cost. Overall the class was fun.
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