Chef Paul has been a professional chef for nearly 40 years. Born and raised in Belgium, he started his cooking career as an apprentice. After receiving his culinary arts degree, he continued to gain experience in several restaurants in Belgium. In 1983, he moved to NYC and became the executive chef at famous restaurants in Tribeca and the West Village. In 2001, he opened his own cooking school, which is still thriving today.
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This experience is not refundable as it includes a meal kit.
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Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.
This experience is not refundable as it includes a meal kit.
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WHAT YOU’LL DO
Get a taste of the fresh flavors of Tuscany in this team building cooking class experience.
In this hands-on team building class, you'll work with Chef Paul and your team to create a classic Italian meal using the freshest ingredients.
Begin by making Chef Paul's signature speedy gnocchi. Everyone will get a chance to learn how to roll and shape this traditional pasta. Next, you'll prepare a gently spicy classic tomato sauce. As you stir your sauce, you'll learn the secrets to making the lightest and most tasty Italian-style meatballs. For dessert, you and your team will prepare a palate-pleasing fresh fruit sorbet.
Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during the class.
Your Menu
Crispy Romaine Salad
With anchovy dressing
Potato Ricotta Gnocchi
Classic Italian Arrabbiata Sauce
With tomatoes, onions, red pepper flakes and olive oil
Classic Italian Meatballs
With ground beef, onions, garlic, egg and breadcrumbs
Raspberry Sorbet
With sugar
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 Paul has been a professional chef for nearly 40 years. Born and raised in Belgium, he started his cooking career as an apprentice. After receiving his culinary arts degree, he continued to gain experience in several restaurants in Belgium. In 1983, he moved to NYC and became the executive chef at famous restaurants in Tribeca and the West Village. In 2001, he opened his own cooking school, which is still thriving today.
It was a wonderful experience. Chef Paul and his team made everyone feel like we are real cooks. They answered all questions, no matter how ridiculous. Everyone enjoyed working with their hands, making meatballs and rolling gnocchi. The studio was beautifully decorated, and the dining area had a homey feel. When we sat down for dinner, it was like a large family gathering. We were all very surprised and happy everything tasted absolutely delicious ha!
This was my first experience with a group cooking class. The whole experience was excellent! The location, the staff, the chef, the menu was all top notch. This was a lot of fun and highly recommend. Thanks Chef Paul
Chef Paul & his team were great - very organized, walking us through all the steps at our different stations. The food was delicious and overall it was a fun experience for our team event.
Just had my husband’s 60th birthday party with Chef Paul and his staff and it was a huge success!! Chef Paul is such a gracious host and the staff was so accommodating. The event was flawless on every level.
We all learned how to make a great Tuscan dinner and then we enjoyed it together.
You even get to take the recipes home!!
Great space, great food, great experience! I would highly recommend.
We had the BEST time. We arrived with a large team and they put us to work, teaching us each part of the meal step by step. Lunch was so delicious and a really fun activity for our team to do together. Loved chef Paul!
Chef Paul and his team were wonderful! They were extremely accommodating to our group and made sure everyone was involved in the cooking process. The food was delicious and my team couldn't stop talking about how much fun it was. Highly recommend Chef Paul's team building class!
Excellent class. Chef Paul is terrific. Along with knife skills, he also offered numerous and invaluable cooking tips. The kitchen/classroom space was beautiful and immaculate. The ingredients and tools were high quality, and our meal was delicious. We learned (using our new knife skills) how to prepare: bruschetta, roasted hens/chicken, roast parsnips and carrots, roast potatoes, and an apple tart. We had a terrific time. Bravo!
Chef Paul was an amazing teacher who taught us so much while keeping things fun. The food also turned out incredible. I would highly recommend taking a class with him.
It was a wonderful date (day) for my girlfriend that's been interested in learning knife skills. Chef Paul was delightful and I think everyone felt very comfortable and warm with his method of teaching. I'm glad I held out for this class over others.
Chef Paul and his team went far above and beyond any expectations I could have imagined! They were so professional, so helpful with menu and wine pairings, so hands-on with our guests and the food was astounding. I would highly recommend Chef Paul and the Miette team for any event!
Had the most magical time at Chef Paul's Miette Culinary Studio! I brought my 12-year-old niece, who absolutely loves to cook. When signing us up, I mentioned in a note that her dream is to become a chef. The class included seven or eight adults and us, and Chef Paul went out of his way to make her feel welcome. He took her under his wing, showing her basic techniques and treating her aspirations with such respect that she felt truly seen and encouraged.
We arrived early, and Chef Paul shared that he began cooking in a professional kitchen around the same age as my niece, then apprenticed under a famous chef in Paris at 15. He later became the head chef of two restaurants before opening his own culinary studio.
The class focused on French cooking and included a four-course meal. I loved that it was small and intimate—just 10 people—compared to other classes I found that had 16 to 20 participants. Although we worked in groups of four to prepare each dish, Chef Paul brought everyone together where he demonstrated key steps across all the courses—techniques that many cooks get wrong—and showed us how to do them for the best results. He even provided special recipes for us to take home and ensured that each student got hands-on experience with parts of multiple dishes. It truly felt like a shared and collaborative learning experience.
By the end of the three-hour class, our class of nine or ten had shared a delicious meal and great conversation. My niece was absolutely thrilled and left even more inspired to pursue her dream.
If you have a child who loves cooking, I can’t recommend Chef Paul highly enough. He even offers children’s group classes upon request. Thank you, Chef Paul, for such a warm, generous, and unforgettable experience!
Chef Paul was an excellent teacher. He explained things fully and let is be involved in the prep work and the cooking. I will definitely take another class with him in the future.
We had an amazing time in this class with Chef Paul. We learned how to make different knife cuts like chiffonade, julienne, and diamonde and we also learned a few new cooking techniques. Chef Paul was very informative and fun to learn from. Thank you!
What a fun experience!!! Our corporate team of 13 people had a blast learning from and cooking with Chef Paul. He is super knowledgeable, and was able to balance his attention perfectly between the multiple cooking stations. My team had the best time and I honestly can't wait to go again. The food was phenomenal and authentic. FIVE Stars!!
This was a second time around and the experience chef Paul delivered was just as great as the first time.
The whole group thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
Thank you chef Paul, we will be back!
Chef Paul was amazing. This was a great date night for my husband and I. This would also be the perfect group or corporate event. Chef Paul not only thoroughly explained the recipes we were making, but answered all of our other, random questions about cooking. He was a true professional and one-of-a-kind. You will not regret booking with him!
Chef Paul was awesome to work with and was very accommodating to some team members dietary restrictions. Excellent teachers, real hands-on tips and absolutely delicious!
I highly recommend Chef Paul. He hosted my corporate group of around 30 lawyers. The space is beautiful and met my highest expectations in terms of a culinary studio. Chef Paul was a great host, and he had plenty of staff to help with the different parts of the process. I appreciated that it was very laid back and tailored to our group, the Chef allowed us to play our own music on his speakers, we could order wine from a local shop to the event and he was flexible with a good number of dietary restrictions and food preferences.
I highly recommend this for anyone, but also anyone looking for a corporate team building event, I don't see how you can beat this location.
Chefs Paul and Brianna were friendly and inviting. We learned so much that we can try at home. It was a laid back and fun event for my team at the end of a long day.
Paul was an outstanding teacher, explaining things clearly and supporting all levels of learning. We got some impromptu lessons due to the intimate size of the class which was so great! Would definitely do another class!
My mom and I had an amazing time with Chef Paul in his Vegan Italian cooking class! He was very descriptive, informative, and knowledgeable. Each of us in the class had a task so we were all hands on and learned a ton. The food we made was delicious and I can't wait to use these recipes at home. I would absolutely recommend Chef Paul and his class and will be booking again.
What a memorable experience my daughter and I had with Chef Paul! The fun and ease he taught us (& our 9 other “chefs
“) to understand each of the recipes was exciting. Everything came out delicious. We were all so impressed with ourselves thanks to Chef Paul’s guidance. Can’t wait for the next class!
We had a wonderful time cooking and learning from Chef Paul. The class was easy to follow and the meal was delicious. Chef Paul has a great sense of humor too. Highly recommended!
Chef Paul was fabulous- very organized, engaging everyone in the class to participate in prep and to observe each step. I learned a lot and will definitely look for more classes with Chef Paul.
My wife and I had a great time with Chef Paul in the Italian classics, made vegan class. The recipes were simple ingredients that made delicious meals. Chef was very willing to share his knowledge, and we both learned much more than expected. The school itself was great as well, beautiful brick walls, nice decor in the dining area and just enough room for all of us to work in the kitchen.
Chef Paul was lovely, knowledgeable, kind, funny, organized and shared such great tips & expertise. I will definitely be back!
Everything was delicious and we all had the opportunity to know not only what we were making and how to do it, but also why we were doing things a certain way and how to choose the best ingredients.
He also gave substitutions for vegetarians and what we can do at home if we don’t have fancy tools/machines.
Thank you!
This class was fantastic. Chef Paul was so knowledgeable and shared so many tips so we could recreate the meals at home. My boyfriend has been quoting Chef Paul since our class.
Chef Paul delivered an amazing class! My group and I learned a lot and the food was absolutely delicious! We even got to take some extras home with us!
Chef Paul was wonderful! He was friendly, obviously professional and patient with us as we worked our way through a meal that was new to us. The vegan take on an classic Italian meal was superb! I plan on using his recipes over and over! Delicious and fun!
Chef Paul, Bree and the rest of the team were awesome! We had such a wonderful experience and cooked a delicious meal to boot, all with their expert guidance. Can't wait to cook the arrabbiata sauce, gnocchi, Caesar dressing, and sorbet at home. Thanks everyone!
Chef Paul and the team were fantastic! Everything from start to finish was seamless. Chef Paul was very responsive during our planning time and detailed the why and hows while preparing our meal. The meal was delicious, and it was nice to break bread with colleagues. We hope to see Chef Paul and team again soon!!
Wow! We had 22 people on our work team join and I couldn’t have imagined a better setting. We all learned amazing skills, Chef Paul and Theo and Brie were amazing. The food was sooo good. They accommodated a nut allergy and a gluten allergy. Everything was super organized and clean. I’ve been to several cooking classes in my life and this was by far my favorite. Looking forward to booking more with Chef Paul - who is a lovely gentlemen from Brussels (originally) and has a great worldly view of cuisines. A+
Chef Paul was wonderful. He did a nice job creating a fun interactive experience for our corporate outing. The food was also delicious. The team loved it and would highly recommend for any team bonding event!
Wonderful experience for our team building event! Chef Paul and his team were fantastic- knowledgeable, kind and fun! I’d highly recommend this class!
Chef Paul and his team at the Miette Culinary Studio were absolutely stellar. They communicated clearly and helped make our event for 25 people an absolute hit. I cannot thank them enough for making it such an amazing time, completely stress free and fully engaging for all. It was a great team bonding event and we learned and had fun to boot. We will definitely be doing future classes with Chef Paul's wide variety of cuisine choices.
We loved our experience with Chef Paul and his team! The service, space, and experience really exceeded our expectations. From the moment we walked in they already had our beverages on ice and were ready for our arrival. The team of chefs were patient, fun, and engaging. My team had so many great things to say and we're so happy we booked this event. As the event host, they consistently checked in with me to make sure we were happy and having a blast- and we were!! Thank you!
This was a fantastic team event. The staff was so awesome! They explained everything clearly and were encouraging, kind, and patient with us. The facility was perfect too. Would definitely recommend.
This was a great experience! I took my team of 12 out for a bonding event and it was the perfect thing! Everyone was very helpful, educational and patient with us as we explored each and every dish at every station! Highly recommend this!
We had such a great time with Chef Paul! It was such a fun, informative and delicious evening. We will definitely be back - thank you for the great time!!!!
Everything was great! It was a little intense sometimes with some of the chefs. They wanted everything to be perfect which is fine but none of us are trained cooks so that seems like a high expectation to have.
Such a delightful evening and we could not have asked for a better instructor than Chef Paul! Chef Paul was patient, his instructions were given with a genuine delight and interest in you learning the techniques that will change the way you cook for the rest of your life. The entire experience will help to make you more comfortable and it gives you a sense of confidence in using a knife (several actually lol). There are lessons, tips and small tricks that you will learn that are helpful in the preparation of cooking any meal and in awakening your taste buds and those of your guests. You will learn to cook healthier! I was definitely a novice and there were others that were on my level but the entire group was patient with one another and Chef Paul was patient with all of us. Our group was an inquisitive crowd. At the end you enjoy the meal that you prepared and we spoke about the new techniques, life, the Olympics and so much more. You leave the entire experience feeling fulfilled and accomplished in the kitchen. It was my first experience and it exceeded my expectations and that of my friend. THANK YOU PAUL (Not sir or Chef lol!) FOR SUCH A DELIGHTFUL AND KNOWLEDGEABLE EXPERIENCE.
I attended this class with my 11 year old daughter and was absolutely delighted with the experience that Chef Paul delivered! The instruction was informative, easy to follow and fun for both myself and my daughter. Chef Paul took special care to ensure that my daughter was able to participate and enjoy herself from start to finish. The food was incredible, the atmosphere was perfect and the whole experience was one that we will never forget. I would absolutely recommend taking class with Chef Paul if you are looking to gain skills and have an unforgettable night! Can't wait to do it again!
Chef Paul was such a delight! My friend and I will have jokes and culinary skills for at least the next year. He lead an amazingly COVID-19 safe space and accommodated requests about additional social distancing. I will be visiting him again for another class in the future!
Chef Paul was very accommodating and had a wonderful, friendly, and patient staff. Even the "experienced" chefs in our group were inspired. The experience was a great mix of hands on teamwork and bonding and relaxing/service meal. He even wrapped up the leftovers for us to send on our way.
This was a wonderful evening out. Chef Paul is very informative and fun. It’s all the joys of cooking without doing lots of prep or cleanup. Highly recommend.
My group and I were very excited to take a cooking class together, it was something that we hadn’t done before. We took the “Traditional Fare from Italy†class with Chef Paul - we made caesar salad, gnocchi with vodka sauce, and raspberry sorbet. Chef Paul created an educational and memorable experience for all of us. It was easy to follow along with his instructions and work together with another group to make a delicious meal. Chef Paul gave great explanations and demonstrated in a way that was approachable and made us feel less intimated. I highly recommend doing this as a fun group activity with family or friends - particularly for people who are interested in cooking even if you don’t have a lot of experience or you want to perfect something to recreate at home.
Chef Paul and his team were the absolute best! They were friendly, fun, and helpful the whole way through. We learned a bunch of great cooking tips & tricks during our team event. The venue was clean and cozy and the food turned out incredible! We would absolutely recommend this experience to a friend.
I surprised my boyfriend with one of Chef Paul's classes for his birthday. We ended up being the only ones there and we didn't know what to expect, but it turned out to be one of the best experiences. He created a welcoming environment from the start and created a great hands-on experience. To say the least, Chef Paul was an amazing teacher! He was very thorough with explaining the recipe and why each ingredient/step is important to the recipe. We would definitely love to take another one of his classes!
Chef Paul creates a fun environment while also providing hands-on experience and cooking tips throughout. The location and space are great and add to the overall experience. It’s great for couples and singles. Highly recommend.