culinary basics

The simplest joy of cooking is the moment when you realize you, too, can make the dish the way you want it. Transforming common ingredients into extraordinary tastes, the skills you acquire in these carefully designed classes will be transferrable to many other ingredients and recipes that come your way. Learn to master the essential tools in the kitchen, and become a master of your meals.

Class listing updated on December 2, 2023

 

Easy Peasy Apps for Parties

$169 or 6 prepaid points /person
All materials included

Duration: 2.5 - 3 hours
Format: In person, Hands-on
# of Students: 4 - 12

Private class available for booking from 4 people. Please send us an email with your group’s preferred dates and time, we will try to accommodate.

What you will learn:

  • 5 varieties of fun finger foods

  • Underlying concepts of party canapes

  • Prep time and ingredient management for party foods

  • Numerous cooking and baking techniques

 

Past classes

Our class selections have been changing from season to season, and through the years, have become quite a collection. Here are a few to entice. Besides enrolling in the listed classes above, you may contact us to arrange for classes in topics below:

Knifeworks

  • Bring Your Own Knife Sharpening Workshop

  • Knifeworks: Basic Cuts and Potage Cultivateur

Simple Pasta & Rice

  • Porcini Risotto, Orange Pistachio Semifreddo

  • Mushrooms Risotto with Portobello Caprese

  • Italian Homemade Lasagna & Caprese

  • Squid Ink Pasta with Tiger Shrimps

French Fundamentals

  • Salmon Tartare, Poached Salmon with Cucumber, Dill Yogurt Sauce

  • Chicken Pot Pie with Wild Mushrooms

  • Quiche with Summer Vegetables

  • Seafood Quiche with Shrimp, Salad with Passionfruit Vinaigrette

  • Hand-Churn Flavoured Butter: Fruits, Herbs, Truffle Butters

  • Egg Benedict, Apple Julienne, Hollandaise and Mayonnaise from Scratch

Japanese Fundamentals

  • Teriyaki: Fundamentals and Variations

  • Japanese Cuisine 101: Dashi Stock and 3 Appetizers

  • Japanese Cuisine: Sesame Tofu & Sesame Dressed Vegetables

  • Winter Mushroom Three Ways: Broth, Braised, Stuffed

Fun Entertaining

  • Grind Your Burger, Bake Your Bun from Scratch

  • Molecular Gastronomy: Siphon Whip Appetizers

Class fee is per person per set of materials, subject to HST.

HANDS-ON CLASS INCLUDES:

  • All materials needed – the tools and ingredients we use in class are of top quality

  • An apron to use during class (you are welcome to bring your own)

  • Container for you to take away your finished product (if needed)

  • Certificate of Completion (by request)