Cooking & Entertaining   

Buttery Brioche is the star in this class. In this demonstration class learn how to transform this wonderful bread into amazing pastries and desserts! Brioche Bostock (the almond croissant's lesser known cousin) baked with almond cream and vanilla bean roasted apricot, finished with salted hazelnut praline. Red Raspberry Summer Pudding with fresh cream and crystallized mint leaves. Dark Chocolate Pain Perdu with late season bourbon preserved cherries.

Learn to make irresistible chocolate desserts! In this hands-on class practice key techniques for melting, tempering, and baking with chocolate while creating delicious treats to share!

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Eggs Across the Kitchen is a demonstration-style culinary class that explores the incredible versatility of eggs in both savory and sweet cooking. In this class, you'll learn the fundamentals of egg cookery while preparing dishes and techniques such as Eggs in Purgatory, silky hollandaise sauce, airy meringues, and foamed egg white beverages like a classic Whiskey Sour. Along the way, we'll discuss egg anatomy, freshness, and how eggs function in cooking through emulsification, aeration, and protein coagulation. Whether you're looking to sharpen your kitchen skills or simply gain confidence cooking with eggs, this class offers a fun and flavorful look at one of the most essential ingredients in the culinary world.

This class introduces the essential techniques behind making smooth, flavorful frozen desserts at home. In this hands-on class  learn how ingredients like fat, sugar, dairy, fruit, and air influence texture and freezing. Working in small groups, students will make classic vanilla custard ice cream, fruit sorbet, a no-churn ice cream, and both chocolate and caramel sauces. Leave with a deeper understanding of frozen dessert science and the confidence to recreate these treats with or without specialty equipment.

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Enjoy a flavorful cooking demonstration celebrating classic Spanish tapas. Watch as these crowd-pleasing small plates come together, including patatas bravas, albóndigas with romesco sauce, wrapped dates, and a pairing of Manchego cheese with quince paste. Perfect inspiration for casual entertaining and sharing.

Sit back and enjoy this flavorful cooking demonstration inspired by summer in the south of France. Chef-led instruction features classic Provençal dishes including chicken Provençal, ratatouille, salade niçoise, and a rustic cherry clafoutis-perfect inspiration for relaxed summer meals and entertaining.