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Chef Michael is a classically trained chef with over 25 years of diverse culinary experience, including formal training at a Le Cordon Bleu affiliate in Chicago. His impressive career spans work in restaurants, private chef roles for athletes and celebrities and extensive time cooking across North America on yachts and sport fishing vessels. Outside the kitchen, Chef Michael enjoys family time and road trips through Baja California, bringing a rich background and vibrant personality to each cooking class he teaches.

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San Diego Cooking Class: Baking With Brioche

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San Diego Team Building Activity: Culinary Creations

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Culinary Creations

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Team Building Activity

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Fill the table with a stunning spread your team can create and enjoy together. Invite your team to an exciting team-building cooking class outside the office. They will discover how to elevate their culinary skills with traditional techniques and fresh ingredients as they work together to make four courses of elevated...

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Chef Michael or Resident Chef

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32 Reviews

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Chef Michael or Resident Chef's Overall Rating

4.7 / 5

Based on 32 reviews

Reviews guests left for Chef Michael or Resident Chef

SARAH

08/04/24

It was so great!! The chef was so kind and professional.

08/04/24

Linda

07/10/24

It was very great, but sometimes he ran thru the instructions too fast to comprehend.

07/10/24

Roberto

07/09/24

The Pie baking experience didn’t really live up to my, very beginner, pie making expectations. Chef Mike was a nice guy but he was very open about the fact that he was a savory chef not a pastry chef. He didn’t have much to add to the process of baking other than to say he wasn’t into measuring very much. This was evident in the prep for the class. We made one full size pie of peaches and blueberries. After getting things mixed, we pored the filling into the crust and it was about 1/3 the amount it should have been. Not a huge deal but it doesn’t show any attention to basic prep. When doing the lattice on the pie the sous chef (who claimed to be a pastry chef) didn’t know the process for weaving the lattice. She instructed us one way and was corrected by, I’m guessing, the manager of (the store where the class held. The kicker was that the ovens apparently weren’t baking our pies as fast as they should have been. So, our pie came out almost baked by the end of the class. The chef instructed the sous chef to take it out of the pie tin and put it in a cake box, for us to take home and finish baking. Well this assumes we have a pie tin at home and also assumes that we’ll be able to get a fully loaded pie, sitting in just the crust, off of a cardboard box and into a pie tin. Not easy for an experienced chef I’m sure, let alone a couple of novices. I would have guessed working ovens or better prep with timing would be a basic feature of a class like this. There was so much down time waiting for the pie to slowly bake that the chef started teaching us how to cut onions and mince garlic. Nothing wrong with that, just a lot of standing and waiting that seemingly shouldn’t have happened. The one thing everyone on staff seemed prepared to do was push sign-ups for their other classes and products in the store (for which we were given a 10% off coupon). All in all, I was disappointed. This was supposed to be a nice gift for my wife’s birthday but it turned out to be a big let down. I would not recommend the Cozy Meal classes.

07/09/24

Chef Michael or Resident Chef

Cooking Classes WITH Chef Michael or Resident Chef

Baking With Brioche

French-Inspired Brunch

Thai Kitchen - Date Night

Charming Bakery Bites

Bakers Dozen - Family Fun

Bread-Making From Scratch

Italian Deliciousness - Date Night

Delicious Tacos

Bring French Freshness To Your Plate

Vibrant North African Fare

Regional French Classics

Homemade Pasta Delight

Handcrafted Japanese Delights

Sensational Spanish Flavors

Thailand Aromatic Kitchen - Date Night

Bite-Sized Antipasti

Perfect Steaks - Date Night

Perfecting Danish Pastries

Ramen Done Professionally

Sensational Cuisine - Date Night

Trio of Pastries

Spicy And Hot Chicken Nashville Way

Rich Thai Flavors

Seasonal French

Springtime Menu

Macarons And Dessert Night

Coastal New England Menu

Asian Flavor At Home

The Magic of French Pastries

Parisian Romance - Date Night

Springtime Cupcakes

Italian Cooking - Family Fun

Fresh Spring Cookies - Family Fun

Essential Culinary Skills - Knives

Freshness Of Italian Spring

Time For Some Madeleines

Tuscan Dinner - Date Night

The Best of Breads

Master Thai Cooking

Springtime Mealtime - Date Night

The Best of Chinese Cooking

Portugal in a Nutshell

French Bistro Cuisine

The Home Trattoria

Decadent Sweet Treats

Nonna's Secret Sauce

Master Pasta Making

Comforting Cuban Cuisine

Bon Appétit: Flavors of France

Lamination Station

Timeless Tastes of Vietnam

South American Steak - Date Night

Baking Elegant Macarons

All-Clad Mother's Day Brunch

Romantic Italian Cuisine - Date Night

Bake and Take: Apron and Cake

Treat Your Mom - Family Fun

Parisian Dream - Date Night

French Steak Special

French With a Flourish

The Apple of My Pie

Meatless Greek Mezze

Japanese Izakaya - Date Night

Home Pizzeria - Family Fun

Under the Tuscan Steak - Date Night

La Dolce Vita of Italian Flavors

The Ultimate Fried Chicken Feast

Classic Donuts

The Best of Thailand - Date Night

Sweet Bakeshop Creations - Kids' 5-Day Culinary Camp

Delicious Dim Sum

Indian Restaurant Favorites

Cook the Rainbow

Intro to Sushi Making

French Elegance - Date Night

Miraculous Macarons

Fresh Pasta at Home

Immersive Italian Trattoria - Date Night