Cooking Class - A Focus on Whole Foods

17 reviews

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What You’ll Do

Wholesome, nutritious ingredients are the focus in this menu brimming with freshness and flavor.

Explore the exciting, flavorful possibilities of a whole foods diet in this hands-on cooking class with Chef Charles as you discover simple ways to add more vegetables and nutritious ingredients into your meals.

First, you'll create vegetable flatbread featuring tomatoes, herbs and scallions, then prepare homemade pasta for a pappardelle dish with vegan sausage, shallots and mushrooms. A dessert of carrot cake bites made with fresh carrots and coconut and spiced with cinnamon will prove just how decadent and delicious a plant-based dessert can be!

Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during the class.

Your Menu

Pajeon

Vegetable flatbread with flour, egg, fresh herbs, tomatoes and scallions

Pappardelle Pasta With Vegan Sausage

With semolina flour, mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, shallots and garlic

Vegan Carrot Cake Bites

With almond butter, maple syrup, coconut flakes and cinnamon

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.

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 4
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 2.5 hours
Labels Date Night, Healthy, Mother's Day, Pasta Making, Vegetarian

Meet your chef

Chef Charles

17 reviews

After earning a culinary degree from the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Charles went on to gain what has now accumulated into 20 years of professional culinary experience. For the past eight years, Chef Charles has donned the executive chef title in Washington D.C. He is also an adjunct professor of culinary arts at Montgomery College and volunteers for a nonprofit teaching culinary demonstrations for at-risk kids.

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Cancellation Policy

Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.

What You’ll Do

Wholesome, nutritious ingredients are the focus in this menu brimming with freshness and flavor.

Your Menu

Pajeon

Vegetable flatbread with flour, egg, fresh herbs, tomatoes and scallions

Pappardelle Pasta With Vegan Sausage

With semolina flour, mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, shallots and garlic

Vegan Carrot Cake Bites

With almond butter, maple syrup, coconut flakes and cinnamon

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 4
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 2.5 hours
Labels Date Night, Healthy, Mother's Day, Pasta Making, Vegetarian

COVID-19 protocols this chef will implement are:

Social Distancing Friendly

Reviews

Reviews guests left for this experience

Jokebed

25 Apr 2021

Chef Charles is THE BEST! I wish I could give 10 stars. He is incredibly gracious and made the whole experience so fun and relaxing! Not to mention the food was amazing and we learned so much. Also the kitchen is beautiful and so organized. You can tell Chef Charles is passionate about cooking and teaching others to cook. We are very grateful for our time with Chef Charles!

Stephanie

16 Apr 2021

Chef Charles was incredible, could not recommend this experience enough! We learned so much and just truly enjoyed spending the time in Chef Charles’ company. He really knows his stuff and is a joy to spend an evening with

Jason

09 Apr 2021

Easy going guy and knows his stuff. Learned a lot of interesting things. It is unbelievable what you can do with 'whole foods'.

Julie

02 Apr 2021

Fantastic experience! Chef Charles was gracious and incredibly knowledgeable about his craft. I can’t recommend this experience enough! We had a blast and will definitely be back!

Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Charles

Brian

19 May 2021

The whole experience was incredible! From the moment we walked into his home, he made us feel welcome and as if we were old friends. We did the Thai class resulting in the best Thai food that I've found in the DC area. Chef Charles a top-notch educator, conversationalist, and chef, and I highly recommend him to anyone interested in an experience like this. I'll definitely be coming back for his other courses.

Marie

14 Apr 2021

Hands down the most fun cooking experience I ever had! Thank you Chef Charles for the information, conversation, food and hospitality.

Michael

12 Apr 2021

Chef Charles’ class was the favorite cooking class my wife and I have ever taken. He was extremely chill, funny, and allowed us to do as much or as little as we wanted. We learned a ton and had a great time getting to know Chef Charles and his space is amazing. Highly highly recommend.

Michael

11 Apr 2021

Chef Charles was very welcoming and taught us a lot about cooking in a very interactive experience. His recipe was delicious, and he walked us through each step of the process, letting us jump in as much or as little as we wanted. This was our first class, and we didn’t know what to expect; however, we had a great time and would highly recommend. Also, you make a good portion of food, so remember to pace yourself!

Amit

06 Apr 2021

Going into this experience I had no idea what to expect. I’ve never used cozy meal before. I have to say this is one of the best dining experiences I’ve had and I’ve lived around the DC area for 20 years. Chef Charles home is beautifully finished and very cozy and welcoming. The chef himself is intelligent, entertaining and charming. He instantly made everybody feel welcome in his home. He prepared spring rolls, pad Thai and mango sticky rice. There was abundant opportunity to jump into the cooking process at any point. He took his time and thoroughly explained what he was doing at each step and allowed diners to taste how the flavors changed as he added ingredients. There were people of various experience levels at the dinner and all thoroughly enjoyed it. I will definitely book again with chef Charles. I should also mention that the food was plentiful. I’m a very big guy with a large appetite and I was unable to finish my meal! So you will not leave hungry!

Erika

28 Mar 2021

It is so difficult to put into words how much we enjoyed this class with Chef Charles. We learned so much over the class, and the bonus was our tastebuds were in heaven and bellies were FULL!!! I would definitely, definitely, definitely recommend taking a class with Chef Charles.

Kimberly

25 Mar 2021

What a wonderful experience! I learned so many things. Chef Charles is an absolute gem, super sweet, patient and knowledgeable.

Zach

19 Mar 2021

Chef Charles was amazing! Such a nice person and super knowledgable. Food tasted fantastic!

17 Mar 2021

Chef Charles was very kind and professional. The kitchen was clean and organized and the food was amazing!

Ivory

15 Mar 2021

Amazing experience!

Zack

27 Feb 2021

Fantastic, a great evening

Shayna

30 Jan 2021

Chef Charles is an AMAZING Chef! We thoroughly enjoyed how he explained each ingredient and the importance of blending sauces to balance the taste. We were prepared to actively participate in the cooking, however watching Chef Charles passionately cook for us was an exhilarating experience. You can appreciate when a person is passionate about cooking when you notice how many spices they have and excitement of using fresh ingredients to put together a delicious meal. We will definitely come back to Chef Charles for another lovely experience and I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a pleasurable and extremely tasty meal.

Helene

01 Jan 2021

Our experience with Chef Charles exceeded all expectations. The thai cooking class was a gift for my husband-we like to cook together but beyond being able to follow recipes well enough we don't have much experience with or knowledge of this style of cooking and these flavor profiles. Chef was so organized, knowledgeable, skilled and clean-not to mention warm and pleasant!-and we couldn't have enjoyed the evening more. Amazing food! He let us take the lead on how much preparation we wanted to do versus how much we wanted to watch done, and he offered great stories, anecdotes, and explanation about the ingredients and the techniques. A thoroughly enjoyable experience!