Cooking Class - The Magic Of French Pastries

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What You’ll Do

Is there anything better than a staple French dessert when you crave sweets?

Learn how to make gorgeous desserts in this French pastry cooking class and learn from the best local chefs. Through their expert guidance, you will learn how to make and prepare dough before baking the pastries to golden. These melt-in-your-mouth delights will be a hit for anyone with a sweet tooth!

Tea, coffee and water will be provided. Guests are welcome to bring non-alcoholic beverages.

This class is suitable for ages 14+ with an adult present. Children under 17 must be accompanied by a paying adult. Class price is per person.

Details

Minimum Guests 1
Maximum Guests 16
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 2-2.5 hours
Labels Baking, French, Fun, Pastry
Additional information In this class you will be working hands-on in groups of four sharing work stations and equipment.

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Chef Michael or Resident Chef

32 reviews

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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What You’ll Do

Is there anything better than a staple French dessert when you crave sweets?

Details

Minimum Guests 1
Maximum Guests 16
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 2-2.5 hours
Labels Baking, French, Fun, Pastry
Additional information In this class you will be working hands-on in groups of four sharing work stations and equipment.

Reviews

Reviews guests left for this experience

Patricia

24 Apr 2024

The class was interesting with good information. The 2 1/2 hr. class turned out to be 3 1/2 hours long. Standing in pretty much one spot on a ceramic tile floor, for 3 1/2 hrs. was a killer for both me and my granddaughters . Stools would be nice. I also paid for 3 people and I believe that I didn't receive enough goodies in our box. That was disappointing. I think that each person should receive their own bus of goodies. I do want to add that our chef was knowledgeable, helpful and pleasant .

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SARAH

04 Aug 2024

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

Linda

10 Jul 2024

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

Roberto

09 Jul 2024

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.

BRIGHTON

03 May 2024

Very fun. Chef was fantastic with explaining procedure and etiquette

Elisa Frederick

20 Mar 2024

Food was delicious and staff were friendly and helpful. Wish had option of adding wine.

Markeeta

20 Mar 2024

We loved it!!!!

Ron Ingram

16 Feb 2024

Chef Donna did an excellent job orchestrating the group through the preparation and cooking process for the Pasta from Scratch class. She was engaging, fun and clearly very knowledgeable.

PRECIOUS

27 Jan 2024

Loved the experience! Very professional and fun!

Alison

07 Dec 2023

Fun and informative! Nice chefs and guests, good recipes and a couple of general techniques too!

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Valerie

30 Nov 2023

The chef was very personable and knowledgeable. The class was fun and the meal turned out delicious. One wish was maybe a glass of wine with the meal.

Gwen

30 Nov 2023

Great class. Learned a lot and the bread was delicious.

Carmen

30 Nov 2023

The French croissants class was excellent. Chef Eric was very helpful and the experience was great. Be prepared for an engaging hands-on class We learned a lot and had fun. The final products (sweet and savory croissants) were delicious.

Ladonna

30 Nov 2023

Absolutely delicious food! Really enjoyed the group and the chef leading the class.

Heidi

30 Nov 2023

Very helpful and informative, would definitely take other classes. Really enjoy being able to ask questions along the way.

Michelle

30 Nov 2023

We had a great time! Large group, very organized and fun! Food was delish! Never received the recipes from the class to make at home

Kelli

30 Nov 2023

We had a great time! John was great leading the class and the food was delicious! Will definitely take another class!

Paula

30 Nov 2023

The class was easy to follow, and I feel the recipes will be easy to replicate at home. This class should be 3 hrs long, not 2. The dough didn't have enough time to rise and didn't have enough time to bake. My focaccia bread wound up burning because the instructor was moving on with the class and the bread didn't get out of the oven fast enough.

Ernie

30 Nov 2023

Overall very informative. Adult only class would be a nice option.. Chef had amazing experience, very informative and knowledgeable. Should have a 5 min late policy. Late guests distracting. Would have liked a little quicker pace. Overall Very great seat up. Definitely an experience.

Randy

30 Nov 2023

Chef was attentive and helpful. Would have liked to taste it (!), but a health emergency ended the class early. Still waiting for the recipes.

Neal

30 Nov 2023

Love the class, and now is chef/instructor was great

Colleen

30 Nov 2023

My husband and I really enjoyed this class. We both learned some things, and had a great meal at the end. We would definitely recommend this date night class.

Sandra

30 Nov 2023

My husband and I had such great time. We have been wanting to take a cooking class together and highly recommend it.

Sandra

30 Nov 2023

My husband and I had such great time. We have been wanting to take a cooking class together and highly recommend it.

Sandra

30 Nov 2023

It was such a great class. I learned so much and can't wait to replicate the dishes at home.

Kevin

30 Nov 2023

Ethan's passion for cooking shows & made the class educational & fun! We look forward to seeing him again as well as the helpers. Thank you for sharing your passion to cook!

Oscar

30 Nov 2023

Great time! It was a simple enough meal to learn that helped us both expand our palette and culinary repetoire. Recommend for all. I would ask in the future exactly what you are going to learn.

Sergiu

30 Nov 2023

Great chef cook instructor. Fun ambience and learned a few things. Enjoyed it a lot!

Toni

30 Nov 2023

It was so much fun! Learned several techniques from Chef Miguel and the food was amazing. I believe the small class size helped. I would recommend this class.

Trisha

30 Nov 2023

Our family of 3 (including a teen son) really enjoyed this class. The recipes were easy to figure out and make, and it's nice to have the book to refer to the 3 things we made, as well as all of the other content. Chef Kelley was very helpful, friendly, and encouraging with our son!