Cooking Class - Chef-Focused Feast

What You’ll Do

Celebrate a special occasion with a classic French menu.

Explore the techniques of classic French cuisine in this cooking class. Led by a gourmet chef, you'll learn how to season and fry a juicy cut of meat for steak au poivre and layer thinly sliced potatoes for pommes Anna. Serve your main entrée with braised leeks in a tarragon mustard vinaigrette. Dessert is a rich chocolate crêpe with Chantilly cream.

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 Beginner, French, Fusion, Gourmet, Mediterranean
  • Additional information In this class you will be working hands-on in groups of four sharing work stations and equipment.

Meet your chef


In 2004, Chef Paula followed her passion for food at L’Academie de Cuisine, graduating at the top of her class in 2005. Beginning as a Sous Chef in the Executive Dining Room at the Washington Post, Chef Paula went on to spend a decade crafting regional recipes before advancing to Executive Chef. After a brief hiatus, her love for food drew her back to teaching, where she now shares her enthusiasm for cooking with each of her students.

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

Celebrate a special occasion with a classic French menu.

Explore the techniques of classic French cuisine in this cooking class. Led by a gourmet chef, you'll learn how to season and fry a juicy cut of meat for steak au poivre and layer thinly sliced potatoes for pommes Anna. Serve your main entrée with braised leeks in a tarragon mustard vinaigrette. Dessert is a rich chocolate crêpe with Chantilly cream.

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 Beginner, French, Fusion, Gourmet, Mediterranean
  • 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

Kerry

Kerry

29 Sep 2024

Paid for a booking for 5 but called on Fri as one had Covid. Called again this morning as second person was ill. When I checked in chef was quite rude as the person I spoke to hadn’t told them. Also no one spoke to me about refund since first party size reduction was over 48 hours. When you pay almost $100 person you expect certain things. Safety is utmost. Took our mandolin protector to give to another group and told us offhandedly to use a towel. Spent 90% of the time dealing with that same group and got irritated when other groups asked for help. We had no salt and pepper, butter, some other ingredients were missing and again chef got annoyed with us. Unacceptable. Certain chefs may be great in the kitchen but not instructors. This was one of those occasions. Chef did not know recipe and so did not instruct well at all. Class ran over and recipes were not available. This class was disorganized and honestly expected much higher quality for . Will never attend or recommend this to anyone.

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Geneive

Geneive

26 Jan 2025

The entire experience was false advertising. First of all, the person leading the class was not Chef Paul or a chef at all. When selecting a class, I based my decision largely on the chef. Second, the lesson was totally rushed. Some parts of the meal were already prepared beforehand. We were so rushed we could not even learn along the way -- or hear the instructor -- how we were preparing the meal. We were told to take the instructions home and read them later. As a result, the "class" was 1.5 hours, not two hours as advertised, with an 8-minute break so the potatoes could cook. I could have stayed at home and read from a cookbook and had the same experience. For $100 per person, it came up short and I would like a refund.

Eran

Eran

06 Oct 2024

The chef was friendly, polite and knowledgeable. He took us through all the steps carefully, and was very helpful. I enjoyed the session.