Beginner Cooking Classes in Naperville
Take your skills from culinary beginner to kitchen-savvy cook under the guidance of world-class chefs with beginner cooking classes in Naperville. Learn foundational techniques from knife work to plating from top-rated professionals while exploring your favorite cuisines. Try your hand at making fresh, homemade pasta, creamy hummus, colorful paella and other international delights or keep it close to home while elevating Midwestern comfort classics. Start your culinary journey by booking a class today!
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Delicious Homemade Italian Meals
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Explore the flavors of little Italy with this cooking class. Jump into the kitchen by joining a delicious homemade Italian meals cooking class. Listen to a top-rated chef on how to prepare and cook some classic Italian feasts. Learn to make a succulent chicken parmesan with fresh tomato sauce and pair it with fresh...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Staples of Italy From-Scratch
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Create risotto, Chicken Marsala and tiramisù - a trio of Italian best. This cooking class offers an in-depth exploration of Italy’s culinary treasures. Chef Andy will guide you through a three-course menu, teaching traditional techniques that celebrate the essence of Italian cooking.
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Restaurant-Style Seafood Feast
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Cook a traditional seafood menu in this hands-on cooking class. Cook a full seafood-focused menu in this hands-on cooking class in Naperville. Learn how to achieve crispy skin salmon with lemon and dill butter, steam mussels marinières and perfectly poach shrimp. You’ll also watch a fish butchery demonstration with...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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Great British Baking Essential Treats
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Step into the kitchen to learn the essential treats from England in this cooking class. Bring the classic British desserts to your home by taking a great British baking essential treats cooking class. Follow the instructions from a master chef on how to make the best Victoria sponge cake with cream and strawberry jam...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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French Kitchen in Spring
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Experience elegant French spring cooking with seasonal ingredients. Celebrate seasonal French flavors in this hands-on cooking class in Naperville. Learn how to pan-sear salmon with a white wine pan sauce, grill asparagus with tarragon and chive butter and prepare light sweet pea soufflés. You’ll also mix a...
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Make Refined French Spring Treats
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Bake vibrant French spring desserts with floral flavors. Bake delicate French-inspired desserts in this hands-on cooking class in Naperville. Learn how to make lemon poppy seed madeleines, lavender shortbread cookies, honey chamomile panna cotta and almond financiers from start to finish. Chef Jesse or a resident chef...
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Thailand's Delicate Culinary Balance
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Thai food is easy to prepare with the tips you'll learn in this cooking class. In this cooking class, learn to craft restaurant-style Thai dishes at home. A master chef will teach you the art of balancing flavors, frying crisp shrimp, and simmering green curry sauce. Each dish is flavorful, loaded with healthy, fresh...
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Simple Paella for Beginners
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Learn how to make a restaurant-style paella in this cooking class. Explore the flavors of Spain in this interactive cooking class in Naperville. With guidance from Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll cook two styles of paella, one featuring seafood and one with chicken and chorizo. You’ll focus on building...
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Sweet and Savory Croissant Skills
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn how to use laminated dough for delightful sweet and savory pastry treats. Shine a spotlight on sweet and savory dough creations at this immersive cooking class led by a five-star chef. Watch the chef demonstrate key techniques before you get hands-on experience making a laminated dough and use it to make both...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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A Taste of Provence
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Discover modern Southern French flavors with seasonal classics. Prepare a well-rounded French spring meal in this fun cooking class in Naperville. Guided by Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll make roasted chicken Provençal, green beans and tomato salad, herbed rice pilaf and flourless chocolate cake with crème...
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Make a Classic Surf and Turf Dinner - Date Night
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Craft a memorable steakhouse-style menu in this cooking class. Enjoy a coastal-inspired steakhouse menu in this interactive cooking class in Naperville. With guidance from Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll grill steak and shrimp, prepare scallion pesto, season asparagus with chermoula and build a bright couscous...
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Making Macarons Just For Mom
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Mom will love the elegant macarons you create in this fun and engaging cooking class. Join a three-hour interactive cooking class to craft indulgent macarons with hints of peach and champagne and chocolate crème brûlée. A master chef will guide you in perfecting batter construction, coloration and meringue...
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