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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Mardi Gras Flavors
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Recreate iconic dishes from the heart of New Orleans. Discover the unique culinary influences of The Big Easy at an interactive cooking class with a pro chef. Following the chef’s lead, you’ll make popcorn shrimp with Bloody Mary aioli for dipping plus chicken and sausage gumbo with dirty rice. Finally, indulge in...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Staples of Italy From-Scratch
$119
Cooking Class
$119
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.
Start with a vibrant...
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Chef Andy or Resident Chef
Chicago (Lower West Side)
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Spanish Fiesta Favorites
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Go on a culinary adventure through the diverse tastes of Spain. In this interactive cooking class, you won’t need a passport to travel through Spain’s most iconic dishes. Instead, you’ll follow along with the chef tutor as they show you how to prepare pork loin with a Mediterranean romesco sauce, Brussels...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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The Art of Comforting Baking
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Learn dough-making techniques to create scones, bread and cinnamon rolls. This cooking class invites you to explore the art of baking, focusing on versatile dough-making techniques. Chef Andy will guide you through creating a selection of savory and sweet baked goods from scratch.
Begin by preparing buttery, flaky...
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Chef Andy or Resident Chef
Chicago (Lower West Side)
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Culinary Caribbean Journey
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Get fresh kitchen inspiration as you explore Caribbean cuisine. Savor fresh ingredients and striking flavors from the heart of the Caribbean at a colorful cooking class. Start by prepping tostones (double-fried plantain slices) with a creamy garlic mojo sauce on the side for dipping. Then move on to jerk chicken with...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Classic Dinner in France
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Embrace the flavors of classic French bistro fare and enhance your culinary skills. Discover the art of fine French cuisine at an interactive cooking class. You’ll pick up key kitchen skills as you sear steak and prepare a flambéed brandy and mustard sauce and make side dishes of truffled pommes Dauphine and salade...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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Ultimate French Pastries
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Add new skills to your kitchen repertoire with a practical session on fine French patisserie. In this hands-on cooking class, you’ll learn techniques including making laminated dough and crispy choux pastry. You’ll use these as a base to make palmiers crusted with lemon sugar and eclairs coated with a glossy layer...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Winter-Inspired Parisian Dinner
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn to prepare a seasonal French supper. Add some winter inspiration to your recipe repertoire with a cooking class devoted to warming French dishes. The expert chef tutor will guide you through the process of roasting, mixing and balancing flavors to create a complete French bistro menu including roast chicken with...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Fundamental Italian Flavors
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Add Italian-inspired recipes to your repertoire. Perfect for beginner and advanced cooks, this practical cooking class will show you how to prepare a complete Italian menu. Following the chef tutor’s instructions, you’ll prepare chicken cooked beneath a brick to enhance its flavor, plus a side of delicate and...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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Spotlight on Italian Desserts
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn time-honored techniques to create heavenly Italian desserts. Practice traditional Italian methods to make a selection of the country’s best-loved desserts in this sweet cooking class. Guided by a talented chef, you’ll discover crisp cannoli with creamy ricotta and orange zest plus a classic pear crostata. No...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Feast of Italian Seafood
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Embrace the delicious simplicity of fresh seafood. Get hands-on at a bellisimo cooking class of Italian coastal delights. Focussing on fresh fruit de mer, this session will teach you how to prepare mussels with white wine, garlic and herbs plus a sweet pea ravioli with basil and mint pesto and crispy prosciutto....
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Easy Peasy Pasta From Scratch
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Add a new string to your culinary repertoire at a pasta-focused session. In this interactive cooking class, you’ll discover the techniques and a few tricks to make pasta from scratch. An expert will teach you how to mix dough, shape and roll into pasta so you get perfect results every time. You’ll also cook up...
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chef Will Be Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)
Requires Proof of Vaccine
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