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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Craft Classic Dumplings
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn to handle dumpling dough and wrappers with ease. Learn the basics of dumpling making in this hands-on cooking class in Naperville. Practice shaping and cooking three classic styles: steamed dumplings, boiled wontons for soup and pan-fried gyoza. You’ll also prepare simple dipping sauces to pair with each type....
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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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Chef Andy or Resident Chef
Chicago (Lower West Side)
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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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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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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 Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Rustic Breads From Italy
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Discover the secrets to making different types of bread from around the globe at a baking masterclass. There’s nothing better than slicing into a fresh crusty loaf that you’ve made yourself and this bread-making cooking class can show you how. Led by the chef tutor, you’ll master making dough from scratch and...
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Naperville (Downtown)
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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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Elegant French Bistro Supper
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Discover classical French cooking at its finest. Take a trip to a French bistro in this practical cooking class. Guided by a pro chef you’ll develop kitchen skills and confidence as you cook classic French onion soup, pan-roasted chicken with a satisfying Cognac sauce and green beans with a lemon vinaigrette....
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Essential Heat Techniques
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Learn versatile methods for controlling heat in the kitchen. Build your confidence with high-heat cooking in this hands-on cooking class in Naperville. Practice grilling radicchio for a smoky salad with beets and oranges, pan-searing strip steak with shallot and herb compound butter and braising leeks topped with a...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Thai Flavor Fundamentals
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Jump aboard for a culinary journey through vibrant Thai dishes. In this fascinating cooking class, you’ll discover the secrets to making fresh Thai food that’s bursting with flavor. Guided by your chef tutor, you’ll prep ingredients, handle spices and learn traditional recipes as you cook chicken pad Thai with...
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Valentine Macarons
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Treat your special someone to a plateful of magical macarons handmade with love. Become a macaron master by picking up classic techniques and a few professional secrets in this cooking class. Experience the joy of precision patisserie as you mix a batter, pipe and bake to create two distinctive treats:...
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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 Will Be Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)
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