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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Luxurious French Menu
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Add a new set of recipes to your culinary routine. Delve into fine French fare in this cooking class. You'll join a world-class chef for fun and engaging sessions focused on traditional techniques and authentic ingredients. Learn how to pan-roast chicken with herbs and whole-grain mustard sauce. Next, make truffled...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
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Prime Parisian Fare - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Share an evening of gourmet kitchen fun with your favorite sous chef. Enter the kitchen for a date night cooking class that recreates the romance of an evening in Paris. You'll have first-class tickets to instruction with an expert chef as you learn to create scallops in beurre blanc sauce, au gratin potatoes with...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
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Fantastic Macarons for Fall
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Add seasonal magic to your dessert tray with these French classics. This unique creation from the bakery traditions of Paris becomes a cooking class that captures the spirit of the autumn season. With your exceptional baking coach guiding you, you'll use a piping bag to create flawless meringue shells in soothing fall...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Pub Fare With a Southern Twist
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Bring your pub favorites home with this unique culinary session. Led by a world-class chef, this cooking class shares recipes and techniques for recreating pub-style favorites. Master the art of homemade pretzels and beer cheese dip. Next, make Buffalo cauliflower with a fresh ranch dip. You'll also prepare...
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Korean BBQ Classics
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Plan the perfect Korean cook-out using authentic techniques and ingredients. Led by a gourmet chef, this cooking class explores the flavors and aromas of classic Korean cuisine. Begin by slicing ingredients for grilled bulgogi beef lettuce wraps. Next, use cast iron cookware to make scallion pancakes. You'll also make...
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Favorites From Thailand
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Skip takeout and learn how to prepare your favorite Thai recipes at home. Led by a gourmet chef, this cooking class explores the flavors and aromas of authentic Thai cuisine. Learn traditional techniques as you prepare street food-style corn and lime fritters. Mix spices to make panang coconut curry with shrimp and...
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Downton Abbey 3 - Inspired Menu
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Relive the culinary scene of your favorite episodes of Downton Abbey. Head into the kitchen with a Downton Abbey-inspired menu in this cooking class. With step-by-step guidance from an esteemed chef, you'll learn traditional techniques to prepare recipes such as green beans almondine, truffled pommes Dauphine and...
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Bold Latin American Menu
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Explore authentic Latin American cuisine using fresh ingredients and traditional techniques. Led by a gourmet chef, this cooking class is the perfect way to add new flavors to your weekly routine. Begin by making Peruvian spice-rubbed grilled chicken. You'll also prepare rice and black-eyed peas with spicy chorizo and...
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Romantic Bavarian Menu - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Indulge a shared love of classic German cuisine. Invite your significant other to join this cooking class, which focuses on authentic Bavarian recipes and cooking techniques. Led by a gourmet chef, you'll slice apples and fennel for a fresh salad topped with whole-grain mustard vinaigrette. Next, prepare traditional...
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Bake Your Own Croissants
$99
Cooking Class
$99
With this insightful session, croissants become a simple homemade sensation. Discover the wonders of creating your own handcrafted croissants in a cooking class that dives deep into the traditions of Parisian baking. You'll work side by side with an expert baker who'll show you how to prepare your own laminated dough...
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Chef-Selected Dishes - Date Night
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Your esteemed host has chosen a magnificent menu filled with romantic fare. Your evening out becomes a more creative experience with this hands-on date night cooking class worked into your plans. Your entertaining host instructor leads a lesson in the layered enchantment of a pork tenderloin filled Wellington,...
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Fresh From the Garden Italian
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Discover the joys of homemade Italian cuisine. Join a gourmet chef for this cooking class featuring fresh fruit, vegetables and scratch-made pasta. You'll learn how to combine flour and water into fresh fettuccine pasta and simmer a hearty carbonara sauce. Toss lacinato kale, corn, heirloom tomatoes and nectarines...
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chef Will Be Wearing a Mask (Upon Request)
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