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Hailing from India, Chef Avi’s passion for cooking brought him to Canada to pursue a culinary degree. His career has included time as an executive chef, restaurant manager and cooking instructor. Chef Avi’s sound technical knowledge as a professional chef and his positive demeanor combine in his cooking classes, creating an upbeat, relaxed learning environment.

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Ottawa Cooking Class: Authentic Indian Cuisine

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Chef Avi's Overall Rating

4.9 / 5

Based on 22 reviews

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Jason

02/25/26

Chef Avi was personable and a well of knowledge - he taught is a tonne or little tricks to improve the way we cook at home and provided a hands-on lesson in knife skills. The 4 course Indian meal was delicious and the entire experience was first rate. We would definitely do another event with Chef Avi!

02/25/26

Geoff

02/23/26

The Masala chicken was amazing and the Rice pudding waff his grandmother's recipe and was the best I've ever had!

02/23/26

Yves

02/23/26

We cooked: -Ghate Garam -Red Lentil Soup With mire poix, bay leaves, chicken broth and cilantro -Chicken Tikka Masala and Basmati Rice Pilaf With tomatoes, yogurt and spices -Mango Rice Pudding With milk, sugar and essences Chef Avi was excellent. He gave us a lot of information about knifes and cutting techniques, we learned about new vegetables that we didn’t know and had the chance to taste them. We also learned a lot about how to select vegetables and difference that we didn’t know (like the sex of peppers

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02/23/26

Chris

07/24/23

I booked Avi as a surprise for my wife’s birthday and wow - he delivered! Not only was Avi a great conversationalist on a wide range of topics, he is incredibly knowledgeable about unique spices and ingredients that make a dish sing! He also is health conscious and provided valuable advice for places to buy high quality ingredients at bargain prices. We spent a lot of time laughing and my wife said it was was the best birthday surprise ever! #winning

07/24/23

Jesse

03/26/23

Chef Avi was awesome! Super knowledgeable coupled with a warm and kind demeanour. I’d absolutely spend another evening with Chef Avi again. Thanks chef for the great meal and time spent.

03/26/23

Ryan

02/17/22

Chef Avi provided an absolutely delightful culinary experience. Extremely knowledgeable on many different cooking techniques from different cultures and was very friendly and communicable. Showed us many new tips and tricks in the kitchen and never hesitated to make the best use of a learning opportunity. Chef Avi came prepared and shared with us his experiences as a chef and business owner. He was very flexible in working with people with varying culinary skills, and was able to adapt the recipes to individualized palates. He is a 5/5 recommendation for someone looking to try Cozymeal's services and is a great representation of a professional and passionate chef.

02/17/22

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