Craft an authentic and rustic French-inspired meal with Chef Avi.
In this interactive cooking class, Chef Avi will guide you as you create authentic French fare completely from scratch, learn knife skills and French culinary history, and bring life to fresh fruits, vegetables and meats.
Begin in the traditional way with an amuse bouche before learning the secrets to a balanced bistro salad with nuts and homemade dressing. Then, discover how to make a classic coq au vin using the flavors of rich red wine and root vegetables, and bake an apple-raisin galette for dessert.
Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during the class.
With seafood, cream cheese, bell peppers, biscuits and vegetables
Bistro Salad
With spring mix, onions, wine and assorted nuts
Coq au Vin
With chicken, wine, mushrooms, smoked turkey and mire poix
Apple Raisin Galette
With cinnamon and sesame seeds
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
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.
Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.This experience is not refundable as it includes a meal kit.
Chef Avi will travel to guests within Ottawa for this experience.
Craft an authentic and rustic French-inspired meal with Chef Avi.
In this interactive cooking class, Chef Avi will guide you as you create authentic French fare completely from scratch, learn knife skills and French culinary history, and bring life to fresh fruits, vegetables and meats.
Begin in the traditional way with an amuse bouche before learning the secrets to a balanced bistro salad with nuts and homemade dressing. Then, discover how to make a classic coq au vin using the flavors of rich red wine and root vegetables, and bake an apple-raisin galette for dessert.
Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during the class.
With seafood, cream cheese, bell peppers, biscuits and vegetables
Bistro Salad
With spring mix, onions, wine and assorted nuts
Coq au Vin
With chicken, wine, mushrooms, smoked turkey and mire poix
Apple Raisin Galette
With cinnamon and sesame seeds
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
Avi was an excellent chef, we had a great night and great conversation. I would definitely recommend to anyone, 10/10!
Jessica
28 Jan 2025
We had a fantastic time with Chef Avi. We enjoyed our delicious meal, his interesting food facts and the flowing conversation. What a great evening@
Deborah
15 May 2024
Chef Avi was amazing. He was so patient with us, encouraged us all to interact, and we all left having learned so much. And the meal was outstanding. He really made it fun!
Amy
05 Mar 2024
Great knowledge, very friendly. portion was amazing and we were so grateful for the extra food. Good value for money. It would have been nice to be more a part of the cooking as I did indicate that I would like to learn knife techniques and such. I only peeled a carrot.
Appointment/event went 2.5 hours overtime and this was a struggle. We never eat that late and it inhibited my enjoyment of the meal. I could hardly eat anything due to usually being in bed before 9:30.
I usually do tip but I needed to pay extra for the travel to Limoges. This is the only reason I did not tip.
Karen and Mark
29 Dec 2023
We had a wonderful evening. Great food, great discussion and some laughs. Thanks Avi!
Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Avi
Darren Hodder
04 Jul 2025
Thank you Chef Avi for such a memorable evening! The food we made is still blowing my mind for how incredible it tasted. Thanks for all you've shown and taught us as well.
Sean
23 Feb 2025
Very good.
Amanda
26 Jan 2025
Great food and great company! Thank you!
Justin
15 Dec 2024
Very tasty food and he accommodated gluten allergies
Benjamin
05 Jun 2024
We had a fabtastoc meal, Chef Avi did a great job.
Jared Carden
04 Jun 2024
Thoroughly enjoyed the experience with Chef Avi. I would have him again!
Anne
19 Nov 2023
He was awesome and had a lot fun and lots of learning. Thank you chef for teaching us so many tricks and sharing your experiences in the kitchen. Great night.
Paul
27 Sep 2023
What a fabulous experience. The conversation was sparkling and informative, the food was amazingly delicious, and the spicing was perfection. We would highly recommend Avi for your personal meal and class or your group catering.
Chris
24 Jul 2023
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
Jesse
26 Mar 2023
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.
Ryan
17 Feb 2022
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.
