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Chef Laura grew up in a food-industry Italian family in Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State before working as an accountant in Washington D.C. In 2008, she traveled to Italy to learn classic pasta making, and was hooked. Shortly thereafter, Chef Laura attended L'Academie de Cuisine where she learned French cooking methods, and in 2009 she began working as a personal chef. Chef Laura enjoys teaching proper cooking techniques rather than particular recipes.

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Washington, D.C. Food Tour + Drink Upgrade: A Toast to Washington, D.C.

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Sip and savor the best bites and beverages as you explore the neighborhood of Georgetown. Elevate your Georgetown food tour with an upgraded drinks package featuring locally crafted kombucha, seasonal cocktails and refreshing local beer. This enhanced experience perfectly pairs history, flavor and signature D.C....

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A Taste of Washington, D.C.

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Learn how to slice and dice like a professional with Chef Laura. Sharpen your knife skill as you prepare three courses completely from scratch! Chef Laura will teach you and your partner basic knife skills that you'll hone as you chop ingredients for two inventive salads that can be easily recreated at home. Begin...

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Discover the secrets of simple sauces in this indulgent class with Chef Laura. Relax with a friend or partner as Chef Laura expertly demystifies deglazing, showing you how to make easy one-pan sauces and how to modify them easily to suit every occasion. Begin by making succulent pan-seared scallops paired with a...

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Mushrooms, mushrooms and more mushrooms! Find a fellow Mycophile — mushroom lover — and join Chef Laura for this guide through mushrooms from A to Z. From cleaning to prepping and cooking, Chef Laura will teach you everything you need to know — plus a few tips you didn't even know you needed to know — to...

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Join Chef Laura on a journey to restore your health with the ketogenic diet. Chef Laura utilizes her vast expertise as a chef to introduce the keto diet in a way you will understand. The chef follows this food plan and is ready to share her knowledge with you! The ketogenic diet is involves eating a high-fat,...

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Chef Laura will show you how to celebrate Valentine's Day the Italian way with homemade pasta. This romantic menu celebrates the Italian roots of St. Valentine's Day, and features handmade pasta crafted with high-quality ingredients and cooking techniques that have stood the test of time. Begin the hands-on...

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Keto Italian Recipes

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Discover a menu of low-carb, keto-friendly Italian recipes in this interactive experience with Chef Laura. In this hands-on class with Chef Laura, you will learn how to prepare a gourmet four-course Italian menu using a bevy of easy-to-master cooking techniques as well as fresh, high-quality, keto-friendly...

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Cutting Edge Knife Skills

$85

Cooking Class

$85

Sharpen your skills and feast on three incredible courses with Chef Laura. Fresh produce and protein are perfect canvases to practice knife-cutting techniques. In this class with Chef Laura you'll learn basic knife skills from Chef Laura to keep you safe and to save you time in the kitchen. You'll begin with a Thai...

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Sauces for Seafood and Poultry

$85

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$85

Learn how to craft simple sauces that turn dinners into events. Chef Laura will show you how to create simple, one-pan sauces completely from scratch using high-quality ingredients. She will then show you how to recreate these same sauces with varying combinations of wines, vinegar, stocks and herbs for an...

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Chef Laura's Overall Rating

5.0 / 5

Based on 23 reviews

Reviews guests left for Chef Laura

Erin

01/17/20

What a fun night! Chef Laura was an excellent teacher and host. We honed our knife skills chopping up veggies for the soup, stuffed mushrooms, and sauce. We learned all about different types of mushrooms and how to clean and cook them. So many things to learn! And in the end, the meal was delicious and we had plenty of leftovers to take home along with the recipes. (My mother-in-law was also pleased that she and Chef Laura attended the same university... LOL.)

01/17/20

Andrew

09/16/19

Chef Laura was a wonderful host. We learned a ton that we could use beyond the class, and the food was delicious. Big fun.

09/16/19

Clio

09/16/19

We loved Chef Laura’s mushroom lovers class. The food was delicious and we learned great tips and tricks (including some useful knife skills). She printed the recipes out for us at the end so we could recreate the meal. Chef Laura was kind, encouraging, and knowledgeable. Highly recommend!

09/16/19

Sam

12/17/16

I had a really great cooking class with Chef Laura when I was in the DMV area. I’d really recommend her to anyone looking for a cool, hands on experience with a great chef.

12/17/16

Sam

06/25/16

I'm still thinking of the beef and mushroom we had in Chef Laura's cooking class during our trip to Washington, DC. Laura is a very experienced and super nice chef. She knows a lot, can explains things well and can really help you make delicious dishes (as she demonstrated in the case of the beef with mushrooms) that are much better than the food in almost all restaurants. I also like her style of cooking which is low in fat and rather healthy especially for a red meat dish. The mushroom soup also turned out to be delicious although maybe a little bit too salty - but don't worry, you can always make the stock thinner as the chef explained ;)

06/25/16

Brooke

06/24/16

I am extremely picky about salads, a good salad needs to be crunchy and flavorful and fresh and varied. It should have balanced flavors and leave you wanting another bite. Chef Laura's salads are miraculous. They are symphonies of harmonious flavors that combine in the most amazing ways. Sweet mango, crunchy Jicama and peanuts in an Vietnamese-style dressing. She easily demonstrates how to combine fresh ingredients to make mouthwatering salads but also shares her secrets for simple techniques like chopping and knifework. Highly recommended.

06/24/16

Chef Laura

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Timeless Tex-Mex From Scratch - Family Fun

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Classy Italian Spread

A Toast to Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C.'s Top Gourmet Eats

Spanish Flavor Extravanganza

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Bonding Over Bourguignon

Homemade Pasta and Panna Cotta

Making Macaron Magic

Pappardelle Pasta From Scratch

Cooking Classes WITH Chef Laura THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE

Mushroom Lovers Menu

Cutting Edge Knife Skills for 2

Sauces for Seafood and Poultry for 2

Mushroom Menu for Lovers (or Friends) for 2

Intro to the Keto Diet

Valentine's Fare With Italian Flare

Keto Italian Recipes

Cutting Edge Knife Skills

Sauces for Seafood and Poultry