Beginner Cooking Classes in Chicago
Novice cooks have nothing to fear with beginner cooking classes in Chicago. Now you can learn all the basics culinary skills you need to succeed in an informative and entertaining environment. Expert chefs are ready to show you the techniques in preparing outstanding meals in a variety of cuisines. Learn about knife skills, culinary language, seasoning and spices, proper ways to cook meat, pasta and more, even how to prepare a delectable dessert. Come a beginner, leave a professional.
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CHEF’S PLACE OR YOUR PLACE
Pop-up Class
Great for Groups of 10-50
Craft Pasta With Your Crew - Chicago
$85
Team Building Activity
$85
Compete, create and carb-load in this fun pasta-making showdown led by a pasta chef in Chicago. Get ready for a high-energy pasta-making showdown your group will be talking about for weeks! In this lively team building activity in Chicago, you and your crew will mix, knead and shape fresh pasta dough before simmering...
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Chicago
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CHEF TRAVELS TO YOU
Essential Dim Sum
$115
Cooking Class
$115
Explore an incredible array of Asian dishes prepared with a hearty helping of tradition. The time-honored traditions of dim sum comes to your home kitchen in this interactive cooking class with Chef Janet. She'll teach you how to create your own classic spread brimming with fresh flavor.
Begin by creating shrimp...
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Chef Janet
Serving the Chicago area
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CHEF’S PLACE OR YOUR PLACE
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.
Start with a vibrant...
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Chef Andy or Resident Chef
Chicago (Lower West Side)
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Vegetarian Indian Classics
$125
Cooking Class
$125
Discover authentic Indian dishes to add to your line-up of vegetarian recipes. Indulge in your favorite Indian dishes in this vegetarian cooking class. Whatever your skill level, Chef Rakhi will teach you how to cook traditional meals with unique spices and aromas you’ll love to recreate at home.
You’ll begin...
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Chef Rakhi
Chicago (North Center)
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Top-Notch Cutting Techniques
$69
Cooking Class
$69
Gain a necessary advantage in the kitchen by sharpening up your knife skills. No matter how much culinary experience you have, you can elevate your talents in this cooking class focused on the art of knifework. Discover preferred uses for a variety of knives while practicing gourmet methods for preparing various...
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Chef William or Resident Chef
Skokie
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Make a Flavorful Spring Meal
$109
Cooking Class
$109
Celebrate spring seasonal meals in this hands-on cooking session. Learn to prepare a seasonal spring meal in this fun cooking class in Naperville. Guided by Chef Jesse or a resident chef, you’ll make herb-marinated steak with blue cheese butter, asparagus salad with thyme vinaigrette and prosciutto crisps, roasted...
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Chef Jesse or Resident Chef
Naperville (Downtown)
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Make a Vibrant French Meal
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Explore a French seasonal dinner through spring inspiration in this guided session. Explore springtime French flavors in this interactive cooking class in Chicago. With guidance from Chef Eric or a resident chef, you’ll grill steak, prepare a seasonal salad with mustard vinaigrette, bake a savory tarte Tatin and...
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Chef Eric or Resident Chef
Chicago (Streeterville)
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CHEF’S PLACE OR YOUR PLACE
Pop-up Class
Great for Groups of 10-50
Make Dumplings With Your Crew - Chicago
$85
Team Building Activity
$85
Fold, pleat and battle your way through Chicago’s ultimate dumpling-making showdown. Get ready for a lively, laugh-filled dumpling-making team building activity in Chicago! You’ll learn how to make global dumpling favorites like gyoza, bao and wontons before jumping into the challenge.
Fold, pinch, pleat and...
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Chicago
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Homemade Pasta Methodology
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Discover the culinary magic of making your own homemade pasta and ravioli fillings from scratch. This insightful cooking class with Chef Janet is your guide to homemade ravioli prepared by hand. You'll create this timeless Italian dish surrounded by a selection of sides for a meal filled with exciting Old World...
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Chef Janet
Serving the Chicago area
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CHEF’S PLACE
Great for Groups of 14-30
Classic Latin-Inspired Tacos
$169
Team Building Activity
$169
Take your team out of their comfort zone with this culinary team-focused experience. Join Chef Andy for this team building cooking class where your crew will gather outside of the office and collaborate on handcrafting a three-course menus with tacos as the featured dish.
After preparing elote cups with warm...
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Chef Andy or Resident Chef
Chicago (Fulton Market)
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Garden-Fresh Springtime Cooking
$89
Cooking Class
$89
Make a spring-inspired meal from start to finish in this cooking session. Learn to prepare a seasonal spring meal in this fun cooking class in Skokie (Chicago). Guided by Chef William or a resident chef, you’ll make herb-marinated steak with blue cheese butter, asparagus salad with thyme vinaigrette and prosciutto...
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Chef William or Resident Chef
Skokie
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Classic Spring Feast
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Celebrate fresh spring ingredients in this hands-on cooking experience. Celebrate seasonal flavors in this hands-on cooking class in Chicago. Learn how to prepare herb-marinated steak topped with blue cheese butter, an asparagus salad with thyme vinaigrette and prosciutto crisps and perfectly roasted potatoes with...
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Chef Eric or Resident Chef
Chicago (Streeterville)
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