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Cooking Class - Paris Bistro Classics
Cooking Class - Paris Bistro Classics
Feel like you have been transported to Paris with these classic French bistro dishes.
Take a trip to a Paris bistro with Chef John, and learn how to create the dishes served in these intimate restaurants that focus on quality ingredients and simple, hearty fare.
Begin the first course with mussels, bacon and white wine, then you'll learn how to craft the perfect cheese soufflé served with greens and bread. Your entrée is a hearty beef and vegetable stew slow cooked with red wine, and the final course is an experience unto itself: gateaux de chocolate. This popular dessert has a hint of coffee and is perfect when paired with ice cream.
Guests are welcome to purchase wine and beer from the venue.
Moules a la Normande
With mussels, lardons and white wine
Soufflé au Fromage
With eggs, comté cheese, mesclun greens and sourdough
Boeuf Bourguignon
With onion, carrots, wine, potato purée and parsnip chips
Gateaux de Chocolate
With hazelnuts, praline and ice cream
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.
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 12
- Meal Courses 4
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Labels Date Night, French, Gourmet, Group, Holiday, Mother's Day
Reviews guests left for this experience
Deb
20 May 2023
The food was delicious and the experience was super fun. I had no idea you could instruct that many people all at once. Thank you for a very entertaining Friday night and unique experience for my friend's birthday ?
Karen
19 Mar 2023
What a great experience! We have now participated in two cooking classes, Spanish Tapas and Paris Bistro, and both were thoroughly enjoyable. Chef John leads the evening in a way that is both educational and fun, offering tips that go beyond the meal you are creating, and we've left both classes feeling inspired. We liked our first night so much we invited friends along to the second and we highly recommend this experience with Chef John!
Carol
28 Mar 2022
We really enjoyed our experience! We liked how he explained every step and the purpose behind the process. Overall, Chef John is very knowledgeable and able to teach those with varying cooking backgrounds. It was so fun and entertaining and, most of all, incredibly delicious! Thank you!
Anu
26 Mar 2022
Had a really good time and learned to make mussels and souffle for the first time! Looking forward to the tapas class :)
Sheri Murdoch
10 Dec 2021
Such a fun night cooking with Chef John. The menu was a perfect selection of Paris Bistro favorites and I can't wait to cook them again at home. Really looking forward to our next class
Vincent
13 Nov 2021
Hi Chef John, we really enjoyed enjoyed your class. You made it extremely fun and entertaining. It was a perfect blend of learning to cook and enjoy some chef prepared items. Thankful we didn’t have to wait until the very end to eat. Also, the dining area was also cute. Thanks again for the very enjoyable evening!
Sam
13 Nov 2021
Wonderful experience! Would definitely book this chef again. Very professional and great with explaining techniques and giving tips on ingredients and kitchen tools. The food was DELICIOUS.
Shannon
01 Feb 2020
Great experience. Cozy intimate setting. Lots of fun. Tasty food.
Lori
01 Feb 2020
Great way to spend an evening, great company, great food, informative and interactive session. Thanks so much for sharing your passion for cooking, the tricks and tools of the trade and the terrific stories. Well done, well done, well done! Cheers, Shannon and Lori
Jakub
23 Oct 2019
This has been a fantastic evening! Working with Chef John to create an amazing multi course meal that we all shared was fun and educational. I've learned several new tricks in the kitchen and I'm confident that now I can recreate the same dining experience at home. Chef John and his wife were also very entertaining, sharing stories of their travels and food experiences. We participated in the "Paris Bistro Classics" cooking class. I got to work one-on-one with Chef John to create mussels with bacon and white wine, cheese souffle with greens and bread and the main course, a beef and vegetable slow cooked stew with red wine, a truly French evening. We wrapped it up by making caramelized Hazelnuts, that Chef John paired with ice cream and chocolate cake of his own making. I highly recommend this experience to couples that wish to enrich their home cooking skills and spend a magical evening out.
Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef John
Rand
22 Jan 2024
Fantastic class! Thoroughly enjoyed making Thai street food. Chef John was high energy and made the experience fun. Thank you!
Danil
01 Sep 2023
It was amazing experience. Chef John is a great guy, knows a lot about different cuisines, technics, etc. Highly recommended!
Cole verderber
13 May 2023
Learned a bunch, Chef John was really awesome. Food was all fantastic. We had a great time and would definitely do another!
Thomas
24 Mar 2023
Chef John made an extremely comfortable experience for my girlfriend and I, as we are just amateur cooks. Food was amazing, 5 gold stars!
Adam
12 Jan 2023
Fun night out, great food!
Stifany
21 Nov 2022
My husband and I really enjoyed the class! It was so cool to learn what delicious food you can make out of your kitchen supply. Chef John did a great job teaching us and made it fun for us as well.
Victoria
24 Sep 2022
The class was super fun! John is a great teacher, very engaging, knowledgeable and entraining. He gave useful tips and the food we cooked was delicious. Amazing experience! Totally worthy
Cristina
30 Jul 2022
Most delightful experience! First time and absolutely not the last for this amazing insight in the world of culinary refinement. Chef is amazingly knowledgeable and shares life and worldly experiences from one delicious course to the next. Well done!
Daniel
04 Jul 2022
Excellent experience!! It was lovely to meet Chef John and learn how to cook such delicious plates!
Cameron
12 Mar 2022
Great learning experience! Food was fantastic, and the depth of knowledge was there between traditional and contemporary dishes.
Kristina
06 Feb 2022
Very fun and tasty. Simple easy to cook meals and very delicious. Highly recommend.
Angela
06 Dec 2021
Good times...
Michelle
22 Nov 2021
Great class. Lots of fun. Chef John was a great host and teacher. All our food was delicious :)
Tiffane
18 Oct 2021
We had Chef John over at our house for a private cooking class for 6 people for a birthday celebration. He was really entertaining and shared his experiences from travelling around the world as well as cool cooking hacks/tips/tricks. Everyone had an amazing time as it was a very interactive and engaging. Though we cooked up a storm in the kitchen, we all really enjoyed the delicious 5-course Thai food menu. Thank you Chef!
Angelica
13 Sep 2020
Great experience and flavourful food! It was a fun evening! Thanks Chef John!
Christine
23 Feb 2020
Fun, educational, delicious!
Christine
23 Feb 2020
Hands on and demonstration in an inviting atmosphere.Loved the flavours, kitchen tips and entertaining stories!
Isaac
17 Feb 2020
Awesome experience, delicious food, and knowledgeable chef! I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a fun night.
Cameron
12 Feb 2020
The meals Chef John prepared for us did not only rejuvenate our taste buds, but also satisfied us throughout the following days as we reveled in the joyous experience that is cooking with such a well-travelled and storied chef. His experience shines through in how easily he offers teachable moments and includes everyone in the cooking process. It was an absolute delight having him in our home and we would happily do it again. Thank you chef!
Kristina
26 Jan 2020
Chef John's "Wonders of Asian Street Food" class was fantastic! His passion for cooking is contagious and he had everyone smiling the entire evening. We learned so much about different cooking techniques, tricks for the average home-chef, and the best places to find ingredients. I highly recommend taking a class with Chef John!
Kim
26 Jan 2020
We had an absolutely fantastic time. Chef John was a great teacher - we learned some new kitchen tricks that we didn't know before, and a host of delicious recipes. I very much liked the hands-on experience, with the whole group working together to make our meals. Sitting down at the end of the night to all eat together family style, was a great way to close out the evening. Thanks John!
Gillian
19 Jan 2020
We had a wonderful time with Chef John. The food was so good and we will definitely be making some of the recipes at home! He did a great job of keeping the night fun, explaining what he was doing and best places to find the less common ingredients and overall entertaining us with interesting stories about food around the world. We would highly recommend his class to anyone looking for a night of good food and fun.
Jane
12 Jan 2020
Lots of fun and great cooking techniques
Daniel
16 Dec 2019
Chef John’s cooking class, Wonders of Asian Street Food, was a wonderful and inviting experience presented with many fascinating and engaging layers. Chef John brings to the table a long list of personal talent and a wide variety of food experience from being a professional chef, cooking class instructor, restaurant owner to extensive travel and culinary interest in Asia to intense passion in all things to do with food culture, sources, nutrition, preparation and presentation (his library has over 400 books on cooking from a multitude of cultures)! Chef was thoroughly prepared for each of the meal courses in introducing an amateur foodie to the basics of selection, preparation (who knew turmeric was a root!) to the advanced concepts cooking temperatures, how spices, herbs and citrus are combined to produce the unique and varied flavours of Asia to the subtleties of acquiring ingredients and options within each dish. The class is intensely interesting, engaging, fast paced and delicious! Top all that off with Chef John’s warm, inviting and encouraging style of teaching and sharing extensive knowledge of all things food, resulted in a personal growth, educationally rich and satiated experience! Thanks Chef John!
Jordan
09 Sep 2019
Chef John is an incredibly talented and skilled chef. His space is elegant and comfortable; a real delight to have spent time learning how to make these dishes. I really felt welcome and at home. He is such a skilled teacher. He was easy to follow with his instruction, explained the origins of these dishes, and had us laughing along the way. He really was awesome!
Reviews Chef John received outside of Cozymeal
Tamina
11 Sep 2019
John was great I learned a lot and will incorporate all the new skills I learned thank you I had a lot of fun
Courtney
11 Sep 2019
Excellent fish cookery Class was beyond amazing very fun time and relaxed it was beyond wonderful!
scott
11 Sep 2019
Learned about fish cookery an amazing experience great teaching john is very personable
Jen
11 Sep 2019
It was a gift an amazing gift John is an amazing teacher!
CAD $ 149 Per person
all-inclusive: 3-hour class, 4-course meal.
Meet your chef
Chef John has traveled to 32 countries in his search for culinary perfection, and is a knowledgable caterer with more than nine years in the business in the UK and Ireland. A runner up in the 1999 Toque d'Or culinary competition in London, Chef John has been featured in The Sun newspaper and Restaurant Australia magazine, and he once cooked for Prince Charles at the opening of a new museum!
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