Cooking Class - A Taste of Italian Sunshine - Skokie

Kayla H. 05/09/2026

Booked the class Treats for Mom - Family Fun with Chef William in Skokie

We had the resident chef for our class. It was a woman who actually didn’t introduce herself/name. I liked how ingredients was organized. My only suggestion would be to have the lead chef possibly use a mic so everyone can hear (even over the kids since I went to a Mother’s Day event class). Everything tasted great. However, the lemon bars were still liquid texture and some guests ended up leaving without taking them home because we waited 20 min for it cook in the oven and then even after they were not set because they would have to be refrigerated to become solid texture.

aileen g. 04/03/2026

Booked the class Tastes of Italian Comfort Food with Chef William in Skokie

aweosme

aileen g. 04/03/2026

Booked the class Craft Cozy Dumplings with Chef William in Skokie

awesome

Alyson S. 03/07/2026

Booked the class Romantic Parisian Bistro - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

We cooked roasted chicken with brown-butter mashed potatoes, as well as a crème brûlée. It was delicious and Chef Ricky was great, it was a great date night for my boyfriend’s birthday!

Christopher B. 01/10/2026

Booked the class Special Surf & Turf - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

The chef was amazing. Charismatic and extremely competent. We enjoyed our experience immensely.

Duane Larson . 12/24/2025

Booked the class Feast Like The French with Chef William in Skokie

A "spectrum" for a French meal: Onion Soup, blanched and dressed green beans, baked chicken, pear tarts.

Molly M. 12/06/2025

Booked the class Lobster Ravioli for Two - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

Cooked a delicious lobster pasta! Everything from the burrata crostini to the handmade dough was delightful. Chef Thomas stood in for Chef William, and it was such a fun experience! Can’t believe I enjoyed the fennel salad so much. Learning how to supreme an orange and work on knife skills was a blast!

Julie S. 09/21/2025

Booked the class Romantic French Meal - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

It was a good experience!

Jason E. 05/03/2025

Booked the class Dinner in Tuscany - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

Chef was great

Kathryn P. 01/06/2025

Booked the class Preferred Pasta Creations with Chef William in Skokie

Chef Shirley was great and very informative. The food was delicious. Our only suggestion would be to boil the Pappardelle in a pot as we did with the Farfalle. The Pappardelle turned to mush by cooking it in the sauce.

Susan M. 11/17/2024

Booked the class Bake The Holidays Away with Chef William in Skokie

Chef Shirley was great. She explained what needed to be done and everyone in the group had an opportunity to participate in the baking. Everything came out tasty. Everyone enjoyed the class.

Sharon S. 10/28/2024

Booked the class Pleasant Bread Baking with Chef William in Skokie

Class was informative and the resident chef was hands on and helpful with questions.

James B. 10/02/2024

Booked the class Fine French Bistro Cooking with Chef William in Skokie

All very good with the chef and the meal. Cozy meal directions to the location was poor.

James B. 10/02/2024

Booked the class Handmade Fresh Gnocchi At Home with Chef William in Skokie

Great informative and fun

Grace A. 07/11/2024

Booked the class Brasserie Selections with Chef William in Skokie

Jen was awesome. Clear instructions, hands-on participation, all in a clean and beautiful kitchen. Bravo!

Hannah H. 07/09/2024

Booked the class Fine French Dining - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

Great date night! Highly recommend to anyone considering.

Dawn C. 06/12/2024

Booked the class Italian With a Rustic Touch with Chef William in Skokie

Had an excellent experience and loved the dish.

Jason N. 06/10/2024

Booked the class Spanish Paella From Scratch with Chef William in Skokie

Great!

Briana L. 04/30/2024

Booked the class Decadent Steakhouse Dishes - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

Chef was fantastic! Food was delicious. I did think we'd have more hands on prep with the food. The creme brulee was already prepped - but we did get to sugar & brulee with the torch. The potatoes were already cut, peeled, and boiled so only 1 person got to mash. I did really like how the chef demonstrated how to cook the steak and make the mushroom sauce. We all got to do that at individual stations. The little burner was just ok and took a while when people didn't want to cross-cook steaks due to different temperature preferences. Overall, really enjoyed the experience and would definitely recommend for folks who want to learn some new prep methods.

Charles W. 04/28/2024

Booked the class Best Bowl of Ramen with Chef William in Skokie

The preparation of ingredients and pace of cooking was good for learning

deborah t. 01/31/2024

Booked the class Essential Mediterranean with Chef William in Skokie

Tyler was awesome.

Basil K. 01/18/2024

Booked the class Sushi Made By Hand with Chef William in Skokie

Such a great experience!

Abi G. 12/16/2023

Booked the class Preferred Pasta Creations with Chef William in Skokie

Class was great!

Stacey P. 07/09/2026

Booked the class Seasonal Summer Pasta with Chef William in Skokie

Always have fun with my boyfriend and glad we were randomly paired with another couple that were enjoyable to share experience with BUT the venue and residents chefs lacked in teaching and execution. They didn’t know how to teach well or work the room. It was quite slow and not very well organized. Won’t go back for another class as I have gone elsewhere that was way better.

Carolyn B. 08/04/2025

Booked the class Steak and Seafood - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

Did not have Chef William for the Surf & Turf class. It was Chef Jay (I believe). I felt the class was a bit unorganized and instructions unclear at times. We received way too much lecture on knives and regions of Italy where certain cheese comes from. By the time we got around to actually grilling, the chef was actually grilling our steaks while we were on a break and turned over the grill to each group to grill the shrimp. The grill was so hot that the none of the grillers could stand the heat. Needless to say, the shrimp were terribly overcooked because the heat was burning their arms and they could not flip the shrimp in time --- Chef Jay was busy doing something with the steaks. After almost 2 hours in, people started sneaking and eating the items already prepared and sneaking wine (we found we could not drink the wine that we arrived with due to some city law), so we had a disjointed meal. A s@*t show for sure!

John S. 08/01/2025

Booked the class Italy's Finest Flavors with Chef William in Skokie

Hi friends, Highly disappointed with this cooking class. Chef Chris was a good guy and capable, and the staff was excellent, but that's not why. I would like a full refund, please. Here is why: 1. The class explicitly said we could BYOB and drink wine. When we arrived, they said Skokie ordinances did not permit that, so that ruined a large part of the class for my date and I. FALSE ADVERTISING 2. When we cooked the meal, WE STOOD UP TO EAT IT?!?!?!? Are you kidding me?? I've been to cooking classes all over the world, and the beauty of it, is you cook, then you sit down with new friends to eat it. Standing for the entire class? Horrible management of your clients. Horrible branding. Try advertising that, and see how far you would get with booking! 2.5 hours of standing is fine IF IT'S ADVERTISED. IT WAS NOT. TERRIBLE. 3. I paid over $90 per person, which is fine if I'm satisfied, and my date couldn't eat her pork chop, and once again, Skokie ordinances said we can take no meat home! I paid a hundred bucks for a pork chop and I have to leave it there to be thrown out?!?!? Here's the deal: had you advertised "standing for the entire time, no BYO, and you must eat all food" and more than likely I would have not booked it, but would have known, at least. I know you can't change town ordinances, however, I feel this information fell through the cracks, and it made for a very disappointing evening. I don't think Cozymeal was duplicitous, I just feel it was HORRIBLE communication. I want a full refund immediately. The staff was great, we went over the two hour time, and we burned the dessert, but all of that is a part of life and cooking classes, I get it. The other stuff???? You all need to reevaluate, and get on the same page. I'll await a reply. Best, John Stemberg

Elizabeth P. 05/19/2025

Booked the class Beginner Pasta Making with Chef William in Skokie

Class was canceled without notice. I found out once I arrived to the site. As a consolation, I was offered a cappuccino.

Dana M. 03/06/2025

Booked the class Classy Steakhouse Dinner - Date Night with Chef William in Skokie

I was incredibly disappointed by this class. First things first, I booked this because it mentioned bringing wine or beer. We were immediately told that this was not allowed. We were really excited to have this as a date night and that plan had to change. I could’ve moved on past this if the class was at all impressive but it wasn’t. The teacher never introduced himself. So I won’t be able to refer to him by name in this review. The packets left at our stations were the internal use only packets so I know exactly where the class fell short. This is an aside, but it also had the specific sales pitches the teacher was supposed to be using which felt a little gross. I understand that a class like this cannot be every step by step due to timing but the teacher didn’t teach us anything. He had us put the steaks in a dry pan (I incorrectly trusted the process here, but the recipe that we got AFTER the class confirmed there should’ve been oil in the pan). He told one table, not the class, how long to sear the steaks for. We happened to overhear him speaking to another table. Because we had the internal packet, I saw that he was supposed to teach us about searing, about emulsifying a vinaigrette, about the texture of the mousse. He did none of this. He occasionally walked around and said “that looks good”. Like he said our pan sauce was good to go. We hadn’t even added the broth yet because our burner had shut off and we couldn’t get his attention to help on this. But he said that ours was done and good to go. How? I think the whole night could’ve been salvageable if the food were well-cooked. We got back into the room after the break and he announced that the steaks were cooked to a “perfect medium rare”. Absolutely not. I eat a lot of steak and this was RARE. Like purple rare. A lot of people in the class sent their steak to be cooked more. The potatoes were also so undercooked. I had to saw at it with a steak knife. I would never recommend this to anyone and will not be booking this class ever again.

Hanish M. 12/07/2024

Booked the class Festive Holiday Ravioli Making with Chef William in Skokie

The class was cancelled but we were not notified until we got there. Cozymeals has yet to reach out and notify me of this. It’s abundantly clear that Cozymeals has no communication with its own chefs and customers. Overall, Cozymeals wasted an afternoon of ours because of how long it took to get there. I do not hold the chef responsible, because it was everyone else who failed to convey cancellations or refunds. I’d be careful before trusting this site.

Dave N. 08/25/2024

Booked the class Primo Homespun Pasta with Chef William in Skokie

I thought this was private. All the website did was kick me to a aur la table thar was over crowded and lasted 2.4 hours. Not a lot of teaching or learning.

Erick B. 01/25/2024

Booked the class Thai Cooking Mastery: Cooking Workshop with Chef William in Skokie

The class was cancelled the day before! Totally ruined my gift to my beloved!

Miranda W. 12/14/2023

Booked the class Specialties From Little Italy with Chef William in Skokie

This was my least favorite cooking class. The place was filthy, they didnt have enough food, and it was not as interactive as we all had to share in doing elements but not all elements.