Cooking Class - Make Classic Holiday Tamales in Boulder

Fun, energetic, interactive learning experience! Chef Ashley is a sushi pro. She gave excellent instructions and let us have space for creative fun. The experience was well organized. Chef Ashley thought through everything we needed for a beginner sushi making lesson. The staff at Sur Le Tableb were welcoming. I highly recommend Chef Ashley's class.

Fun, energetic, interactive learning experience! Chef Ashley is a sushi pro. She gave excellent instructions and let us have space for creative fun. The experience was well organized. Chef Ashley thought through everything we needed for a beginner sushi making lesson. The staff at Sur Le Tablebwe welcoming. I highly recommend Chef Ashley's class.

We took a French cooking class with baked chicken, potatoes, steamed artichoke, and lemon crepes. I've been wanting to learn how to make crepes for a while. We had a great time and Chef Andy was very knowledgeable.

10/10 experience, delicious meal, and learned a lot! Thanks to the Chef, he was very knowledgeable, engaging, and helpful. Would highly recommend for a fun date night!

Cameron was our chef. We had steak with a red wine shallot reduction, twice baked potatoes, arugula pear salad with chocolate mousse for dessert. It was fun as well as delicious. My husband, who is not a cook would definitely do another class. I have decades of cooking experience and still learned a few things. All around is was a great experience.

We cooked a Parisian salmon dinner with roasted potatoes and Crepe Suzettes. Plus a delicious berry drink.

We made pasta with two sauces and had a great time. My grandson learned how to cut onions, make pasta, mince garlic-all real chef techniques. He was so proud of himself and brought dinner home for his family. Just watching his joy in cooking was the best! I also learned techniques. The chefs were so positive and helpful. It was a great experience for both of us!

This was such an amazing experience! We did this as a corporate outing and it was the most fun event we have ever done. The food and fun was great!

Super fun experience. I really enjoyed the pace and knowledge of the chef. Appropriate for all levels. It was a very special moment for my son and I that we will never forget. Only note was I wish I knew the location before I booked. Probably an error for a first time user. I ended up driving from very very south Denver to Boulder. Still loved it but wish I knew before I booked.

We make macaroons and they are so delicious and beautiful. The teachers are nice and I have fun .

Chef Cameron was great! I loved his positive energy and all the knowledge he shared around kitchen utensils/tools! Great class, fun group event!

We had a lot of fun at the session. John and Donna

Amazing class

This cooking class was so fun! Jared did a great job. I could never have taught and entire meal like this! I learned so much, plus we got to eat a great meal!❤️

The resident chef was kind and caring. It would have been nice to start with an overview of how the evening was going to proceed. We weren't sure of the steps and cooking tips would have been helpful. We had a good time and the food was delicious.

Thank you so much for such a fantastic class! We had an amazing time!

The food was amazing, and it was fun! The chef/instructors seemed to be enjoying themselves! I struggle with verbal instructions, so it would have been helpful to have a printout of the recipe and instructions at each workstation.

Ashley and Kristen did a good job. This was our first 'cooking class' and it felt rushed. Scheduled for 2.5 hrs it was done in 2. More explanation would be helpful. Also, not the fault of chefs, but being located in the back of the room away from the grill added to the 'more explanation would be helpful' comment.

Excellently managed the class

1st we never received the recipes we made! It was an extremely disappointing experience and nowhere near worth almost $100 per person - I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience was so disappointing that I feel other people should know what they are paying for. My husband and I received this 2-hour sushi class as a gift from our son. I’ve taken about six cooking classes previously, and unfortunately this was hands-down the worst experience I’ve had. The class description said we would be making Shrimp Tempura Rolls, Yuzu Dipping Sauce, Crab Inari Sushi, Avocado & Vegetable Hand Rolls, Sushi Rice and Yuzu Sorbet. What we actually experienced was very different. From the beginning, the class seemed disorganized. They apparently expected 8 people, but 11 showed up, and there didn’t seem to be any system for checking people in or confirming who was registered. We stood behind a counter for the entire two-hour class — no stools or seating — and didn’t even have napkins. There were also no printed recipes, which I have never experienced in a cooking class. We had nothing to follow along with, take notes on. We didn't even have our own cooking stations and had to share with others. Very little actual cooking or instruction took place. We sliced some carrots, cucumber and avocado and deep-fried the few baby shrimp. That was essentially it. The assistants repeatedly took away our knives, cutting boards and other equipment to wash them while we were still trying to use them, so we had to keep retrieving what we needed. Even more disappointing, several of the items advertised as part of the class either weren’t made or weren’t taught. We never made the Yuzu dipping sauce? and I don’t recall receiving any instruction at all on how to make the Yuzu sorbet. They also ran out of rice. And then there was the shrimp. For two people, we received maybe 6 tiny shrimp about the size of my thumbnail. I took a photo before we rolled our tempura roll (see below) because I honestly couldn’t believe that was the amount of food provided for two people paying close to $200. The instructor herself was knowledgeable, pleasant and clearly educated about the subject. My criticism is not about her personally. The problem was the overall execution of the class and the enormous disconnect between almost $100-per-person price, what was advertised, and what was actually provided. It was also difficult to hear much of the instruction, which made an already disorganized experience even more frustrating. For almost $200 per couple, I would expect an organized, hands-on cooking class with adequate ingredients and equipment, recipes to take home, instruction on all or at least most of the advertised dishes, and enough food to actually prepare those dishes and enjoy a dinner. We received none of that. Based on our class, I absolutely could not recommend it at this price. I would give it 1 star for the experience/value, with the acknowledgment that the instructor herself was kind and knowledgeable.

The class was more about the pie filling (which is easy) and less about the more difficult process of making a great piecrust. The crust Chef Cameron threw together in the food processor was lackluster at best.

I didn’t go. I thought I signed up for a class in Walnut St. in Denver, but I realized after getting home at 2pm after spending much of the day in Louisville that the class was in Boulder. I didn’t have it in me to fight the traffic’s back out there, and you were unwilling to make an exception for my first class with you. There won’t be a second.

Enjoyed the experience, but it was choatic, and what we ate wasn't exactly as represented in the class description. Time management and oversight of the participants was a problem, and I don't think I'd attend a class with 8 people again.

I was very disappointed with this experience. There were 10 guests and only 3 cooking stations! I was at a station with 3 other people. Although the food was good and the chef was very nice, I paid $103 to stir some rice and cut a shallot. There was no “culinary experience” unless you consider standing around and watching. I didn’t even receive a copy of the recipe so that I could try this at home. I’ve done other cooking classes where I actually cooked for less than what I paid for this class.

for a 3 hour class it would have been a plus if we had chairs to sit on while the chef talked or during fridge/oven time.

It did not appear that the chef had taught this class before or made these recipes The chef kept looking at the ingredients and directions on how to make these dishes, and stumbled through explaining things. Rather than have the class make the aioli, the chef did it. While adding oil, the chef had the aioli at a good consistency, he glanced down at the directions again and added another 2 cups of oil, which broke the aioli. He then had to start again from the beginning and remake while the class looked on. Why wasn't the class doing this, and why doesn't a professional chef know how to do this off hand? The chef didn't speak up enough to hear instructions in the back of the classroom. Kitchens are loud, but it feels like a key part of being an instructor is ensuring everybody can hear the instructions. Chef kept looking at his assistant to confirm line items on the recipe The classroom format was sloppy Lettuce and other ingredients were not prepped for the students ahead of time. Crammed quarters at the front of the classroom with all three burners next to each other. There wasn't much room to have the class gather around and watch/participate. We kept running into each other. After the first glass of water, there was no water for drinking in the container. One of the participants asked if we could have some more, but it was never refilled over the course of 2.5 hours. There was no seating in the classroom - we had to stand while eating, which made for an uncomfortable meal. The chef kept pushing items for sale in the store - this felt more like an advertisement than a cooking class. It happened at least 3 times during the class. There wasn't much instruction on how to cut or use kitchen techniques. When we sliced shallots and other items, the teams were just expected to do vs. learn techniques appropriate for the dish. The students were excused for ten minutes halfway through the class while the chef prepped the next dish. This didn't feel planned and was more due to disorganization. It's odd to roam a retail store to just kill time. The steaks were not ready when we got to that portion of the class, and the chef had to go into the refrigerator to get them, remove them from packaging, and portion them. Then the chef seasoned and prepped steaks vs. allowing students to do so. I thought the purpose of a cooking class was to have the students do the work. Things felt rushed throughout the class, and especially towards the end. It would have been nice to have this a little better paced, and not feel like we were getting in the chef/team's way while we ate our meal. The food was not done properly While cooking the steaks, there were no meat thermometers to see internal temps. The assistant went out into the store to grab one off the shelf, which ended up not working. We then had to rely on the thumb test to see "doneness", which led to the thicker steaks being rare. The solution to this after cutting them open was to sear them on the grill. This resulted in seared steaks with no juice, and little flavor. Really disappointing to have the main course being such a miss. Steaks and salads were ready first, but not the fries, which were brought out after we were mostly done with the meal. The point of cooking steak frites is having those dishes served together. Overall this was one of the least instructional cooking classes I've ever taken, and it was disappointing to see the chef doing the work I expected us as participants to be taking on.

Continued throughout saying she didn't understand the recipe. So why were we doin it?

Ashley was not the chef. We enjoyed the class, but felt it was a bit rushed, and the last half hour we were told to take a break for 10 minutes and they were prepping for the next class. Based on what we paid, the chef was not as prepared as I would have hoped. It was just okay.....

Amazing class. Chef and her assistant were wonderful! Highly recommend.

Great class. I learned a lot and class was very hands on.

This was the first cooking class I have ever taken! It was very informative and I enjoyed the class . I will be taking more classes in the future.

We thoroughly enjoyed our class. The instructor made our class so much fun. The macarons were delicious. Looking forward to more classes.

This class was great! Very informative and lots of fun, the instructors were very helpful (and the food was delicious!). I highly recommend this class and look forward to taking another class soon.

Loved the class! Chef did a great job teaching us these recipes. I can not wait to take more classes.

Excellent class. Chef Michael made it fun and informative.

The class was really fun and informative. My girlfriend and enjoyed it as a birthday gift. We will definitely attend more classes in the future.

Absolutely loved the class. I'm an experienced baker and have wanted to make macarons. The instructor was extremely knowledgeable. I enjoyed the class so much, I'm considering taking the class again as it was so much fun!!!

Fabulous class, food was fantastic and met some great people! This was my second class, I'm signed up for several others!!

Super enjoyable class! Instructor moved at a good pace and food ended up tasting delicious! Will be back for another class for sure!

I walked out with technique and confidence. I enjoyed the setup of the class and the instructor very much. Would take another class!

Great class! So delish!

Loved the class. I was able to make the croissants at home with ease. My family loved them. Looking forward to my next class.

Excellent instructor. Great hands-on experience. I was able to go home and replicate the recipes.

Our instructor was super hands on - taught us some great techniques! Food turned out amazing. We were all impressed!

I walked out with technique and confidence. I enjoyed the setup of the class and the instructor very much. Would take another class!