Cooking Class - Romantic French Dinner

Chef Elham teaches elegant French culinary techniques you'll want to recreate time and time again.

This class makes the perfect date night as Chef Elham teaches you to prepare succulent filet mignon in puff pastry and molten chocolate cakes. Enjoy amazing company and learn to make a refined menu you’ll want to recreate for someone you love.

Learn the fine art of working with puff pastry as Chef Elham offers instruction in making beef wellington with tender filet mignon and duxelle sauce. Learn to make upscale side dishes like warm arugula salad and sautéed green beans. The gorgeous final course features molten chocolate cakes served with a tart raspberry coulis. This menu is sure to delight your palate and become a fast favorite in your culinary repertoire.

Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during the class.

  • Minimum Guests 4
  • Maximum Guests 12
  • Meal Courses 3
  • Event Duration 3 hours
  • Labels Date Night, Gourmet, New American

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Nikka

Nikka

17 Feb 2017

We had a wonderful time with Chef Elham. She was so accomodating to us and really easy to talk with. We learned a lot of different techniques in cutting and cooking!

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Reejima

Reejima

08 Sep 2024

I was not very happy with the experience for several reasons. The class mentioned that we would get to make a 4 course meal; however, we only made 3 as the dessert crepes were never made. Not only that we could only cook 1 item each.  We were not able choose what we wanted to work on.  It was first come first serve. The chef said there can only be 3 people assigned to make crepes and if you didn't speak fast enough then you had to make something else. The crepes were already made ahead of time. The folks were working on just making the filling. One of my group members just worked on chopping shallots, adding thyme, and rolling the crepes. One of the people in my group was not interested at all in making a souffle, so she was told to make a sauce for the dessert souffles. The chef took the sauce from her at some point and she was relegated to rolling crepes. Also when I would ask any questions to the teacher, most of the time she just told me to refer to my instructions. If I wanted to look at a piece of paper I would have stayed home. She mentioned also that cooking souffles is not that hard; however, the savory souffles that were made by the group were undercooked and under spiced.  I have taken multiple cooking classes and in all of them I have been able to cook all the recipes that they agreed to teach us and recreate it at home. I cannot say after paying $95 that I would be able to do that. This class was a major disappointment and I will never book a class with this chef again. She either needs a better space so everyone can cook everything or she needs to only have a handful of students. 

Kalee

Kalee

22 Jun 2024

Chef Elham was wonderful! She was super-helpful and personal, and she really listened to all of us and make our experience a treat! Thank you!!

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Chef Elham has been teaching her unique style of elegant cuisine for the past 16 years. She nurtured her gift as a teacher with Sur La Table as the manager of the culinary program. Her specialties include classic French dishes as well as beloved Asian favorites that entice the palate. Chef Elham is thorough, patient and loves to see her students making great food and having fun while doing it.

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Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.

Chef Elham will travel to guests within the Bay Area for this experience.

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