Kitchen Conservatory offers more than 750 different cooking classes every year. These fun cooking classes are taught by the best chefs from the best restaurants, plus fabulous culinary educators who share their specialties of the kitchen. We offer both fully-participatory classes and demonstration classes that feature a wide variety of menus and themes from beginner to gourmet to ethnic cooking.

Interested in hosting your very own party as a custom cooking class?
We have two state-of-the-art kitchens, plus an outdoor grilling area. All of the two hundred chefs who teach at Kitchen Conservatory have one thing in common: a passion for the recipes that they have created and the desire to share their marvelous cooking techniques. The best parties happen in the kitchen!
SIMPLE CHOCOLATE CANDIES

Create chocolate candies using a variety of techniques that are uncomplicated and produce delicious results. Work side-by-side with pastry chef Barry Marcus creating milk chocolate-rum raisin truffles, dark chocolate and tea truffles, individually-wrapped chocolate candy chews, chocolate peanut butter cups, and gianduja candies - hazelnut-chocolate candies coated in dark chocolate.
Chef:
Barry Marcus

Institute of Culinary Education
Class Type:
Hands-On
Class Dates:
Sat Jan 28,
10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Cost:
$60.00
Per Person

VALENTINE FOR COUPLES: TENDER-HEARTED

A popular Kitchen Conservatory tradition! Celebrate Valentine's Day with your special Valentine at a delicious love-inspired cooking class, led by Katy Colson, Anne Cori, Chris Lee, Christie Maggi, Dawn Meyer, Barbara Nack, or Kirk Warner.
Impress your partner with the tender side of romance, as this hands-on class for couples create a delicious dinner, starting with blue cheese and walnut shortbread topped with cream cheese and chutney. Learn to prepare herb-crusted pork tenderloin with warm bacon-sherry vinaigrette, spaetzle with wilted spinach, caramelized root vegetables, plus toasted almond-sour cherry strudel with whipped cream.
Chef:


Class Type:
Hands-On
Class Dates:
Fri Feb 3,
6 pm to 8:30 pm
Cost:
$125.00
Per Couple

VALENTINE FOR COUPLES: ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS

A popular Kitchen Conservatory tradition! Celebrate Valentine's Day with your special Valentine at a delicious love-inspired cooking class, led by Katy Colson, Anne Cori, Chris Lee, Christie Maggi, Dawn Meyer, Barbara Nack, or Kirk Warner.
Create a magical recipe for love with your partner creating a romantic dinner, starting with arugula-poached pear salad with goat cheese and walnut vinaigrette. Learn to prepare cream of potato soup with fresh clams and mussels and a bacon crisp, a duo of duck - seared duck breast with almond-apricot compote and French gnocchi with duck confit in a butter leek sauce, plus dried cherry and pistachio pastry with pistachio ice cream and cherry sabayon.
Chef:


Class Type:
Hands-On
Class Dates:
Sat Feb 4,
6 pm to 8:30 pm
Cost:
$140.00
Per Couple

Avocado Slicer and Pitter
Chef's Pick! Sale Price $13.95, Regularly $16.95. Free Shipping! One quick scooping motion lassoes the pit for super simple extraction, then slide the slicer just above the skin to scoop and slice at the same time. Your ripe avocado is then ready to eat!

$13.95


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Tortilla/Taco Shell Pans, Large - Set of 2
Chef's Pick! Sale Price $10.95, Regularly $13.95. Free Shipping! Set of two large nonstick pans for baked tortillas or taco shells. Prepare beautiful and healthier taco salads or desserts with these unique fluted pans. Simply place pre-made tortillas into the pans and bake. The aluminized steel provides for evenly baked taco shells, and the nonstick surface makes clean up quick and easy.

$10.95


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Tortilla Press
Chef's Pick! Sale Price $15.95, Regularly $19.95. Free Shipping! Press flour or corn tortillas into flat disks with this 6-inch tortilla press. Made of aluminum.

$15.95


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Kitchen Conservatory is the premier kitchen store in St. Louis, Missouri. For 28 years, Kitchen Conservatory has offered the finest tools for the kitchen and delectable cooking classes at our Clayton store. Locally-owned and very independent, we offer all the tools and knowledge for the ultimate kitchen experience. Please browse our fabulous selection of more than 6,000 essential and useful cooking products or shop online. Email Ask the Chef to solve your cooking dilemmas!

 

Soup It Up: Lentil Soup with Goat Cheese Garnish
A hot soup on a cold day is warm and satisfying, but let's add some pizzazz. An extra garnish can elevate a homey soup into a memorable dinner. Be sure to add the garnishes to the individual soup bowls, not to the soup pot. Here are some examples: Add cheesy croutons ...

Stew Season: Sweet-and-Sour Beef
Stew season is here, so I am celebrating cold weather with my favorite warm-up: a slow-cooked beef stew flavored with sweet raisins and honey and sour balsamic vinegar. Beef with Agrodolce Sauce 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 pounds chuck roast or beef short ribs 1 onion, diced 1 celery stalk, diced 1 carrot, peeled and diced 1 ...

The Food I Want to Eat in 2012
Duck fat biscuits, which Wes Johnson (chef-owner of Salt) is teaching on January 10. Pizza with fig jam, prosciutto, and blue cheese, which Christie Maggi is teaching on January 14. Tuna confit salad with white beans, which Cassy Vires (chef-owner of Home Wine Kitchen) is teaching on January 18. Pave d'amour (a cake ...

Best Gift: Print Your Own Gift Certificate
Running out of time? The fastest gift is our print-from-your-own computer gift certificate. Here is how: Go to www.kitchenconservatory.com and log in (button in the upper right-hand corner) and set up an account with us with your email and password. Choose the gift certificate amount and fill in the "to" and "from" ...

Holiday Hours
Kitchen Conservatory is open extended hours for holiday shopping: Friday, December 16: 9:30 am to 8 pm; Saturday, December 17: 9:30 am to 8 pm; Sunday, December 18: 12 to 5 pm; Monday, December 19: 9:30 am to 8 pm; Tuesday, December 20: 9:30 am to 8 pm; Wednesday, December 21: 9:30 am to 8 pm; Thursday, ...

Shipping Schedule for Christmas Delivery
Friday, December 16, 2011 is the last day for guaranteed delivery of packages shipped by ground to arrive by December 24 in the contiguous United States. Please place your order before noon on December 16. After December 16, packages must be expedited (next day or second day ...

A Perfect Present
Every cook needs -- and wants -- an 8-inch chef's knife. The best knife from the best knifemaker, Wusthof-Trident Cutlery, is now available at a great price: $99.95 for a chef's knife, kitchen shears, and sharpener. Every kitchen needs another set of kitchen shears and a good knife sharpener. Save ...

Champagne Stroll on Sunday, November 20 from 12 to 4 pm
Please stop by Kitchen Conservatory on Sunday, November 20 from 12 to 4 pm for our annual Champagne Stroll. Sample refreshments and delicious from-scratch cooking. Pick up a copy of our new Winter Cooking Class Schedule. Make sure you have all the equipment for Turkey Day (gravy separator, turkey stock, ...

What Not to Do on Thanksgiving
One year, I forgot to remove the bag of giblets from inside of the turkey. We laughed and took a picture of the bag of giblets cooked inside the turkey. Yes, the turkey was safe to eat. The stress of cooking a big meal on a big ...

Cookie Cutters Galore
"Do you have a cookie cutter in the shape of ...?" Yes, we do! We have hundreds of different shapes of cookie cutters. Baby shower shapes, dinosaurs, different varieties of dogs, zoo animals, fish, states, awareness ribbons, fleur-de-lys, martini glasses, wedding themes, clothing, shop tools, fruits and vegetables, planes, trains, ...


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