Cooking Classes

Cooking Classes

Kitchen Conservatory offers more than 900 different cooking classes every year. These fun cooking classes are taught by the talented chefs and 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. All cooking classes are held at 8021 Clayton Road.

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Featured Classes

Featured Classes

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN SMOKIN'?

Little wisps of smoke escape from the stovetop smoker and create incredible aromas in the kitchen to signal rich flavors. Sit back, inhale the tantalizing smell, and enjoy smoked corn chowder with roasted poblano garnish, smoked scallops with smoked tomato butter, tea-smoked duck breast with grilled apricot salsa on shiitake mushroom risotto, plus a refreshing dessert of peaches poached in cherry syrup with whipped cream.
Chef: Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Class Type: Demonstration
Class Dates: Sun, Aug 9, 5:30 to 8 pm
Cost: $50 Per Person

FORK AND CORK: CALIFORNIA

Jason Main, owner of The Wine Merchant and certified sommelier, shares his vast knowledge of California wines that will be paired with each delectable course created by Mickey Kitterman, starting with an amuse-bouche of housemade chèvre with herbs, roasted garlic and sourdough crackers. Enjoy carrot-rape-beet salad with sesame and ginger, veal scaloppine with asparagus and morel hollandaise, plus upside-down banana tart with nutmeg whipped cream.
Chef: Mickey Kitterman and Jason Main
Class Type: Demonstration
Class Dates: Fri, Aug 14, 6 to 8:30 pm
Cost: $70 Per Person

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: SPLENDID SPAIN

Create the robust flavors of Spain for a memorable evening working side-by-side with your partner. This hands-on class will prepare homegrown tomato gazpacho with roasted poblano peppers, roasted garlic-mushroom empanadas with romesco sauce, clam-mussel-shrimp-chorizo paella with artichokes and peppers, creamy flan flavored with orange zest, plus refreshing summer sangria.
Chef: Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Class Type: Hands-On
Class Dates: Fri, Aug 14, 6:30 to 9 pm
Cost: $140 Per Couple
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The best parties happen in the kitchen! Forget the hassle of entertaining at home or shouting over others at a noisy restaurant. Host your next shower, birthday party, Customize a Cooking Class Just For Your Group at Kitchen Conservatory: St. Louis MO corporate team-bonding event, office party, dinner club, or any other event in one of our lovely and fun kitchens. We will provide a fabulous 3 or 4 course dinner that is sure to be memorable. Plan the menu with one of our talented Kitchen Conservatory chefs and choose any menu you desire. Your menu is exactly what you want to eat. Tailor a program and menu that's perfect for you and your guests.

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Kitchen Conservatory is the premier kitchen store in St. Louis, Missouri. For 35 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!

Online Orders Ship Fast!

We are proud to be an independent local kitchenware store for 36 years and want to be your go-to store for baking, cooking, and kitchen supplies! Orders usually ship within 24 hours! Most orders placed on weekdays ship the same day! We ship all orders via UPS. If we have any questions about your order, […]

Margi Kahn’s Tender Sourdough Pancakes

We started giving away FREE sourdough starter on March 21, and it continues to be a hot commodity! It has reached over 16,000 people on Facebook with more than 100 shares. It is still available! Local customers may call us from their car when they arrive, and we will bring it out to your car! […]

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Curbside Pickup is available on ALL local orders. Order online and choose Pickup In Store when checking out. If there are any issues with your order, we will notify you. You may pick up items during regular hours, Mon-Sat 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and Sun 12 to 5 pm. Call us from the parking […]
 

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A Passion for Cooking
For more than 20 years, Kitchen Conservatory has hosted a parade of talented chefs who have generously divulged the secrets of their craft. In honor of the anniversary, this cookbook offers the best of delicious restaurant dining in St. Louis with recipes from over 100 chefs. 192 pages.
Price: $20.00
Garlic, Fresh Hard-neck (sold individually)
Sweet, juicy homegrown garlic, available in June, while supplies last. Garlic tastes best the moment it is harvested. Try garlic fresh -- it's a taste you've never had before! 2500 hard-neck garlic cloves were planted last fall in our Ladue, Missouri garden to satisfy (y)our love for this variety of garlic. Each head weighs about a quarter-pound.
Price: $2.50
Knife Sharpening - Straight Edge Knife
Have the sharpest knife in the drawer with our overnight knife sharpening service.  Drop off your knives at Kitchen Conservatory for expert sharpening and pick them up the next day, weekends included. Our wonderful knife sharpener can also repair broken or bent tips. Knives are sharpened on an electric water-cooled stone wheel to a 20-degree angle, unless otherwise requested.

Drop Off and Pick Up Service available for Local Customers only. Please wrap your knives safely in brown paper secured with a rubber band (no tape please) - paper grocery bags are great! Print FORM to include with knives. Curbside service available. Call us when you arrive and we will come out and get your knives and bring them out to you when you return for picking up knives.
Price: $3.00