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Kitchen Conservatory offers a wide variety of cooking classes, both participation and demonstration. Please scroll our current schedule to find a delicious cooking class that is right for you. Multiple refinements can be used to find the very cooking class of your dreams. Or purchase a gift certificate for any cooking class. All cooking classes are held at Kitchen Conservatory. Bon appetit!

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DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: TUSCANY FOR TWO

The romance of Tuscany is the inspiration for a superb date night in this hands-on class for couples. This class will prepare shrimp and scallop scampi, seared rib-eye steak with rosemary and roasted garlic, baked polenta with gorgonzola, mushrooms and spinach, roasted mixed vegetables, and blackberry gelato with pizzelle cookies.

This class is offered again on May 25.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Sun, May 11
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: SIGN OF THE TIMES

Challenge your mate to a morning of crossword puzzle solving, then join us in the evening to create some favorite recipes from The New York Times with Sheri Doe. This hands-on class for couples will prepare smoked salmon with fromage blanc and caper spread, no-knead bread baked in a Dutch oven, butternut squash and baby kale risotto, cast iron salmon glazed with brown sugar and mustard, plus butter mochi with fried apple glaze.

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Sheri Doe
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Sun, May 18
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: SUMMER IN THE CITY

Put your aprons on and get ready for a lovin' spoonful of fun with chef Joe Herbert. This hands-on class for couples will create vichyssoise, chèvre flan with bacon on arugula, classic French bistro salad with shaved fennel and heirloom tomatoes, linguine with mussels and saffron, plus hot chocolate soufflé and an Aperol spritz.

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Joe Herbert
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$150 Per Couple
Fri, May 23
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: TUSCANY FOR TWO

The romance of Tuscany is the inspiration for a superb date night in this hands-on class for couples. This class will prepare shrimp and scallop scampi, seared rib-eye steak with rosemary and roasted garlic, baked polenta with gorgonzola, mushrooms and spinach, roasted mixed vegetables, and blackberry gelato with pizzelle cookies.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Sun, May 25
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: SHELLFISH LOVERS

Share the shellfish love with your partner for a charming evening cooking together. This hands-on class will create broiled oysters Rockefeller with spinach and cheese served with prosecco, summer berry salad with baby spinach and goat cheese topped with pecans and raspberry vinaigrette, rich lobster Fra Diavolo with tomatoes and garlic served on pasta with gremolata breadcrumbs, plus classic tiramisù.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$180 Per Couple
Sun, Jun 1
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: PHO-NOMENAL VIETNAMESE

Spend the evening in the kitchen with your partner creating the classic dishes of Vietnam. Join Jan Reid for a hands-on class learning to make banh xeo crepes with shrimp and nuoc cham dipping sauce, banh mi baguette bites with chicken and pickled vegetables, green mango salad, beef pho soup with rice noodles, shaking beef on jasmine rice, plus refreshing coconut sorbet.

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Jan Reid
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$150 Per Couple
Sat, Jun 7
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: THE SOUTHERN VEGAN-IZER

Spend an adventurous evening in the kitchen with Lisa Buchmeier creating a Southern fusion plant-based feast that is dairy-free and egg-free. This hands-on class will learn to make deviled "eggs" with a creamy filling piped into roasted gold potatoes garnished with dill and paprika, barbecue pulled "pork" sandwiches with king oyster mushrooms topped with naturally sweetened barbecue sauce and crispy slaw on a toasted bun, chipotle mac-and-"cheese" with caramelized Brussels sprouts, plus fruit-sweetened hummingbird cupcakes topped with oil-free cashew cream cheese frosting and toasted walnuts. #healthy

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Lisa Buchmeier
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$150 Per Couple
Sun, Jun 8
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: TUSCANY FOR TWO

The romance of Tuscany is the inspiration for a superb date night in this hands-on class for couples. This class will prepare shrimp and scallop scampi, seared rib-eye steak with rosemary and roasted garlic, baked polenta with gorgonzola, mushrooms and spinach, roasted mixed vegetables, and blackberry gelato with pizzelle cookies.

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Mickey Kitterman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Sun, Jun 15
5 to 7:30 pm

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 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 a refreshing summer sangria.

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Kitchen Conservatory Chef
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Wed, Jun 18
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: TACO THE TOWN

Everyone is buzzing about tacos with the engaging Sharon Tutko. Spend a fun evening with your partner creating Oaxacan garlic-habanero queso with corn tortilla chips, carne asada birria tacos pan-fried to perfection with beef birria consommé for dipping, Baja shrimp tacos with creamy pickled onion-radish-corn-jalapeño slaw in warm corn tortillas with chihuahua cheese, all served with choice of avocado crema, mango-cilantro-jalapeño pico de gallo spiked with tequila, and more queso. Learn to make Spanish rice scented with Mexican oregano, quick black beans with toasted cumin, plus cinnamon and chile-spiced Mexican brownies, and a pineapple-mint margarita with a spicy rim.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Fri, Jun 20
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: STRIP TEASE

Enjoy the tantalizing flavors of a great strip steak, as this hands-on class for couples creates a delicious menu that includes a French martini - vodka-Chambord cocktail with pineapple juice. Join Matt Sassman to create a layered avocado-bacon cobb salad with tomatoes and blue cheese vinaigrette, New York strip steak with caper-olive compound butter, butter-poached lobster mashed potatoes, balsamic braised Brussels sprouts with crisp bacon, plus mini cheesecakes with blueberry topping and boozy whipped cream.

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Matthew Sassman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$180 Per Couple
Sun, Jun 22
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: BREW AND Q

Enjoy a great evening at the grill with Mickey Kitterman using ingredients that will make everyone swoon! This hands-on class will prepare candied bacon popcorn, elotes - grilled Mexican sweet corn with chiles and cheese, thick cut onion rings, sweet and sticky Southern-style pork, beef rib-eye with chimichurri, along with an ice cold beer, plus Laura Bush's original recipe for cowboy cookies.

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Mickey Kitterman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Fri, Jun 27
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: RUSTIC FRENCH BISTRO

Indulge in a romantic rendezvous with your partner in the kitchen creating an elegant meal, accompanied with appropriate wines. This hands-on class will make French onion soup, bistro salad with ravigote champagne dressing, steak au poivre with pommes frites, plus chocolate pots de crème with whipped cream for dessert.

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Mickey Kitterman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Sun, Jun 29
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: TUSCANY FOR TWO

The romance of Tuscany is the inspiration for a superb date night in this hands-on class for couples. This class will prepare shrimp and scallop scampi, seared rib-eye steak with rosemary and roasted garlic, baked polenta with gorgonzola, mushrooms and spinach, roasted mixed vegetables, and blackberry gelato with pizzelle cookies.

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Sharon Tutko
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Thu, Jul 3
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: TUSCANY FOR TWO

The romance of Tuscany is the inspiration for a superb date night in this hands-on class for couples. This class will prepare shrimp and scallop scampi, seared rib-eye steak with rosemary and roasted garlic, baked polenta with gorgonzola, mushrooms and spinach, roasted mixed vegetables, and blackberry gelato with pizzelle cookies.

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Sheri Doe
Chef
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Sun, Jul 6
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: NETFLIX AND CHILLED

Spend a relaxing evening in the kitchen with your partner making the foods you most want to eat before your next Netflix night. This hands-on class will join Anne Marie Lodholz to create oysters on the half shell with mignonette sauce, beef tartare with toast points, sea scallop crudo, bok choy and roasted mushroom salad, French-style scrambled eggs with caviar, classic vichyssoise, plus salted ice cream with fresh berries and a balsamic drizzle, all served with a flute of champagne.

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Anne Marie Lodholz
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Thu, Jul 10
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: ITALY - VEGAN-STYLE

Plant-based expert Lisa Buchmeier shares techniques for elevating umami with complex flavors using whole plant-based food in Italian dishes that are meat-dairy-egg-cholesterol free. This hands-on class for couples will create white bean and garlic bruschetta finished with a drizzle of rich balsamic reduction, creamy tomato bisque infused with herbs garnished with a swirl of vibrant fresh pesto, umami-rich truffled Alfredo pasta topped with nutty almond "parmesan", crisp-tender pan-seared broccoli with garlic, plus chocolate gelato made with purple sweet potatoes topped with cacao nibs and sea salt and raspberry sauce, plus a choice of citrus basil-ginger mocktail or cocktail. #vegan #healthy

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Lisa Buchmeier
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$150 Per Couple
Fri, Jul 11
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: MARGARITA MADNESS

Fresh limes are plentiful to mix up a round of golden margaritas! Grab your partner and join Matt Sassman for a hands-on class learning to make smokin' black bean nachos, carrot-jicama-red cabbage slaw, tequila shrimp with pineapple salsa, chicken enchiladas with tomatillo salsa in chile gravy, then finish the evening with decadent Kahlúa chocolate brownies with vanilla ice cream.

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Matthew Sassman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Sun, Jul 13
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: PIZZA ON THE GRILL

Master the techniques of creating remarkable pizza on the grill, as this hands-on class designed for couples creates hot honey-pepperoni pizza with fresh mozzarella, caramelized onion-gruyère pizza with balsamic syrup, fig jam-prosciutto-goat cheese pizza, BLT pizza with cherry tomatoes and blue cheese, and pesto-spinach-mushroom pizza, plus mixed green salad, and vanilla gelato with caramel sauce for dessert.

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Dawn Meyer and Larry Meyers
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Fri, Jul 18
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: SALSA SALSA DINE AND DANCE

Grab your partner and join us for a unique experience of dancing and dining. The evening begins with a one-hour Latin salsa dance lesson with dance instructor Andrea Osman, that will spark your appetite for a memorable evening in the kitchen. Refresh your thirst with a mojito, as this hands-on class prepares fried corn tortilla chips with black bean dip, grilled shrimp quesadillas with smoked tomato salsa, roasted pork tenderloin with papaya-mango salsa and yellow Cuban rice, plus banana cream pie with chocolate crumb crust. Put on your dancing shoes! Please do not wear rubber-soled shoes. We recommend closed shoes with a flat leather sole or medium heel.

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Mickey Kitterman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$200 Per Couple
Sat, Jul 19
6 to 9 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: OH MY COD!

If it's hard to imagine the weekend is coming to an end, join your partner in the kitchen with Zach Dale, of Robust Wine Bar, and create an impressive meal. This hands-on class will make achiote marinated shrimp cocktail with chipotle cocktail sauce, spiced beet hummus with garlic oil and feta served with pita, roasted cod served with pan-fried potatoes and romesco sauce, plus bread pudding with whipped mascarpone.

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Zach Dale
Chef
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Sun, Jul 20
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: BOURBON IS WHISKEY BUSINESS

The kitchen lights up with laughter as this date night class joins Devon Drag to create flavor-packed dishes with bourbon as an ingredient, starting with BLT crostinis with bourbon brown sugar-glazed bacon, roasted tomatoes and homemade ranch spread. This hands-on class will make romaine-apple-red onion salad with gorgonzola and candied pecans topped with whiskey vinaigrette, spice rubbed pork loin roast with a bourbon reduction, succotash with bacon and maple bourbon brown butter, plus flourless chocolate bourbon brownies with vanilla ice cream and bourbon caramel sauce, and The Big Texan bourbon-grapefruit cocktail.

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Devon Drag
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Fri, Jul 25
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: HUNGRY FOR THE BEAR

Relive your favorite and most beloved scenes of The Bear as we eagerly await another binge-worthy season of the trials and traumas of Carmy taking his brother’s Chicago beef shop to a fine dining restaurant, starting with an appetizer from the Season 3 finale in Sydney’s kitchen — waffles with caviar and crème fraîche. This hands-on class for couples with Jeff Friesen will enjoy a glass of chianti with dinner, as they create our version of black tie scallops that Carmy made with Daniel Boulud in a flashback, cast-iron focaccia with fresh rosemary and olive oil, Mikey Berzatto’s braciole with thinly pounded flank steak stuffed and rolled with prosciutto and cheeses and fresh herbs braised in San Marzano tomato sauce, plus Sydney’s hot fudge vanilla-pistachio sundae from the scene-stealing visit to iconic Margie’s Candies.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$170 Per Couple
Sat, Jul 26
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: PARIS NIGHTS

Celebrate Parisian classics from the most romantic city in the world with a French 75 cocktail, chilled to perfection. This hands-on class with Sheri Doe will make asparagus-gruyère puff pastry tart, oven roasted chicken breast with creamy tarragon sauce, tomatoes Provençale with a fresh vibrant pesto, plus crêpes filled with crème pâtisserie drizzled with orange caramel sauce.

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Sheri Doe
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Sun, Jul 27
5 to 7:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: THE HIGHS AND HITS OF LOW COUNTRY

Explore the southern flavors of Carolina low country loaded with shrimp and crab for a fun evening in the kitchen with your partner. This hands-on class will join Jeff Friesen to create she-crab soup - a rich southern bisque with sherry, shrimp and grits with bacon and herbs, crab cakes served with rémoulade, pimiento cheese on benne wafers, plus a planter's punch rum cocktail with bitters.

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Jeff Friesen
Chef
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Fri, Aug 15
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: LAST TANGO IN PARIS DINE AND DANCE

Grab your partner and join us for a unique experience of dancing and dining. The evening begins with a one-hour tango dance lesson with dance instructor Tal Stein, then waltz into the kitchen with a French 75 champagne-cognac cocktail. This hands-on class will create beet-goat cheese salad with champagne-shallot vinaigrette and gruyère gougères, boeuf bourguignon with potato gratin dauphinoise, plus almond pithiviers with fresh berries. Put on your dancing shoes! Please do not wear rubber-soled shoes. We recommend closed shoes with a flat leather sole or medium heel.

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Mickey Kitterman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$200 Per Couple
Sat, Aug 16
6 to 9 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: ANYTHING IS PASTA-BLE

Get your partner in the kitchen and anything is possible! Master the skills of making delicious homemade pasta as this splendid hands-on class with Angela Adrignola creates classic Caesar salad, toasted ravioli with marinara dipping sauce, fettuccine Alfredo, plus chocolate molten lava cake, and an espresso martini.

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Angela Adrignola
Culinary Educator
Hands-On
$160 Per Couple
Sat, Aug 23
6 to 8:30 pm

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: MODERN STEAKHOUSE

Share a relaxing evening in the kitchen with your partner creating modern steakhouse favorites, starting with roasted shrimp cocktail with homemade cocktail sauce. This hands-on class with Matt Sassman will prepare wedge salad on a stick with bacon and cherry tomatoes with creamy blue cheese dressing and crumbled blue cheese, beef tenderloin medallions with béarnaise sauce, cheesy steakhouse potatoes Romanoff, creamed spinach with béchamel, plus chocolate pots de crème.

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Matthew Sassman
Kitchen Conservatory Staff
Hands-On
$180 Per Couple
Sat, Sep 6
6 to 8:30 pm