Check out classes with menu details and registration down below:
January 3 - Kids Class. | January 25 - Chinese New Year
February 1 - Black History Month | February 14 - Valentine’s Day | February 17 - Family Day
March 4 - Mardi Gras | March 24 - Kids Class | March 29 - Thai Class
Our classes are a blast… but you don’t have to take our word for it.
Check out our 94 5-Star Google Reviews!
Sweet words from:
The Food Network - Listed as top 10 unique virtual cooking classes in Canada
Avenue Magazine - Recommended Virtual Cooking Classes
The Best Calgary - Listed Top 5 Culinary Schools in Calgary 2021 & 2022
Want to be kept in the loop on our class announcements? Follow us on Instagram & Facebook @JoinChefJoey
Choose from our Unique Class Schedule
Kids Class
Time: January 3 at 5:30pm
Beginners Class
We’ll be going at a pace that suits all beginner chefs. If you just want a nice and easy pace as a grown kid…feel free to join us too. We couldn’t decide between our favourites so we’re doing both and mixing them together! Chili and Mac & Cheese! Weeeee
Menu:
Chili Mac with Assorted Oven Roasted Veggies
Chinese New Year
Time: January 25 at 5:00pm
Open Class
Usher the dragon out and welcome the year of the snake. Chinese cuisine is an absolute favourite so we want to honour their New Year with a few classics.
Menu:
Kung Pow Chicken
Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles
Fortune Cookie
Black History Month
Time: February 1 at 5:00pm
Open Class
This hits near and dear to our hearts. Chef Joey will embrace his black history with flavours from the south that conjure up so many great lessons from those who have gone before us in the kitchen and in our community.
Menu:
Buttermilk Brined Southern Style Fried Chicken
My Peoples’ Mac & Cheese
Down Home Collard Greens
Valentine’s Day
Time: February 14 at 5:45pm
Open Class
How are you spending Valentine’s Day? With your special someone or your own fine self? Either way spend it with us!!
Menu:
Deconstructed Beef Wellington
Caprese Salad
Hot Chocolate Souffle
Family Affair
Time: February 17 at 5:30pm
Open Class
Spend time with your family, or chosen family, and cook an amazing meal together. The dinner will last a night but the memories will last a lifetime.
Menu:
“Marry Me” Chicken a.k.a. “Co-habitat” with me Chicken over penne
Authentic Ceasar Salad
Tuscany Bread
Mardi Gras
Time: March 4 at 5:30pm
Open Class
Let’s go south to the Big Easy and celebrate Mardi Gras together. The food is all soul and the flavours will have you singing along side the greats.
Menu:
Shrimp Ettouffe
Southern Styled Biscuits
Authentic Key Lime Pie
Kids Class
Time: March 24 at 5:30pm
Kids Class
Going at a nice pace for kids or folks who are just starting to cook, we’ll create something you can go and do again on your own! Fly be free and cook!
Menu:
Jambalaya Chicken Skewers with Creole (not spicy) Sauce
Cornbread Muffins
Thai Class
Time: March 29 at 5pm
Open Class
This is a simple class with complex flavours. We will break it down so you can confidently do this one again. And you’ll want to.
Menu:
Som Tam Spicy Green (or Ripe) Papaya Salad
Pad Thai
Coconut Sugar Grilled Pineapples with Coconut/Vanilla Ice Cream
Bunch of Brunch
Time: April 24 at 10:30am
Open Class
Grab a Mimosa, get your apron on and invite some folks over to either help, watch or eat! It’s a great way to spend a holiday.
Menu:
Lemon and Ricotta Cheese Pancakes
Maple and Brown Sugar Pecan Bacon
Seared Salmon with Potato Latkes
Commanders Palace
Time: April 12 at 5pm
Open Class
Since 1893 Commander’s Palace has been a New Orlean’s landmark known for creating a fantastic dining experience. Please join us as we pay homage to two of their dishes.
Menu:
Fried Trout with Pecan Butter and Meunière Sauce
Commander’s Palace Bread Pudding Soufflé
Classes gone but not forgotten!
New Orleans Classics
Open Class
This is Chef Joey’s jam. Being from New Orleans he loves to share some of the classics he grew up with. And he’s giving a nod to one of his favourite chef mentors, Emeril Lagasse.
Menu:
Cajun / Creole Shrimp Étouffée over Steamed White Rice
Southern Style Biscuits with Honey Butter
NOLA Rum Cake
Cinco de Mayo
Open Class
Come be a part of our culinary Mariachi band? Cinco de Mayo? Cinco de Drinko!
International Empanada Day
Open Kids Class - Day Class
On International Empanada Day it is fitting we make these little pockets of heaven. They are great with a salad or for a meal on the run. This is packed with flavour and spiced to your/your kids’ liking!
Awesome Autism Awareness Extravaganza
Open Class
We’ll be bringing a joyful energy as we walk you through some pretty tasty treats. We are calling all those who want to share the experience of cooking together in a relaxed pace and repeatable recipes for people with all cooking abilities.
St. Patrick’s Day
Open Class
This is in celebration of Petrina’s family heritage…and a good excuse to have a few beers on a Sunday…if you needed one.
Menu:
Braised Boneless Short Ribs
Cheesy Mashed Potatoes (optional)
Oven Roasted Cabbage Steaks with Dijon Mustard Vinaigrette
Green Velvet Cake with Irish Cream Custard Sauce
Beginner/Kids Cooking Class
Open Class
Since there is no school on the Monday, we thought the kids could make dinner for Family Day weekend. Stay tuned for the menu!
Menu:
Pizza Monkey Bread of your choice with Marinara Dipping Sauce
Ham and Pineapple
Pepperoni
Whatever!
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls with a million substitutions for allergies or preference!
Beef Wellington!
Open Class
It’s all about love baby. Love of self. Love of others. ‘Nuff said
Menu:
Seared 5 inch 1 ½ lb beef tenderloin dijon mustard lathered with assorted mushroom duxelle, wrapped in prosciutto and flaky puff pastry
Roasted garlic and herb fingerling potatoes
Creamy peppercorn sauce
Wilted mixed greens with a warm honey pecan balsamic vinaigrette.
International Women’s Day
Open Class
Celebrate International Woman’s Day honoring the materwork of 3-4 influential female chefs and their signature dish.
A Punch of Brunch
Open Class
Get your eating pants on and join us for this amazing brunch.
Menu:
Cinnamon Bun Pancakes
Brown Sugar Bacon with Pecans
Not Yo Mama’s Tater Tot
Las Vegas to die for “EggSlut” Sandwich with Coddled Egg with a Brioche Bun
Home & Native Land
Open Class
What better day to celebrate the freedom of our country. We are so lucky to be able to access so many wonderful resources at our fingertips. We have a lot to be thankful for.
Menu:
Venison/Elk/Beef with Canadian Whiskey Mushroom Sauce
Yukon Gold Potatoes Canadiana
Indigenous Bannock with Local Fireweed Honey Butter
Beginner/Kids Class
Slower pace for kids, and adults that want to take it slow!
Not only will you learn how to make an amazing tomato sauce and pizza bread & breadstick, but the best part is it looks spooktacular too.
Menu:
Tomato Sauce and Spider Pizza Dough & Breadsticks
Brain Dip with Assorted Cookies
Spooktacular Class
Pizza Pizza
KIDS Open Class
The kids loved getting their hands in there! You can double the recipe and freeze the dough for the next pizza night.
Menu:
Homemade Pizza Dough and Sauce
Sweet Cinnamon Pizza
Romantic Italian
Open Class
Have a cozy night in with your honey, your parter, your pals, your family, your…self. We’ll explore Italy with some dishes from all over Italy.
Menu
Antipasto salad prosciutto, mortadella and fried pancetta artichokes tomatoes, and red onion with a sun-dried tomato dressing and green olive tapenade
Cacio e Pepe Pasta cheese and pepper*
The Best Italian Meatballs ever with Veal, beef and pork over cheesy polenta, tomato sauce, basil and fresh parmesan cheese
If time allows:
Lemon ricotta cake with sliced almonds
Chinese New Year
Open Class
We are celebrating Chinese New Years by exploring dishes from a beloved cuisine. The Ginger Beef is crispy and tender and the Green Onion Cakes are addictive. Trust us it’s amazing and its the booth that has a never ending line at any festival.
Menu
Green Onion Cakes
Ginger Beef
Sticky Ribs
Pasta 3-Ways
Kids Class
The kids will learn to make a zesty tomato sauce they can use as a base for a bunch of different sauces. Then a creamy Alfredo Sauce and they put them together to create a Rose Sauce!
Menu:
Zesty Tomato Sauce
Creamy Alfredo Sauce
Cheat Rose Sauce
Pizza Night
Open Class
We are making pizza from scratch. The kind where the crust is soft and crispy at the same time. The toppings are from one of those fancy schmancy pizza places. We threw in a meat lovers for the carnivores and a vegetarian for the vegetarians obviously and a cheese pizza for the cheesetarians.
Menu:
Rustic Pizza Dough (Thin crust)
Pizza Sauce
Toppings Choices
Four Cheese with Spicy Honey and Lemon Dressed Arugula
Meat Lovers with Prosciutto, Salami, Spicy Capocollo and Italian Sausage
Roasted Garlic, Baby Spinach, Red Peppers, Tomatoes, Artichokes, Fresh Basil, Feta/Goat Cheese and Mozzarella
Holiday Cookies
Let’s make cookies for the holidays together. I’ve chosen three scrumptious cookies you’d be proud to bring to any event. OR squirrel them away for your own pleasure. No judgement! We’ll be going at a nice slow pace so budding chefs (kids or beginners) would enjoy the class.
Menu
Red Velvet Cream Cheese Cookies with White Chocolate Drizzle
Glazed Gingerbread Cookies
Chocolate Dipped Chocolatie Brownie Cookies
Blimey It’s English
Join me as I demystify the English Style Fish and Chips. Don’t be nervous to fry, it’s not that hard or scary. We will share the tips and tricks that will allow you to bring the pub to your kitchen.
Menu
Cod, Haddock or Halibut Battered Fish
Thrice Cooked Fries - Boiled, fried then fried again
Tartar Sauce with a Twist
English Toffee Pudding
Lagniappe - Make before class if you like
Malted Vinegar and Lemon Aioli
From Bombay with Love
England is saturated with amazing Indian restaurants and we wanted to pay homage to that. What a gift of culture and cuisine India has given to the world.
Menu
Chicken Tikka-Masala
Spicy Tomato, Cucumber and Red Onion Salad with Mint Raita or Lime Dressing Dressing and Roasted Peanuts
Plain Basmati Rice
Pistachio, Rosewater, Cardamom and Orange Semolina Cake
Proper Roast Sunday Dinner
There is something so quintessential English about the good old Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings. We’re going to show you how to make the most tender roast and the fluffiest puddings. We are throwing in some roasted potatoes to soak up an amazing gravy
Menu
Rib Roast of Beef or Tick Cut Ribeye
Yorkshire Puddings
Decadent Gravy
Roasted Potatoes in Duck Fat
Horseradish Ailoli or Horseradish Cream
Carrots & Parsnips
Lagniappe - Make before class if you like
Braised Cabbage with Bacon
Our Queen was all class. For 70 years she reigned through wars, 15 Prime Ministers, COVID and has navigated through many social issues with grace. Every commonwealth leader respected her because she respected them. She will be missed.
We’ve chosen her favourite dishes to celebrate this incredible queen. Please join us, and we would love to see your best queen garb, we will!
Menu
Gaelic Steak - Pan Seared Venison or Alberta Aged Beef Tenderloin with a Creamy Assorted Mushroom Whiskey Sauce
Parsnip Potato Mash
Glazed Baby Carrots
The Queen’s Chocolate Tea Biscuit Cake
Lagniappe (Made at the end of class if you’d like to stick around or join us)
Earl Grey Brined Grilled Salmon Filet
Fit for a Queen
Mother’s Day Brunch
The best part of Mother’s Day is spending time with your kids and mothers. And the other best part is having them cook with/for you! So make a date with your mom/kids and enjoy time in the kitchen creating an exceptional brunch. And if your mom/kids live somewhere else, this is a great opportunity to connect.
WE ALSO SELL GIFT CERTIFICATES!
Menu
Lemon and Ricotta Cheese Pancakes
Maple and Brown Sugar Pecan Bacon
Seared Salmon with Potato Latkes
Apple and Onion Compote
Edmonton Corporate Challenge
If you are part of the Corporate Challenge and are partying with us for Mardi Gras you are in the right place. We’ll be making New Orleans Louisiana (NOLA) Jambalaya and Chili Chocolate Mousse!
Boujee & Boozie
We are going to be cooking with booze in EVERYTHING! We want to show you the flavour profiles it can provide.
Menu
Bourbon Braised Beef Short Ribs
Super Saturation Smoked Cheddar Creamy Mac and Cheese
Red Velvet Bundt Cake with Bailey’s Cream Cheese Glaze
Asian Classics
We picked all our favourites and let me tell you, we have a lot of favourites. Chef Joey has created a recipe of Hot and Sour soup inspired by all the soups he’s ever had. We tried the Lettuce Wraps at Joey’s the other day and were underwhelmed so it will be a Kung Pow Chicken Lettuce Wrap smack down!
Menu
Hot and Sour Soup
Sweet & Spicy Korean Pork Bellies w Shiitake Mushrooms
Kung Pow Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Rainbow Crepe Cakes
This is a beautiful cake to share with loved ones. Chef Joey has taken a Rainbow Crepe to the next level by incorporating just the right amount of cream cheese. Not too sweet. Just right. This one will get our creative juices flowing. We want to see all kinds of color combos! Make a yellow and blue cake and sell as a fundraiser. Whatever inspires you.
NOTE: This is a kids/adult beginner class so we’ll be going at a nice and easy pace.
Menu
Crepes (will show you how to make a savoury crepe as well)
Rainbows (yes we will show you how to make a rainbow! lol)
Mexican Tortilla Pie
This Tortilla Pie is the perfect dinner. It’s simple to make but Chef Joey kicks up the flavour profile. You can make it spicy as you want or mild. It’s fun layering the pie and when it’s done you have a show piece! Great for lunches the next day too!
NOTE: This is a kids/adult beginner class so we’ll be going at a nice and easy pace.
Menu
Tortilla Pie
Guacamole
Osso Buco Heaven
This is a specialty of the Lombard;y region and is one of my favourite ways to cook veal shanks. So yummy you can never get enough. The polenta is a perfect pairing. Now that’s Italian.
Menu:
Veal Shank Osso Buco
Cheesy Polenta Parmesan
Italian Style Vegetable Medley
Mediterranean Escape
Petrina has been to Greece twice and would go again! Set your table with a blue table cloth, pour yourself some vino in small water glasses and picture yourself looking over a cliff of white-washed houses dotted with turquoise. roofs. This menu has a couple classics and a twist on another.
Menu
Marinated Chicken Gyro (jimmy rigging a rotisserie in your own oven)
Tzatziki and Roasted Pepper and Feta Dip
Saganaki
Lemon Potatoes
Mother India
We travelled to Scotland of all places and had the best Indian food in Glasgow. Chef Joey will be choosing his favourite dishes inspired by the menu from “Mother India”. But of course it will include butter chicken!
Menu
Butter Chicken
Naan Bread
White Chocolate Mousse with Lemon Cardamon and Rosewater
Tex Mex Parm
Adults are welcome but will be going at a pace for kids to participate fully.
Another whacky combination. Italian and Mexican Tex Mex Parmesan Chicken
Menu:
Tex Mex Parmesan Chicken
Mexican Rice
What Goes with What
Open - Beginners/Kids Class
Adults are welcome but will be going at a pace for kids to participate fully.
Chef Joey has done lost his darned mind! He has found two amazing foods that kids love and is putting them together. We’ve tried and we don’t know why it works, it just does! Your kid has NEVER had this before but they will definitely want to make it again!
Menu:
Spagetti Taco
Including Tomato Sauce from Scratch
Fixin’s
Cost: $15
Escape to Mexico
Open Class
You just can’t get these anywhere but they are like potato skins. They may be old fashioned but they should never have gone away in the first place. These “surprise there is a schwack of flavour going on in here” parcels will make you start protesting restaurants to start serving them again.
Menu:
Chimichangas with Side Salad
Churros with Chili Chocolate Sauce
Cost: $30
Maui Star Noodle Restaurant Inspiration
When we were in Hawaii we hit this restaurant called Star Noodle in Lahaina. We still dream about it. These wings are not like anything you’ve ever had. Seriously. And when you make these garlic noodles they will become a staple in your household.
Menu:
Nuoc Cham Wings
Hawaiian Adobo Ribs
Star Noodle Garlic Noodles
Bonus Recipe Not Covered in Class:
Creamy Coconut Custard Hawaiian Style
Street Food
Open Class
This is for those that love the international cuisine served up by your favourite street vendor or food truck. Cuisines from India, Japan and Edmonton! Yes Edmonton where the Green Onion Cake was invented! Trust us it’s amazing and its the booth that has a never ending line at any festival.
Menu
Green Onion Cakes
Grilled Tandori Chicken Kababs
Brined Tempura Assorted Mushrooms
Cost: $30
Can’t Put Your Finger On It
Open - Beginners/Kids Class
Adults are welcome but will be going at a pace for kids to participate fully. This is a fun class that puts the decision of the flavours in your hands. Choose your favourite potato chip flavour and your own potato skin toppings.
Menu:
Potato Chip Crusted Oven Baked Chicken Fingers with Honey Mustard Sauce
Potato Skins
Cost: $15
Pizza Night
Open Class
We are making pizza from scratch. The kind where the crust is soft and crispy at the same time. The toppings are from one of those fancy schmancy pizza places. We threw in a meat lovers for the carnivores and a vegetarian for the vegetarians obviously and a cheese pizza for the cheesetarians.
Menu:
Rustic Pizza Dough (Thin crust)
Pizza Sauce
Toppings Choices
Four Cheese with Spicy Honey and Lemon Dressed Arugula
Meat Lovers with Prosciutto, Salami, Spicy Capicola and Italian Sausage
Roasted Garlic, Baby Spinach, Red Peppers, Tomatos, Artichokes, Fresh Basil, Feta/Goat Cheese and Mozza
Holiday Cookie Collection
Open Adult/Kids Class
We are keeping this class open to adults but we’ll be moving at a pace that works for the kiddos. So all are welcome for this very chill and festively creative (is that a thing) cookie class. We’ll do one baked cookie, one on the stove and one with melted chocolate. Bright colors and fun assembly!
Menu:
Christmas Wreaths
White Chocolate Bark
Chocolate and Vanilla Pinwheel Shortbread
Creole Kids
Kids Class
Wait until your kid finishes this amazing meal for you! The spices on the Jambalaya Skewers are flavourful without being “spicy”. Then the cornbread muffins! Well they are yummers!
We will be making the Creole Sauce at the end of class if you want to stick around for it. It is so tangy and a perfect pairing with the skewers.
Menu:
Jambalaya Skewers
Cheesy cornbread muffins
Hail to the French Bistro
Open Class
You’ll learn how to make light as a cloud crepes from a French Bistro. They will wrap around a beautiful creamy seafood medley of shrimp, lobster and crab. Then provide the perfect vehicle to get this yummy orange sauce into your belly.
Menu:
Classic Salad Nicoise
Creamy Seafood Crepe a la Neptune
Jacques Pepin’s Crepe Suzette
Movember Meal
Chef Joey will create an amazing meal created with healthy ingredients that will be so tasty you’ll forget it’s good for all your man bits.
Menu:
Roasted Garlic Soup
Salmon in Parchment Paper with Olives, Capers, Raisins with Chimichurra
Roasted Grape Salad
Cost: $30
Octoberfest
Open Class
We may be a couple weeks late but we wanted to take advantage of another festival dedicated to drinking beer. Octoberfest! I’ll teach you have to make traditional German dishes that will get you yelling “Danke schon!”
Pick up your Super Saturation to pair with it and Luminosity for the beer cheese sauce, at Cabin Brewing and tell them Chef Joey sent you for 10% off.
Menu:
German Schnitzel (Cauliflower or Pork) with Beer Cheese Sauce
Authentic German Spaetzle with Sage Compound Butter
Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage.
NOLA Shrimp & Grits
Open Class
Taking you back to New Orleans where I grew up. Shrimp and Grits is like Lasagna here. Everyone is very prideful of their own Shrimp and Grits. I’ll show you how I learned to make it!
Menu:
Shrimp & Grits
Collard Greens
Mexican Buddha Bowl
Open Class
Visit a little Cantina in Mexico for a couple hours. Chillin’ with a bowl full of authentic Mexican food listening to a Mariachi band.
Menu
Chilis Falafel (or chicken)
Red Rice with Black Beans or Red Quinoa
Spicy & Sweet Roasted Lime Corn
Pickled Red Onions Pico de Gallo
Spicy Tahini and Cashew Dressing
Cabin Brewing Beer Feast
Open Class
Do you like beer? Well we’ve found more ways to get it in your belly than just drinking it. We are proud to feature our newest partner Cabin Brewing Co. by cooking with their beer.. Go to CabinBrewing.ca to check these lovely people out!
Menu:
Spicy Schezwan Drunken Chicken
with Sunshine Rain IPA
NOLA Dirty Cabin Dirty Rice
with Luminosity
Full French
Open Class
You are going to want to French someone after you make this amazing menu. It’s the perfect meal for a summer night in Canada.
Menu
French Onion Soup Burger
French Style Poutine
Authentic Caesar Salad with Sour Dough Croutons, Bacon and Dressing with (or without) Anchovies
Corny Carnival Treats
Open Kids Class
It’s Stampede and we want to bring you some amazing treats you might find on the midway. And we threw in a healthy kale chip to make you parents feel good about it. This will be a fun class trying something they’ve never done before.
Menu
Corn Dog
Banana Corn Dog with Chocolate Sauce
Kale Chips
Juneteenth Soul Food
Open Class
To mark the emancipation of enslaved people in the US, Juneteenth celebrations became more widespread through community organized events including food festivals and throughout the arts community and is now celebrated in most major cities across the US. This is worth a gathering if only via Zoom.
Menu
Creole Collard Greens & Cabbage Coleslaw
Southern Style Oven Baked Sticky BBQ Chicken
Cajun Baked Beans
Joe Biden’s Build Back Brunch Better
Open Class
You may never make plain old scrambled eggs again. This is the ultimate egg sandwich paired with our favourite maple bacon with pecans because why not. Then you’ll need a potato product to round it all out!
Menu
Coddled Scrambled Sandwich
Oven Baked Maple Bacon with Pecans
Crispy Potato Latkes
FREE LIVE STREAMING CLASS
Thanks for celebrating my birthday with me!
Menu:
4:00pm - Make Caramelized Lemon Tart dough and chill
4:20pm - Duck Confit preparation
4:40pm - Prepare Caramelized Lemon Tart filling
5:00pm - Vintage Port Ice Cream - no ice cream maker required
5:30pm - Sweet & Spicy Korean Style Pork Bellies with Shitaki Mushrooms- Start to finish
6:15pm - Roll out and bake pie dough
6:20pm - Take out duck to cool and make salad
6:30pm - Make salad dressing and pull duck
7:00pm - Remove pie shell from oven and pour filling in pie shell and bake
7:15pm - Tomato and Basil Risotto - start to finish
7:45pm - Check Tart
8:00pm - Fried Fish with Pecan Butter and Meunière Sauce
9:00pm - Celebrate!!!
Mexican Tapas
Open Class
Menu:
Beef or Chicken Asada
Guacamole with Stilton Cheese and Crispy Bacon
Queso Fundido
Fresh Shrimp and Lime Ceviche
Cinnamon Sugared Churros with Mexican Chocolate Sauce
Spanish Tapas
Open Class
This will be a chill evening to create a few dishes to nibble on as we go. The Romeso Sauce you will want to keep and add to anything else you eat for the next few days. Simple and packed with flavour.
Menu
Seared Spanish Flank Steak Crostini with Romesco Sauce
Baked Salmon with Whipped Feta
Potatoes Brava
“N’Orlins” Here We Come!
Open Class
Join us for a trip to “N’Orlins” as they say it! You’ll learn how to layer flavours with a robust Gumbo and enjoy a salad from the famous Commander’s Palace on Washington Avenue in the city of New Orleans. We’ll conjure up the feeling of being there!
Menu:
Commanders Palace Blackened Shrimp Salad with Spicy King Louie Dressing
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo with Hot Cooked Rice
NOLA Styled Cornbread (optional)
Mexican Fiesta
May 7 at 5:30pm MST
Open Class
In honour of Cinco De Mayo we are creating a beautiful menu that will take your taste buds to a Mexican Fiesta. Heck why not follow your buds and create your own Fiesta in your own home!
Menu:
Beef, Chicken, Tofu or Fish Asada Taco
Fresh Shrimp and Lime Cerviche
Churros with Mexican Chocolate Sauce
Homemade Tortillas (optional)
Everything’s Coming Up Sunshine
KIDS Open Class
It’s coming up sunshine! Everything in tasty shades of yellows and oranges. It’s coming into spring after all and we’ll be seeing more of it everyday!
Menu:
Mac & Cheese
Roasted Carrots
Lemon Bars
Punch of a Brunch
Open Class
Is it lunch? Is it breakfast? It just doesn’t matter you can eat it all together. It’s like eating your dessert before your meal. No one cares! Wheeeeeee. We’ve picked our favourites for you to try.
Menu:
Eggs Benny with a Twist
Cheesy Tater Tot-ers (Not your kiddos Tater Tots)
Bacon 2-Way
Australian Pavlova with Raspberry Coulis and Assorted Berries and Sorbet
All Hear Her Roar
Open Class
To mark International Women’s Day March 8, I’m honouring my four most highly influential female chefs that had the biggest impact on me in my profession. They fuelled my passion and I love this taste of culinary history. We just need to narrow it down so stay tuned.
Menu:
Alice Waters - Chez Panisse, Berkeley - Her two most famous signature salads:
Baked Goat Cheese and Garden Lettuce with Shallot Red Wine Dressing
Susan Spicer - Bayona, New Orleans - Her most famous signature dish:
Bayona Roasted Garlic Soup
Cristeta Comerford - White House Executive Chef since 2005 Serving Bill & Hillary, George W. & Laura, Barack & Michelle, “_” & Melania and currently Joe & Jill.
Sticky Chicken Adobo
Leah Chase - Dooky Chase, New Orleans - Chef and co-owner, Chase made the eatery a hub for the African American community of New Orleans and a meeting place for pioneers of the civil rights movement.
Leah’s Famous Butter Cake
All Things Guinness
Open Class
We had jokes we had fiddles we have such good food. The brownies were awesome. I’ve vowed to put Irish cream in all my frostings!
Menu:
Beef and Guinness Pot Pie
Colcannon (special mashed potato)
Chocolate Guinness Brownies with Irish Cream Frosting
Lagniappe: Braised cabbage with brown sugar balsamic glaze
Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes
Kids Class
Like the song from Meatloaf says, this meatloaf is paradise by the oven light! This meatloaf is jacked up and zinging with flavour and the mashed potatoes are creamy goodness.
Menu:
Meatloaf
Mashed potatoes
Veggie Bowl with Love
Open Class
You are going to love this veggie bowl bursting with flavour.
Menu:
Homemade Veggie Patty
Fire-roasted Edamame Beans with Pickled Ginger
Roasted Herb and Balsamic Beets
Quinoa Surprise
Green Goddess Avocado Dressing
Not covered in class but would like to share this recipe with you if you want to do it on your own!
Sweet Braised Red Cabbage
Valentine’s Day Dinner & a Movie
Open Class
“The best love[food] is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more” said Nicholas Spark in the Notebook. The movie is set in Charleston, South Carolina and that is where we took our inspiration. Take a trip to the South with us and catch the Notebook after.
Menu:
Charleston Roasted Lamb Chops* with Brown Sugar Bourbon Glaze
Smoked Hasselback Potatoes
Banana and Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Not covered in class but you are welcome to my recipe if you’d like to create it for your meal.
Spinach Salad with Brown Butter Dressing
* Alternate protein upon request
Twisted Comfort Food
Kids Class
We’ve taken a classic and turned it upside down. With fresh basil and beautiful spices in this sauce, your kids and you…will love it. We’ve included a garlic toast recipe as a bonus.
Menu:
Lasagna Roll-Ups
Garlic Toast (not covered in class)
“I Got Soul & I’m Superbad” soul food
Open Class
Well it was super bad take our word for it!
Menu:
Buttermilk battered boneless fried breast and thighs
Creamy black-eyed peas
Dirty rice
Old Fashioned Beef Stew & Biscuits
Kids Class
The kids killed it. They all kept up and the biscuits looked amazing. We put a pile right into the lunch kit for the next day!
Menu:
Old Fashioned beef stew
Southern Style Biscuits
Creole Kids
Kids Class
It felt like summer grilling the Jambalaya and the Creole sauce is still being poured on everything we eat after class! The kids crushed it!
Menu:
Jambalaya Skewers
Cheesy cornbread muffins
Don’t Build That Wall
Open Class
This dish is the reason we embrace all cultures! Thanks to Latino Market for my pepper lesson!
Menu:
One-Skillet Mexican Pulled Chicken and Birria Beef Tamale Pie
Way South of the Border Caesar Salad
Veggie Bowl Me Over
Open Class
The menu did not disappoint!
Menu:
Buddha Bowl with dressing w/ nutritional yeast
KFC - Korean Fried Cauliflower
Maple oven roasted sweet potato
Roasted peppers
Marinated buttermilk and Panko encrusted grilled tofu
Grilled avocado
Carnival Bites
Kids Class
The kale chips were so good my daughter couldn’t stop eating them. It looked like we were attacked by a gang of rabbits!
Menu:
Corn dogs
Kale chips
Baked potato wedges with dipping sauce
A Christmas Story
Open Class
The ginger beef was yummy and crunchy and the spiralized salad will forever change the way my kiddo eats her veggies.
Menu:
Ginger Beef
Chinese BBQ ribs
Spiralized Cold Veggie Salad with Peanut Dressing
My Favourite Dinner
Open Kids Class
There was pounding, wrapping and lots of eating. Great job guys you followed along beautifully!
Menu:
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Creamy Dijon Sauce
All the Presidents’ Meals
Open Class
That Cioppino was so flavourful1 We were sopping it up with the grilled bread. Didn’t even take it out of the pot. Shameful.
Menu:
San Francisco Cioppino Style Seafood Stew w/ Grilled sourdough bread (from your favourite bakery)
Oven roasted winter vegetable medley
Apple Cinnamon Sponge Cake
Twisted Comfort Food
Open Kids Class
Kids learned safe cutting skills and how to add flavour to their dishes. And the biggie…onions are yummy!
Here’s what they were working on:
Lasagna Roll-Ups
Herb/Garlic/Parm. Bread
Hit the Streets
DONE BABY!
Here’s what one our participants created!
East Meets West Sushi Taco with Wasabi Mayo
Lamb Kebob with Roasted Tomato Tzatziki
Parisian Buckwheat Salad Crepe