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Bringing family and friends to the table and sharing food is what separates us from other life forms; it creates bonds, feelings of love and acceptance. To aid in the ritual of creating meals and breaking bread, I have put together an updated list of cooking and baking classes in the Baltimore and surrounding areas. This time I have set them up by area: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Howard County and Anne Arundel County. If you know of other classes being offered in the area please share and I will update this list.
New to the list this time is former White House pastry chef, Ann Amernick, Shelbie Wassel, Catherine Berenson, Simone Martini and Every Day Gourmet.
View slide show HERE
Cooking and Baking Classes
BALTIMORE CITY
Baltimore Health Coach Ruscombe Mansion
4801 Yellowwood Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209 http://www.baltimorehealthcoach.com/the-best-ever-holiday-class/
(443) 418-9534
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 – 2 pm to 4 pm
With Zeke Phillips, Richele Henry, Lucas Seipp-Williams, CHCs
Special Guest acupuncturist Jennifer Downs of Pivot Point
Sharing about seasonal wellness and the Metal Element.
Learn recipes and enjoy an early Holiday meal:
* Free Range turkey – learn the art of brining!
* Wheat-free, whole grain stuffing
* Homemade saurkraut
* Veggie dishes your family will love, and of course…
* Pumpkin pie– all with a holistically healthy twist.
Spaces limited, secure yours today!
$40 pre-registration ($75 for two)
$50 at the door ($85 for two)
Pierpoint Restaurant and Catering
Executive Chef Nancy Longo
1822 Aliceanna Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410.675.2080
http://www.pierpointrestaurant.com/
Classes: Hands-on Classes for Children, Adults and Groups
Join Pierpoint Restaurant Group on Facebook
Sunday, November 1st 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. International BBQ – come learn the techniques from all over the world, rubs, smoking techniques, as well as sauces. $75
Sunday, November 8th 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Vegetarian –come learn creative vegetarian cooking. Class will cover vegan and vegetarian cooking with creative style and spice combinations – dishes even carnivores will enjoy. $75
Students will enjoy the meal prepared along with beverages, wine or beer.
Roland Park Country School –Kaleidoscope Adult Classes
Office of External Programs
5204 Roland Avenue
Baltimore MD
Program of classes: http://www.rpcs.org/Kaleidoscope/pdfs/Fall09_final.pdf
Cooking Classes with Chef Jerry Pelligrino
Thursday, October 22 and Sunday, November 8th
Baking Class with Mary Lynn Allen – Autumn Pies
Saturday November 7th
Read her blog http://sweetmary.typepad.com/
Japanese Cooking with William Matsuzaki
Saturdays November 14th & December 12th
Sotto Sopra Restaurant
405 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410 625 0534
ciao@sottosopra.us http://www.sottosopra.us
Classes are optional hands-on for adults and groups
Join Sotto Sopra Cucina Italiana group on Facebook for class invites or follow on Twitter @sottosopra
Sunday, November 8 – Holiday Cooking - $65
Executive Chef Bill Crouse wants you to be prepared for your holiday gatherings as he takes you through the fine points of holiday dishes, even turkey. The class has optional hands-on opportunities to get in there and learn. After working in the kitchen, students will enjoy sitting down to taste the dishes prepared and have wine. For more details Click Here
Chef-for-the-Day Program: Executive Chef Bill Crouse and Chef-for-the-Day participant plan a four course dinner menu that the guest chef prepares under the tutelage of the Executive Chef. Friends, family and restaurant patrons are offered that menu during dinner service. $100
Cooking Classes will resume after the holidays. Gift certificates for both cooking classes and Chef-for-the-Day are available
BALTIMORE COUNTY NORTHWEST (Owings Mills, Reisterstown)
Ann Amernick
Former White House Pastry Chef & Cookbook Author
Owings Mills, MD
annamernick@comcast.net
http://www.annamernick.com/Welcome%20to%20my%20site!.htm
The classes are no more than 5 people @ 40.00. They are hands on and I try to send home all things that are made by the participants. Right now, I'm getting requests for pies, and I'm showing them my way, a little different, a way to avoid the soggy bottom crust.
I'm happy to teach cake decorating classes, more than piping techniques, sugar flowers, that sort of thing, even sugar painting.
Cooking With Catherine
Catherine Bereson
11-a Pleasant Hill Lane
Owings Mills, MD 21117
443-520-5903
Classes: Hands-On for Groups & Team Building
http://www.CookingWithCatherine.com
cookingwithcatherine@comcast.net
Cooking Class Parties
Are you looking for a fun and different way to entertain? Do your guests end up hanging around in the kitchen while you cook dinner? A Cooking Class party lets everyone be part of the cooking action!
We coordinate all the details...grocery shopping, providing cookware, knives, aprons...and clean up...so you can enjoy the activities with your group. Classes last approximately 3 hours.
Professional Fee: Starts at $450 ($75 per person plus cost of food)
Corporate Teambuilding Events
Personal Chef Catherine Bereson and Performance Coach Kim Fabian facilitate a cooking class event that helps your team reconnect, refocus and set new goals for the challenges ahead. Can you perform when the heat is on? Can you delegate tasks without starting a food fight? Can you trust your co-worker with a 12-inch knife?
Preparation. Communication. Confidence. Leadership.
Corporate groups will bring these ingredients together to learn the value of working as a team to create a finished product that everyone can enjoy. Pre-work and debriefing sessions translate the experience back to the work environment.
Professional Fee: $2,500 For more details visit www.experiencepeakperformance.com/prepare.htm
For the Love of Food
Chef Diane Bukatman
20 Clarks Lane
Reisterstown, MD 21136-5810
443.865.0630
info@fortheloveoffood.com
www.fortheloveoffood.com
Classes are hands for children, adult, group and team building
OKTOBERFEST - Annual Cooking with Beer Dinner
Friday, October 23rd
$95 per person or $175 per couple
Everyone loves brats and beer, but we try to give that hearty Oktoberfest meal a little more panache while keeping the pizzazz!
We'll start off with some killer Homemade Soft Beer Pretzels with a Cheese & Ale Dip, then of course we'll have Brats, but we'll braise ours in Beer then finish 'em on the Grill. We'll have a reprise of Les White's earth-shaking Hog's Head Chili with Sweet Corn 'Pone. Then since too much beer's never enough, we'll finish our beer fest with Double Chocolate Porter Ice Cream over Triple Fudge Brownies with Guinness Laced Hot Fudge Sauce.
We're working on getting Beer Meister extraordinaire, Dan Gore with us that night!
SUSHI - Maki, inside-out rolls, hand rolls & more
Tuesday, October 27th $70
Did you know that 'sushi' refers only to the RICE and not the FISH at all? It's all about the rice you use, and the way you make and season it. So of course, we'll start with the rice, then go on to making those wonderful sauces to accompany your rolls ~ wasabi, the king of sushi sauces, spicy sauce, and a mayonnaise-y horseradish sauce.
Then with our sushi grade tuna and salmon, as well as shrimp, smoked salmon, crab sticks, flying fish roe, avocado, all sorts of vegetables, some 'crunchies' for texture and lots of imagination we'll make the best - and certainly the most creative - maki you've ever had!
Shallots Culinary Instructor & Personal Chef
Shelbie Wassel
shallots@comcast.net
Owings Mills, MD
http://www.shallotspersonalchefservice.com/index.php
410-218-1059
Children, Adult Hands On
Next Class: Friday, November 20th at 11:00 a.m.
French Cuisine, all veggie! Practice a pie crust in time for Thanksgiving..
Cooking Classes are offered for individuals and groups, featuring different ethnic cuisines. Each class explores new techniques, products, and gadgets.
• Can be aimed at various levels of ability
• Kids “Basic cooking and Kitchen Safety”
• Men Only Classes
• Appetizer, Dessert, and Soup Classes
• Survival cooking to party planning
BALTIMORE COUNTY – NORTH & NORTHEAST (Stevenson, Towson, Phoenix & Belair Road)
Cake and Wedding Cottage
8716 Belair Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21236
410-529-0200
http://www.cakeandweddingcottage.com/classes.php
Our classes are held as single events (demos) or as a weekly, one night per week series. Basic Cake Decorating is one night per week for 6 weeks and the separate sessions begin on the dates below. Intermediate Cake Decorating is a 6-week course, again one night per week with session dates beginning on the dates below. Rolled Fondant is a 3-night course, held one night each week on the dates noted below. All other classes are normally one session.
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Multiple classes in November and December including children’s gingerbread classes.
Chef’s Expression
Executive Chefs John Walsh & Jerry Edwards
Gramercy Carriage House
1400 Greenspring Valley Drive
Stevenson, Maryland
Contact Kate Bittinger 410.561.Chef
KatieBittinger@chefsexpression.com
http://www.chefsexpressions.com/press/2009_Culinary_Seminars.pdf
Classes are demonstration and for adults
Thursday, November 19th 6 p.m. to 8 p.m – Old and New Thanksgiving Recipes
Chefs Jerry Edwards and John Walsh conduct culinary tastings at the Gramercy Mansion Carriage house. Jerry and John create 3-4 special courses and recipes for attendees to taste. Light dinner and wine.
Chef Simone
Simone Martini
simomart72@verizon.net
410 800 6500
http://www.simplysimonellc.com/
Private Cooking Classes: 1-2 students: $50 per hour + cost of food
3-5 students: $70 per hour + cost of food
6-10 students: $90 per hour + cost of food
For recurring groups taking 3 lessons or more, $5
off hourly rate thereafter. Average lesson is 3 hours
Chef Martini also teaches at
The Bykota Center for Italian Cultural Center of Maryland
611 Central Avenue
Towson, Maryland
410-547-9934
Maja’s Viennese Kitchen
Maria Springer
Phoenix, MD
majaskit@aol.com : 410-561-1157
Classes are demonstration and hands-on for children, adults, groups and team building.:
Pricing vary for groups and food served – call for pricing
Have a Cooking Party in Maja’s Viennese Kitchen. Schedule early so that your and my time on our calendars will coincide.
Classes will be offered as GROUP Classes - Menus can be anything you desire:
Ethnic dinners, soup and appetizer, Viennese pastries, afternoon tea, Viennese afternoon coffee, birthday dinners or teas, anniversary dinners
Dinners with……office colleagues, business clients, exercise/fitness groups, carpool moms, garden clubs, investment clubs, language groups…..practice your French, Italian, Spanish, German or Japanese while eating a meal from that country. Retirees groups, church groups, pre-school moms, teachers groups, etc….. My dining room seats 12 to 14 guests.
Gingerbread House Decorating Afternoons in December – for children
BALTIMORE COUNTY WEST & HOWARD COUNTY (Ellicott City, Elkridge & Columbia)
Cannelloni Kids Cooking School LLC
Nikki McGowan, Executive Chef
Various locations around Baltimore & Howard County
Phone: 978-223-3068
nikkimcgowan@hotmail.com
http://www.ckcsweb.com/index.asp
Children’s classes and parties are all hands-on. We incorporate science, math, nutrition, and kitchen safety into the preparation of fun and delicious culinary specialties.
Our classes and parties are offered to elementary and middle school age children in schools, community centers, churches, and homes in Baltimore and the surrounding area.
Cooking with Ben
Ben Tehranian
6402 Wind Rider Way
Columbia, MD 21045
http://cookwithben.com/index.htm
Phone: 410-312-0001
info@cookwithben.com
Ben Tehranian invites you to his kitchen to share his experience and skills in a relaxed, involved, and hands-on environment. Or if you prefer, he will hold the classes in your own kitchen using your equipment. Ben also offers assistance with planning and preparing your special gatherings.
Donna’s Restaurant - Columbia
Executive Chef Donna Crivello
5850 Waterloo Road
Columbia, MD 21045
Ph. 410-465-2399
Donnasalad@aol.com
http://www.donnas.com/classes.htm
Classes are demonstration for adults
Cooking with Donna Mediterranean style
Wednesdays – 6:30 p.m.
Classes will include wines, tastes of all the foods prepared and recipes.
each class lasts about 2 hours. $45
Fast Mediterranean meals for everyday and for entertaining. Practical cooking classes with tastings and recipes. They'll talk about Mediterranean ingredients,
(shopping and stocking) plus techniques for pulling together great, quick and healthy dinners. Learn more about cooking without recipes (not just pasta, but vegetables, chicken and seafood, legumes)
Oct 21: meats
Oct 28: one dish meals
Nov 4: late fall soups
Nov 11: great side dishes
Nov 18 : tarts: savory and sweet
Nov: 25: last minute hors d oeuvres and appetizers
Elkridge Furnace Inn
Executive Chef Daniel Wecker
5745 Furnace Ave.
Elkridge, Maryland 21075
410-379-9336
https://www.elkridgefurnaceinn.com/special_events.php
Tuesday, October 27: Adult Cooking Class: Four Course Fall Meal
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
$80 inclusive of service and tax
Reservations are required, limited space available
Incorporate seasonal produce into a tasty meal. Exact menu to be determined and will be posted as soon as possible.
Everyday Gourmet at David’s Natural Food Market
Chef Julie Karinshak
5430-C Lynx Lane
Columbia Maryland
410-730-2304
http://www.davidsnaturalmarket.com/
everydaygourmetdnm@gmail.com
Classes are demonstration and for adults
Tuesday, October 20 7 p.m. – Everyday Portuguese - this class will cover the much overlooked country of the European Mediterranean. Menu is Braised Chicken and Chickpea Stew with Wild Mushrooms, Arroz de Marisco (Mixed Seafood Stew), and Grilled Vegetable Kebabs with Piri Piri Sauce. Class is Gluten and Dairy Free (please note that when you officially sign up for it). Please come into the Columbia Location of David's Natural Market to register, or call Julie Karinshak at (410)730-2304 for more information. Cost is $34 and will include a full serving portion of each recipe and copy of each written recipe to take home. Class is demonstrative, but please come with any culinary or regional questions that you have!
Tuesday, October 27 7 p.m. – Everyday Indian - one of the most underdone regions in the last cooking class, this class will cover a lot of the flavors of classic Indian food while paring down the methods to make them more appropriate for everyday use. Menu is Tandoori Cauliflower Curry with Chickpeas, Butternut Squash and Spinach Curry with Cilantro/Cashew Raita, and Tomato Cumin Rasam (soup). This class will be completely VEGAN, containing no dairy for animal products. Please come into the Columbia Location of David's Natural Market to register, or call Julie Karinshak at (410)730-2304 for more information. Cost is $30 and will include a full serving portion of each recipe and copy of each written recipe to take home. Class is demonstrative, but please come with any cuilinary or regional questions that you have!
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
Anne Arundel Community College – Main Campus
101 College Parkway
Arnold, Md 21012
http://www.aacc.edu/search/course/crs_pick.cfm
Assorted non-credit and credit culinary classes at various campus locations
Photographs and video by Dara Bunjon
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