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HoustonCooking.com gives ordinary Houstonians the chance to have award-winning chefs teaching cooking classes in their homes!  A private cooking lesson is a great opportunity for family, friends, co-workers or club members to socialize and learn something new.  Instead of dinner-as-usual, your next party can be interactive, educational and extraordinarily delicious!  You select your own menu.  Classes are hands-on and can be tailored to the students' level of cooking expertise.

Some of the chefs are also available to cook meals in your house.  For details, click on Personal Chef

You request the date and supply the kitchen and guests.  We'll help you choose the menu.  Send us an email today to start planning your event.  We have access to a commercial kitchen near the Texas Medical Center that you can rent for $250.

Details      Prices  

 

APRIL SPECIAL EVENTS

PUBLIC CLASSES AT THE Village Table IN WEST U!!

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A local law firm's 3rd annual cooking class and dinner.

(Senior partner supervising associates, as usual)

The Chefs

The chefs are seasoned professionals!  They teach at local and national cooking schools and publish cookbooks.  Please click on the links to read their profiles.

Basics/Japanese/Moroccan--LaVerl Daily

Spa Cuisine--Terry Conlan

Kids--Mimi Kerr

Indian--Suneeta Vaswani

Italian--Paola Giannotti

Chinese--Dorothy Huang

 

Details

You'll need to select a date and an order of preference of chefs OR select a chef and at least three possible event dates.  Janice will contact your preferred chef and check on his or her availability.  We'll work together to select a menu to please the participants and that can be accomplished in the allotted time.  Go to Contact Us to request availability.

Prices

Adult Class (3 hours):    $60 per student, 10 students minimum

Kids' Class (2 hours):  $40 per student, 10 students minimum

Personal Chef:  $75 per person, 8 person minimum

Ask about pricing for other requests. 

A non-refundable 50% deposit is due upon confirmation of availability.  Credit cards are not accepted.

Fewer participants are okay, but the EVENT MINIMUM is $600 for adults and $400 for children. 

Classes with Terry Conlan require a $150 travel charge.

Menus with expensive ingredients (such as seafood) may require a surcharge.

Changes to dates must be made 7 days in advance.  The final headcount must be given at least 48 hours in advance.

    

What is provided by HoustonCooking.com:

Janice and your chef will arrive with all the ingredients for your class.  Copies of the recipes will be provided.

What you provide:

A kitchen with ample work space!  Islands work well.  We have access to a commercial kitchen near the Texas Medical Center that you can rent for $250. 

Janice will go over the needed pots, pans, gadgets and utensils with you.  If you are lacking certain things, we can bring them. 

You must provide plates, glasses, utensils and the like for serving the creations.  You provide your own drinks. 

During classes, the dishes are sampled as they are finished. 

Janice will keep the work space clear during the class, but it is the customers' responsibility to clean up after the event.  We'll be happy to work with anyone you hire to clean up.  Ask us if you need recommendations.

 

Basics/Japanese/Moroccan--LaVerl Daily

Spa Cuisine--Terry Conlan

Kids--Mimi Kerr

Indian--Suneeta Vaswani

Italian--Paola Giannotti

Chinese--Dorothy Huang