Friday Evening Elegant French Dinner
What you'll learn in this class:
Learn to prepare and cook: French Onion Soup, Filet Mignon with Wild Mushroom Sauce, Beef Wellington, Cauliflower and Bacon Gratin, Garlic-Sautéed Spinach, and Molten Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Coulis. Each course is paired with wine.This cooking class is taught in a working restaurant kitchen by a professional chef. Class starts in the dining room, where you meet the chef and your classmates to discuss the menu and how to prepare it. Then you don aprons and, under the chef’s watchful eye and with her help, if needed, you prepare your ingredients.
Prep finished, it's time to move to the kitchen to cook. (Remember: You are in a working restaurant kitchen—if there’s a rush, stand back. Previous students find this exciting and instructive.) When you have finished cooking, it’s time to gather around your table in the dining room for wine and tasty food cooked by you.
No need to bring anything but your hunger for good food and your thirst for knowledge.
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Reviews of School (8)
April Benson
Posted on
04/02/2013
Indian Menu
Wonderful course. Enthusiastic and generous teacher. She demystified Indian spices for me and the food was delicious.
J.
Posted on
03/10/2013
A Moroccan Table
Very well taught and a lot of fun!
Yashira Cruz
Posted on
02/28/2013
Knife Skills
Being taught how to properly handle a chef knife make me more confident in the kitchen..plus i won't lose a finger lol.
Xiuhui Lim
Posted on
02/21/2013
Knife Skills
When we arrived we were served tea / coffee / wine. Sitting at a long table in the dining area, Chef Abby taught us about different types of knives that cooks work with and passed examples around the table. We then moved over to a big cutting table that was still in the dining area of the restaurant (not in the kitchen) and practiced cutting many types of vegetables with a chef's knife. Because the restaurant is small, we could hear customers talking, which was a bit of a distraction, but it was a quiet night at the restaurant so it wasn't too bad. Finally Chef Abby showed us how to cut up some fruit. After that we sat down to eat gazpacho and fruit salad. Chef Abby was a great instructor, friendly and enthusiastic, and because of the small class size we all got lots of personal attention. Eat before you come to class, because by the time you get to eat it will be late and while the gazpacho served is good, you may not want that to be your only sustenance that night.
Antonia
Posted on
12/10/2012
A Bistro Menu for a Chilly Night
Bistro Menu for a Chilly Night was great. It was fun, interactive, and informative. Chef Abby was super friendly, down to earth, and open to answering any questions. I would definitely recommend her class to a friend or anyone.
Mark
Posted on
11/16/2012
Thanksgiving Sides with a Creative Twist
The Thanksgiving Sides Class at Camaje was fantastic! What's cool is that you're actually cooking in a working restaurant kitchen (small) and not only learning from the class, but also from what's going on around you. Class started with us getting a recipe overview from Chef Abby and then food prep. She taught us some very useful knife skills lessons and worked with us during the prep (very hands on) and answered any questions we had on technique, etc. We then went into the kitchen and created 5 delicious dishes, learning along the way. When the class was over, we sat down as a group and ate. Chef Abby joined us for dinner and conversation. Really enjoyed myself. It was nice to be in a small kitchen with a real chef, it felt very authentic.
Kati
Posted on
11/16/2012
Thanksgiving Sides with a Creative Twist
This was a great class! Abby provided us with an awesome menu that combined simple recipes with uncommonly used ingredients. The class was a good mixture of hands-on and demonstration, we also got to cook inside the restaurant's kitchen which was a real treat. Abby was very knowledgable and down-to-earth, answering any and all questions we had even if they weren't related to the recipes.
John
Posted on
08/01/2012
Cooking Confidence
The 3-courses I took at Camaje was fantastic. I strongly reccomend anyone who is looking to learn how to cook or expand their already honed cooking skills to take the course with Chef Abby. She is exceptionally knowledgeable, open, and warm. I will certainly be taking more classes with her.