Multi-Week Classes
Our seasonally-run classes and workshops include a wide variety of culinary techniques and styles, including everything from kids’ cooking to highly specialized three-hour workshops on gluten-free baking. Some classes run four to six weeks long, whereas workshops are offered as a one-time, three-hour session.
Since our roster of classes is ever-changing, please see our list of currently offered classes, and our kids classes, or read about the variety of classes and workshops we offer, below.
Kids’ Cooking Classes:
Kids in the Kitchen:
Experience a world of flavours as you learn to experiment in this fun, educational and popular kids cooking program. Learn about what it takes to make delicious creations, find out how to work as a team and where your passions lie. Get acquainted with the ins and outs of a commercial kitchen, including food safety tips and best practices!
Comprehensive Cooking Classes
Chef 101 (Unleash Your Inner Chef)
Do you want to cook healthy, easy foods but don’t know how? Are you a culinary challenged chef-wanna-be? Does the idea of simple yet tasty recipes interest you? If so, join Mark, our new community chef to Unleash Your Inner Chef – Cooking 101!
Learn basic cooking techniques and helpful kitchen fundamentals along with recipes that create delicious meals using only a handful of common ingredients. This class will teach you what you need to know about cooking basics!
Chef 202 (Unleash Your Inner Chef)
Find out how to get creative with the foundation of skills you learned in Chef 101 by taking this advanced level, extensive cooking course. Learn more about mother sauces and techniques from braising to steaming, advance your knife skills and build your confidence in the kitchen.
This course includes creative meals using a wide variety of staple foods, bread and baking basics, as well as kitchen safety and maintenance standards.
Community Kitchens
Learn how to make meals innovative and interesting using limited resources in this valuable class. Find out how to stretch your dollar to make delicious meals for your whole family, as well as creative ways to use pantry staples and leftovers.
International Cooking Classes
Thai Cooking
Wake up your palate with our new Thai cooking class. Learn how to use fresh herbs, vegetables, noodles and sauces to create delicious Thai-inspired meals without having to call for takeout.
Crunchy, fresh, sweet and sour, the many flavours of Thailand, including mint, basil and lime, will clear your mind and transport you to a land far away.
Italian
Italian fundamentals may be simple, but not easy: find out the secrets of this classic discipline, beginning with high quality ingredients such as tomatoes, olive oils and pasta.
Start with a delicious sauce, and learn how to make pastas, risottos and salads. In the end, you’ll be able to create exquisite feasts your friends and family will love.
Mediterranean Cooking
Beat the vegetarian bean-and-lentil blahs with this creative class. Find out how to infuse flavour and variety into vegetarian staples including soups, salads, bean dishes, dips and dhal, as well as healthy tips to avoid the high-fat trap.
Specialized Classes
Vegetarian Cooking Part 1
Calling all bored veg-heads: Get fresh ideas and perspectives in this creative vegetarian class. Learn the fundamentals of a nutritious vegetarian food plan that cuts no corners on taste, including legumes, nuts and seeds.
This course covers stocks, soups, and a variety of ethnic foods. You’ll find out how to avoid the common trap of a high-fat veggie diet and garner adventures in taste along the way!
Vegetarian Cooking Part 2
Ready to up the ante? Give your vegetarian diet a kick with our new, elevated vegetarian class. Go beyond the standard range of vegetarian options with this creative and inspiring course.
Learn to take standard vegetarian substitutions like tofu, lentils and legumes and create flavourful explosions you wouldn’t otherwise recognize.
Pasta 101
Experience a world of traditional and rustic Italian flavours in this no-holds-barred carb workshop. Elevate your usual mediocre home-cooked pasta dinner into something youd pay for at a restaurant, Including hand-made pastas and sauces from scratch.
Learn what al dente really means, as well as tips and tricks to infuse maximum flavours into both fresh and dried pastas.
BBQ and Grilling
A perfect mix of skills, techniques and flavourings, this class will inspire you to break out of the ordinary with your grill. Learn how to properly season and spice grilled meats, seafood, appetizers and salads, and leave behind plain old barbecued burgers and steaks.
Find out how to create salads and desserts on the grill, and learn the fundamental requirements for tasty rubs, marinades and smoking techniques.
New Year, New Food Plan
Time for a new food plan? Make this the year you banish the diet and overhaul your food plan with wholesome, simple and tasty meals.
Learn how to let go of the calorie counting and incorporate nourishing whole foods into your family’s lifestyle without agonizing. This course includes basic seasoning and cooking techniques for all skill levels.
