Instructor: Alex Hamilton, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands On Class
Price: $95 per person
Availability: Available
This is a special VEGETARIAN edition of our Couples Class!
If you’re looking for a fresh, exciting idea for the weekend, find a friend or invite your partner to spend a deliciously different evening adding to your culinary repertoire. (Click for more) 

Instructor: Chris Halpin, culinary instructor, chef/owner of Manna Catering
Class Type: Hands On Class
Price: $65 per person (e.g. $130 for one grown-up and one child)
Availability: Available
The two of you have eaten so many meals together, and maybe even cooked a few - and now, it's time to cook something new, together! Today, Chef Chris takes you and your child through the creation of a simple meal, culminating in knowing that there is no “kid” food and ”adult” food, only good food. This is a hands-on class. As ever, please inform us of any food allergies upon booking. Children ages 8+, please! Limited registration.

Instructor: Sarah Boucher, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands On Class
Price: $100 per person
Availability: Available
Whether you’re newly vegetarian, are cooking for someone who’s newly vegetarian, or you’re an old pro who needs some fresh inspiration, this meat-free bootcamp is for you! In this class, learn to think like a chef to achieve bold, bright flavours in dishes that will nourish your body without depriving your palate. Learn ways to pack in protein and achieve umami and depth of taste in dishes where vegetables are the star. Flexitarians are welcome! Add a whole host of new vegetarian dishes to your repertoire.
Menu for the class includes -
Palak Paneer Poached Eggs with Crispy Chickpeas
Lacinato Kale Salad with Halloumi, Roasted Radishes, Summer Squash and Crispy Lentils
Caramelized Tofu, Snap Pea and Soba Noodle Stir-Fry
Roasted Carrot Banh Mi Burger  
Salted Tahini Honey Pie

Instructor: Geoff Last, culinary instructor
Class Type: Demonstration Class
Price: $95 per person
Availability: Available
Of all the spicy and fragrant flavour parings we associate with Indian food, hardly ever do we think to pair it with wine! But Geoff would like to convince you otherwise. In this class, he will guide you through a inspired, full-flavoured menu with inspired, full-flavoured wines. Geoff's passion for wine is well-known to past registrants in his classes, and the selections he offers never fail to impress. Challenge your palate with unexpected delights! 

Special Guest: Claire Tansey, food writer and cookbook author
Event Type: Book Party!
Price: $42 per person - includes a copy of the book!
Availability: Available

Join us as we welcome Claire Tansey to The Cookbook Company for a book party!

Chef, teacher, and former Food Director at Chatelaine, Claire Tansey inspires home cooks across the country with easy, fun and delicious recipes on Cityline, CBC Radio, and in the Toronto Star.

Claire’s book, Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress Out of Come Cooking, is not only beautiful to look at, but it’s pages are filled with wonderful recipes, perfect for any night of the week. As Ruth Reichl puts it, Claire “has found as easier way to cook almost everything.”

Let’s gather together, enjoy a sip and some snacks, as Claire chats about the book and demonstrates a yummy recipe for everyone to try. At the end of the night, take a home a signed copy of the book!

Julie Van Rosendaal will join in the fun by introducing Claire and moderating the evening.

Instructor: Sarah Boucher, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands On Class
Price: $90 per person
Availability: Available
Sometimes a glorious day calls for gathering friends and family together for a splendid brunch, and spring features lots of those days. Become your crowd's master or mistress of brunch with food so good it makes you excited to wake up!

Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands On Class
Price: $90 per person
Availability: Available
Spicy and rib-sticking, Mexican cuisine may have been developed in a hot country but it's just as popular here, whether it's minus 35 or a soaring ... well,  plus 5.
Join classically French-trained and Mexican-born chef Luis as he goes beyond the cliched Tex-Mex fare we all know and love and into more authentic terrain for food that joyfully jolts everybody's palate.

Menu for the class includes - 

Veracruz-Style Ceviche with Guacamole
Bass al Pastor Tacos
Pollo con Mole Poblano with Mexican Rice
Blackberry Cheese Tart

Menu subject to change based on availability of ingredients.

Instructor: Rogelio Herrera, chef/owner of Alloy Dining
Class Type: Demo
Price: $90 per person
Availability: Available
"The belly rules the mind." - Spanish proverb. 
Chef Rogelio's belly has come up with a thoughtful and inspired menu. This well-travelled chef combines Latin and Asian flavours to create the menu at Alloy, one of Calgary's most dazzling restaurants. Marvel at the ease with which this incredible chef creates unforgettable dishes. Come get a belly full of inspiration.

Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands On Class
Price: $90 per person
Availability: Available
Fresh, healthy, flavourful and unique - Japanese cuisine is both comforting and refined. Join trained chef and Japanese food enthusiast Luis Obregon for an evening learning about and preparing authentic Japanese dishes.