Instructor: Gail Norton, culinary instructor and co-owner of The Cookbook Co. Cooks Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Sold Out Rice, saffron and olive oil is a magical combination. Spain knows it,we know it and Gail Norton knows it. In this hands-on class, she will guide you through the many different variations on a classic dish that can evolve to suit your taste. If the flavours of the Catalan call your name, why not answer?
Ask us about adding a paella pan to your registration!
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Almost sold Out Thai food wins over any crowd. It’s healthy yet rich in flavour, spicy without assaulting the palate, and it plays tastes and textures off one another with subtlety and finesse. Ching Li reveals how to achieve the signature notes of this, one of her favourite cuisines, through coconut milk and lime leaves, cilantro and basil, lemongrass and ginger. Enjoy Ching's pan-Asian influences, and her delicious, contemporary take on the classics.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $140 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: In the world of dynamic duos, it’s hard to beat ramen and gyoza! Join Ching as she teaches you the fine art of making these two delicious foods. Expand your dumpling- and noodle-making skills—life will never be more yummy!
Guests will make Miso Tare, Ramen Noodles, and Gyoza from scratch, then build and enjoy a bowl of ramen in the class, and make a batch of Pork and Cabbage Gyoza to take home.
Instructor: Judy Wood, chef, caterer, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: Judy is mad for the rustic foods of Europe, the dishes family cooks have been making for eons, based on seasonal local ingredients. In this class, she tackles Italian country cooking, those recipes travellers practically faint over as they’re describing them to you when they get back home. With Judy’s able assistance you’ll learn how to create your own dolce vita. Book early for this popular class!
Instructor: Gail Norton, culinary instructor, cookbook author, co-owner The Cookbook Co. Cooks Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available Uncover the mysteries of the simple, ancient cooking vessels known as tagines. Your intimate journey will take you through Morocco to better understand the subtleties of this traditional way of preparing stews. Slow-roasted meats and vegetables with exotic spice blends are transformed within the tagine into moist, luscious stews that will transport you to another time and place. Ask about adding a tagine to your class registration.
Instructor: Gail Norton, culinary instructor, cookbook author, co-owner of The Cookbook Co. Cooks Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Even meat-lovers will enjoy a vegetarian menu when it's as delicious as this collection of dishes from Gail. For the "Saturday and Sunday only" vegetarian, as well as the round-the-clock herbivore, Gail has a repertoire of cozy entrées, full of flavourful vegetables, herbs, grains… and imagination!
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Menu
Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Pecorino Sauce and Crispy Sage
Instructor: Gail Norton, co-owner of The Cookbook Co. Cooks, cookbook author, culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person - includes both days of the workshop Availability: Available
Class Description: Over the years, Gail has developed a thick crust – actually, a variety of crusts, thick and thin. And, starting now, so will you! A small investment of time and energy will load you up with enough bread-making technique and fabulous recipes to thrill you, your family and your friends for decades to come.
This course requires two sessions, during which you’ll learn the processes of leavening, kneading and forming great bread. Gail will advance your bread-baking skills and quash your bread-making fears. In Part One of the workshop, which takes place Saturday, you will address the fundamentals while absorbing Gail’s savvy hands-on tips. In Part Two on Sunday, the class will work through the bread-making process under Gail’s watchful and well-practiced eye to achieve the best possible end result.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Menu
Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Pecorino Sauce and Crispy Sage
Instructor: Gail Norton, co-owner of The Cookbook Co. Cooks, cookbook author, culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person - includes both days of the workshop Availability: Available Over the years, Gail has developed a thick crust – actually, a variety of crusts, thick and thin. And, starting now, so will you! A small investment of time and energy will load you up with enough bread-making technique and fabulous recipes to thrill you, your family and your friends for decades to come.
This course requires two sessions, during which you’ll learn the processes of leavening, kneading and forming great bread. Gail will advance your bread-baking skills and quash your bread-making fears. In Part One of the workshop, which takes place Saturday, you will address the fundamentals while absorbing Gail’s savvy hands-on tips. In Part Two on Sunday, the class will work through the bread-making process under Gail’s watchful and well-practiced eye to achieve the best possible end result.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Specializing in the practical, this class is all about the edged weapons that are your biggest asset in the kitchen: your knives! In this hands-on class, get up-close and personal with onions, basil, and ginger while you learn to differentiate between chopping and mincing, and appreciate the finesse of a chiffonade and a julienne. You will also learn the best way to break down a whole chicken. Bring your own knives and steels, if desired, or use ours. Please note that there is no wine service in this class.
Instructor: Melissa Kennedy, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: Pasta is just so satisfying! Is there a person alive who doesn’t like pasta? If that person exists, they haven’t tasted Melissa's handmade delights. In this class, Melissa will walk students through the proper preparation of fresh pasta dough, then share some of the many possibilities for creative homemade long and stuffed pasta dishes. This is the perfect way for pasta lovers to while away some time while expanding their repertoires.
Guests will make and enjoy a bowl of tagliatelle in the class, and make stuffed pasta to take home.
Ask about adding a pasta machine to your registration.
Instructor: Lonny Balbi, Italophile, great cook, certified pizzaiolo
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: This is a Pizza Party Edition of our popular couples class.
Who doesn’t love pizza? Learn the secrets to making your own fresh dough, sauce, and selecting unique toppings. Homemade pizza never tasted so good! Add a glass or two of Prosecco to the evening, and you have the perfect night. Buon appetito!
Respectfully, we cannot accommodate guests with gluten sensitivities / allergies in this class.
Our classes are collaborative, with guests cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 clichéd Tex-Mex fare we all know and love and into more authentic terrain for food that joyfully jolts everybody's palate.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Menu
Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Pecorino Sauce and Crispy Sage
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $140 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: In the world of dynamic duos, it’s hard to beat ramen and gyoza! Join Ching as she teaches you the fine art of making these two delicious foods. Expand your dumpling- and noodle-making skills—life will never be more yummy!
Guests will make Miso Tare, Ramen Noodles, and Gyoza from scratch, then build and enjoy a bowl of ramen in the class, and make a batch of Pork and Cabbage Gyoza to take home.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available Korean cooking boasts intense flavours, but it is also incredibly balanced. Noodles, rice, meat, and vegetables come together with abundant side dishes to create a unique and delicious culinary experience. Join Ching as she takes you through some of her favourite dishes from this, one her favourite cuisines.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Couples
Class Description:
This is a Thai Menu Edition of our popular 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. Master new recipes and cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
The menu will be available January 15, 2026.
Our classes are collaborative, with guests cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Luis Elias Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person, or bundle with Cooking Fundamentals II (February 8) for $250 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Want to gain confidence in the kitchen? Join Luis as he guides you through a series of fundamentals that will get you on your way to being a better cook. In this first of two sessions you will learn culinary techniques including basic knife skills, baking, sautéing, the best ways to build depth of flavour, and how to work with a variety of ingredients.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Menu
Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Pecorino Sauce and Crispy Sage
Instructor: Luis Elias Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person, or bundle with Cooking Fundamentals I (February 7) for $250 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Join Luis as he guides you through a series of basics that will send you on your way to being a better cook. In this second session of the Fundamentals series, you will learn more techniques, dive a little deeper into ways to build those complex flavours that have been just out of reach, and leave with a new-found kitchen confidence. You can start planning the dinner party now!
Instructor: Melissa Kennedy, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Pasta is just so satisfying! Is there a person alive who doesn’t like pasta? If that person exists, they haven’t tasted Melissa's handmade delights. In this class, Melissa will walk students through the proper preparation of fresh pasta dough, then share some of the many possibilities for creative homemade long and stuffed pasta dishes. This is the perfect way for pasta lovers to while away some time while expanding their repertoires.
Guests will make and enjoy a bowl of tagliatelle in the class, and make stuffed pasta to take home.
Ask about adding a pasta machine to your registration.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: This is a special Valentine’s 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. Master new recipes and cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies or dietary restrictions, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Available Join Ching for this special Lunar New Year edition of her popular Vietnamese Cooking class! As a crossroads for travellers and traders between Burma, Indonesia, India, China and Thailand, Vietnam has developed a cuisine that's been influenced by the cooking traditions of all those countries as well as those of France. This rich history makes for fascinating and delicious eating, with an emphasis on freshness. Ching will show you how to make specialties native to the villages of northern Vietnam. This is the food Ching's family and friends love—yours will, too.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: This is a special Valentine’s 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. Master new recipes and cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies or dietary restrictions, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $140 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: In the world of dynamic duos, it’s hard to beat ramen and gyoza! Join Ching as she teaches you the fine art of making these two delicious foods. Expand your dumpling- and noodle-making skills—life will never be more yummy!
Guests will make Miso Tare, Ramen Noodles, and Gyoza from scratch, then build and enjoy a bowl of ramen in the class, and make a batch of Pork and Cabbage Gyoza to take home.
Instructor: Gail Norton, culinary instructor, cookbook author, co-owner The Cookbook Co. Cooks Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available Uncover the mysteries of the simple, ancient cooking vessels known as tagines. Your intimate journey will take you through Morocco to better understand the subtleties of this traditional way of preparing stews. Slow-roasted meats and vegetables with exotic spice blends are transformed within the tagine into moist, luscious stews that will transport you to another time and place. Ask about adding a tagine to your class registration.
Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef and culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person Availability: Available Three of our favourite Italians in one room! While we enjoy each of these iconic Italian staples on their own, there are few greater delights than when they come together. This class will include recipes and techniques for creating both classic carpaccio: a traditional Italian appetizer consisting of thinly sliced raw beef drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice, and risotto: a creamy Italian rice dish cooked with broth. While you dine, we will pour a variety of Italy’s sparkling gem: Prosecco. Buon appetito!
Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: When done correctly, gnocchi and gnudi should be so light they practically float off the plate—pillows of potato-fortified pasta and tender dumplings made with ricotta that only need a simple sauce to take you up in the clouds. In this class, learn the secrets to gnocchi and gnudi! What better way to spend a morning than getting hands-on with the delicious merger of pasta and dumpling?
Menu
Basic Gnocchi
Gnocchi al Pesto with Wilted Swiss Chard and Escargot
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Melissa Kennedy, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $90 per person (e.g. $180 for one grown-up and one child) + GST Availability: Sold Out
Class Description:
This is a pasta-making edition of our popular Grown-Ups and Kids class. The two of you have eaten so many meals together, and maybe even cooked a few. Now, it's time to cook something new, together! Today, chef Melissa 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.
Guests will make and enjoy a bowl of tagliatelle in the class, and make stuffed pasta to take home.
This is a hands-on class. As ever, please inform us of any food allergies upon booking. Children ages 9+, please! Limited registration.
Instructor: Allan Shewchuk, Italophile and great cook Class Type: Demonstration Class / Sit-Down Dinner Price: $150 per person Availability: Available
Tour Italy with our own Italian food guide Allan Shewchuk. Learn risotto from the north, stuffed pasta from the centre, and spicy delights from the south, all served up with travel tips and great recipes to try at home. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Allan hosting his incredible dinners. Come hungry!
Respectfully, we cannot accommodate allergies and dietary restrictions in this class.
Instructor: Joseph Bagnerise, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person Availability: Almost Sold Out
Class Description: New Orleans is a culinary destination, and its cuisine is heavily influenced by its Creole, Cajun, and French roots. Join Chef Joey for a fabulous night that goes beyond what you might know about New Orleans cooking and laissez les bon temps rouler!
This class is not suitable for folks with fish or seafood allergies.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person Availability: Available Fresh, healthy, and flavourful—Japanese cuisine is both comforting and refined. Join classically trained chef and Japanese food enthusiast Luis Obregon for a class learning about and preparing authentic sushi.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description:
This is a Classic Italian edition of our regular 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Kathleen Garside, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $150 per person, includes a ceramic pie dish Availability: Available
Class Description: Some people think baking is alchemy, and bakers are magicians. Others know that pie and pastry both have to do with the hands. From a baker’s hands emerge the telltale hearts of pastry, crumbling strata that melt or hang on lips and invite a darling’s dusting. In the hands of a baker, flour and butter are transformed from the mundane into the magical, 99 percent inspiration and one percent angels’ breath in the heat of the oven. Pie is not hard. Sift your flour and see how simple it is!
Guests in this class will enjoy a slice or two of different pies during the class, and make an apple pie to take and bake at home. Registration includes a ceramic pie dish.
Instructor: Melissa Kennedy, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Pasta is just so satisfying! Is there a person alive who doesn’t like pasta? If that person exists, they haven’t tasted Melissa's handmade delights. In this class, Melissa will walk students through the proper preparation of fresh pasta dough, then share some of the many possibilities for creative homemade long and stuffed pasta dishes. This is the perfect way for pasta lovers to while away some time while expanding their repertoires.
Guests will make and enjoy a bowl of tagliatelle in the class, and make stuffed pasta to take home.
Ask about adding a pasta machine to your registration.
Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Small plates often experience a culinary renaissance in restaurants around the world, but now it's time to get back to the Spanish roots of tapas and pinxtos: the most elegant words for bar snacks. Plan your next dinner party with a menu of delicious bites and the most fabulous pairing of vino tinto: red wine!
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Gail Norton, co-owner of The Cookbook Co. Cooks, cookbook author, culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person - includes both days of the workshop Availability: Available
Class Description: Over the years, Gail has developed a thick crust – actually, a variety of crusts, thick and thin. And, starting now, so will you! A small investment of time and energy will load you up with enough bread-making technique and fabulous recipes to thrill you, your family and your friends for decades to come.
This course requires two sessions, during which you’ll learn the processes of leavening, kneading and forming great bread. Gail will advance your bread-baking skills and quash your bread-making fears. In Part One of the workshop, which takes place Saturday, you will address the fundamentals while absorbing Gail’s savvy hands-on tips. In Part Two on Sunday, the class will work through the bread-making process under Gail’s watchful and well-practiced eye to achieve the best possible end result.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Gail Norton, co-owner of The Cookbook Co. Cooks, cookbook author, culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person - includes both days of the workshop Availability: Available Over the years, Gail has developed a thick crust – actually, a variety of crusts, thick and thin. And, starting now, so will you! A small investment of time and energy will load you up with enough bread-making technique and fabulous recipes to thrill you, your family and your friends for decades to come.
This course requires two sessions, during which you’ll learn the processes of leavening, kneading and forming great bread. Gail will advance your bread-baking skills and quash your bread-making fears. In Part One of the workshop, which takes place Saturday, you will address the fundamentals while absorbing Gail’s savvy hands-on tips. In Part Two on Sunday, the class will work through the bread-making process under Gail’s watchful and well-practiced eye to achieve the best possible end result.
Instructor: Judy Wood, chef, caterer, and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Judy and French food are like bread and cheese – you can experience one without the other, but why would you want to? Judy adores the rich flavours of the French countryside and is keen to share her understanding of them so you, too, can revel in these classic dishes at home.
Instructors: Judy Wood, chef and culinary instructor, and Gail Norton, co-owner The Cookbook Co. Cooks
Class Type: Specialty Dinner Price: $150 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: On this March evening, let us transport you to the wondrous place that is Sicily. Gail Norton and chef Judy Wood adore Italy, and have recently added Sicily to their list of culinary escape destinations. Join them for a night filled with delicious dishes, comprised of fabulous sun-soaked ingredients inspired by one of their favourite places.
Respectfully, we cannot accommodate dietary restrictions at this event.
Menu and wine selections will be announced closer to the date.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $135 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Join us for an eclectic mix of meat-forward dishes with Chef Craig Westhaver, who is also the resident beer guy at Metrovino. Craig will pair a variety of delicious proteins with equally interesting and intriguing beers. It's going to be a hands-on night of meat, barley and possible mayhem—not to be missed!
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: This is a Pizza Party Edition of our popular Girls’ Night Out class.
Who doesn’t love pizza? Learn the secrets to making your own fresh dough, sauce, and selecting unique toppings. Homemade pizza never tasted so good! Add a glass or two of Prosecco to the evening, and you have the perfect night. Buon appetito! Respectfully, we cannot accommodate guests with gluten sensitivities / allergies in this class.
Our classes are collaborative, with guests cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our hands-on classes include two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Luis Obregon, chef, sommelier, and culinary instructor Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $150 per person, includes a crêpe pan! Availability: Available Crêpes are the ideal and indispensable French street food. Learn how to make these simple pancakes, together with sweet and savoury fillings. This is a hands-on class—come ready to learn how to flip and fill with skill and confidence! Registration includes a crêpe pan.
Menu
Basic Crêpes
Sautéed Mushroom, Prosciutto, and Swiss Cheese Crêpes
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: 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 that adds to your culinary repertoire. Master new recipes and simple cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests often cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Join chef Craig – Sauce Boss, Glaze Master, and Spice Rub Aficionado – as he teaches you the fine art of these culinary delights. With a focus on a variety of versatile recipes and techniques, these flavour powerhouses will surely elevate your weeknight meals.
Guests in this class will make and enjoy a light lunch. The remaining menu items will include a variety of make-and-take items, including a Spice Rub, Barbecue Sauce, and Glaze.
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $160 per person, includes a copy of the Ottolenghi book of your choice! Availability: Available
Class Description: Every so often there is a book that changes the way you cook. Gail cooks A LOT, and Ottolenghi's books have inspired her for years. Come and get hands-on with a menu from his books, eat until you're stuffed, and then choose which book to take home.
Your options include taking home a copy of one of: Ottolenghi, Jerusalem, Plenty, Plenty More, Sweet, Simple, Flavor, Falastin, OTK: Shelf Love, OTK: Extra Good Things, or the new Ottolenghi: Comfort. Even if you have the books, come and enjoy some favourites and receive a store credit to stock up on some Ottolenghi pantry basics.
Instructor: Melissa Kennedy, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Pasta is just so satisfying! Is there a person alive who doesn’t like pasta? If that person exists, they haven’t tasted Melissa's handmade delights. In this class, Melissa will walk students through the proper preparation of fresh pasta dough, then share some of the many possibilities for creative homemade long and stuffed pasta dishes. This is the perfect way for pasta lovers to while away some time while expanding their repertoires.
Guests will make and enjoy a bowl of tagliatelle in the class, and make stuffed pasta to take home.
Ask about adding a pasta machine to your registration.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $140 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: In the world of dynamic duos, it’s hard to beat ramen and gyoza! Join Ching as she teaches you the fine art of making these two delicious foods. Expand your dumpling- and noodle-making skills—life will never be more yummy!
Guests will make Miso Tare, Ramen Noodles, and Gyoza from scratch, then build and enjoy a bowl of ramen in the class, and make a batch of Pork and Cabbage Gyoza to take home.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $140 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Students from Ching's classes have loved her dumplings so much they asked for a class just featuring them, so here it is! Join Ching for a journey of discovery into these delicious little parcels of flavour, and learn just how weeknight meal-worthy dumplings can be. Expand your dumpling making skills—life will never be more yummy!
Instructors: Melissa Kennedy and Ching Li, culinary instructors
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $350 per child Availability: Available
Class Description: This 3-day spring session will get your kiddos out of the house, and learning in our kitchen classroom! The camp will nurture your favourite young chef with a few days of cooking, learning, and eating!
During their gastronomic education, your intrepid young cooks will learn knife skills, kitchen safety, and a variety of cooking techniques. Making everything from scratch, they will braise, roast, and bake their way through a series of recipes that are both practical and delicious.
If you have any questions regarding this camp, including whether we can accommodate your child's allergy or dietary restriction, please call 403-265-6066.
Instructors: Melissa Kennedy and Ching Li, culinary instructors
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $350 per child Availability: Available
Class Description: This 3-day spring session will get your kiddos out of the house, and learning in our kitchen classroom! The camp will nurture your favourite young chef with a few days of cooking, learning, and eating!
During their gastronomic education, your intrepid young cooks will learn knife skills, kitchen safety, and a variety of cooking techniques. Making everything from scratch, they will braise, roast, and bake their way through a series of recipes that are both practical and delicious.
If you have any questions regarding this camp, including whether we can accommodate your child's allergy or dietary restriction, please call 403-265-6066.
Instructors: Melissa Kennedy and Ching Li, culinary instructors
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $350 per child Availability: Available
Class Description: This 3-day spring session will get your kiddos out of the house, and learning in our kitchen classroom! The camp will nurture your favourite young chef with a few days of cooking, learning, and eating!
During their gastronomic education, your intrepid young cooks will learn knife skills, kitchen safety, and a variety of cooking techniques. Making everything from scratch, they will braise, roast, and bake their way through a series of recipes that are both practical and delicious.
If you have any questions regarding this camp, including whether we can accommodate your child's allergy or dietary restriction, please call 403-265-6066.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $140 per person Availability: Sold Out
Class Description: In the world of dynamic duos, it’s hard to beat ramen and gyoza! Join Ching as she teaches you the fine art of making these two delicious foods. Expand your dumpling- and noodle-making skills—life will never be more yummy!
Guests will make Miso Tare, Ramen Noodles, and Gyoza from scratch, then build and enjoy a bowl of ramen in the class, and make a batch of Pork and Cabbage Gyoza to take home.
Instructor: Craig Westhaver, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $145 per person Availability: Available
Class Description:
This is a special East Coast Kitchen edition of our popular couples classes. 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. Master new recipes and cooking techniques together in a fun, casual atmosphere, then enjoy the great food that everyone has made. Sharpen your skills while you get to know like-minded people. Space is limited. Book early for this very popular hands-on class!
Our classes are collaborative, with guests cooking together in groups of four.
If you have any serious food allergies, please let us know upon booking.
Our Night Out classes are hands-on and include a multi-course meal and two glasses of wine. More wine is available for purchase.
Menu
Mussels Nova Scotia-Style with Leeks, Bacon, and IPA
Lobster Roll with Lemon-Tarragon Aioli on Brioche served with Crisp Greens and Dill-Roasted Potatoes
Instructor: Kathleen Garside, chef and culinary instructor
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $130 per person Availability: Available
Class Description: Pierogies have come a long way since your Baba stuffed rounds of tender dough with sauerkraut or cottage cheese, tossed them in melted margarine, and set them down in front of you with a tub of sour cream—not that there was anything wrong with that! These marvellous parcels can be stuffed with anything and everything, and in this class, they are. Rediscover pierogies and the pure pleasure of building them from scratch. Surprise your relatives, your friends and yourself with a fresh take on the traditional.
Guests will make and enjoy a pierogi lunch in the class, and make two additional types of pierogies to take home.
Instructor: Ching Li, culinary instructor and great cook
Class Type: Hands-On Class Price: $125 per person Availability: Available Thai food wins over any crowd. It’s healthy yet rich in flavour, spicy without assaulting the palate, and it plays tastes and textures off one another with subtlety and finesse. Ching Li reveals how to achieve the signature notes of this, one of her favourite cuisines, through coconut milk and lime leaves, cilantro and basil, lemongrass and ginger. Enjoy Ching's pan-Asian influences, and her delicious, contemporary take on the classics.
