The Gourmet Crash Course!

Practical, economical everyday cooking! Learn to be more effective in your kitchen, and more efficient with your food budget. In this class designed for home cooks, you will acquire practical skills for making family meals at home, including advance preparation tricks, quick meal techniques, and tips for economizing. You will also take home plenty of food after every class!

ESSENTIAL (Level I)
Gourmet Crash Course
Class meets on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 2pm, for 4 weeks in a row. Dates Offered: please call to inquire.
This 4 week, 12-part class will feature instruction from a trio of our Executive Chefs – Chef Octavio Montoya, Chef Laurent Brazier and Chef Maurice Brazier. Includes a “welcome” orientation evening with the chefs where you will meet your fellow students and the instructors, and enjoy some food & wine. Limited to 6 students only! Price: $1,500 per person for the 12 sessions, including a chef jacket that should be worn during class. This class must be taken as a series – no date substitutions.

ADVANCED (Level II)
Gourmet Crash Course

ADVANCED (Level IV)
Advanced Creative Plating
$250 for three classes. Offered only in Laguna Beach. Saturdays, July 24, 31 & August 7, 9:30am; Laurent Brazier
Make sure your delicious creations look as good as they taste! This class is taught by our Executive Chef Instructor Laurent Brazier and is appropriate for intermediate or advanced level students who have taken the Gourmet Series, Gourmet Crash Course, or equivalent. Working with different shapes (bowl, round, rectangle), each class will focus on 4 different dishes, with the techniques used building from class to class. You will learn professional tricks and tips on how to create and work with garnishes, balance portions and plate size/shape, and use color contrast, shapes, and timing of completing the components to build and enhance the presentation of each dish. You will do some cooking, but as the class is focused on the finishing touches, to save time in class and allow you to focus on the plating techniques, some components of each dish will already be completed. Limited to 8 students per class.

Comments from Past Students:

“Really like having 3 different teachers to learn from each style!”
-Ginger Girvin

“Each day was very informative and well paced. Truly a great experience!”
-Valorie Leone

“I was a very good cook per friend’s and family and still learned so much!”
-Laura Catalino