Ah, OCC my old school. Great program, are you in the regular program or the Apprentiship program? Any of your Chefs should be able to walk you through the whole process. Definitely join the ACF, I think Chef Randy Smith is still heavily involved up…
Bruce,
We do cooking classes the second Monday of every month. We do a 3 course meal and wine is provided. Some members come just to drink as much as they can, others actually bring note pads and pens and take serious notes. It is a well attended ev…
Hi Bruce,
We at Belmont do not do cooking lessons. However, I also am part owner of Intimate Moments Chef Service, and we do in-home cooking lessons for about $50 pp., with a minimum of 6 students per class. I have been considering proposing this to…
Bruce, We only do them in the winter months every other week. I've gotten great response from the membership and generally are booked one month out. I keep the classes limited to 10 people at a time and it's all hands on for them, my Sous Chef and i…
Bruce,
looks like a nice setup you have there. I did classes in the Banquet kitchen to accommodate up to 6 people and had it hands on. Butchered a Whole Salmon taught them how to Poach, Grill and Saute. had them make an easy strawberry Tart and also…
I agree, and I believe it's the corporate run chains that are really gedrading the industry, taking advantage of buzzwords to bring people in with lower priced and inferior quality ingredients. Unfortunately these organizations are a breeding ground…
we have done this several times even getting a mirrored demo table in the kitchen. Response is spotty. Some of the member male and female want to learn fun little tricks. The biggest negative response ive heard is "that's we have you, to cook for us…
We did that a couple of years ago and it was a huge hit. Then we changed managers and chef's and it just kind of went away. But I loved the idea and think it will be successful for you