Private, Customized Cooking Classes
Cooking classes personalized to you, with an focus on strong technique, improvisation, and zero waste.
Custom Cooking Classes
Create your own cooking class. Learn in our Brooklyn kitchen studio or in your home.
We offer first-rate, customized culinary instruction for individuals, couples, and small groups. We tailor classes to your interests and tastes, without generic themes or set menus.
We believe that using excellent, seasonal ingredients in tandem with strong technique is key to becoming a great cook. In our classes, you’ll learn how to use every part of each ingredient and adopt our unique framework for planning and creating your own great dishes.
Each class is hands on, interactive, and very content rich. They are designed teach lasting, transferable skills. For this reason, we allow ample time for discussion and exploration. Custom classes are 4 hours long. We can create shorter classes as part of a class series, too.
How do custom cooking classes work?
Reach out to schedule your class (see form, below). Once you are on our calendar, we’ll begin planning class details.
Gather a partner or some friends. Custom classes are for 1 and up to 8 people. For larger classes, see our Chefs for a Day class.
Select one of our sample classes or let us build an entirely new class just for you. We’ll have you fill out our Custom Class Questionnaire, so we know what seasonal ingredients you want to work with and what techniques you want to review. This will also tell us more about your cooking interests, challenges, and aspirations.
Review our proposal for your class.
Come to class ready to roll up your sleeves.
Leave with loaded bags. We encourage you to take home all the food not eaten in class. This is often enough prepared ingredients for several meals.
Stay in touch. We are a quick, direct email away to answer additional questions, once you are home.
Fees
Fees include consultation, customized recipes and menus, shopping, and cost of ingredients. All classes are created and taught by chef/owner/author Ronna Welsh. Prices listed are per class, not per students.
Single Custom Class
4-hours. Great for a celebration with a group of friends, a family get together, or a one-off, very personalized lesson. Ingredients included.
1 to 2 students: $625 per class
3 to 4 students: $695 per class
5 to 8 students: $875 per class
Custom Class Package
2 or more custom classes, approx 2 1/2 hrs. each. Great for honing specific techniques and practicing personalized strategy and improvisation. Ingredients included.
1 to 2 students: $385 per class
3 to 4 students: $500 per class
5 to 8 students: $675 per class