HANDS-ON COOKING EVENTS    
       
  Private Cooking Events
In addition to all our regularly scheduled classes, the Institute of Culinary Education runs a unique and fun private cooking party event. These special events are great for corporate team building or entertaining, as well as personal celebrations, such as birthdays, anniversaries, bachelor and bachelorette parties, bridal showers, and special reunions. The format is a lunch or dinner where cooking is part of the entertainment. While you will not cook from scratch, you will learn specific techniques, and our chef-instructors and assistants will be on hand to guide you. Our staff is prepared for both the eager novice and the experienced home cook. The school’s atmosphere lends itself to learning and participation leavened with fun!

A typical event runs 3 to 3 1/2 hours: 1/2 hour for wine and hors d’oeuvres, 1 to 1 1/2 hours of cooking, then a sit-down, full-service three-course dinner where you all enjoy the meal you’ve made.

Our minimum group size is 12 people and our maximum is 90 people. Our largest kitchen holds a maximum of 40 people. For 42-60 people, we will put you in two kitchens; for 60-90 people, you will be allocated three kitchens. In each case, the group will dine together in one kitchen.

Who has been enjoying these private cooking events? The answer is media firms entertaining advertisers, software companies hoping to build cross-divisional rapport, securities firms hosting their clients, pharmaceutical sales reps "team building"after national sales meetings and law firms organizing events for summer associates. Likewise, private cooking events have proven to be a great idea for birthday, anniversary, engagement, shower, graduation and family reunion events. And some couples have found that our events are a great way to entertain friends, particularly when no one has a dining room or kitchen(s) as large as ours!

An open bar of wine, beer and soft drinks is served throughout your event. Our house wines (both a white and a red) are included in the price, but you can upgrade your wine selection or add a premium liquor bar for mixed cocktails. Prices are as follows:
  • "Dinner (Mon-Thurs): $185/person
  • Lunch: $165/person
  • Dinner (Fri-Sun): $170/person
  • Premium Liquor Bar: $15/person

    A 20% service charge will be added. Staff gratuities are included in this charge.
 

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  PRIVATE WINE TASTING, BEER TASTING,
AND MIXOLOGY CLASSES

   
       
  These two-hour events begin with a hearty cheese platter, served with an aperitif appropriate to your theme. Your instructor will then invite you to sit down for a tasting of selected wines or beers. This fast-paced 90-minute presentation will focus on evaluating wine or beer for quality, taste and style. Eight varieties will be sampled. Typical topics include Italian wines, Champagne or Microbrewery Beers.

Our wine and beer tastings start at $120/pp, and our mixology classes cost $125/pp. Both have different options for food at an additional cost. Some events carry a supplement. A 20% service charge will be added.
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