We are giving a warm welcome back to chef Bill Cardwell, who is teaching a class with City Seafood in November. His class sold out quickly! We hope he returns in 2027, and we are happy to notify you when he returns!
Join us in welcoming:
- Stanley Browne, of Cellar & Table for a wine pairing class — November 12 with Lydia Gwin
- Melandie Tuckson, of Ann’s Roots Microgreens Farm, for an exciting hands-on class — January 16
Our annual holiday classes are now available!
- Thanksgiving: I’ll Take Pie – bring 3 pie plates to bake pies for Thanksgiving dinner — November 25 — two classes offered
- My First Thanksgiving — November 1
- Christmas Cookie Decorating — 11 classes from November 8 through December 14
- Gingerbread Houses — 5 adult classes and 3 classes for children, ages 7 to 11
We have a great pairing of sommeliers and teachers for splendid wine pairing classes:
- September 25: Fork and Cork – West Coast with Mickey Kitterman and Jason Main, owner of The Wine Merchant
- September 29: Thai’m Out with a Great Pair with Camilla Fuller and Bear Reisinger
- October 5: We Heard It Through the Grapevine: Wines of Greece with Beth Hoeltke and Aaron Sherman, owner of Grapevine Wine and Spirits
- November 12: Wine Pairings are Pour Decisions with Lydia Gwin and Stanley Browne, owner of Cellar & Table
- January 24: Wine and Dine with the Dales with Zach and Kelcey Dale
Join us for some some adventurous classes!
- Sip-By-Sip Tea Experience on October 15 with one of the country’s leading tea educators, Kristina Tucker, of The Republic of Tea
- Auld Lang Dine: The Midnight Kitchen Party from 10 pm to 12:30 am on New Year’s Eve. Ring in the New Year with us with food, noisemakers and lots of fun. No alcohol will be served, but there will be some non-alcoholic beer and wine, plus a mocktail.
- Come take beginner Mah Jonng lessons with the lovely ladies of Mahj with a Twist, and when you are ready, join us for monthly Mah Jongg Open Play
Note: Only pass the yolk once to the other shell because the more times you pass the yolk, then the more likely that the yolk will break. A little white can be in the yolks, but no trace of yolk should be in the whites.
Give a big welcome back to
- Rachelle Killian is back with her popular classes — Date Nights, Croissants, Pretzels, Doughnuts, Bagels, Pizza, and Soup
- Joey Vitale has a new sourdough class available twice in August, and filling fast
Join us in welcoming new teachers to our kitchens
- Jenna Becker is teaching cookie decorating classes
- Jeremiah Reynolds is teaching classes with international flair, and his first class is Mexican Street Food Just in Queso on August 4
We have added three new monthly series!
- Kitchen Classics — a daytime hands-on class with five recipes that every home cook should have in their culinary repertoire, presented in a monthly series celebrating technique and versatility
- The Go-To Dinner Party — an evening demonstration class with Mike Forster as he shares one of his go-to dinner party menus in a monthly series everyone wants to attend
- The Vibrant Vegan — an evening hands-on class with Sharon Tutko who offers a dynamic approach to plant-based vegan cooking in a monthly series with dishes that are made from scratch, gluten-free and protein and fiber-forward
We hope that everyone will take one of the most important classes — knife skills!
- Knife Lessons to Cut By – June 29
- Whack the Knife – July 11
Look for some of our most popular classes including Date Night, Heir and a Parent, Dine and Dance, A Day in the Kitchen, Novel Cuisine, Sourdough Bread, Pasta, Macarons, Sushi, Tacos, and Pizza. We offer the largest variety of cooking classes, and look forward to having you in our kitchen for great food and great fun!
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- Amanda Klenov is teaching cake decorating classes
- April 16 or June 18 Icing on the Cake
Summer Boot Camps for Kids and Teens
- The Apprentice Chef, ages 7 to 11
- Global Bootcamp June 1, 2, 3
- Culinary Bootcamp June 15, 16, 17 or Jun 29, 30, July 1
- Creating Treats Bootcamp June 22, 23, 24 or Aug 3, 4, 5
- Good Eats Bootcamp July 27, 28. 29
- Baking Bootcamp August 10, 11,12
- Teen Cooking Bootcamp, ages 12 to 16
- Summer Vibes July 6, 7, 8 or August 10, 11, 12
- BBQ. Comfort. Pasta July 13, 14, 15
Grilling on the Patio
- Gwin’s Global Grill – Latin April 10
- Date Night: Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Grills April 26
- Grill, Baby, Grill! April 27
- A Day in the Kitchen: Grilling May 2
- Fire Up the Grill for Tacos May 6 or June 30
- Gwin’s Global Grill – Mediterranean May 7
- Day Grilling May 27
- Date Night: Beer. Backyard. Barbecue. May 29
- Grillin’ and Chillin’ May 31 or July 21
- Meat. Smoke. Whiskey. June 2
- Dads. Grads. Grilling. June 7
- Up in Smoke and Lit June 10
- Tangine on the Grill June 11
- Fired Up for Grilling June 14
- Yellowstone – Where Everything is Tough but the Steaks June 20
- The Vegan-omics of Barbecue June 24
- Date Night: Night Grilling June 27
- Fire Works on the Grill July 2
Celebrating our Semiquincentennial
- 250 Years: United Tastes of America
- April 29
- May 27
- June 24
Look for some of our most popular classes including Date Night, Heir and a Parent, Dine and Dance, A Day in the Kitchen, Novel Cuisine, Sourdough Bread, Pasta, Macarons, Sushi, Tacos, and Pizza. We offer the largest variety of cooking classes, and look forward to having you in our kitchen for great food and great fun!
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- Daniela Bejarano
- January 3: Date Night: Bold Bolivia
- Amanda Barnes
- Sourdough: Cultures and Creams on February 14, March 11, and April 12
- John Hart
- January 31: Mvp-Worthy Game Day Bites
- February 22: Date Night: An Italian Affair of the Hart
- March 14: Date Night: The Bistro Plate
- April 11: St. Louis Credentials
- Christopher Hill
- February 18: World Tour of Vegan Stars
- Keisha Seymour
- January 4: Heir and a Parent: You’re the Chip to my Cookie
Welcome back:
- Margi Kahn
- March 6: Mornings with Margi – She Kahn Do Anything
Welcome to our kitchen for something different!
- Janine Ford and Tracy Klebe
- Mahj at the Kitchen Beginner Lessons 1, 2, and 3 are offered every month with a 90 minute lesson and light snacks
ANNUAL CLASSES not to be missed!
- HOLIDAYS
- December 9: Gingerbread House for Adults
- December 15: Countdown to Indulgence
- December 16: Naughty Cookies and “Milk”
- December 29: Merry Olde England: Pubs and Pints
- December 29: Shake, Rattle and Pour
- December 30: Extra Napkins Required
- January 1: Date Night for Couples: Might as Well-ington
- VALENTINE
- Valentine for Couples classes are a popular tradition. Celebrate with your Valentine in one of our love-inspired hands-on classes offered from February 1 through February 15.
- Valentine Cookie Decorating classes: January 31. February 1, February 2, February 6, and February 8.
- MARDI GRAS
- February 4: Jan and Matt are Shrimply Jazzed
- February 15: Valentine for Couples: Hugs and Fishes from New Orleans
- February 16: The Gumbo Files
- February 16: Party Gras
- February 17: Mardi Gras Magic
- ST. PAT’S DAY
- March 1: Irish for a Day
- March 8: Spring and St. Pat’s Cookie Decorating
- March 10: Lunch with Lydia – Irish to Baileys
- March 15: Dublin Your Pleasure
FROM TEENS TO COLLEGE
- January 2: Teen Cuisine Italian-Style
- January 6: Campus Cooking
WEEKDAY DAYTIMES SERIES are monthly series created by our talented crew
- The Best of Barefoot with Jan Reid
- Days with Devon with Devon Drag
- Travels with Tutko with Sharon Tutko
- Meals with Matt with Matt Borchardt
- Weekday Wellness with Sharon Tutko
- Lunch with Lydia with Lydia Gwin
Some of our most popular classes include Date Night, Heir and a Parent, Dine and Dance, A Day in the Kitchen, Novel Cuisine, Sourdough Bread, Pasta, Macarons, Sushi, Tacos, and Pizza. We offer the largest variety of cooking classes, and look forward to having you in our kitchen for great food and great fun!
]]>Celebrate the holiday season while creating your own gingerbread house with homemade gingerbread, royal icing, and our dazzling assortment of dozens of candies and decorations. Then take home your creation to enjoy during the holidays. Many of our customers have made this class an annual tradition!
Saturday, December 6, 12 to 3 pm
Sunday, December 7, 12 to 3 pm
Tuesday, December 9, 11 am to 2 pm
Saturday, December 13, 12 to 3 pm
The Apprentice Chef: Gingerbread House
For aspiring chefs, children ages 7 to 11.
Saturday, December 6, 1 to 3 pm
Sunday, November 30, 1 to 3 pm
Saturday, December 13, 1 to 3 pm
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]]>October 16: Building on Flavors with Lauren Gray Weir
October 16: Let’s be Blunt About Pot Pie with Jeff Friesen
October 17: You Had Me at Pie!
October 20: The Big Bowl Theory with Andrew Guyton
October 22: Mushrooms Re-Imagined are Mind-Blowing with Ryan Maher
October 25: The Art of Pizza Throwing with Sean Price
October 26: The Craft of Comfort Food with Beth Hoeltke
October 27: Family Thai’s with Brian Notario
November 8: Fall Feast – A Culinary Showcase with Sheri Doe, Jeff Friesen, Lydia Gwin and Sharon Tutko (Optional wine pairing is available.)
November 15: Sandwich Cookies – Oh, What a Filling! with Shimon Otsuka
November 17: Tavern Breads with Anne Marie Lodholz
January 14 or January 15: Breads from France with Susan Westfall
Don’t miss our Christmas Cookie Decorating classes and Gingerbread House classes!
Welcome and welcome back:
- Sean Price is teaching a Date Night grilling class on July 27
- Adam LaViolette will be teaching sushi with his first class on August 5
- Faiza Muhambi is teaching Swahilian cuisine on August 9
- Joe Herbert is back in St. Louis, and we are delighted to have him back in the kitchen teaching a variety of his popular classes, starting with a sauce class on August 13
- Maria Ines Goncalves is teaching two different types of cake decorating classes starting on August 10, plus a Portuguese class on September 7
- Andrew Guyton is teaching a Tex-Mex class on September 30
Children and Parent/Child Classes
Our classes for children plus our parent/child classes, Heir and a Parent, are very popular, and for the Summer, they have their own newsletter. It is available at Kitchen Conservatory, or you can call to have a pdf copy emailed to you.We have also added a few classes since this newsletter went to press!
- The Apprentice Chef: Build-a-Taco
- July 19, 11 am to 1 pm
- or August 1, 11 am to 1 pm
- Heir and a Parent: Tik-Tok-Tacos
- September 7, 10 am to 12:30 pm
- or October 5, 10 am to 12:30 pm
A Day in the Kitchen
We offer an in-depth mastery of specific culinary art in our A Day in the Kitchen series of classes that are a 5-hour class and limited in size.
- Fish and Seafood – meets early at Starrs to select fish
- July 20 or October 19
- Bread Basket
- July 29 or October 1
- Beef – This is a NEW class, and meets early at Baumann’s Fine Meats for a butchery demonstration and to select the cuts
- August 9
- French Pastry
- September 15
- Pasta Workshop
- October 21
We look forward to seeing you in our kitchen!
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- Barry Marcus
- French Favorites – a monthly demonstration series on Tuesday mornings with delicious French fare
- Matthew Borchardt
- Matt is teaching a variety of hands-on and demonstration classes that are already gaining in popularity
Welcome to our kitchens:
- Adjo Honsou, scientist and owner of food truck, Fufu n’ Sauce
- Adjo shares her West African cuisine
- Zohra Zaimi
- Zohra is teaching a Moroccan baking class and a Moroccan Date Night class
- Suzanne Corbett, historian and author of The Guilded Table
- Suzanne is teaching a variety of hands-on and demonstration classes
- Terri Jayne Walker, personal chef
- Terri Jayne shares her spin on global cuisines in demonstration classes
- Corey Logan, owner of Juicemasters food truck and juice bar
- Corey is teaching a juice-infused cooking class
- Jeffrey Hensel, wine expert
- Jeffrey is pairing Italian wines in a Puglian class with Sheri Doe
Daytime Series
We have had such a great response to our weekday daytime classes, that we are offering more teachers with their own series!
- Travels with Tutko with Sharon Tutko
- Come for the superb food, and come back every month for the stories!
- Killian It with Pastries with Rachelle Killian
- Rachelle started this series 2 years ago with sweet and savory pastries perfect for lunch
- Afternoons with Audrey with Audrey Scherrer
- Audrey shares food from her own experiences in the kitchen and travels
- Days with Devon with Devon Drag
- Devon has been sharing her favorite go-to dishes for more than a year
- French Favorites with Barry Marcus
- We are delighted to have Barry back in the kitchen teaching his favorite French dishes
- The Best of Barefoot with Jan Reid
- Jan has taken her evening series to a daytime series
Keeping Up with the Kids
- Our Heir and a Parent classes sell out quickly, and we are always adding more classes on our website! Our class themes include pasta, pizza, sushi, candy making, cupcakes, breakfast, plus classes for wizards, Jedis, and Swifties!
- Our Summer Camps are available with 3 for ages 7 to 11, and a Teen camp for ages 12 to 16
Grilling Classes
Our lovely patio is perfect for grilling classes, and each of our kitchens has easy access to it. There our lots of new grilling classes now available.
We hope to have something for everyone that wants to learn more about cooking and baking! Visit our full listing of classes! We look forward to seeing you in our kitchen!