Cooking Classes – It’s a beautiful thing!

Today my husband and I had the absolute pleasure of having a “Date Day” and attended a cooking class at Sur la Table, in La Jolla (California).

NOTE:  If you’ve never been to La Jolla, California you must make a point to visit this beach town.  Today was one of those beautiful California beach days.

My plan for this BLOG has always been share things that I believe are beautiful in life, which doesn’t always mean just interiors.  Today that ‘beautiful’ blanket included our two hour cooking class.

We arrived early for our class and I was pleased to see the store decked out for the Fall season.  There were all types of decorating ideas which I’m looking forward to incorporating into my own decor.

These are actually serving spoons, aren’t they great!  I would love to have at least a half dozen of them for my Thanksgiving table.

Then there was this great Fall pitcher.  I can imagine it with a great floral arrangements that also contained some seasonal vegetables and fruit.  It would be stunning, and unexpected, in the middle of our Thanksgiving buffet.

I’ll take a couple dozen of these . . . pretty please.

 

Now onto our incredible cooking class lead by our outstanding Chef Gabrielle.  This guy knew his stuff!  We received so many handy hints that we’ll be using in our kitchen forever.  Not only cooking hints, but things that will also keep our family safe.

When we arrived for class we were greeted and offered something to drink and a fresh new apron. I must also mention that this kitchen was spotless!  This is kind of one of my pet peeves about any where were I dine, shop, entertain, etc. It only comes before the decor and comfort of my surroundings.

Our class was limited to eight people, who were broken down into partners.   As you can see in the picture above, some of the prep work had been done for us and broken down into several trays for us to use throughout class.  Aren’t those trays displayed beautifully.

We made a total of three soups in our two hour class; Corn and Shrimp Chowder, Lentil, Garbanzo and Chicken Steve with a Middle Eastern Flair and a Tomato Bisque.

  Here is our fantastic Chef, Gabrielle.  This star professional was so knowledgeable and demonstrated so much patience with all of us novice cooks.  In this picture he is finishing off our cheese crackers that were placed on our Tomato Bisque Soup.

A little closer view, don’t they look yummy.

A few more of our ingredients.  We used half whole milk and half creme for our chowder.

Listening closely to what our Chef was telling us, heck I didn’t want to burn down the building.

Two hours went by so quick, but no worries we’ll be back.  I would never hesitate to recommend this location for cooking classes, well done Sur la Table and Chef Gabrielle.

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