Academy of Artisans

I went to take a ‘Indian Crusine Cooking Class’ at Academy of Artisans through Toronto SSC’s Urban Adventure website.
First of all, it was surprising to see the studio. It is actually quite small and it has tons of stuff. It has all the tools for jewelry making, sewing kits, pottery… etc.
It has a kitchen for us to do the hands on for the cooking, I have never personally been there before I thought this is a facility that everyone gets their own cooking station. Instead, 3 or 4 people in a station, and we all cook different recipe. The problem with different recipe cooking station is that if someone screw up the recipe, everyone in the class get to go home with a screw up dish.
Don was the chef that taught us the class. He’s wise and down to the earth. He is also very resourceful to explain where to get the ingredient and what each ingredient does.
At the end of the class, we get to take home the food that everyone cooked. We were actually quite lucky that everyone in the group was be able to cook and the food is turn out decent after the meal.
I personally think it’s quite fun to take the class and we are not expecting a Calphalon Culinary Center experience. The ingredients and the cooking method was very practical for normal families.
There’s also no cookingware they are trying to sell you. It is just pure cooking experience.