Birmingham Sushi Classes

Have you ever gone to a sushi restaurant and said, «Man I really wish I could roll my own sushi». Well I finally rolled my own sushi in this class and I will never look back.
I was given a Groupon for this class as a birthday gift last year. We had a lot of problems getting in a class. We waited too long on some classes. Our schedules didn’t coordinate. The location changed. But even a year past the expiration, we had no problem once we found a class.
We had two wonderfully prepared rolls when we arrived. They were delicious and that would have been about $ 20 at a restaurant any way. We were given a great education on sauces. How to prepare your rice where it will hold together. How to select the fish. And of course actually rolling. You are given a cheat sheet once it is over. But it truly helps to get Kelly to explain everything and ask questions.
The overall feel of the class was fun and informal. We got some drinks from the bar. And just had fun with it. We got off on random topics and were able to ask whatever questions we could think of. Overall it was a lot of fun.
I also see that you can get a discounted class right here on Unilocal.So go do that now! You won’t regret it. I can’t wait to put my new learned skills to the test.

Great fun and food for an evening out! Class is informative and creative, a nice alternative to just going out to eat. I highly recommend it!

My wife purchased the beginner’s class for us to attend for my Father’s Day present. As I love sushi, I thought it would be a great idea. Class lasts between 2.5−3 hours. You get sample sushi of the type that you’ll be learning to make, so that’s a nice little bonus!
You learn the basics of rolling sushi, using Nori (seaweed), how to prepare the rice, applying the rice to the Nori, ingredient placement, how to roll a nice tight roll and make it look appealing, and how to cut the sushi into equal segments without the rice sticking to the knife or crushing the rolls.
In addition and the part I found most informative to someone that’s never rolled sushi, the class let’s you know how to make sauces (with detailed recipes and instructions), and even more important, where to purchase the ingredients, what to look for, what to watch out for, and where the best prices can be found.
The instructors are entertaining and funny. They’re easy to work with and are very willing to answer any questions you may have. And more importantly they’re very skilled at both making sushi and teaching.
Used the knowledge from this class to make our first rolls at home last night and they were awesome. Once we have a few more sessions at home, we’ll be signing up for the intermediate class.

I am not as big of a sushi fan as my husband but still agreed to go to this class. I learned so much about sushi and how inexpensive it actually is to make yourself. Kelly our instuctor was full of information, even gave us her own recipes for sauces that we pay a fortune for in the chain restaurants.
I highly recommend taking this class… They even have gift certificates for that person that has everything!
We will be back for the intermediate class!

Thirty Years!!!
30 Years I have been paying someone to make me the sushi that this wonderful lady Kelly taught me how to make in one class!!!
OHHH The money I wasted!
This class is so popular it is booked in to early 2013, and now I know why!
My wife and I attended the class with 8 other folks, every age group was represented, we had 20 somethings all the way up to 60 somethings, we were somewhere in the middle.
The class starts with a lecture which you listen to while you are served some tasty sushi rolls and a very flavorful soup. The lecture is informative, you get print outs of all the recipes, tips, tricks and local stores to source your supplies.
Then the real fun starts, the hands on instruction where you get to create your very own sushi rolls. When you consider the age range and some folks were very apprehensive, well guess what? Every single roll was put together flawlessly, so much so that cameras were clicking as everybody started posting their masterpieces to Facebook and other social destinations.
We were 110% satisfied with the class and we will be back for more fun for the intermediate class as soon as we get tired of making sushi rolls out of everything in the house!
Now who wants a Bologna sushi roll because I can make you one now!

I got this class through a Groupon deal for $ 30. I’m told by Kelly, the main instructor, that she’s sold hundreds of class slots through Groupon and LivingSocial.
I’m surprised to hear that there’s so much interest among Birmingham people in sushi-​making. Further, I’m led to believe that local sushi restaurants alike are going to dislike Kelly — for letting in everybody on the big secret that sushi rolls are so easy and fun to roll and that you can save a whole lot by rolling them home. (At one point, I’m told a California roll would cost about forty cents to make at home, whereas it’s often priced at $ 4 – 6 dollars at restaurants.)
The beginner class I took was intended to be an introductory course. Therefore, Kelly began with places to buy sushi supplies, different sauces, picking correct rice and cooking sushi rice. She went on to showing us preparation of sushi rice and techniques on making different forms of rolls, including fat rolls, thin rolls, nori-​in, nori-​out. Latter part of the class is reserved for letting students roll their own vege rolls.
While Kelly is leading the class, Cory, co-​instructor, is busy preparing and passing out sushi roll samples to students. Cory also did another trick that grabbed everybody’s attention with loud bangs but I’ll leave it up you to find out.
All in all, the class is fun and informative. Kelly is unpretentious and easy to talk to while Cory’s fun and energetic. Cory told me that more advanced classes will progress from simple maki’s to include tempura maki’s, dragon maki’s as well as selecting and preparing fish and more advanced theoretical stuff.
I learned how to make simple maki’s and different sauces, learned how to use different equipment, and learned of good places to get sushi stuff and get started. All while being served 3 different full-​sized rolls, a ponzu salad and a spicy tuna hors d’œuvre. Water and soda are provided as well. Food alone would have probably cost me $ 30 so I think I got a great value.
Thanks, Kelly and Cory!