Sur La Table Cooking Class

My mom and I took a Bread making class at the 900 N Michigan Sur La Table location yesterday. The class lasted for four hours, we made three different types of bread (focaccia, baguette, and ciabatta), and the staff were amazing. Our teacher is currently the bread baker at Little Goat… so she knows her stuff and shared a bunch of helpful tips and tricks about baking breads and about equipment. Who knew baking these breads were SO easy! We all got to sample the bread and bring recipes home! All students also got 10% off on any item — on sale or not! (My mom and I were two of thirteen students in the class… I think classes cap out at 16?).
A cooking class at Sur La Table was the best way to spend the day after Christmas!

My girlfriends and I went to a Friday night Thai cooking class and I was very impressed with the set up, the time management and our main Chef Holly. They gave us a discount on all the merchandise which was a great incentive to buy their awesome products. I was informed that there are private classes… thinking a family outing pizza making class!

We decided to have a girls’ night at this place. First off, we did not get to cook anything at all. All we did was chop a few veggies and then watched the chef cook the rest of the food. Also, for $ 75 all we got was a small piece of meat, polenta, which was pretty terrible and a small portion of arugula salad. Oh, and a small desert. We walked out of there and went to cheesecake factory, because we were so hungry and we are not big eaters.
So I would not call it a cooking class at all, nor was it filling, so was not worth the money!

I love this store for their special classes. I just took one today for pizza making. It was small group, so I feel like a private tour! Teacher was very nice, fun! She took all my questions. Fun to make my own pizza. She also provide several pizza for the classroom. They also serve free coffee for the class. Now I can make my own pizza at home– very easy step. Seeing the chef and trying it out are the best way to learn to cook. Absolutely will go back for another class.