Chef Iliana

Chef Iliana

Verified chef

 (52 reviews)

The talented Chef Iliana has spent much of her professional culinary career as an executive chef and executive sus chef in some of the best restaurants New York has to offer. Chef Iliana enjoys sharing her passion and knowledge to eager budding home chefs so they can learn to make fantastic dishes at home and grow their culinary skills.

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Reviews Guests Left For Chef Iliana

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Dora
20 Jun 2025
Chef Illiana - was amazing.
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Zoe
14 Jun 2025
Chef Iliana was very friendly and is clearly a great chef, but I hate to say I was disappointed by this class. For how much it cost, I was surprised by the low quality. We didn’t make the tomato sauce (which was advertised in the class description— she brought it pre-made) and the tools we used for cooking were just the contents of a plastic to-go cutlery set (and the included salt and pepper pack was the only seasoning option). There wasn’t much instruction given, either, so the gnocchi my friend and I made turned out quite large and dense. It felt more like a fun social activity rather than a class to gain cooking skills. The pictures on the website are also misleading… I hate to leave a bad review but I also don’t like to feel ripped off… so here we are.
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Katrina
12 Jun 2025
What a nice and cute experience, she was a delight thank you.
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Landis
11 Jun 2025
Chef Iliana was extremely knowledgeable, warm, and a fun teacher! Our group had a blast, and I’m so excited to go home and try to make this dish on my own!!!
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Madison
22 Mar 2025
This was very disappointing, after arriving right before the class begun the owner of the bar saying they were not sure if the class was happening because they have not heard from the chef. Eventually someone comes and has to set up after the event has started. It was not Chef Iliana but her gf who was there to lead the class. After starting late we did not do much, but there was not enough dumpling presses for all of us, so my partner and I did not have the proper material the rest of the class did. After being the first ones to turn in our dumplings we did not get them back until THE ENTIRE CLASS HAD EATEN AND LEFT. Every single person had left the building but us, they did not realize that ours was not cooking. Usually they said they use bamboo steamers but this time was just tin foils and flames, but ours did not work. After the chef showed up covered in glitter from the people she met on the train, even though we were told she was late due to traffic the class had been going on for two hours. She had told us that our dumplings were falling apart and she would have instructed us to make them differently if she was here, but she was not? They are very nice people but it was very unprofessional and not organized at all.
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Hannah
20 Feb 2025
Such an incredible experience for my partner and i’s anniversary! Chef was so kind and taught us a lot about food at home! Can’t wait to have my dumplings for lunch tomorrow!
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Joel
14 Feb 2025
Felt extremely disappointed and overcharged by this class. The teaching part was extremely simplistic, the amount of food was paltry, the space itself felt extremely low rent, and overall the experience was a huge let down. This class needs to be either rebuilt from the ground up or completely cancelled.
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Maggie
30 Jan 2025
Awesome and fun class!
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Taylor
29 Jan 2025
Chef Iliana was not only a wonderful and educational Chef, but she was a great hostess as well! Had a wonderful time in her class!
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Aladian
23 Jan 2025
10/10 experience!