Chef Mai
Vietnam-born Chef Mai has crafted a culinary career in some of the most luxurious sushi kitchens in Hawaii and Washington DC. After teaching English in Vietnam for 12 years, Chef Mai moved to the U.S. and discovered a passion for cuisine while immersed in the beauty of the islands. Now, in addition to creating distinctive cuisine, Chef Mai relishes helping cooks develop their own talent for culinary artistry.
Cooking Classes
Classpop! Guest Reviews for Chef Mai
Jeannie
25 Apr 2024
Chef Mai was very sweet and her instruction of making sushi rolls was easy to follow. We had a good time with her. On the other hand, the venue - beer co. - although nice and airy in late afternoon with music in the background, was likely inappropriate for a sushi making class. It made it hard to hear, and handling food and plasticware outside on a patio table with the wind blowing made it a bit difficult. I would definitely take any of her classes again but will look at the venue a bit more.
Yvonne
25 Apr 2024
We had a great time and we learned a lot. Chef Mai was very kind and I felt like I was a sushi master when I left.
Guthrie
24 Apr 2024
Chef mai was great!
Marc
24 Apr 2024
Chef Mei was amazing, we could not ask for a better experience. We would follow her around the city for more classes if we could. Not just 5 stars, but 100. We loved all of it!
Ashley
03 Apr 2024
The venue was the downfall of this experience. The brewery was equipped with everything except the first 3 drinks I requested from their menu, comfortable seating and actual walls. We were seated in a thinly veiled outdoor patio on a chilly and rainy evening. It was uncomfortable chopping food while wearing a coat and being seated on an uncomfortably unstable wooden bench with my back touching those of the people seated behind us. The venue took away from the experience. Chef Mai was okay I suppose. I left early to get food indoors.
Adam
01 Apr 2024
Pros:
Chef Mai seemed really knowledgable.
The ingredients were quality, so we ended up with a few decent sushi rolls.
Cons:
I wish I had known it would be outdoors. It was rather cold to be out in March.
The whole experience was disorganized. Ingredients were unequally distributed between tables. Chef Mai was soft-spoken, so she decided to demonstrate each roll 3 times: once at each table. This left 2/3 tables doing a lot of waiting in the cold. We used up too much rice for the first roll and didn't have enough to make all the advertised rolls. More careful foresight could have prevented this
The knives were dull. I can't make pretty, clean-cut sushi with dull knives that mash the roll down.
Lyle
01 Apr 2024
We had so much fun with Chef Mai! We enjoyed meeting the others at our table and we definitely learned enough to try it at home. Chef Mai has a winning way about her and is a good teacher!
Lauren
01 Apr 2024
Chef Mai was definitely trying hard, but the venue is not ideal for this class because it’s outside, right by the street, and many other patrons of the bar are talking as well around you, so it’s super difficult to hear. It seems like the class size was just too big; we couldn’t hear her instructions as a group so she went table by table, which took a long time. We also ran out of rice so only made two of the three advertised rolls.
merline
30 Mar 2024
The venue which was a tent, was cold had to leave my coat on during the whole class, even though they had heaters. Chef Mai was good, could have done a better job monitoring how much rice each participant used because we didn't get a chance to do three sushi rolls as indicated in the advertisement. There was three tables ( the set-up of the tables could have been a little more efficient place) it took Chef Mai quite a bit time to do her demonstration of the sushi rolls.
Outside Reviews for Chef Mai
Barry K
18 Jan 2024
Chef Mai is energetic, passionate and a works hard to provide a good experience!
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