Cooking Class: Making Classic Chinese Favorites

Grab your apron and discover how to create traditional Chinese favorites in this interactive cooking class. Chef Janet will help you prepare an incredible meal with fresh ingredients and time-honored recipes authentic to the cuisine. Begin by crafting shrimp shumai dumplings brimming with pork and mushrooms. Next, create potstickers with homemade wrappers, beef, pork and fresh vegetables. Cook up chicken wings covered in an addictive ginger soy sauce. End your class by frying up delicious sesame balls with glutinous rice and red bean paste.


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Shrimp Shumai

With pork, mushrooms and aromatics


Potsticker Dumplings

With homemade wrappers, beef, pork, mushrooms and cabbage


Ginger Soy Chicken Wings

With aromatics


Classic Sesame Balls

With glutinous rice, and lotus and red bean paste


Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.

  • Minimum Guests 2
  • Maximum Guests 24
  • Event Duration 2 hours
  • Activity Level
    Activity Level
  • LabelsCouples, Beginner, Chinese, Asian, Holiday, Mother's Day

Reviews Guests Left For This Experience

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Joseph

16 Mar 2025

Chef Janet did an amazing job teaching us how to cook some Chinese favorites. We would recommend her to anyone who wants to have a fun evening learning to cook.

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Becky

05 Jan 2025

Janet was AMAZING! We had such a blast and the food was delicious. We were so impressed by the whole experience and loved having her in our home.

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Wendy

16 Jan 2024

Chef Janet was fantastic! We enjoyed every recipe and look forward to trying another of her classes!

$ 119.99 Per person

all-inclusive: 2-hour class, meal and taxes.


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Chef Janet
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Chef Janet has been cooking for as long as she can remember and she loves sharing that joy with others. Her passion is helping people feel confident, creative and at ease in the kitchen. After attending culinary school in the 1980s, Chef Janet deepened her culinary journey while living in Taiwan and Hong Kong, where she also began her career as a high school teacher. For decades, she’s been teaching a wide range of cooking classes, on and off, always with the same goal: to empower others through food. Nothing makes her happier than seeing the spark of joy and pride when someone masters a new skill.

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