Cooking Class: Discover French Bistro Cuisine
Cook France’s most iconic recipes and elevate your culinary skills in this cooking class!
Create everything from crusted French onion soup and melt-in-your-mouth beef bourguignon to creamy potato mille-feuille and classic crème brûlée using the freshest local ingredients and following step-by-step instructions from Chef Charles. Bring some friends, grab a date or come solo and make a day out of growing your skillset, sharpening your knife skills and broadening your cooking horizons. Learn valuable kitchen skills that can transfer to any style of cuisine. Take home some new recipes to share with friends and become the master chef you always dreamed to be!
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French Onion Soup
With caramelized onions, beef broth, croûtons and Gruyère cheese
Boeuf Bourguignon
With beef, red wine, carrots, mushrooms, onions and fresh herbs
Potato Mille-Feuille
With thinly sliced potatoes, butter and cream
Crème Brûlée
With vanilla custard and caramelized sugar crust
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 10
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- LabelsCouples, Beginner, Date Night, French, Holiday, Adult
Reviews Guests Left For Other Experiences
Shayna
16 Nov 2025
Chef Charles himself was good and gave a nice presentation. But I felt as though it was a little miss advertised. The description made it sound like we were going to be making everything ourselves, from the dough, to the sauce. When in reality it was just a chef demonstration of HOW to make things, which okay, someone cooking for me for a change, that’s nice. But then we all got to make 1 single ravioli. While I’m not saying we should have had a full course meal, for $60 to have 1 ravioli seems like a ripoff. What was even kind of more annoying was that the chef made 2 raviolis as demonstrations and ate both of them in front of us. I left hungry and ended up paying more at the bar that the event was held at. There was so much crab filling left over and pasta dough just from prepping it, that it seemed weird that we didn’t make more. It also only lasted an hour vs two as advertised so it’s not like we ran out of time. Overall, he gave a nice presentation and I think he’s a good chef as the food tasted good but the experience wasn’t what it was thought to be, even the other guests said the same thing in a brief moment when he walked away for something.
Outside Reviews for Chef Charles
Silvia
09 Sep 2025
Chef James was great! A unique experience. Fun and engaging. An enriching learning adventure!
Event location: Baltimore
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With more than 40 years of culinary experience, Chef Charles combines deep expertise with a genuine passion for food. A graduate of Newbury College’s culinary arts program and an ACF-certified professional, he has refined his craft across diverse kitchens before becoming a personal chef. Today, he shares his skills through custom menus and interactive cooking classes, guiding guests to learn, taste and enjoy the art of cooking with a seasoned expert.
