Cooking Class: A Taste of Puerto Rico

27 reviews

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In this colorful hands-on cooking class, Chef Kelly breaks down beloved Puerto Rican dishes so that you can learn to recreate them for your friends and family.

Boost your kitchen confidence as you master four iconic Puerto Rican recipes and familiarize yourself with lush produce, rich spices and traditional cooking techniques. You'll start by serving up a savory mofongo con camarones a la criolla with shrimp, green plantains, sofrito and tomato sauce. From there, green plantains take center stage in a whole new way as crispy tostones with mojo sauce. For your entrée, you'll tackle arroz con gandules y pernil — or Puerto Rican rice with pigeon peas and pork — and you'll finish with a classic Puerto Rican dessert, tembleque with coconut milk and cinnamon.

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Mofongo con Camarones a la Criolla

With shrimp, green plantains, sofrito and tomato sauce

Tostones con Mojo

With green plantains, garlic and extra virgin olive oil

Arroz con Gandules y Pernil

With rice, pigeon peas, pork shoulder and sofrito

Tembleque

With coconut milk and cinnamon

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 4
Event Duration 75 minutes
Activity Level
Activity Level
LabelsCouples, Gourmet, Date Night, Latin
This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.

Classpop! guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Kelly

Shelly

01 Jun 2023

The Asian dumpling class was super fun. I am confident I could make these at home now. It will be a showstopper for a party.

Kayleigh

30 May 2023

This class was wonderful! It was great fun to learn a bunch of different ways to fold dumplings. Highly suggested!

Nicole

29 May 2023

Fun, relaxed night where we got some insightful tips on how to improve our pasta making efforts.

Jessica

15 May 2023

Chef Kelly was great! The competition was well organized and engaging, while still being laid back and fun. The dumplings were delicious!

Haley

10 May 2023

Chef Kelly was very friendly and organized. Everything was great, I just thought we were going to be making the dumpling filling but it was pre made. That is fine, maybe would be good to state that in the description somewhere. Thanks Chef Kelly, we had a lot of fun and the dumplings were delicious!

Matthew

08 May 2023

Chef Kelly was fun and informative. The class atmosphere was relaxed. It was a great time.

Daria

20 Apr 2023

Chef Kelly is delightful. She’s very well-prepared and explained how to make 8 different dumpling styles. She’s very upbeat and patient. I can’t wait to make them at home!

Lorraine

24 Feb 2023

Kelly and her husband were great. Very clear and helpful

Rebecca

02 Feb 2023

Ms. Kelly was a very nice and knowledgable instructor. I would give 5 stars but there were too many people in the class, spreading her attention thin. There was only one cooking station, so people had to wait in line cook the dumplings. Also, we were provided single use disposable plastic forks and cups whic is harmful to the environment.

Lauren

31 Jan 2023

This class was an absolute blast. Chef Kelly has a true passion for cooking and teaching! She provided all the materials needed to make delicious dumplings. It was a really fun date idea and would recommend to anyone who loves dumplings and want to learn to make them!

Nick

29 Jan 2023

We chose this class because we could not use the gift card my nephew gave us for Christmas on premium classes, which totally limited our options. Had he known this was the case he would have looked elsewhere. The class itself was a total disappointment. 20+ people is too many when you only have one pot and one frying pan. We were fortunate to be in the first group she demonstrated wrapping dumplings to or we would have been there all night. Chef Kelly demonstrated 6 ‘wraps’ in rapid fire succession and moved on to the next group. My wife and I struggled to remember what was shown and never had Chef Kelly come back to help. We did our best and headed to the pot to keep the night moving on. I left having no better understanding of preparing dumplings than when I arrived. The description of this event is misleading. The filling is premade, water to ‘seal’ wrappers was filled “after” her demonstration, no napkins on the table to wipe your hands, and it was so loud you could barely hear her very brief instructions. I could learn more on YouTube. Don’t waste your money here.

Denise

29 Jan 2023

This was a fun, educational class. We left and immediately went and bought a pasta maker. You will love it.

Marina

18 Jan 2023

Kelly was professional, knowledgeable and very fun. We had a great day and learned so much. And holy cow, her recipes were incredible!

Terraesa

01 Dec 2022

I loved the venue, I loved how small the class was too. Kelly was really personable and informative. An enjoyable experience and not too hard to make. The food was delicious, Kelly I would love to have the recipie for the vegetarian dumplings. A good time had by all. One suggestion though, we only had a class of 11, and with only one steamer and on skillet, there were some of us waiting a long time to cook our food, I would suggest getting another burner, oan and steamer

Amber

01 Dec 2022

Great class with yummy food and so much fun! Chef Kelly is so knowledgeable and wonderful!

Tiffany

20 Oct 2022

Kelly was great. So personable and really showed her passion for teaching. We can’t wait to take another class with her.

Natalie

19 Oct 2022

Tipped in person. Awesome!

Kathryn

14 Aug 2022

Such a lovely experience! I was well educated AND well fed; I am so glad we did this!

Cindy

15 Jul 2022

Had a super fun time last night…learned some great knife skills and enjoyed a yummy dinner as well at an amazing brewery! Highly recommend a class with Chef Kelly…

James

03 Jul 2022

Great time!

Frank

16 Jun 2022

We had so much fun making Dumplings with Chef Kelly. Would definitely recommend this class, can’t wait to try and make some at home now!

Dave

20 Mar 2022

Chef Kelly is awesome — so knowledgeable and a great teacher. I learned so much in just one class.

David

24 Feb 2022

Kelly was great!

Dana

06 Feb 2022

This was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Chef Kelly really likes helping people learn how to cook. She very patient and answered all questions. When we were making the stuff pasta, she would help each student improve their technique individually. It was fun having a hands on experience in which the whole class helped each other out. I am looking forward to taking more classes from her

Laney

06 Oct 2021

The best!

Tracy

08 Sep 2021

Kelly did a great job of teaching us how to make dumplings. Would definitely take another class with her.

Guest reviews for Chef Kelly

Kelly M.

09 May 2021

What a super experience! Chef Kelly was knowledgeable & fun to cook with and a great teacher! She made everything easy to understand and easy to cook by being well prepared. She surprised us at the end of the meal by serving us the elegant meal we just cooked. Lovely end to a fun afternoon!