Cooking Class: Gourmet Knife Skills
Chef Ivan's cooking classes offer a way to take your culinary skills to the next level. This extensive class features professional knife techniques and safety skills while preparing three Mediterranean recipes using fresh vegetables and fruit. You'll learn how to julienne, brunoise, batonette and more while making minestrone soup with pesto and vegetables and salmon en papillote with mushrooms, squash, peppers and tomatoes. For more slicing skills, you'll prepare a rustic fruit galette with maple whipped cream with strawberries, peaches and blueberries.
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Minestrone With Pesto
With vegetables, white beans, pine nuts and cheese
Salmon en Papillote
With mushrooms, onion, yellow squash, peppers, tomatoes and wine
Fruit Galette With Maple Whipped Cream
With strawberries, peaches and blueberries
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 4
- Maximum Guests 16
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- LabelsItalian, Baking, Pescatarian, Adult
- 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.
Reviews Guests Left For This Experience
Leon
16 Apr 2022
I'm sure this course would have been wonderful, but for the second time in a row, I got a notification last minute saying not enough people had signed up and therefore they were canceling the class.
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Kristine
09 Nov 2025
Chef Jaime was totally awesome. Superb food, great instruction. All around a fantastic time. Will do this again!
Eleanor
29 Mar 2025
We had a great time. It was worth it. Chef was very informative and the food was delicious. Highly recommended.
Event location: New York
Chef’s Place
Exact location is provided after booking.
Meet your chef
Chef Ivan began attending culinary school at the tender age of 14. His adventures in the world of food preparation took him through Europe and eventually brought him to New York, where he manages a catering company and volunteers teaching children's cooking classes. With a focus on sushi, Italian and French cuisines, Chef Ivan is always excited to share novel kitchen techniques with his guests and students.
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