Cooking Class: Become a French Chef Right at Home
You’ll learn how to create delightful French flavors in this hands-on cooking class with Chef Denis. You’ll craft beautiful dishes that span the French-speaking world, from Brittany to Tunisia. To start, you’ll prepare a lush leek and fingerling potato soup, followed by toasted couscous served with a popular North African salad (Mechouia). For the main course, Chef Denis will teach you how to make a traditional, savory beef stew with horseradish sauce. To finish the meal, you’ll prepare three different types of divine chocolate truffles.
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Leek and Fingerling Potato Soup
With onions and crème fraîche
Mechouia Salad With Toasted Couscous
With eggplant, zucchini, tomato, peppers, lemon and garlic
Classic Pot au Feu
With beef ribs, turnips, carrots, leeks and horseradish sauce
Chocolate Truffles Made Three Ways
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 6
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- LabelsCouples, Gourmet, Date Night, French, Beginner
Classpop! guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Denis
Wendy
24 Aug 2022
Denis was knowledgeable with his instructions. We learned a lot in this class! He brought items from his own garden.
Jessica
15 Jan 2022
Chef Denis taught us SO much, and we genuinely had a fantastic time getting to know him AND learning more about how to make pizza like a serious chef!
Guest reviews for Chef Denis
Bridget
04 Feb 2022
Chef Denis was fantastic! He is a true culinary professional with a wealth of knowledge. He is an excellent teacher and kept us engaged the entire time. He shared so many helpful tips and techniques and we learned so much. I highly recommend Chef Denis to anyone in the NYC area that’s looking for an amazing culinary experience!
Event location: New York
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Meet your chef

Chef Denis is a seasoned chef with 43 years of experience working in the culinary world. His past roles include banquet chef, executive sous chef, private chef and even being the owner of a catering business, where he hosted both private events and intimate dinners. For the last 28 years, he's spent his time working as a culinary teacher, sharing his passion and knowledge with his students and aspiring chefs to create outstanding, memorable events.
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