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Make Tasty Street Tacos From Scratch
Cooking Class: Make Tasty Street Tacos From Scratch
Level up your taco night game in this hands-on Mexican cooking class with Chef Janet! You'll learn to make authentic-tasting tacos from scratch that are sure to rival those from your favorite taqueria.
Chef Janet will teach you to mix up a traditional masa harina dough and the techniques behind hand-forming your own rustic tortillas. From there, you'll prep, sauté and season the proteins and veggies of your choice to make a spicy filling with a hint of lime. This fun cooking class is a great activity to enjoy with friends or solo to brush up on your cooking skills in a casual, yet engaging setting.
Cooking classes on Classpop! are designed to be social events that do not require any previous experience. Guests are welcome to purchase alcoholic beverages from the venue to enjoy during the class.
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Corn Tortillas
With masa harina, salt and water
Protein/Veggie Filling
With lime juice, cumin and ancho chili powder
- Minimum Guests 4
- Maximum Guests 25
- Event Duration 2 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- Restrictions Must be 21 years of age or older to attend.
- LabelsGroup, Vegetarian, Date Night, Fun, Mexican
- 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 this experience
Matt
27 Feb 2024
Chef Janet provided a very good experience. Nice environment to meet new people.
Carolyn
23 Feb 2024
Overall the cooking experience was fun but the space was not used well. The brewery has ample space to stretch out but we were crowded so close next to each other.
Julie
22 Feb 2024
She was nice but this was not a cooking class. All we did was mix corn meal with water with plastic spoons and make tortillas. Then put them on griddle. Don’t even have plates. Not recommended
Kenya
22 Feb 2024
Chef Janet was very knowledgeable about the food items. She worked efficiently and patiently with the large group of people.
Charles
22 Feb 2024
Very good experience
Neha
25 Jan 2024
Great class, good instructions and fun.
Sandy
24 Jan 2024
In Chef Janet's taco cooking class, we started off by making tortilla shells from scratch, which added a hands-on element to the experience. The variety of toppings and proteins she provided allowed for a diverse range of flavor combinations. Chef Janet was well-prepared and approachable, making the class beginner-friendly. Overall, it was a tasty and enjoyable cooking adventure. Highly recommend, and would take another class with her!
Sabrina
09 May 2023
We all had a wonderful time.
Shirali
09 May 2023
awesome class!
Classpop! Guest Reviews for other experiences with Chef Janet
Kennedy
21 Mar 2024
Chef Janet was kind but I didn’t expect the class to be a bit better. We used paper plates, we were in close proximity with others, and it was in the middle of brewery that had alters inside and even witchcraft and demonology papers plastered all over the bathroom so it was a bit uncomfortable at first. Luckily I was there with a close friend so we made it a fun evening. I would not take another class not at this location atleast.
Jacqueline
19 Mar 2024
Very overpriced for what you get, basically rolling pasta dough in the middle of the brewery - with little instruction or tools. The alfredo sauce and chicken lacked flavor and were not “instructed” to us at all, rather the instructor dumped them in a pot and left us to talk in small groups. The “facilities” of the cooking class were various burners set up on a plastic tablecloth, that blew the fuse several times causing the cooking food to go cold. It wasn’t a bad evening but grossly overpriced and left a grimy feeling in your mouth.
Dilaundra
18 Mar 2024
Fun and interactive class. Great for birthdays with friends, date night or if you're an individual who want to learn something new.
Carly
17 Mar 2024
Chef Janet was awesome! It was very easy to follow along and made everyone feel comfortable. We had a great time!
Elizabeth
12 Mar 2024
Great first experience! It was an intimate setting in a brewery, couldn't beat that. I had a blast and definitely going to recreate this recipe with my kids!
susie
09 Mar 2024
Chef Janet is the bomb and her classes are very fun. She gives excellent instructions to get you going and enough space so you get to create your masterpiece yourself. We also dig getting to know the other people taking the class! Having it at a brewery is a great idea. We’ve done two classes with Chef Janet and want to do more!
Brianna
08 Mar 2024
Chef Janet was awesome! She made the class very straight forward for beginners. Each person got 10 dumplings with extra meat to take home! It was the perfect amount of food. Overall, great experience to try with family, friends, or date night.
Angel
08 Mar 2024
instructions were clear and easy she was patient and made sure to answer any questions we had provided us with our own ingredients to take home after
Augusto
07 Mar 2024
Chef Janet class was wonderful! Would highly recommend the experience, the dumplings were awesome!
Amanda
07 Mar 2024
Chef Janet was so great! Instructions were easy to follow, food was tasty, and she was so sweet!
Pedro
04 Mar 2024
Thank you for the lesson and the fun within the dinner
emily
04 Mar 2024
Janet was super helpful & knowledgeable ! It was a great time.
Mamtha
01 Mar 2024
Very nice and helpful teacher. Disappointed by the venue and equipment. Was hoping for a deeper explanation of cooking. Hands-on portion was fun. Could have easily recreated experience at home with a good YouTube video.
Christine
29 Feb 2024
We had a wonderful experience learning how to make pasta with Chef Janet! She made everything so simple. We're excited to put our new skills to use at home.
Mia
20 Feb 2024
My friends and I decided on this cooking class as a fun girls night out. Janet was friendly, informative and attentive as we made our pasta from scratch. I highly recommend a cooking class with her!
Pamela
20 Feb 2024
Super fun and delicious!
Genesis
19 Feb 2024
Chef Janet is excellent! We made sushi with her. I personally am not great at cooking, but the class showed me that I could actually prepare sushi for friends! She is incredibly passionate and knowledgeable about food. She was very professional and personable. I would recommend taking a class with Chef Janet to anyone!
Juan
10 Feb 2024
Janet was nice and a good teacher. We learned a lot and very happy we took her class
Rachna
08 Feb 2024
Chef Janet was kind and attentive. She made sushi making easy in a limited space. I am definitely going to make sushi rolls at home--it's way easier than you think!
Jackie
06 Feb 2024
i really enjoyed the class! they made an accommodation to add one more person for me and i cannot thank them enough :)
Kimber
05 Feb 2024
Janet was an excellent teacher! I can’t wait to start making sushi at home!
Betsy
05 Feb 2024
Nice job! We really enjoyed ourselves and learned a lot.
Charles
24 Jan 2024
Excellent class great teacher
Gabrielle
22 Jan 2024
chef Janet did a wonderful job teaching us the basics of pasta making - such a delicious and enjoyable night!
Wendy
16 Jan 2024
Chef Janet was fantastic! We enjoyed every recipe and look forward to trying another of her classes!
MELISSA
14 Jan 2024
Absolutely wonderful experience! ♥️
Zaria
12 Jan 2024
This was our second class with Chef Janet and it was so much fun!!! Perfect date night activity.
Maureen
12 Jan 2024
Janet was great! She was patient and made the experience a good one! Explained where to get ingredients and the potstickers were delicious
Erin
12 Jan 2024
What a fun class! Chef Janet gave us just enough technique to make me feel confident attempting potstickers at home. The end result was beautiful (and delicious!!) ☺️
Jacqueline
12 Jan 2024
Janet was wonderful! Food was great, class was fun. My only complaint is that it’s hard to hear her at times because you’re sitting in the middle of a brewery with children yelling and running around. I realize this is not reflection of Janet’s teaching skills, 5 stars there! Also I would recommend bringing tubberware to bring home any extras.
Michael
11 Jan 2024
Great class.
Vicktoria
10 Jan 2024
Chef Janet was very sweet and helped me with all my questions. It was my first time making fresh pasta, and it turned out great. Thank you!
Ana
09 Jan 2024
Chef Janet was great, however we signed up for a sushi making class and walked into a pasta making class. Chef Janet was gracious and apologized for the mistake. But we were unable to enjoy the full experience due to our dietary restrictions. The pasta class was not vegan friendly so we could not eat. This was a little disappointing.
ariana
04 Jan 2024
Chef Janet was super prepared and made this a really fun class! The potsticker filling was also delicious.
Roberta
29 Dec 2023
Chef Kan was very nice! It was a very relaxed class, we met new people, and left with some delicious pot stickers!
Sriram
29 Dec 2023
Amazing class. Very well organized and fun
Yolanda
29 Dec 2023
Easy to follow and personable!
Nadia
28 Dec 2023
Chef Janet was an amazing instructor. We enjoyed our class. She walked us through everything we would be doing. She was extremely accommodating and quick thinking.
Zaria
21 Dec 2023
Chef Janet was a great instructor! Super fun and easy to follow class. This was a perfect date night activity.
Robert
18 Dec 2023
We had a great time and will be looking for more events with her
Grace
18 Dec 2023
Tipped cash, great lessons and experience, thank you! Merry Christmas
Judy
09 Dec 2023
What a fabulous class! I never knew how to properly temper chocolate, prepare a mold or make a nut cluster. Chef Janet covers all of this plus more. Great experience!
Lisa
04 Dec 2023
Good experience!
David
04 Dec 2023
Thank you Chef Janet!
Deainera
27 Nov 2023
Great class and very instructive and detailed.
Brian
20 Nov 2023
Sushi was great and chef Janet was super helpful and knowledgable! Highly recommend
Nick
07 Nov 2023
Janet was very helpful. She answered question and gave tips on diff ways to do things.
Constance
05 Oct 2023
Thanks Janet!
Kim
21 Sep 2023
Chef Janet was very informative. She kept the class moving, which became a bit fast for me, as I was not paired up with a partner (odd number students). She was generous with ingredients and the encouragement to make the rolls to our own liking. I did not realize before the class that she had lived for a while in Hong Kong -- personal and geographical expertise!!
Mike
21 Sep 2023
Chef Janet was awesome. Made for a enjoyable date night with my girlfriend.
Amanda
18 Sep 2023
Chef Janet was great! Really made learning how to make sushi simple and easy. Highly recommend taking her class.
Lisette
18 Sep 2023
Great class!
Martin
15 Sep 2023
We had a great time and chef Janet explain everything very well.
Laurene
10 Aug 2023
It was a great experience! We chopped , filled , and pinched the potstickers. The best was enjoying the fruits of our labor!
Jacklyn
22 Jul 2023
Janet was kind, interesting, and obviously had knowledge about cooking and an intuitive way of teaching it. Our group bonded quickly in a casual and a lot of laughs were had! Highly recommend a class w Chef Janet.
Lauren
17 Jul 2023
We LOVE chef Janet! We had the best time at the class learning how to make the perfect homemade pasta. Would 100% recommend!!!
Judy
04 Jul 2023
Great class! Chef Janet was so informative and gave great demos so that our creations looked professional. Excellent flavor combos too! Delicious!
Elizabeth
03 Jul 2023
She was well prepared with all the supplies and was very informative. A very enjoyable time!
Kaitlyn
03 Jul 2023
Chef Janet was very attentive and helpful throughout the class. We had such a great time and will gladly go again!
Bryon
12 Jun 2023
Had a great time at the class!
Nikah
10 Jun 2023
It was very well worth it would definitely do it again
Kelley
08 Jun 2023
Such a fun night with Chef Janet. We learned a lot and the pot stickers we made were delicious!
Nikah
07 Jun 2023
Very fun experience I loved it! Had a great time!
Allison
06 Jun 2023
Chef Janet was great, and it was a really fun time! I wish it had been a little more hands on for all aspects of the cooking, but without a kitchen it was still very interactive and fun!
Judy
05 Jun 2023
What a fun and super delicious class! Chef Janet explained and demonstrated then we jumped in and made delicious potstickers. Thank you Janet!
Kristina
05 Jun 2023
Great time! Cooking class without a kitchen was a great, great success!
Neal
29 May 2023
Janet is amazing! She took the time to teach us how to make the dough and showed us how she would prep everything. It was a fun experience for sure and she helped us really see how to make pasta. She gave plenty of recommendations and more!
Jacob
26 May 2023
Janet was fabulous! Great class!
Veronica
01 May 2023
Very fun and relaxed class!
Valery
29 Apr 2023
Great Class, lots of great information and tools given. Will be back for more :)
Anna
29 Apr 2023
Great class and I learned how to make sushi!
Lori
28 Apr 2023
class was wonderful!
Dominique
11 Apr 2023
Chef Janet was amazing! She was detailed in her explanations and allowed us to have fun cooking. I will definitely be back to check out her other class and bringing friends!
Tiffany
28 Mar 2023
Great class I learned a lot
Bo
28 Mar 2023
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Rylee
28 Mar 2023
Janet was so helpful, but also hands off until we needed her. Would recommend!
Lily
21 Mar 2023
Chef Janet ran a great class. I felt bad that she didn't have the best set up being in a brewery and not a kitchen, but she made it work! My boyfriend and I had a great time! Thanks Chef Janet :)
Sarah
14 Mar 2023
Chef Janet was great. Such a fun activity!
Sharon & Charles
01 Mar 2023
It was a fun event. Well prepared for the class. Very attentive and helpful. It was very satisfying to eat our fresh pasta with a delicious sauce. We also liked the location at the brewery.
Gabrielle
18 Feb 2023
Class was fun, Janet was great and answered all questions. Location wasn’t very ideal as we were placed in the bar area at small high top tables with another couple and it was hard to make sushi with so little space. Would do another class again!
Stephen
15 Feb 2023
Whilst I am sure Chef Janet is a wonderful person, this class fell short in too many ways to warrant anything more than one star. Indeed, a refund would be more appropriate. The equipment was lacking (not enough bowls, blunt knives) and the quality of the ingredients was poor (rotten mangos and avocados which I understand happens with fresh ingredients, but she was reluctant to swap them out). Worst of all was that she washed the sushi rice in the bar toilets! I couldn’t believe this and we couldn’t eat anymore of the sushi rice or food. Hygiene should be a basic standard, and in no world would it ever be appropriate to wash food for human consumption in a public restroom. The toilets were not the cleanest, and there were cockroach traps in there too so this was far beyond appropriate. I was appalled and this is just unforgivable. I have no idea why she did that when the bar had water for humans and I am sure would have provided it. We didn’t learn anything from the class as we couldn’t see her well from the table available to us, further she would begin one thing and then not follow up with instruction. She did mention that she wasn’t scheduled to teach the class but honestly, she shouldn’t have taught a class she wasn’t comfortable with. Please can someone get in touch with me on this review?
Chrissy
13 Feb 2023
Janet was knowledgeable, encouraging, and easy to follow!
Outside Reviews for Chef Janet
Kathy K
21 Feb 2023
I recently took Janet Cobb's wonderful cooking class. We made Sushi and California rolls. Janet is such a good teacher and made the experience so enjoyable! She had all the equipment ready at our places and walked us through the process step by step. We learned how to prep the fillings and roll each piece. I felt so accomplished when I finished. And it tasted great!
Regina
30 Jan 2023
Pot stickers are way too delicious and complicated for me to ever make, right? Wrong. Janet stepped us patiently through the process of blending ground meats, chopping vegetables and mixing in seasoning. Just doing that much took the mystery out of pot stickers, but Janet even taught us how to make the dough covering part. She had also provided store-bought frozen shells, but I soon found that the dough I had was heartier. When we tasted our finished creations, I was shocked by how well we had done. Janet provided an excellent recipe and made learning it fun. She helped us feel successful. I had a great time.
Audra K
30 Jan 2023
This was my first event! I loved it! I went solo, met some nice participants. Janet is very knowledgeable and friendly. The pot stickers turned out great! I will definitely be back for more classes! Thanks for a great sunday morning activity!
Lori
30 Jan 2023
Cooking with Janet was fun and informative. She was really organized, so that I could relax and enjoy the experience. The food was delicious and I'm excited to be able to make this again on my own.
Event location: 2000 Dempster St, Evanston, IL, 60202
Venue Type: Brewery
Location is based on class date. Please select the date you plan to attend to see the correct location.
Meet your chef
As a head chef, personal chef and culinary instructor, Chef Janet has served and educated countless food lovers throughout her career. Her talents have taken her across the globe, and she is passionate about designing innovative, flavorful recipes to enhance physical and mental well-being. She is a published author and is currently writing a cookbook for those struggling with mental health. Let Chef Janet's expertise and charisma enlighten you!
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