Sur La Table Cooking Class

This was my second cooking class at this location. Tyler was our instructor for a date night theme. The class was extremely informative. We were able to learn about knife cuts, use other kitchen equipment and participate in the complete dinner preparation process. After the class we used our 10% discount to purchase some of the gadgets we used in the class. We will definitely take another class with Tyler again.

Cool place, I enrolled in a few cooking classes and they were really fun, Chef Joane was really experienced and helped us understand why we should use certain ingredients, and how to use the tools and many techniques. I had a lot of fun and learned a bunch. Real fun for groups to enjoy!

Went here to attend my first cooking class. Took the one on how to make french macarons. Totally worth the fee I paid. Now I know the techniques so I can make these macarons at home. It was a small class earlier maybe because it was the holiday weekend so the instructor (Natalie) was able to make us do almost all the steps and guide us on how to perfect the technique. Time and money well spent!

Came her with my wife for her Christmas party for a cooking glass. I had always wanted to take a cooking class so I was super excited. We arrived with party of about 12 – 15 and were split into groups to do the cooking. The menu was broken into 4 courses Roasted Beet Salad, Seared Duck Breast, Herbed Potato Cake and Poached Pears with Puff Pastry and Chocolate.
Now if you are thinking its a one on one type thing this was not. It was a combined effort on mixed the ingredients and then taking turns on cooking. I was thinking that we would all get our on station and each make our own dish. But it was still a great time. Everything came out really good, although we did not make the puffed pastries as they had them pre-​made that dessert was amazing. I think I ate all the left over puffed pastries.
Place is defiantly expensive as I wanted to come back for a Sushi class but it was almost $ 90.00 for the class. Still a fun time for sure and the store here is really nice and stocked with some high quality stuff. If you can check this class out I recommend giving it a try.

REVIEW FOR SUR LA TABLE COOKING CLASS!!! (Date Night: Paris in Spring)
Alright, I have mixed reviews on this. Overall 3 stars, the experience 3 stars, but the food was a dead on 5 stars so averaging it out…3 stars! make sense? Coming into the class, you don’t need a print out of anything. We just gave our names and our names were already on name tags laying on the table for everyone to see… hmmm can’t you just take a peek and say another persons name? lol … i guess it is a very high end place so i don’t think people would be that mean! ;)
If you ever watch friends and have seen the episode where monica and joey are taking a cooking class… remember that? They each got their own station right? Well if you think this cooking class is like that… IT’S NOT! There are two big squared tables and you are basically grouped with about 8 people. The cooking class we took had about 15 – 16 people… THATS A LOT!
You basically share everything with your group. We had a group of 7 so we split our group between 3 and 4 people. We each got to cut, chop, slice, peel, score meat, sear meat, pour, toss… hmmm does this sound like cooking? sounds more of like a preparation to me. Everything is measured out for you such as salt, oil, etc. for time constraints. So we kind of did even more preparation. At this point, it seemed kind of a let down.
I was excited to make a soufflé because I’ve never made one before but basically, our chefs made it for us while going over through the process as they made it. DOUBLE LAME!
All in all, I did learn a few things such as holding a knife properly, but I probably could have youtubed that. The food did taste amazingly awesome. Pretty much like an orgasm in your mouth! Although $ 80 was a lot for this class, I did have fun, and it was a great experience but I would probably not come back again… unless they had some sort of groupon deal.
NOTE:
–Free drinks in the beginning of class (cappuccino/​water)
–lots of preparation/​not to much cooking
–bring your cameras (they are allowed :))
–theres a 15 – 20 minute break in between
–you get a recipe pamphlet of whatever you cook

First cooking class ever and it was so much fun and so delicious! It was date night and on the menu was rib eye, risotto, tiramisu and arugula salad. Yum yum and more yum!
The only thing missing was wine!!!
They served us latte or cappuccino to start… and off we went to chop, slice, stir and wait. I loved learning the little tricks of cooking.
What did I learn that night??? How to hold a knife correctly and how to raise the cooking temperature of butter, add some oil! Yup!
I loved the experience and I can’t wait to go back for another round of fun! The only con was the tiramisu which tasted very store packaged. =P Otherwise, can’t wait for some more!

FOR THE COOKING CLASSES:
Not sure what the fuss was with the other reviews. I’m an avid home-​cook and blogger, and my BF’s lovely parents got me and my man a class as a gift.
Yes, we were put in teams of four, but there were only twelve people in the class so it was still intimate.
Our instructor was funny, but very informative. The group of people was a wonderful mix of skill levels and personalities.
The food was AMAZING. I only wish that there had been the option of sipping on a glass of wine. (We ran over to the Pacific Whey café and grabbed a couple of beers during the 15 minute break). Haha, sorry but it’s date night!
If you want tons of photos, a more in-​depth description, and a couple of recipes from our night, visit my blog here:
xoxo

This is a review for the Sur La Table Costa Mesa location cooking classes. These classes are great. The teaching kitchen is stocked with all kinds of quality equipment. It is very neat and organized and the Chef and Assistants are very helpful. I can really only review the baking classes with Chef Katherine Torres. I have taken two different cake pop classes and a cupcake class with plans to take several more of her classes. She is a great instructor. She explains things very well, gives you tips, answers questions during class and also after class. She will also help you find whatever you are looking for in the store. She is so very creative. Her classes are hands-​on and you learn at least three different recipes, along with getting a copy of the recipe to bring home. And the best part is at the end of class you get to sample everything that was made! I highly recommended taking any of her classes.

This review is for Sur La Table’s COOKING CLASS. (
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Wish we had known the class would be like this. My husband signed us up thinking it would be a fun date thing to do.
I personally think the class was way too crowded. At 15 people in the class, we hardly got any ‘hands on’ experience like the description says. I literally got paired up with 3 other ladies to cut up 5 sausages. I was done in about 10 seconds. Lame. Well, also cause those 2 other ladies gave me one piece to cut and hogged the other pieces.
If you want to spend the class cutting things up, this class will be for you. We spent the 2 hours cutting watermelon, sausage, potatoes. The rest of the time we just watched and were confused about what was going on.
If you’re a pushy person, this class is for you cause you can push others around and hog the things to do. Others in the class were kind of pushy and selfish in hogging duties. It seemed there were ‘favorites’ so those people got more hands on things to do than others. After we cut up the sausages, we went to cook them, I was stirring it around and not a minute after, the lady next to me (yea, the same rude one from above) goes «do you need a break?» um, no. back off lady. so annoying.
Unlike the reviewer below, I didn’t think it was organized at all. It seemed very chaotic, too many things were going on at the same time so we didn’t learn anything! This is definitely not a class for beginners, but that’s our bad I guess. If you already know how to cook, maybe this could be a fun activity. The food was okay… But at $ 80/​person, I don’t think it’s worth it.

This teaching kitchen is top-​notch and why wouldn’t it be with the store out front having all your culinary preparation needs. I was in a private class of 16 (which was pushing maximum occupancy). This kitchen was impeccably clean, well organized, the chefs knowledgeable, and had plenty of «helpers» on hand to clean everything up as we went.
At the end, we were able to sit down to a dinner that the entire class made and enjoyed our efforts. I have been to other cooking classes in OC and this one is by far the best venue.

Cooking classes — DON’T waste your money! The cooking classes are packed & they are very chaotic. All the recipes are made in groups & nothing is labeled to identify what you cook. So when it comes out of the oven, you could be eating somebody else’s creation. You’re better off watching the Food Network & replicating it at home. Our teacher (so called chef) was rude & she was all over the place with no structure to the class. Everything is measured out for you but nothing is labeled. If you want to just hang out and pretend to cook and eat… then this is for you. In my 4 hour class, all I got to do was cut butter. The class assistant burned a tray of cookies becuase we are not allowed near the oven. understand the liability factor, but really? We can all sign waivers!