Sur La Table Cooking Class

I made a soufflé. No really! I was taught by the amazing Chef Devyn at an early morning Wednesday class in which my wife and I were the only ones. We were taught (and learned) how to make composite butter, vinaigrette, a super delicious risotto, how to sear a steak to perfection and a perfect soufflé! The customer service was impeccable and I really truly learned a lot. My wife and I also used the 10% off coupon after the class to buy some clearance stuff we had our eyes on– and the discount combined with the clearance price!
I highly recommend this location for their awesome cooking classes and will definitely be returning for another class (or 20!).

Attended the Sushi 101 class 8÷28− class description stated we would learn to make sushi rice, a California roll, a spicy tuna roll, and a vegetable hand roll, and would conclude with a generous tasting. The price of the class was $ 80 and lasted a little over an hour and a half (if you subtract out the time we were told to spend browsing the store over the break as the staff «cleaned up»).
While the class fulfilled the goals indicated, time was not used responsibly and there weren’t sufficient materials– for a class of 11, we were given three avocados, a few sad sticks of green onion, two cucumbers, and three carrots to practice chopping. This evens out to about one vegetable per person, so we spent a lot of time watching each other. One package of surimi and ~10oz of tuna was provided for the entire class, which made for extremely small, light rolls. I doubt that over $ 50 was spent on materials.
The instructor was polite and I like that he modeled and verbally explained the steps as we worked, but the class could have used another activity or two to fill the allotted time, as well as considerably more fish to work with. As others have said, this class does not include any sort of items to take home– aside from a packet of recipes printed from the internet and a 10% off store coupon only valid the day of the class, which is a bit of an insult.

I love Sur La Table. I’m a huge fan of this store they have everything you need for the kitchen. I’ve taken 2 cooking classes with Chef Devyn and I had an amazing time! Few things you may want to know if you’re considering taking a class here.
Pros: They offer house water, apple cider & coffee (may vary) The Chef & her assistants are friendly and very informative. For most classes you get to eat a reasonable amount of food if not taste. You get a 10% same day coupon which was great! Included is your class recipe and a apron to use while in class.
Cons: Aren’t allowed to bring wine/​alcohol and they don’t provide it. Not being able to take food home (which I understand). Working in a group of 3−4ppl. Having to share tasks so sometimes you need to speak up and say it’s your turn. You are not doing your own single dish, you share tasks among your group as far as the 2 classes I took.
Tip: Have fun washing your hands 100 times like I did! Sanitation first! If you touch your face, phone, hair etc you gotta wash your hands.
Looking forward to my next class!

I have never done anything like this before and had no idea what to expect. My friend and I did the girls night out small plates. It was fun and entertaining. Class went by surprisingly fast. They put you in groups of four and we were lucky our other two people were fun! I guess you should always expect that group who is loud, off task and slightly annoying we did have a few of those in our class. They even took off their high heels and were bare foot which I thought was gross! Especially since the rules say closed toe shoes it should say… Keep your shoes on. Lol. It was disappointing you can’t bring in wine and they don’t serve any. They did provide a melon juice and tap water. I was surprised they didn’t have bottle water when most class are $ 69 per person. Chief Calvin and his support staff especially tiffanee (she spells her name different but I don’t exactly remember how) were a complete delight. They all were knowledgable, patient and eager to assist the student. They made the experience flow and kept the cooking tip coming. I was lucky and got my class on sale half off. Onsale this is totally worth it but not sure I would pay $ 69 per person.

I have never been in a cooking class where one out of four people did the cooking. There were 14 people in the class and basically 1 cooking and chopping station for 4 people. I sat and watched others. Really a cooking class and no real cooking. I paid $ 70 and wasn’t even served bottle water. Don’t waste your money.

I love taking classes here. Classes are generally around $ 70. Sometimes they are half off in the slower months. The price is average for cooking classes. My only constructive criticism is we should all be able to take a box of goodies home. I’ve takin a lot of cooking classes at other places and that’s the only thing missing. I don’t mind that we can’t drink wine like other places. The offer coffee and that’s fine by me. Take a class with Chef Devon or Chef David and you won’t be disappointed!

Attended the «Making Pizza at Home» cooking class with Chef Devy. Over all the cooking class was just ok. There were about 13 people in the class total. One thing I didn’t like about the class was the «shared ingredients». There was three people at my station, two of which I didn’t know. We shared the first pizza that we made together. Which meant they had to eat the pizza dough that I rolled with my hands. Granted, I washed my hands several times throughout the class and made sure not to scratch my face or touch my hair, but not everyone was as self conscious… yikes! When it came to putting on our pizza toppings which were in shared bowls for the entire class, they did instruct us to wear gloves, thank God, otherwise, I wouldn’t have eaten any pizza. Chef Devyn was very enthusiastic throughout the whole 2-​hour class and gave us some good tips and tricks on making everything from the dough, pizza sauce, and preparing the toppings. He even gave us tips on how to best freeze ingredients to store for later. I did though, at times feel that he was pushing a lot of the products to buy in the store, but I guess that can be expected since it was a cooking class inside of a retail store. I enjoyed the class for the most part. This was my first experience going to a cooking class so I don’t have anything else to compare it with. Not sure if the price was on par with other cooking classes or not. I’ll probably do more research for other options in the future, but I might try another class here, if I am in the mood to burn $ 69 on a 2-​hour class.

Attended a cooking class on Holiday Tapas. The class was 2 hours. It consisted of 12 students. 3 teams of 4 people. The instructor was Chef David who has high energy and willing to answering any questions. He also provided suggestions on cooking techniques and ingredients. The chef is assisted by several associates that deliver the prepped food to your work station and also do the clean up. The following items were prepared.
Seared Saffron Tomato Shrimp
Spicy Pork Skewers with Romesco Sauce
Rioja Style Potatoes with Chorizo
Marinated Olives with Rosemary and Chile
Plenty of time was allowed for tasting and discussion of each dish. Participants received a copy of the recipes and discount coupon for store products and future classes. The cooking school has a wide variety of classes throughout each month. It was a fun and educational experience.
I highly recommend the Sur La Table classes if you enjoy cooking and learning.

COOKING CLASS REVIEW
When I realized there were cooking classes here at Sur La Table, I was online the next day looking at options/​dates. I figured this would be an awesome date night for me and the girl! Unilocal doesn’t have any reviews on the cooking classes, so I thought I’d give it a shot and leave a detailed review.
Starting with the options online; there were a ton of different cooking classes. My only gripe with the options was the majority of the classes involved pork dishes. (Which I religiously don’t eat) Almost all of the non-​dessert cooking classes involved some kind of pork, so I was a bit limited. Either way, we both love sushi so we thought we’d go in to learn how to roll sushi. The menu sounded great. California Rolls, Spicy Salmon Roll, and Vegetable hand roll. The price was $ 79, more expensive than most cooking classes offered from Sur La Table but I figured why not? Dinner and a great date night and the girl would be happy!
What a disappointment! First of all, the set up. For some reason, I’m not sure if it was a lack of equipment, but they had everyone sharing large bowls to keep aside chopped vegetables. So the vegetables that I chopped up with my hands for mine and my girls sushi, was mixed into the vegetables that the people next to us had chopped up with their hands for their sushi. GROSS!!! It made her and I not even want to eat the sushi, right off the bat!
Next, the instructor. David Barbour. He told us that he’s not so great at rolling some of the sushi. Told us he did all these recipes «last night» and is a certified PASTRY chef. I’m sorry, but if I’m paying $ 79 a PERSON for this, why am I being taught by someone that has only done this once at home?
Next, the materials. There were about 20 people in the class, for which Sur La Table provided around 8−10oz of salmon… FOR THE WHOLE CLASS. The «spicy salmon roll» was more of a rice roll with the smallest sliver of salmon for each roll. Another big disappointment. And nothing was added to the roll to make it spicy. When I asked the instructor, is this all the salmon we had? He insisted, it’s not about the amount of fish in the roll, it’s about making sure all of the flavors come through. (Yeah, right) Okay sure, even if that’s the case, there was so little salmon that you could hardly taste it in the roll! Next, they said the avocados they had were too ripe so they couldn’t provide us any avocado for our rolls since they need to be firm and not mushy… Another mess up by Sur La Table.
Overall, this class was very very frustrating and not at all worth the price. From the way it was run, it seemed like they were trying to save every dollar they could! With the little amount of salmon provided, to the sharing of vegetables between everyone in the classroom, to hiring a pastry chef to do the work of a real sushi chef, it was a HUGE disappointment and a big waste of money. My girl and I walked away knowing how to roll sushi, but hungry and disappointed with the quality of the cooking class. My friends and family are so happy I advised them not to waste their money by signing up for the Sur La Table cooking classes and I hope this helps Unilocalpers understand what they’re getting into!
I only gave it 2 stars because of the amazing selection of products offered at Sur La Table. I love the store!