The Cooking Experience Mise En Place

Great spot for a date night. Keep in mind this is a place where you WATCH the chefs make food, you do not actually do anything yourself but eat it (they just keep you wined up and entertained while watching and eating… which i can’t complain with).
All of the chefs are super friendly, and you can tell that they are all friends too, so the feel is somewhat like you’re in a family kitchen which is nice. If you are looking to really learn how to make a specific dish or learn a technique, the normal classes are probably not what you’re looking for (although they do offer specific classes for this which i havent tried). The name really says it all, this is an «experience» not a class.
Recommend, but just know what you’re getting into.

I went with a group of girls to their tapas class. This was a demonstration class and so much fun. They also had sangria for you to drink during the whole demonstration. Each course was better than the next and I can’t wait to redo some of the recipes.
The instructor was very entertaining and informative. Sometimes instructors can seem a little condescending or act like they just don’t want to be there. This was definitely not the case :-).
It was really neat to see how they would plate each food item as well. There were many ideas I would’ve never thought of by myself. The orange granita was really cool!
My only complaint would be that I would like to have the recipes during the class. There are many times that I would’ve like to make notes to myself. They do email you the recipes after the class but by then you kind of forget a lot of the things from the class the instructor told you. Especially after a couple glasses of Sangria. Lol!
Definitely go hungry and ready to have fun. I’m not sure I would have felt comfortable going by myself. There were lots of downtime where you would just sit there and unless you’re a very outgoing person you would have nobody to talk to you or anything to do…
A nice touch was they had place cards with your name on them and menus set up with what you would cook that class. Great idea!

Went for team building. It was great and the food was delicious. Chef Trey was fantastic. Thanks so much for the experience.

Truly an amazing experience for all ages and cooking levels! Chef Trey was extremely passionate about his cooking and our group felt encouraged to try his dishes as we learned new techniques to take home and try.
The food was absolutely perfect, even better than than the $ 200 steak house that we dined at the night before.
Thank you to The Cooking Experience and all of their staff! Will definitely be back again.

My 7 year old son loved his Halloween themed cooking class. Instructors are great and helpful with all of the kids. They are also accommodating to kids who have any food allergies. We will be back!

My girl Noelle and I had a wonderful experience. The class was extremely fun and informative. Chef Trey and his sous chef were both very inviting and professional. An excellent time.

I have been to many classes here. They are
the best. I have learned alot and had alot of fun.
they even work around my gluten allergy. I highly
suggest taking a class. great for date night. they also have fun kids classes too.

I received $ 150 in gift cards for this place and let the reach their 6 month expiration date by a couple of weeks. Apparently their «good business» policy is to not honor these gift cards. Good for you Cooking Experience. Here’s $ 150 for doing absolutely nothing. No better way to alienate possible customers than to have this be your standard practice. Shame on NV for having such lax consumer laws regarding gift card practices.

My husband and I did a ravioli and risotto class for our anniversary. It was a unique and fun experience!
You get some good cooking tips and learn a handful of things, even if you’re a regular in the kitchen. We had Chef Trey and he was friendly, PATIENT and easy to understand in terms of instructions for us to follow along. I would venture to speak for the class that most people had a good time.
My husband and I agreed that it was a good balance of hands-​on and hands-​off. For the risotto, it was a big batch and very involved so we couldn’t all possibly make our own (not like they had a stove top for every person either — in a good way), yet everyone was able to still take part in the process. Chef Trey was good at involving everyone.
At the end of the day, it was a fun experience and I would do it again. A fun gift to give someone or a special date night. Our class had couples AND individuals.

update:
Have not received an email of the recipes, as promised by the instructor.
Reached out about a refund and was told that their policy is that they do not offer refunds.
BUYER BEWARE! Seriously. Spend your money somewhere else.

So I’ve never been motivated enough to write a Unilocal review… but my experience at this place made me want to create an account and write one.
I purchased two seats at a Chicken & Waffles flash course and was really looking forward to the experience. I purchased these for myself and my girlfriend for our 6 month anniversary present.
From the moment we walked in, we were greeted by a very rude and sarcastic employee. The front desk worker sounded and acted like he did not want to be there and made no effort to make us feel welcome while waiting for our class to start. Additionally, there was a strange odor coming from the kitchen that made things even more unpleasant. While we were waiting out front, some mechanical worker came out and said «Well, don’t know what it is but I can’t find the source…» (in reference to the smell that was quite apparent). Already 5 minutes into out time there, and things are off to a pretty rough start…
Once the class began, the instructor introduced himself and seemed to be energetic and knowledgeable. As he began to explain how we were going to be prepping our food, he mentions the lack of multiple waffle irons and having only one pot of oil to deep fry our chicken. Furthermore, the whole organization of materials, working spaces, and utensils was extremely unorganized as students were left to themselves to figure out where multiple tools were.
The whole experience was simply a hot mess and it was painful just to even be there. My girlfriend and I were having a pretty bad time, along with the rest of the class as many of them looked pissed. Oh, and there was one guy in the class that walked in drinking a beer and was very annoying/​arrogant during the entire class. He made multiple comments towards students of the class giving them tips on how to prep/​cook/​plate that made absolutely no sense…
While our food turned out to be quite tasty, the whole experience was awkward, painful, and not enjoyable. To top it off, we had not been given our two glasses of wine we paid for ($ 10 extra per person) until we asked at the end of the class, which by the way had already gone 30+ minutes past the originally scheduled length. When we asked for our wine we had paid for, the instructor paused, did a funky little truffle shuffle, and said «Are you serious!!!» Half the class had paid for the wine add-​on, but we ended up calling him out on not serving us at the end. The instructor begrudgingly found a bottle to open and we proceeded to serve ourselves. We paid for the wine with our meal and the instructor made us feel like total asses for asking for it.
The whole experience was $ 150 and I completely regret spending every penny. It was awful, and I would NOT recommend anyone going here. You’re better off taking your money to a nice restaurant where you don’t have to suffer through the crazy unorganized and unpleasant experience that this place provides. I went home having felt cheated out of my money and it was better served elsewhere.
Totally want a refund…

Very clean and welcoming environment, until I was greeted by a very rude worker at the front desk. He was so bad that they lost my business. Everything he said was a inconsiderate and sarcastic. Won’t be returning based on the customer service alone.

I had a blast, Chef V was amazing. My best friend and I decided to take some cooking classes. I gotta say to be the first time doing something like this I give it an A+. Chef V gave us a lot of info from how to use a knife properly to how to cook sea food. I’m so glad I had the chance to take a class. I feel a lot more confident in the kitchen and willing to try to cook more often. I will be back soon to learn some new recipes.

What a great experience! I signed up for their Chinese Simple Cooking, just so I can learn a few more techniques in cooking Chinese cuisine. I took this class probably about a few months back and now finally getting to writing the review. With that being said, what I have learned in that class, I am now practicing those techniques.
Growing up and being a chef’s daughter, you think you know all that you know but it’s always nice to see someone else’s point of view and of course techniques. The chef who runs this place is a new and upcoming chef, very knowledgeable of nutrition and debunking the latest fades that going on in the «diet» world. Best thing for everyone to know and learn is, you can eat everything you want but it’s all about portion control! And that is something he also teaches you. So if you want to use soy sauce, use it! But just be conscious how the portion you use!
It is a bit pricey but at the end of the session, you walk away with not only the experience but also with knowledge! It is something worth paying for and it is something I will do again. Just maybe next time, I will do something different. He offers tons of classes!

Came to this place the other night for the «streets of Mexico» class and had an amazing time. It was a 3hr class for $ 100 and worth every dollar. The time went by super fast and we actually went over the 3 hrs. The instructors (chef tre and chef v) were so easy to work with and very down to earth. This place is a good spot for a date or to bond with family members and you will leave full of food and knowledge for future cooking. My experience couldn’t have been better and look forward to trying more classes in the future.

My Sister in law brought me here for my birthday. There is a little office in the foyer and then you step into a big kitchen with a big island that you sit out while you watch the chefs cook and are served. They have different classes and demonstrations and a monthly calendar. you need to make a reservation ahead of time. They are themed which sounds like a lot of fun. This time happened to be Tapas and Sangria night. The Chef first explained to us the history of Tapas which was very interesting. Then he explained the menu in detail. We had two different kinds of sangria and our glasses were constantly refilled. There were 10 different tapas and it was all soooo good! I enjoyed this experience very much. I tried new food that I didn’t think I would like but I did ! I can’t wait to try some of the other themed classes. Godfather and Seinfield and playing trivia sounds like so much fun!

I got my husband and I a 3 hour sushi making class for his birthday… it was a cool experience, but for over 150 a person I was kind of disappointed in the days activities.
The day consisted of a appetizer course, where we would learn to make edamame, miso soup, and a tempura dish. For sushi we would make nigiri, regular, inside out and hand rolls. And there was to be a sake and beer tasting.
When we got there were about 7 or 8 students, not a full class… we were each given an appetizer to make… hubs and I got tempura. we did lotus root (cool looking and new to me) but the batter was out of a box. The chef didn’t have any tofu for the miso (I don’t care for it, but obviously expected it). The edamame was steamed and seasoned with chili flakes and garlic I believe…
Then we make our «fresh» wasabi… powder that you mix water into…
Now I’m not a sushi master… I know real wasabi is pricey… but honestly I wanted the real thing.
we then made and prepped our sushi rice, and on to the rolls…
We started with a cucumber roll… I get it… theres a huge learning curve, so totally botch the veggie roll then we’ll move on to the real thing right? not really… For the other rolls we could make we had our total discretion of what went in them… cucumbers and bell peppers, «krab», crab claw meat, pre packaged butterflied shrimp, packaged smoked salmon, but no, I repeat, NO RAW FISH…
Again, I’m no sushi master, but if I had one word to describe sushi it would be raw.
Our chef told us he had looked for it the morning of, but couldn’t find it in any of the markets we went to… I know its not the type of thing you can store in the fridge for 3 weeks… but come on! Cant find a piece of raw fish in the city?!
The chef finished the class by making us a dragon roll all to share, with again, a prepackaged bbq eel…
I realize thats what 90% of sushi restaurants use… but theres something about just opening all of these packages in front of everyone that just kind of irked me… Its a cooking class.
Our class finished about 45 min early, and we were told we could keep practicing, although by then I was really kind of over my «krab». I wish we could have used the time to make more that just one appetizer earlier in the day.
So like I said, I thought it was pretty cool… learning to roll, but I wish we had raw fish, or even takes about how to select it if we could find some on our own.
We also were gifted a bamboo bowl and rice cutters, as well as a headband and a knife (that we didn’t use during class so I can’t attest to the quality)

I had a great time participating in the Streets of Mexico cooking class today. In the past I had attended a Macaron making class when Mise En Place first opened, and the length of the class was too short so I did not really get a lot of hands-​on experience. Based on our feedback, the class got extended an hour for future students.
There are many classes that sound interesting here as I get the calendar in my email monthly, but the Streets of Mexico class stood out. Perhaps it was the ambitious menu — we actually had so many recipes included in the 3 hour course, but also the way to a man’s heart is through his tummy and Eric R. just loves Mexican food.
The class was set up for 12 but only 7 of us were in the kitchen with Chef James and Chef Trey today, and that was probably the perfect amount of people for the day. Upon arrival we were offered strawberry lime margaritas and coronitas. We started off making mango agua fresca (and eventually would have pineapple and watermelon aguas frescas also, and learn about strawberries and cream agua fresca for dessert). We cleaned corns on the cob for elote. Then we made flour tortilla dough for our gorditas. Half the group prepared the carrot-​habanero salsa and my half made the green chile-​tomatillo salsa. Then we prepared guacamole and the other group made a mango-​tomato fresh salsa.
We then cooked up our tortillas for the gorditas while the chefs prepared ground beef. After we tasted our gorditas, we learned how to make Mexican corn salad and the chefs prepared rice and refried beans. We roasted our corn cobs for elote, then spread mayo, sprinkled cotija cheese, and Mexican chili powder before tasting those. Then we prepared corn tortillas and cooked them. Chef James had prepared pulled pork for the class but since I do not eat pork (and let them know in advance), he had tilapia which he crusted in cornmeal so I could make fish tacos. We had those with shredded red cabbage… mmm!
At the end, Chef Trey made churros and a dulce de leche sauce for dessert. Everything was very tasty and working with my fellow classmates was fun. We took turns chopping and preparing different types of ingredients. The class actually ran over because of the many recipes we tried to cover. I stayed 15 minutes extra before I had to bolt, but I am really glad I did. The best part is I got to take leftovers home in a to go box. Presenting Eric R. with tortillas I made got me the biggest smile so that alone was worth it! And, of course, watching him devour a tortilla in front of me, happily munching away.
I also learned some great tips and techniques throughout the class, such as how to slice a watermelon quickly, how to prevent crying when chopping onions, and how to thicken green chile salsa. If I can come back to another class, it may have to be the heat class about cooking with chiles. My 3 hour course (which includes emailed recipes and unlimited photography on your personal camera) cost $ 100.

My daughter LOVES this place and would come here every day of she could. I love how patient they are with the kids and that they prepare things ahead of time so the kids are never sitting around bored. My daughter always loves everything that she makes. They learn techniques and tips in the kitchen. Great place for kids who want to cook!

I love this place!
My husband and I had dinner her over the summer… London was the theme… not only is it cool to watch but the food and WINE was AMAZING.
Yesterday we took our kids to the kids cooking class where they made mac and cheese, slad dressing and garlic toast… the chefs did a great job with all of the kids… oh and the food was AMAZING again!!!