Crescent City Cooks!

We visited New Orleans last week for fun and food and spent a very enjoyable time at Crescent City Cooks learning the finer points of Creole cooking during our lunchtime demonstration class. The team from Holly, who welcomed us to Scott, our excellent chef/​instructor, made us feel like part of the experience, not just observers.
The class was small and friendly and got to ask lots of questions. Scott had all the answers, showing a tremendous knowledge of Louisiana-​style food preparation.
We would definitely recommend a class at CCC to our friends visiting this town.

We did a demonstration cooking class. It was fun, informative and delicious. For not much more than the cost of lunch out you get 2.5 hours of knowledgable history and background plus helpful sense of how to prepare the meals.

One of our greatest experiences in NOLA. Such a fun and cozy atmosphere provided my crescent city cooks. Our instructor was easygoing, friendly, and kept the show flowing in an organic pace. After cooking, everyone in the class sat down together to enjoy our creations.

Recently went for a cooking class with my husband and parents. it was awesome! If you are the first group to reserve you get your pick the menu. We weren’t the first but knew what they had selected when we reserved. We had a great time cooking, drinking, and eating our creation. We had plenty to eat and took a bunch home too. After a class you also get a discount in their awesome store. We got to keep the recipes but learned many techniques and tastes to look for when cooking that a recipe just can’t give you. We really enjoyed ourselves! A hidden gem in Nola.

These oyster plates are the most gorgeous things ever!!! Kim was super nice and bubbled everything up

Walked in because the window displays got my attention. Employees were inside screaming and talking trash about customers or other employees. No acknowledgement of me or other customers. A really poor display of customer service and professionalism. I walked around the entire store, not even a head nod from the 3 employees. Me and a few other customers all walked out together. Tragic
Update: Can you believe one of the employees sent this to me as a private message? How rude, Wow this place. And I actually wanted to buy my mom one of the oyster plates!
Nita D: So sorry that you happened upon our griping session. We were complaining about UPS and the huge mistake they made. In the future, we will be more attentive to who is in the store and refrain from business issues that pop up during business hours. As far as being loud, it won’t stop, we are loud people. Most people from New Orleans are.

Took a cooking class, which I mistook for an interactive experience, but it was a demonstration. So, I sat & watched a man cook for 2.5 hrs. The food ended up being really flavorful and it was a neat experience. They didn’t have gluten free flour that day, although the day before when booked I was told the chef would modify to GF easily. Had to remind chef that beer (which was being used in the shrimp dish) has wheat in it. 4 stars is for food flavor.

We have attended New Orleans School of Cooking 3 times then we found Crescent City Cooks class.
Our presenter was Sarva. (I may not have spelled his name correctly. Sorry.) He did an outstanding job. His chicken and andoille gumbo was the best I’ve had. Fantastic.
His presentation was interesting and informative.
Classroom was bright. Seats are close to the prep area and with overhead mirrors and camera there’s no problem seeing what he was doing.
OK, since we’ve attended here CCC and also NOSC which should you attend. Tough decision. I would give a slight edge to NOSC chefs for entertainment value. They were more informative on the food history and presentation. A lot more joking and carrying on altho that is person specific. NOSC may have other chefs not as joking as the ones we had. Edge to NOSC. Slight edge only!
Classroom layout goes to CCC for closer to prep area.
Recipes is to CCC for ease of preparation and results. CCCs food taste was outstanding altho NOSC was pretty good too.
NOSC gets the nod for all the Abita beer you want during class.
One nice plus with NOSC — if you prepare one of their recipes at home, take a picture of you with your creation and NOSC will send you a very nice diploma. Looks great hanging in our kitchen and really impresses your friends.
So which one? Attend both. Each are really good.

One free hand made fridge magnet with Unilocal check in. I liked how they had some really unique fun stuff like the zombie flask, retro cup and saucer, voodoo Pillsbury dough boy toothpick holder and two types of stainless steel drinking straws.
Common to all the stores are the hot spices and foodstuffs unique to Louisiana.
Lots of knick knacks and ornamental gifts.
They also offer cooking classes which I wish I had known about. Apparently the free magnets were made by their students too.

Chef Shave was amazing! Fun, informative and delicious way to end our trip. Would have given it 5 stars were it not for Wanda in front. She exhibited terrible customer service. No smile, no pleasant interaction with customers, seemed really unhappy with her job. First and only rude person we met in New Orleans.

We took the observation class with the red beans and rice, jambalaya and bread pudding. It was very informative, we laughed a lot and the food was outstanding. We bought a few items in the store on the recommendation of the instructor, mainly because we can’t get them at home. I’d like to take another class if we come back.

I wish I would have been in the city a little longer so I could take one of their cooking classes. Unfortunately I wasn’t but I loved their hand made shot glasses I actually bought a pair for my house. But what I think gives this place 5 starts is their excellent customer service. The ladies that were their greeted me gave me suggestions informed me about their sales and cooking classes and even gave me suggestions on good places to eat around there. I do wish I would have had a chance to take a cooking class but it will be on my must things to do the next time I come to town.

We had a fantastic Sunday brunch where we took part in a cooking demonstration .We enjoyed mimosas with a classic Cajun brunch and banana foster for dessert. Chef Scott was skilled, entertaining and gave us a lot of local history. Will definitely do this again on a return visit to Nola
Donna B

Great oyster ceramics for coasters and ashtrays or even cooking!
You should check out their cooking classes they look great!

My boyfriend and I did the Sunday Brunch demonstration class. It was phenomenal !! All the staff is friendly and knowledgeable ! And food was INCREDIBLE ! THIS IS SOMEWHERE YOU HAVE TO GO !!! It was such an unforgettable experience and I will definitely go back next time I visit NOLA !

Awesome cooking demonstration and interesting items in the store. Nita made the demonstration so interesting by giving you a history of the food not to mention her family tales. Most fun we’ve had in New Orleans so far!

This experience was one of the best we had on this trip to Nola. Crescent City Cooks was recommend by a local friend who had previously had other visiting friends try their cooking demonstration. It did not disappoint one bit! The price was fantastic for everything that is included with the lesson and you also get a lot of history behind the origins of the dishes and the ingredients used. The gumbo we had was beyond amazing, the jambalaya was on point, and the bananas foster was just heaven. The pralines here are the best we had and trust me we tried them all. Can’t say enough good things about this place. We got vegetarian alternative tips, food and allergy substitutions, and you get to take the home the recipes.

This was easily one of the highlights from our vacation.
Nita did a deliciously wonderful job in not only showing us how several dishes are prepared, but also in keeping the demonstration moving along with personal stories and light humor.
We look forward to returning again!

Had such a wonderful experience this weekend with Nita and Phadrea! We stumbled into the store for the primary purpose of fetting out of the rain but as soon as we looked around we realized we were in for a treat. The store offers a variety of culinary tools, spices and trinkets that would be sure to add a bit of Nawlins flair to ank kitchen but those fresh praline samples make you feel like nothing else in the world exists.
The next day we came back for Nita’s demonstration. Amazing is an understatement. For $ 30 we atteneded a hands free cooking class. The menu consisted of bread pudding, seafood gumbo and jambalaya. Everything was delicious but the bread pudding made the experience spiritual. It changed my life! Nita was very personable, she told stories, gave us a little historical context and sent us home with recipes and a fresh praline!
Review Take away: Go to Crescent City Kitchen, shop, cook and dine! You won’t be mad you did!

Next time I’ll come to Crescent City Cooks! for lessons. My first time here was limited to browsing through the front retail portion of the store and ending up with a pair of really cool metal sweet corn pics in a signature fleur-​de-​lis pattern. We’ll see how these go over in Iowa this coming summer!
There’s lots of other stuff to admire of course, and the store is nicely laid out. The clerk was also friendly and chatty, as are a lot of folks in these parts.