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We took the Sushi class from Chef Marco of Nobu– what a great experience! We even brought our nine and eleven year old daughters. Chef Marco showed us several sushi techniques (inside out roll, regular roll, ngiri, hand rolls) and some rice preparation and slicing techniques then he let us go to town! Our daughters jumped right in and we all felt right at home. I learned how to make tempura batter and how to fry up shroom and asparagus. There was plenty of amazing ingredients, help, and prep support from the three helpers.
During the last 45 minutes Chef Marco prepared egg drop soup and we had a feast tasting everyone’s sushi. Overall an excellent experience in a great facility.

I took the «Whole Hog Experience» class with two of my friends and we couldn’t have had a better time!
The class was based in one of their kitchen classrooms. It started with an overview of the different parts of the hog then a breakdown of how the hog is cut into primal and sub-​primal cuts. After this we got to watch the instructor break down the hog one piece at a time. We moved on to some cooking, starting a roast and learning a BUNCH of really cool little tricks as we went. Next was sausage making: grinding together all the ingredients then using a machine to press them into linings. Most of the work was done by the instructor however he allowed students to be as hands on as they wanted (I got my hands in as much as possible). From here we learned how to brine canadian bacon, we learned about curing bacon and proscciuto, then we had the chance to eat! There was a full menu of cheddar mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, some super delicious sauerkraut, peppers and onions, and some of the sausage and roast we had cooked earlier.
After we ate we were sent home with a bunch of extra meat. A big piece of bacon, some proscciuto, a chunk of canadian bacon, some left over roast, a giant sausage, and all the leftover goodies from lunch. They also sent us home with recipes and instructions to make sure we got the most out of all the meat!
Besides the class being super interesting, we had an AMAZING instructor. Chef Rudy is a German guy who has been in the U.S. for years. He has some great stories about his family and how they started with nothing and made it big in the hospitality industry. Besides just the stories though, Chef Rudy has a huge passion for cooking and it showed throughout the entire class. Any little question we had he would go into detail answering to assure we had as much info as possible. He taught me all sorts of little cooking tricks (I had no idea that melting butter with flour allows for sauce thickening without lumps) and he truly was the best part of the class. He had some assistants with him who were very helpful as well.
If you have the opportunity to take this class with Chef Rudy, you should jump on it. He will leave a lasting impression and I think you will be truly satisfied with the money spent.
I haven’t tried any of the other GETCreative classes yet however I am going to make it a point in the near future.