cooking party – your private, in-home cooking class

The most fun way to entertain, is to invite your family and friends for a in-home cooking class in your own kitchen for a real cooking party.
We cook what you want to learn and we put together a great multi-course meal or a tapas-style small bites dinner that you’ll all gonna love.

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What is a cooking party?

Do you know those parties where everyone ends up in the kitchen? A creative cook co cooking party starts there!

Set the date, choose a menu and invite your family and friends and have fun in the comfort or your own home and kitchen together.

How does this work?

planning  You start with sending us an email with your thoughts, questions, and wishes. Tell us what you have in mind, for how many people, on what preferred date and what your budget is. We will get back to you, via email or phone, to discuss the possibilities.

choose the menu  Scroll down for our three example menus for 3 course meals. You can pick one of these or tell us what you and your friends or family members like and we’ll go from there. Or opt for a small bites menu for a more informal type of dinner party.

cook & enjoy  We cook for 1 to 1.5 hours and then you sit down to enjoy the food. Every course, you help plate the dish. We will fill the dishwasher while we cook and leave when you start with your dessert.

costs  Starting from minimum of $300 for 2 people. Total costs depend on group size, location, and menu. Gratuity deeply appreciated.

Sounds like fun?

send us an email and include your thoughts, questions and wishes, as well as the group size, your location and the preferred date. We will get back to you by email or phone to discuss the possibilities.

Add ons

  • wine pairing  Our sommelier can recommend pairing wines with the food for $50 + the expenses of the wines
  • cleaning up  We only offer cleaning services for groups over 10 people at this moment. Ask about this when we discuss the menu.

We love to cook with seasonal products, organic meat and dairy and enjoy giving vegetables the starring role they deserve. We consider ourselves curious omnivores and love to explore new cuisines. These are our suggestions for your private in-your home cooking class.

Italian menu

  • starter: Grilled zucchini with mint
  • main: Seasonal risotto with fish or chicken saltimboca
    OR:
    Sicilian chicken with fennel and capers, served with lemon fregola
    ~ VEGAN: Bean stew with fennel and capers, also served with lemon fregola
  • dessert: Italian plum cake (or other seasonal fruit can be used)

French menu

  • starter: Provencal zucchini and cucumber salad
  • main: Coq au vin with tarragon green beans
  • dessert: Strawberry soup with basil

Moroccan menu

  • starter: Fennel salad with spinach, orange and pistachios
    OR:
    Soup: Cauliflower cumin soup
  • main: Edie’s couscous with chicken olive tagine (stew) with ras-el-hanout vegetables
    ~ VEGAN: Chickpea tagine with preserved lemons and olives
  • dessert: Orange and almond cake 

I want something else

That’s possible too. Let us know what you have in mind and we’ll go from there.

Dietary restrictions

In case of dietary restrictions, we will accommodate them, whether you or people in your party are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy free or have other restrictions. We will always check-in with you about dietary wishes during the booking process and tell you what subs we have in mind.

Note: Although we can leave them out of our menu, we can not guarantee that certain allergens (like gluten, wheat, nuts) were not used in the (rental) kitchen before.