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Serving Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD and suburbs including Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland areas
Member, American Culinary Federation

A mileage surcharges may apply when classes or parties are located more than 50 miles from ChefProfessor In-Home Cooking Classes headquarters.

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Chef Professor's In-Home Personal Cooking Classes

Where the Chef Comes To Your House to Teach You (and maybe some of your friends, too). Chef Professor offers Personal Cooking Classes presented in a client's home in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland suburbs including Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland areas.

Chef Professor students have been busy, working professionals who've had little time to learn about cooking on their own. Some have been gourmets or frustrated gourmets, and some have wanted to learn about specific cuisines or dishes they've seen on the Food Network and some just want to learn how to cook one thing as well as their mothers or mother-in-laws.

Each class is personalized to so that you can learn something you really want to learn. The number of people in a class is limited based on the size of the client's kitchen and the goal of the class. Chef Professor offers in-home personal cooking classes in one of two ways: Personal Cooking Lessons --         Class for 2 for $400.00* One-on-one, hands-on, private cooking instruction in your kitchen with Chef Professor. The cooking lessons may be on a technique or cuisine you are interested in mastering or some recipe or food problem you want to conquer with the class size limited two students. A Chef Professor cooking lesson, beginning at $400, lasts about four-hours, The tuition cost includes all food products needed for the class. The Chef Professor brings all tools and equipment needed for the lesson. The final products stay in your kitchen. [*Additional food cost surcharges may apply to "Seafood" or "Meats" lessons, depending upon whether market price of items dictates] Personal Cooking Class Party --          Class for up to 6 for $450.00** a cooking class focussed party with the Chef Professor preparing a four or five course meal in your home before your guests. The cooking class is primarily demonstration, but party guests are invited to put on an apron, pick up a knife, and try their hand if they'd like. A Chef Professor Personal Cooking Party, beginning at $400 (for "skills & technique classes" for 6 guests), lasts about five hours. The tuition includes all food products needed for the cooking class. Chef Professor brings all required tools and equipment to prepare the party. Our clients have found the cooking class party to be a very fun event -- if for no other reason that all the guests have an excuse to hang out in the kitchen which seems to happen to most parties anyway. The size of the kitchen has been the only limiting factor for hosting this type of event. [**Additional foot cost surcharges may apply to "Seafood" or "Meats" lessons, depending upon whether market price of items dictates. Additional charges for more than 6 guests. ]

Your Chef Professor instructor is Jack A. Batten, CEC. Chef Jack is a certified executive chef through the American Culinary Federation with over 35 years in the culinary profession. He also is an experienced adult education culinary teacher -- having taught culinary classes at two community colleges and having taught galley (ship's kitchen) skills to mariners. He has been providing personal in-home cooking classes for 7 years. Chef Jack on this personal cooking class: “When I put my personal cooking classes together, I thought of what a person might like to learn from a professional chef if they had one standing in their kitchen. I think that my personalized classes can have something for every level of cook. All of the classes I teach include something on knife safety -- I've been cooking for over 35 years and have all my fingers so I'm doing something right and I want my students to learn how to handle a knife the right way. I also include food safety and sanitation in my classes. There is nothing more important than making sure that foods are handled properly and stored safely until they're eaten up.”

Chef Professor in-home personal classes are offered in these two groupings: Basic Culinary Skills and Techniques: For Beginners or Gourmets Exploring Culinary Cuisines: Learn More about French, Italian, Cajun... Gift Certificates for Personal Cooking Lessons or Personal Cooking Class Parties Now you can give a private cooking lesson to a new bride (or groom) or to a frustrated or budding gourmet. Gift certificate prices begin at $400 for a personal cooking lesson for an individual or $450 for a personal cooking class party for up to 6 participants. E-mail Chef Jack about a personal cooking lesson for you or a personal cooking class party for you and your friends or if you would like to discuss, a private dinner party idea

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Updated December 2009. Copyright August 2002 ChefProfessor In-Home Cooking Class Services, Upper Marlboro, MD. All Rights Reserved.