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E-Mail: jbatten @ earthlink.net    Phone: (301) 627-4496
Serving Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD and suburbs including Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland areas
Member, American Culinary Federation

Personal Cooking ClassChef 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 -- 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 $350, 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.
  • Personal Cooking Class Party -- 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.
 Chef JackYour 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 6 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.”

 

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 $350 for a personal cooking lesson for an individual or $400 - $500 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.


COOK ONE DAY-EAT ALL WEEK -- Available Only As A Personal Cooking Lesson. Cost: - $350

This cooking class teaches how to prepare one week of food for a family -- in one long afternoon. The course involves menu planning, recipe selection, preparing consolidated shopping list of recipe ingredients, shopping, preparing recipes, presentation techniques, and safe food storage principles. Depending on a family's preferences, the training can involve all family members in the activity. This class takes between 4-6 hours.

The chef writes the menu, picks the recipes, and sides for each entrée. The Chef Professor instructor reviews and discusses changes and works with client to complete menu. The chef then shops for the class, works with the client to organize the kitchen, works with client to cook and store menu recipes and helps client clean kitchen afterward.
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 BASIC CULINARY SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES.

Each skills and technique class includes a hands-on cooking segment and an information-sharing segment. The Chef Professor instructor tailors each class to the client's level (beginner to gourmet), interests, and food preferences. The instructor writes a tailored class menu and recipes, shops for the products to present the class, and provides informational handouts for each class.

Personal Cooking Class Lesson -- 4 Hours -- Up to 2 participants --$350. Additional food cost surcharges may apply to "Seafood" or "Meats" lessons, depending upon whether market price of items dictates.
Personal Cooking Class Party -- 4-5 hours -- Up to 6 participants -- $400 - 500. Additional food cost surcharges may apply to "Seafood" or "Meats" lessons, depending upon whether market price of items dictates. Food surcharge per person, above 6, may also be applied -- provided chef determines space will allow additional participants. (See Chef Professor Personal Events as an alternative.)

 201. Introduction to Cooking Techniques
Includes practical application of the principles and processes of cooking such as steaming, poaching, grilling, braising, sautéing, deep fat frying, boiling, roasting, and stewing.
 202. Meats
Looks at the cuts of meat available, how to cook different meat cuts, saving money in meat purchasing based on cut of meat, applying to right cooking techniques to different cuts of meat.
 203. Poultry
Practice boning techniques on chickens and turkeys, different ways to use boned poultry for variety and cost savings. Apply different cooking techniques for different results.
For fun, we'll make a chicken lollipop!
 204. Seafood
Looks at different types of fish, matches fish to cooking techniques. Reasons for and techniques for boning whole fish.
 205. Vegetables and Starches
Expand your vegetable horizons. Introduces underused vegetables and starches. Applying basic cooking techniques and preserving nutritional value
 206. Soups and Sauces
Learn to make stocks from scratch and to make the five master sauces. Learn about thickening agents and basic soup styles from consommé to cream.
Mastering this course will make you a more versatile chef!
 207. Desserts Made Easy
Strategies and techniques for making quick and easy desserts that combine ready made ingredients to make special time-saving and delicious desserts
 208. Appetizers
Lots more than meat balls and chicken tenders.
Explore what an appetizer is. Learn how to make a variety of new wave or upscale hot and cold appetizers and garnishes.
 209. Parties and Decorative Food
Learn how to garnishing platters and party trays. Learn how to arrange cheese and vegetable displays and do decorative work like melon baskets. Develop organizational skills to help you plan your party so you can enjoy it with your guests.
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EXPLORING CULINARY CUISINES

Each culinary cuisine class includes a hands-on cooking segment and an information-sharing segment. The Chef Professor instructor tailors each class to the client's tastes and preferences. The instructor writes a tailored class menu and recipes, shops for the products to present the class, and provides informational handouts for each class.

Personal Cooking Class Lesson -- 4 Hours -- Up to 2 participants -- $350. Additional food cost surcharges may apply to "Seafood" or "Meats" lessons, depending upon whether market price of items dictates.
Personal Cooking Class Party -- 4-5 hours -- Up to 6 participants -- $400 - 500. Additional food cost surcharges may apply to "Seafood" or "Meats" lessons, depending upon whether market price of items dictates. Food surcharge per person, above 6, may also be applied -- provided chef determines space will allow additional participants. (See Chef Professor Personal Events as an alternative.)

 301. Northern Italian Cooking
Learn about the regional specialties of Northern Italy.
 302. Southern Cooking
Learn about the original American melting pot cuisine updated with a millennium twist
 303. Cajun and Creole Cooking
Learn about two very special American regional cuisines - explore cooking from the bayou to Bourbon Street
 304. Mediterranean Cooking
Learn about the unique products and flavors from the many countries that border the Mediterranean Sea
 305. Provencial French Cooking
Learn about the specialities of French country cuisine.
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