Professor Chef

OMG did we ever have a good time. This was a little date night for the man and me, and we loved every second. Phil and Melinda are fun, and they put on a great show in addition to teaching you some awesome skills.
Yes, it’s in their house, but they’re as warm and welcoming as could be.

We registered for a few classes and had our first for tonight. We had a blast. We learned a lot and has a really good time. The food was great and our pro chef instructors were funny and smart. They make their own EVERYTHING. We can’t wait to go back and highly suggest registering as a couple or with friends.

I am looking forward to another session with professor chef; both he and his wife are talented chefs and make you feel quite at home during the lesson. I have learned many new techniques and dishes thru this talented, fun couple.

This experience far exceeded anything I expected. We did a girls night out to the Tuscan Night, they have a maximum of 6 people at the event that is located right in their kitchen at home. The two owners were so fun and personable and taught us so many tricks to making cooking easier as well as the differences in various vinegars and oils. They served homemade wine and allowed everyone to participate.
They are extremely well prepared and make for such a fun and exciting night, we made sweet potato gnocchi, escarole, Cornish hen, and Tuscan apple nut cake. After the preparation and cooking, we were able to enjoy this delicious meal. They provided all the recipes for us to try this at home. If you want a fun date night, girls night, birthday celebration, bachelorette party, this is the place to go. I cannot say enough about this amazing experience. I can’t wait to go back for another class.

We tried this for a girls night. Professor Chefs Malinda and Phil came to our home and brought everything… I mean everything! We had a great time, learned a lot and had a wonderful meal! It was so convenient and affordable… they even cleaned everything up. I would definitely do this again.

My mother and I have taken tons of classes with Malinda and Phil they are great, they make you feel right at home. We just took the clam boil class today it was soooo good. Plan on taking many more classes with them in the future.

My girlfriend and I completed the «Steakhouse classics» class recently and it was phenomenal! These two really get along and have a fun vibe. Both are very knowledgeable and make the class enjoyable. They give ample opportunity for participation if desired.
The food was outstanding and is a solid bang for your buck. I thought it was an excellent date night. Price wise comparable to an expensive dinner but the quality of the food is on par with that and it’s definitely more fun being involved and learning a new skill. I will be taking another class!

I recently completed both the molecular gastronomy class (with friends), and the Cooking with Confidence 3-​week course (with husband who may or may not be terrified of kitchen-​related items), and I highly recommend Professor Chef classes — they would be useful and fun by yourself, or a great date night or girls night.
I have a lot of practice — but no real training or expertise — in the kitchen. I read technique-​ey cook books for fun, and I have weekly dinner parties for up to 10 people, and cook most days for my husband and myself. However, things often go wrong, take me longer than they should (i.e. chopping), or occasionally I’m turned off by recipes because I don’t understand little parts of them (i.e. how does one ‘fold’ in something without over-​mixing?). I was a little worried that the cooking with confidence course would be too easy for me, but I still wanted my husband to figure out how to cook something for days that I don’t want to, so I thought I’d keep him company to get him to go. In fact, it turned out we both learned a ton — l learned a lot of tips and tricks, and figured out many, many reasons why my cooking wasn’t turning out perfectly every time, whereas my husband learned several techniques and recipes. He even made me a full dinner once each week after the class. This class was overall just very informative and helpful for really any level (other than already gourmet).
The molecular gastronomy class was VERY fun, and was actually more useful than I would have imagined. A week after the class, I was able to make a key-​lime cheese cake (a recipe I’ve used for years) for a husband’s work party, and top it with balls of sweet lemon-​lime sauce that pop in your mouth spaced around the rim of the cake, and gelled caviar of the same sauce in the center. I will NEVER go to an awkward party without molecular gastronomy again — talk about a safe conversation topic! Everyone was so interested in what the hell was on the cake and what they were eating, I didn’t have to ask a single person about the weather. A note about this class though — don’t plan on taking it unless you have a home start-​up cost expectation. I had received a Molecule-​R startup kit for Christmas, so was able to start playing the next day, but these kits are something like $ 60 and are necessary for doing these things at home. Also, these kits come with a DVD of ‘recipes,’ and really it includes everything we did in class (and more). However, I don’t think they would have made any sense without going over the same things with people who had already done them, and the ability to ask the ‘why’ questions that can teach you the concepts instead of the recipes. And the last note on this one — don’t plan to eat a meal here, these are more like garnishes, so although you will eat what you make, it won’t be ‘dinner.‘
I was surprised to learn that the classes were taught from the personal home of the Chef couple — which originally turned me off a bit, but only for the few seconds before we got started. They keep the classes small enough that there’s still plenty of room and opportunity to try everything yourself, to have your own cutting board if it’s relevant to the class, etc. This also made it way more fun at times though, as the chefs would occasionally stray from recipes or show you other things they used or made that they just had sitting around the kitchen. Also I didn’t think it was entirely clear from the web site, but the classes (at least the ones I took) were taught by both chefs together, which was really fun — they brought different opinions and expertise to the table, and had a fantastic dynamic that kinda made it more like dinner and a show… And did I mention that we were offered home-​made beer and wine in all classes we took? So… it may seem like a lot of money to take a class like this, but we just ended our last class with a full AMAZING meal, several glasses of wine, and the tools to do the same thing at our own house — which really makes the class a bargain!