Classy Gourmet

Was it so wrong to expect to learn something about cooking in a cooking class? Well — the concept is great, the space, very cool. The menu, good to go. Execution, not so much.
We went with a group of maybe 14 other peeps for a class. I gather they have visiting chefs take on «teaching» these sessions like once a month or so, so the dude we got, let’s just say his strength wasn’t in teaching. Nice guy, seemed to have skills, but we didn’t learn any of em.
The set up was: We would all self-​select a station (appetizer, soup, entrée, dessert) and go at it using a photocopied recipe to guide us. Could’ve been better if the recipe had better instructions OR if, after asking what we were supposed to do, we got an direction aligned with the recipe. Instead, our chef sort of changed the game on us midstream, that would’ve been cool, except that he was the only one who knew what to do! We were constantly stuck asking, «What do we do now?» And truth be told, he did um, 85% of the food prep and cooking. We nudged our way in there as much as possible, trying to get our learning on.
Anyways, some of the other people there brought in wine and that certainly jazzed up the experience and our fellow chef-​lings were very cool. So overall — I think I’ll try again. I think it’s less about developing any burgeoning chef skills, and more about playing around in the kitchen and learning a bit here and there.
PS: There’s a TON of Hell’s Kitchen memorabilia lying around since the owner, I think the owner, was a contestant. She wasn’t around, so that was a bit misleading.