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Menu of Events
Available Gatherings are all done virtually using the zoom platform
From breakfast to baking to home made pasta, there's a class for all tastes. Classic cooking, home cooking, and the latest foodie trends. Your guests will learn kitchen skills such as essential knife skills, pairing flavors together and learning which herbs and seasonings to use. Guests will also learn and explore different flavors from various cultures from regional American cuisine to the other continents as well. The best part is that this fun gathering will happen in your own home turning your kitchen into a party! There is a minimum of 6 people to create a party otherwise prices are subject to change. Chef Albano will inform the hosts which wine or cocktails pair nicely so they can provide them to their guests. Prices are per guest per party. Also offered are 5 weeks cooking courses that can be individual designed per group and this is great for organizations like church groups, residents within a community group, teacher gatherings or just a group of foodie friends. The gatherings are approximately 2 hours each. Package prices do not include cost of ingredients. Chef Albano will send a list of ingredients and recipes to clients so the ingredients can be purchased.
It's Flippin' Crazy!
Crepe Party: learn how to flip crepes and create sweet and savory fillings. Your guests will get hands on experience in making the crepe batter and then creating 2 savory crepe fillings and 2 sweet crepe fillings. Savory crepe options; Crepe ala Reine which is a curry chicken filling, Mushroom with Spinach and Gruyere cheese filling, Italian manicotti with ricotta, pecorino romano cheese and marinara sauce. Sweet crepe options: Crepe Suzette, Carmelized Apple Crepe which is a sauteed apple filling with a Calvados flambe, and a Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe which is a Nutella, banana filled crepe with salted caramel drizzle.
$60
When the Moon Hits Your Eye...
That's amore pizza party! Learn how to make pizza dough (Chef Albano's grandfather's recipe), and create your own personal pizza with various topping options. This dinner starts with the creation of the yeast dough and watching it grow. Guests will use many kitchen and knife skills as we knead, chop, and create. This gathering includes making the marinara sauce, garlic knots, and finally 4 personal pizzas
$50
Cupcake Crazy Creation
Cupcake Party: great for kids' parties, guests will bake cupcakes from scratch and creating 2 unique fillings and frostings. Choices include moist vanilla cupcakes infused with cream cheese and dolloped with fudge icing, cherry cheesecake cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes filled and topped with peanut butter mousse and drizzled with salted caramel. These are just a few scrumptious offerings.
$35
Pasta Festa
Pasta Party: learn to make handmade pasta with a real pasta press, or hand make it like ravioli or gnocchi. Guests will also create their own pasta sauces. This party includes two different pasta sauce choices or have a cooking class party to learn how to make different pasta dishes where guests will create 2 different dishes using dry pasta. Some examples might be pasta with marinara sauce and meatballs, pasta with pesto sauce, pasta primavera, pasta Bolognese, Pasta putanesca, are just a few examples.
$60
Fish en papiollotte
This is a style of cooking where fish is steamed inside parchment paper. An example of this recipe is Cod Livornese. Along with the fish guests will also make a lemon-herb risotto
$75
Fresh Mediterrean Cuisine
Join us for a culinary trip to the Mediterranean to explore a variety of delicious dishes influenced by the cuisines of Sicily, Spain, and Greece.We start with making Rosemary-Olive Oil Focaccia bread and Sicilian Caponata for an appetizer while the chicken is marinating for the chicken Souvlaki Skewers with Tzatziki Sauce as the entree. The side dish is an orzo salad with feta, tomatoes and olives. . You will learn how to combine fresh herbs and traditional ingredients like lemon, yogurt and olive oil to create a menu that’s sure to satisfy.
$65
New Orleans
This is a fun class explores the rich Creole and spicy Cajun flavors of New Orleans cuisine. New Orleans cuisine is a wonderful fusion of Spanish, French and African Cuinines. The main entree is either a Chicken and Andoiulle Sausage Gumbo or a spicy Jambalaya and the meal is complete with beignets, a traditional New Orleans fried dough dessert.
$70
Viva Mexico
Fun for all ages. Make a wonderful Mexican meal including such dishes as pico de gallo, guacamole, tortillas, stuffed Pablano peppers, fish or pork tacos with avocado crema, pozole and flan for dessert. The possibilities are endless!
$65
Ciao Baby!
Roll up your sleeves and sit down family style to a traditional Brooklyn Italian meal of hearty meat sauce made with beef short ribs and pork country style ribs, meatballs, over rigatoni pasta and served with broccoli rabe, garlic knots, salad and Tiramisu for dessert
$65
Turning up the heat and taking cooking up a notch
This section includes specific culinary skills and one on one instructionone on one cooking class
Chef Albano offers one on one classes. Each class will be at least three hours long and very thorough. Chef Albano will discuss beforehand what the client is eager to learn may it be knife skills, combining flavors, using herbs and seasonings correctly, cooking methods. Which ever the need is Chef will turn the lesson into a meal.
$75
5 week one on one cooking course-Intro to cooking. Availability Mondays or Tuesdays (3-6pm). This course includes many of the foundations of cooking such as:
Basics of purchasing fresh ingredients, preparation, knife cuts and different cooking methods. Using all these basic techniques you will also learn the art of presentation and the use of spices from all over the world to make your every meal a truly tasteful and rewarding experience.
Week 1 – Knife skills- some possibilities include Bruschetta, french onion soup, salsas and guacamole,
Week 2 – herbs and seasonings by making herb butters, roasting Chicken with herbs, learning how to fabricate (cut up ) the chicken properly, herb mushroom risotto
Week 3 – cooking methods; how to sear a steak perfectly. Use your herb butter on the steak, herb roasted potatoes, sauteed vegetables
Week 4 – the mother sauces; Bechamel, Veloute, Tomato, Hollandaise, Espanole. With these you will make meals this week and next such as Alfredo, Marsala, eggs Benedict, Coq au vin are some ideas.
Week 5 – cooking methods for fish. Using the knowledge of herb combinations and knife skills and sauces to create a dish such as Salmon with a lemon butter dill sauce, vegetable with hollandaise, rice pilaf, etc...
$425
Teen Cooking Classes- "Put down that video controller and that cell phone!"... and bring your family back around the table by teaching your teens to cook
Teen Cooking Classes- Bringing home-ec to your kitchen. How about your teen learns life long basic culinary skills so they can come home and create a meal using your own ingredients instead of ordering that pizza. Chef Albano is a certified HS Culinary Arts teacher with 30 plus years in the food and restaurant industry. Your 16+ year old will learn how to make favorite foods like Italian favorites like pizza from scratch, Alfredo or spaghetti and meatballs; southern favorite like macaroni and cheese and bar-be-Que chicken or meatloaf. These are just a few examples. Send your contact information to discuss options. This would be approximately a 3 hour cooking class.
$75
Children's Parties ...Yay!!!
Kids love getting involved in the kitchen so why not let them experience it. You may have a future chef ready to burst out and express some culinary creativity. Chef Albano is a certified teacher K-12. Her #1 kids party is pizza party where they get to play with real dough and create their own personal pan pizza. There are personalized packages to be designed around age and ability. Pizza party price is shown here per child. party minimum is 5 and maximum is 12.
$20
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