Cooking Classes for Adults
Cooking Classes with Kids
Catering & Personal Chef Services
Cooking classes for adults
Everyone can learn to love cooking! Since you must eat every day, why not make cooking fun and learn to enjoy the creativity and connections that creating food together and sharing that food with your loved ones can inspire?
My goal is to help you feel confident to bravely experiment and improvise when you’re cooking. I do this by teaching formulas and techniques and showing you recipe variations so you can experiment at home. I want to encourage you to identify and learn to use your own tastebuds and preferences - your instincts - to learn to improvise and create unique dishes that you will love eating and sharing.
Life skills cooking class
These classes focus on simple, affordable recipes that don’t require fancy ingredients, equipment, or techniques. You will learn to stretch leftovers, to maximize pantry items for creativity and flavor, and to identify strategies for stocking a pantry on a budget. We will discuss basic nutrition, meal planning and strategies for making the time to cook for yourself and your loved ones. These classes work best as hands-on experiences.
Pricing starts at $100 for a one-hour class. Up to six.
Private cooking class—In person
Are you a beginning cook who wants to build their confidence and ease in the kitchen? Have you been cooking for years, and you want to master a technique or gain new inspiration? These classes are for you! I can tailor the class to suit your specific aspirations and interests. These classes can be a demonstration format where you watch and learn, or a hands-on approach with active cooking.
Two-hour class for one person starts at $200, with $50 each additional participant. Up to four.
Private cooking class—Zoom
Our relationship with Zoom is a silver lining of the pandemic and has opened doors for so many unique opportunities, including cooking! Online cooking is a “cook along” approach that can be fun and deeply rewarding. Before the class, I’ll send you a shopping list and equipment list so you’re ready for the class. This format allows many people to join from any location. This is a fun way to share a unique learning experience with friends and family!
Classes start at $100 for an hour class for one person and $50 for each additional participant.
Private cooking party—Adult
Would you like to have a unique social event with friends and family? Let’s create a memorable cooking experience for you and your group! We will tailor the experience to your wishes, from demonstration to hands-on lessons!
Classes start at $90/per person.
Cooking classes for kids
For children, hands-on time in the kitchen is the single most effective way to get kids excited about eating. Once they have a personal investment in cooking food, they are much more likely to be willing to try new things. Learning to love cooking with your children creates lifelong memories, and fosters their self-sufficiency and life skills to benefit them for the entirety of their lives.
Children/caregiver class
Learn to love cooking with your favorite young people! In these introductory classes, you’ll learn tips and techniques to stimulate engagement in the kitchen with your little ones. We’ll talk about how to safely include them in cooking, kid-friendly jobs, activities to entertain and inspire them, and simple recipes that can make meal prep a fun and creative experience. Cooking together as a family creates lifelong memories and deep bonding and can transform meals from stressful, hurried affairs to joyful, creative, and fun moments together as a family.
Classes start at $75 for a one-hour class for one child and one adult.
Private cooking party—Kids
Does your young person love to watch food competition shows? Do they have dreams of becoming a chef? Are they curious about cooking or baking and eager to learn more? Let’s plan a birthday party cooking class! We will work together to create a theme and a menu to delight your budding young chef and their friends!
Classes start at $75/per person.
Private cooking class—In person kids
I want kids to have FUN, learn about new foods, taste new flavors, and have hands-on exposure to cooking that will leave them feeling excited and emboldened to cook at home with their families. Cooking classes for young cooks will focus on exposure, awareness, and inspiration. My passion is to empower young people to trust and be curious about fresh, healthy, and natural foods. I want them to understand the positive impact that food choices have on their overall health and happiness. Participants will be exposed to recipes, vocabulary and techniques, kitchen utensils and equipment, basics of etiquette, nutrition, safety in the kitchen, and even some applied math!
Classes start at $75 per person for a one-hour class. Every participant will take home recipes and treats we’ve made to share with their household.
Catering & personal chef services
Private chef/meal delivery services
I will happily cook for you! Do you have a friend/family member who you’d like to treat to a home cooked meal? Let’s Talk! I can deliver a meal that is hot and ready to eat, or a fully prepared meal with detailed instructions about heating and eating! This is a unique and unforgettable present for that special person or family! I’m open to any idea - big or small. I’d love to help you imagine and carry out your food gift for someone you love and even for yourself!
A three-course meal for four starts at $120. These meals are customizable and can be tailored to food preferences and diets.
Boutique catering services
Catering truly is my first love, but these days I have limited availability for big events. If you’re interested in a small event for less than fifty people, I will consider private catering events on a case-by-case basis.
Please message me with your inquiry. Thank you!
“Heidi has been a great individual to work with. She first came and helped us at SonBridge by providing a cooking camp for youth of the Walla Walla valley. Her passion for food and desire to share that with others is incredible. As an organization we have valued Heidi and her work and continue to work forward with her in the future. As someone who has taken a cooking class from Heidi, she really brings a lot to learn from and also is great at answering any question you might have. It truly has been a great joy to work with and learn from her.”
