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Cook Like a Pro at Home
Live online cooking classes with chef-led instruction and ingredient kit subscriptions delivered to your door.
About Our Virtual Cooking School
We deliver chef-led live classes and ingredient kits that remove guesswork, making professional techniques achievable in any home kitchen.
How Live Classes Work
Understand the flow from booking to plating in our interactive virtual kitchen.
Ingredient Kit Subscriptions
Get curated kits for each class, sized for your household and dietary needs.
Scheduling and Time Zones
Join from anywhere with localized class times and flexible rescheduling.
Global Time Conversion
Our booking tool automatically detects your location and displays sessions in local time, accounting for daylight saving changes. Calendar integrations prevent conflicts, while smart reminders adjust when travel, VPNs, or device time settings shift unexpectedly.
Reschedule and Cancellation
Easily move to another date up to 24 hours before start time, with instant waitlist filling. Credit automatically applies to your account, and unused kit charges are refunded or converted to pantry staples upon request.
Household Scheduling Tools
Invite family members with unique device links and synced reminders. Assign prep roles, timer ownership, and camera angles so everyone participates smoothly. Shared to-do lists keep tasks visible, reducing chaos during fast-paced, multi-step cooking sequences.
Kitchen Setup and Tools
Prepare your space and equipment for successful live cooking.
Culinary Technique Foundations
Master core methods that elevate every dish.
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Understand surface moisture control, pan preheating, and fat selection to maximize browning. We demonstrate smoke points, browned bits development, deglazing strategies, and resting times that preserve juiciness while delivering deep, restaurant-level complexity.
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Learn stable ratios for oil-and-acid dressings, garlic mayonnaise, and pan sauces using temperature control and agitation. We troubleshoot curdling, breakage, and over-reduction, and teach finishing techniques like mounting butter and balancing acidity with sweetness.
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Explore hydration percentages, resting flour and water before kneading, and kneading versus folding for breads and pastas. We show windowpane tests, proofing cues, and shaping methods that yield structure without toughness, even in varying kitchen temperatures.
Global Cuisine Series
Travel the world through themed live classes and kits.
Regional Italian Week
Cook wide hand-cut pasta with wild mushroom sauce, braised Tuscan-style beans, and citrus olive oil cake. We highlight protected origin ingredients, an aromatic base of onions, celery, and carrots, and finishing techniques like pasta water emulsification for silky, well-coated noodles.
Modern Thai Essentials
Build balanced heat and brightness using roasted chili paste, palm sugar, and fish sauce. We pound curry pastes, manage wok airflow, and control herb bruising, producing layered flavors that remain vibrant even after plating and resting.
Dietary Needs and Allergens
Cook confidently with clear substitutions and cross-contact protocols.
Photo Feedback Galleries
Share plated results, receive timestamped critiques, and compare techniques with peers. Chefs annotate texture cues, color changes, and thickness targets so you can calibrate next attempts and troubleshoot specific steps with clarity and confidence.
Office Hours and Helpline
Drop into weekly office hours for knife skills refreshers, pantry planning, or recipe rescue. Our helpline triages urgent issues like broken emulsions or over-salted sauces, providing practical fixes before dinner is beyond recovery.
Achievement Badges and Streaks
Earn badges for consistent attendance, technique mastery, and community contributions. Streaks unlock bonus mini-classes, while leaderboards highlight milestones, encouraging practice without pressure through visible, supportive, and motivating recognition.
Skill Progression and Tracks
Advance from basics to specialized cuisines with structured paths.
- Foundations Track A four-week sequence covering knife skills, heat management, seasoning, and sauce fundamentals. Includes weekly quizzes, progress journals, and chef check-ins that tailor feedback, ensuring you build reliable habits and measurable confidence.
- Intermediate Technique Labs Focus on pan control, dough shaping, and timing across multi-component plates. Experiments include variance testing for hydration, salt percentages, and resting, helping you understand cause and effect rather than memorizing isolated instructions.
- Specialization Badges Earn badges in pastry, fermentation, barbecue, or plant-based cuisine after completing capstone classes and peer review. Assessments require plating photos, sensory notes, and time management reflections to demonstrate real-world kitchen readiness.
Plans and Pricing
Choose a plan that matches your schedule and cooking goals, with flexible cancellation and straightforward pricing.
Monthly Class + Kit Subscription
Includes one live class every week, one curated ingredient kit per class, digital replay access, and chef support. Ideal for motivated home cooks seeking steady progress with reliable, delicious results.
per month
Family Plan: Two Adults + Two Kids
Two kits per class sized for family portions, kid-friendly prep guidance, and shared device links. Great for weeknight learning that keeps dinner fun, educational, and stress-free for busy households.
9 per month
Private One-on-One Masterclass with Kit
A 90-minute intensive tailored to your goals, from knife skills to pastry basics. Includes pre-call menu planning, one premium ingredient kit, and a post-class feedback review to cement learning.
9 per session
Sourcing and Sustainability
Cook responsibly with transparent ingredients and waste reduction practices.
Supplier Standards
We vet farms and fisheries for humane practices, traceability, and certifications. Expect seasonal produce, responsible seafood lists, and fair-trade pantry items, with documented cold-chain procedures that maintain freshness while minimizing environmental impact during transport.
Waste-Smart Kits
Portions are calibrated to reduce leftovers, with multi-class ingredient reuse plans. Trimmings are earmarked for stocks, and composting guidance is included, ensuring minimal waste without compromising flavor, safety, or instructional clarity.
Carbon-Conscious Shipping
We consolidate deliveries, choose regional hubs, and offset emissions based on weight and distance. Packaging components are recyclable or returnable, and prepaid labels make returns simple, reducing environmental footprint while keeping kits reliably cold and safe.
Tech and Streaming Tips
Ensure smooth audio, video, and connectivity during live classes.
Device Setup and Compatibility
Use updated browsers or the latest app, enable hardware acceleration, and test camera permissions. We provide low-bandwidth settings, picture-in-picture views, and keyboard shortcuts to keep instructions visible while you work hands-free.
Network Stability Checklist
Prefer wired connections or position near your router, prioritize streaming traffic, and disable background sync. Our pre-class speed test estimates buffers, while adaptive bitrates maintain clarity if bandwidth fluctuates during crucial demonstrations.
Audio Capture for Noisy Kitchens
Clip a lavalier to your collar, enable echo cancellation, and reduce hood fan speed while chefs speak. We guide microphone gain, dishwashing timing, and muting etiquette so collaboration stays clear even with sizzling, bubbling sounds.
Gift Subscriptions and Cards
Choose digital or mailed gift cards with personalized scheduling links and kit options. Recipients receive onboarding guidance, dietary customization prompts, and a flexible calendar so gifting feels thoughtful, practical, and immediately usable.
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Team-Building Menus
We design collaborative recipes with parallel tasks, rotating roles, and shared plating goals. Icebreakers, trivia, and feedback rounds encourage conversation, while kits standardize ingredients so cross-office teams finish together with comparable, celebratory results.
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Event Logistics and Branding
Coordinate shipping to multiple addresses, branded inserts, and welcome notes. We align start times across time zones, set up co-host controls, and provide post-event media, including highlight reels, photos, and downloadable recipe booklets.
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