Last weekend my friend, Tanya and I went to a cooking class at Sur La Table.If you aren’t familiar with Sur La Table, they sell all sorts of cooking, dining and entertaining items and also offer hands-on cooking classes in their stores. We attended class at the Copley Place location. The class was a Christmas gift and I was so excited about the theme of the class- 4 desserts every cook should know. As you know, I’m a big fan of dessert!
The format of the class was similar to many other medium sized cooking classes I have taken before in which you worked as a team to prepare the items. In general, my concern with this format is you don’t prepare everything yourself. From a hands-on learning approach, when you go to prepare the items in the future, you may not recall all the intracies of the recipe as you did not do it all yourself. I was not surprised that this was the format at Sur La Table as I knew it was a group setting and not a private event.
The four desserts that Sur La Table believes every cook should know are chocolate souffle, creme brulee, salted caramel cheesecake and pear-almond tart. The desserts we made were delicious. Our favorite was the chocolate souffle. Close second for me was the pear almond tart. I definitely will make the pear-almond tart- I definitely will make it again and look to tweak the recipe over time to my tastes. The chocolate souffle is also something I will definitely plan to make again. The souffle will be great and very impressive I think for individual desserts at a dinner party.
Going into the class, I knew you also received a 10% discount on any items purchased in store after the class. Knowing this I was a bit concerned that it may become a sales pitch. This was not the case at all- we didn’t feel any pressure (besides from ourselves!) to purchase anything.
I really had a lot of fun at the class and think a Sur La Table cooking class is a great way to spend a morning, afternoon and or evening with your friends, family or your significant other. I’ve already looked into a few of their date night options for a unique date night for MJD and I! Best of all, Sur La Table can be found all across the U.S., so you can find a location near you and try for yourself.
xoxo, Jenna
I have been wanting to take a cooking class at Sur La Table forever. That pear-almond tart looks amazing! I definitely need to sign up to take a class soon!
Ashley, you should definitely try it! I’d love to hear what you think 🙂
Jenna, this sounds amazing. I’m so glad you did a review because my husband and I have been wanting to take classes at this exact location (we’re a 5-10 minute walk away) for about a year now. I believe we’ll be taking something for dummies though – bye bye frozen pizza, it’s about time!
K.xo
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Kerrie, you guys would love it! They have date night options that look like a lot of fun. Let me know if you sign up how you like it!
What a great gift idea! Love the look of the pear almond tart!
It was delish! Hopefully sometime soon I’ll make my own version inspired by this and will definitely share on the blog!