New Orleans Cooking Classes

Pat did an amazing job of sharing New Orleans rich history while teaching us the delicious dishes she made. Wonderful morning of food and fun!

Our chef Pat was just great, giving us great cooking tips as well as a history of New Orleans food culture. The whole experience was very enjoyable, including chatting with other guests at round tables. When you figure that you also get lunch, we felt it was a good value. For me as a celiac (can't eat wheat/flour), the eating part was a bit unsatisfying. The 'dietary restriction' meal seemed to be the same for vegetarian or celiac. So I was served a veggie gumbo and a veggie creole sauce on rice. Meh. This is the only part of things that could be a lot better.

Every year during our annual vacation, we book the 10:00 cooking school. Each year it is a different chef instructing. It is entertaining, educational, you get instruction sheets on how it is being made, then after watching the chef prepare it, you get to eat it! You learn about local food tradition and history of the people that brought those food traditions into the area. I highly recommend this activity even if you don’t do the cooking in your household.

They tips along with the class are very helpful. Our cook was wonderful. I learned what I did wrong when I cooked my pie...and the plus was learning how to make Praleans. Thanks much the Shaffers.

Chef Rene was a great instructor for the demonstration cooking class. Funny, historically informative and of course his jambalaya, gumbo, bread pudding and pralines were amazing!

Pat, our chef for the experience was delightful. She was entertaining and gave great history of the area. She was conversational and it wasn't like she was following a script. The food was delicious and she made us all confident that we could make the recipes at home! The best part of our New Orleans trip!

Very interesting, informative and delicious. Loved it and enjoyed shopping in the general store. Thanks.

My mom and I signed up for the demonstration cooking class with Cindy as our chef. It was one of our favorite activities together in NOLA. Cindy made the...

This was my second visit (last time was a few years ago) and I had so much fun. I adamantly recommend to anyone visiting NOLA. What to expect: you'll sit...

My first time to Nola and I'm so glad I came here. The chef was very informative, entertaining, and engaging. I liked having a mirror over the cooking...

My mom and I signed up for the demonstration cooking class with Cindy as our chef. It was one of our favorite activities together in NOLA. Cindy made the...

This was my second visit (last time was a few years ago) and I had so much fun. I adamantly recommend to anyone visiting NOLA. What to expect: you'll sit...

My first time to Nola and I'm so glad I came here. The chef was very informative, entertaining, and engaging. I liked having a mirror over the cooking...

Food was great, chef very informative and entertaining.

This was a great experience. If you like to know about New Orleans and how to cook a few dishes as well as taste them too this is the place.

My mom and I signed up for the demonstration cooking class with Cindy as our chef. It was one of our favorite activities together in NOLA. Cindy made the...

This was my second visit (last time was a few years ago) and I had so much fun. I adamantly recommend to anyone visiting NOLA. What to expect: you'll sit...

My first time to Nola and I'm so glad I came here. The chef was very informative, entertaining, and engaging. I liked having a mirror over the cooking...

This was a great experience. We loved everyone at The New Orleans School of Cooking. Their hospitality was amazing. The food was absolutely delicious. Will do it again!

Pat was our host and she made the day her stories of the history of New Orleans laid the foundations for the food. I have never tasted Gumbo as Pat cooked it and her technique I will try out

Can hardly wait to go back and take another class! The instructor, Pat, wove a perfect tapestry with the history of New Orleans and techniques of Creole and Cajun cooking. Of course,the icing on the cake was the opportunity to eat everything that was made! Make sure you go with a healthy appetite! You won't be disappointed!

Anne was wonderful! I would definitely recommend this to everyone! We

Chef Brandon was amazing, so funny, and so informative! My boyfriend and I had so much fun, and are so excited to go back to California knowing the roots of real gumbo! (And how to correctly make it!)

Brandon was a great 'teacher's. He explained various options to prepare and cook Gumbo, Jambalaya & Pralines. He also included history of his LA upbringing, and background of the history of cooking in various regions of Southern Louisiana. Food was delicious and all had a good time.