New Orleans Cooking Classes

We had Harriet as our chef/teacher for this 2.5hr course. She was engaging, funny, delightful, and answered all of our questions. Her stories were appropriate and worked with the time involved with cooking. I would recommend this to anyone traveling to New Orleans becuase it was by far the highlight of my trip! Thank you

History of the food that was demo was interesting. The gumbo and bread pudding were very good. Jambalaya not so much. Annoying, a few late comers for another activity walked through the demo kitchen while our chef was cooking. The class never officially ended or we didn't hear him say thanks for coming. Chef Brandon left the area and went out to the store after making the pralines. The people in the class past the plate of pralines around the room ourselves and then followed Chef Brandon to the store.

Brandon was a wonderful instructor--lots of good tips plus he was quite the comedian --

Came here for the cooking class demo and the place was packed so sign up early. The format is they cook and give you the history of NOLA and the food,...

My daughter and I did the hands on class here and it was fantastic. It was super organized with all food ingredients laid out, right down to the oil in the...

We had Brennan this morning for the gumbo, jumbalia, bananas foster and pralines class. He was very informative and entertaining during the whole class. We...

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.

One of best visits in NOLA.. Bring your curiosity, appetite & thirst. What a fun place. Very inexpensive. One of the two oldest bars in NOLA.

I took the Creole Cooking Class with Jyl Benson and it was a fantastic class! I highly recommend taking this class when visiting New Orleans; delicious...

I recently attended the French Quarter Food Tour with a group of about 10 others and Naif as our tour guide. We met at Tujague's where we waited for the...

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.

The hospitality was great. I learned a lot in that short timeframe and the food was great. Couldn't have asked for a better instructor. Thanks for everything!

Fantastic Class- can’t wait to try and make this delicious Crab Bisque. We take a class every time we are here - we all love them.

Pat was an excellent instructor and the food was delicious.

One of best visits in NOLA.. Bring your curiosity, appetite & thirst. What a fun place. Very inexpensive. One of the two oldest bars in NOLA.

I took the Creole Cooking Class with Jyl Benson and it was a fantastic class! I highly recommend taking this class when visiting New Orleans; delicious...

Loved it. We had a great time learning about the history of Sicilians in New Orleans. Liz was a wealth of knowledge and shared some very interesting facts while Jyl prepared a delicious Creole-Italian meal - my husband's favourite during our NOLA visit.

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.