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OKANAGAN COOKERY CLASSES &

COOKING SCHOOL

The Okangans Culinary Cooking Classes ... immerse yourself in inspirational culinary programs designed to offer you a real hands-on kelowna cooking experience.


Cookery Class Dates Are Below

:: The Secrets of Cuisine Demonstration ::

Starting at 10:00 am and 6pm with coffee and wine on arrival, followed by a three-course demonstration.

You will finish up with a three-course lunch or dinner with wine tasting, allowing your day to end around 3:00 pm.

The secrets of cuisine classes are offered every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of each month from January through December.

And we offer private classes on any other dates that you would like.

The Secrets of the.......Okanagan Cookery Classes

If cooking for more than 2 bring you out in a cold sweat, look no further than The Vine-Yards weekly okanagan cookery classes.

In our homey kitchen of our organic winery, we de-mystify the art of effortless entertaining in the

home-place…..while making it fun as well.

Join us every Wednesday, Friday or Saturday for a 3-hour class,

3-course lunch or dinner accompanied with plently of wine tastings and a perhaps even a cellar tour and wine cask tasting.

Lunch Cookery Class from 10am until 3pm - $69.00

Dinner Cookery Class from 6pm until 10pm - $79.00

Book for 6 to 20 and we can host a private cookery class on any day or night at any time.

Ask about our corporate team-building black box cooking classes.

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Secrets of Okanagan Cuisine Participation Classes

It’s a hands-on team-building experience at The Okanagans Cooking School.

This is great for guests visiting Kelowna, Peachand or the Okanagan wine region for corporate entertaining

Working in teams of two, prepare a 3-course menu featuring seasonal products and pair with wines from our winery that best compliments your menu.

Our wine maker who makes some of British Columba's finest wines will judge the overall pairing.

Afterwards, sit down and enjoy a 3-course lunch or dinner in The Vine-Yard dining room,

where our Chef and Winemaker will announce the winners and the team who get to take home the

distinguished wooden spoon!!!!!

Every team member receives a set of recipes, digital photographs and The Okanagans Cookery School memento.

For groups of six or more we will hold a private cookery class at any time.

Day and Night cooking classes are available.

Just $79.00 per person.

Cooking Classes are Available All Year Round as is the Restaurant for corporate events, group bookings and private functions

View what some of past chef stars think of our class

May 2008
Wednesday 30th April	A Romantic Table for Two
Friday 2nd	A Romantic Table for Two
Wednesday 7th	A Romantic Table for Two
Friday 9th	A Romantic Table for Two
Wednesday 14th	The Cook and The Winemaker
Friday 16th	The Cook and The Winemaker
Wednesday 21st	The Cook and The Winemaker
Friday 23rd	The Cook and The Winemaker
Wednesday 28th	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market

June 2008
Friday 30th April	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market
Wednesday 4th	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market
Friday 6th	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market
Wednesday 11th	Summer Flavors of London and Paris
Friday 13th-ouch	Summer Flavors of London and Paris
Wednesday 18th	Summer Flavors of London and Paris
Friday 20th	Summer Flavors of London and Paris
Wednesday 25th	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market
Friday 27th	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market

July 2008
Wednesday 3rd	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market
Friday 4th	The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market
Wednesday 9th	Delight in Wine and Cuisine
Friday 11th	Delight in Wine and Cuisine
Wednesday 16th	Delight in Wine and Cuisine
Friday 18th	Delight in Wine and Cuisine
Wednesday 23rd	The Pudding Club
Friday 25th	The Pudding Club

August 2008
Wednesday 30 July	A Culinary Vacation
Friday 1st	A Culinary Vacation
Wednesday 6th	A Culinary Vacation
Friday 8th	A Culinary Vacation
Wednesday 13th	A Culinary Vacation
Friday 15th	Food and Wine Lovers Vintage Bygone Creations
Wednesday 20th	Food and Wine Lovers Vintage Bygone Creations
Friday 22th	Food and Wine Lovers Vintage Bygone Creations
Wednesday 27th	Food and Wine Lovers Vintage Bygone Creations
Friday 29th	Food and Wine Lovers Vintage Bygone Creations

September 2008
Wednesday 3rd	The Cook and The Winemaker
Friday 5th	The Cook and The Winemaker
Wednesday 10th	Harvest Time in the Okanagan
Friday 12th	Harvest Time in the Okanagan
Wednesday 17th	Harvest Time in the Okanagan
Friday 19th	Harvest Time in the Okanagan
Wednesday 24th	The Cook and The Winemaker
Friday 26th	The Cook and The Winemaker

October 2008
Wednesday 1st	The Cook and The Winemaker
Friday 3rd	The Cook and The Winemaker
Wednesday 8th	My Favorite Culinary Creations
Friday 10th	My Favorite Culinary Creations
Wednesday 15th	My Favorite Culinary Creations
Friday 17th	My Favorite Culinary Creations
Wednesday 22nd	Autumn in Europe
Friday 24th	Autumn in Europe
Wednesday 29th	Autumn in Europe

November 2008
Friday 31st October	Autumn in Europe
Wednesday 5th	An Elegant Intimate Dinner Party
Friday 7th	An Elegant Intimate Dinner Party
Wednesday 12th	An Elegant Intimate Dinner Party
Friday 14th	An Elegant Intimate Dinner Party
Wednesday 19th	Dinner for Twelve
Friday 21st	Dinner for Twelve
Wednesday 26th	Dinner for Twelve
Friday 28th	Dinner for Twelve

December 2008
Wednesday 3rd	Home for the Holiday’s
Friday 5th	Home for the Holiday’s
Wednesday 10th	Home for the Holiday’s
Friday 12th	Home for the Holiday’s
Wednesday 17th	Home for the Holiday’s
Friday 19th	Home for the Holiday’s
Wednesday 24th	Fully Booked
Friday 26th	A Winter’s Brunch of Winter’s Favorites

:: A Romantic Table for Two ::

Join us as our Chef creates a romantic three-course lunch or dinner that you can surprise your loved one with, or surprise your friends. The focus will be on combining flavors that excite the palate by becoming stronger in taste. We will prepare the following three course meal:

To Begin: Wild Mushroom and Truffle Cappuccino with Porcini Dust and Crispy Parmesan Wafer.
Main Meal: Organic Salmon coated in Dried Grape Dust with Spring Vegetables and Fennel Tops.
For Dessert: Chocolate Fondant with Sticky Passion Fruit Centre and Cocoanut Lime Sorbet.

We will balance your table for two with the perfect paring of wines to compliment your dining experience.

:: The Cook and The Winemaker ::

Spend time in our wine cellar with a barrow tasting discussing the role of how wines really do enhance the foods and bring out the flavors. Learn why Black Pepper is used in the kitchen on fresh strawberries or why some wines have a hint of pepper through them. Select your favorite wines from our cellar, and our chefs will balance your selection with a three-course luncheon or dinner dining experience . This class is all about what wines you select and therefore you direct which menu we will create for you.

Most certainly a class of what we call a black box – where we don’t know the ingredients just yet – or is it a black bottle!!!

Recipes will include you enjoying a starter, main and dessert with a full recipe pack to take home and your own wine recommendations.

:: The Best of the Okanagan Farmers Market ::

A trip to one of the Okanagan’s many farmers markets with their special ingredients and abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables is a must for any body living or visiting the region. We will take a selection of the freshest, seasonal vegetables, fruits and meats and create a healthy, almost organic dining experience that you can repeat in your own home.

The point of the class – to taste a fresh three-course dining experience using the best produce, but we also want you to taste and compare as we are cooking the same ingredients that either cost less or are not from farmers market that many of us use on a daily basis.

And then you decide which tastes better.

:: Summer Flavors of London and Paris ::

Some say Paris offers the most romantic of foods, some would say London as now surpassed Paris in the culinary department. Having spent time in both cities dining and working I would agree with neither.

This class will demonstrate that by combining the simplicity of French stocks and sauces with natural ingredients the French are able to create masterpieces of rich foods with complete balance.

We will then showcase a similar dish from London that uses the same components but offers a more urban flair to the overall dish both in taste and presentation.

Either way you will enjoy a three-course dining experience with wine tasting and you can decide is it to be London or Paris?

:: Delight in Wine and Cuisine ::

For our guests who really like to enjoy a dining experience and don’t need a reason to have friends around for dinner, this class is for you.

The theme of the class is tasting menus, that offer you smaller amounts of two or three key ingredients on the same plate, for example a trio of desserts consisting of mouse, chocolate and lavender brulee.

We will create for you a culinary creation that by using the same ingredients you can create various tastes on the same plate.

We will balance these combinations with wines and fruit wines that really do draw out the flavors of the multiple dishes.

At the end of the class you will have experienced three dishes, all with combinations on the plate that will offer you a tasting menu you can serve to your friends and family.

:: The Pudding Club ::

Sugar, Spice and all dishes iced…..well almost.

Join our pastry chef and baker as we create a selection of desserts that you can impress your guests with. Like most desserts a little savory are required to complement your class.

From the classic of French Bread and Butter Pudding to Soufflé, from Grapes rolled in Blue Cheese and Crushed Pistachio Nuts made to look like a Bunch of Grapes to Sweet and Savory Cheese Soufflé.

You will still enjoy a three course lunch but it will focus more on sugar and spice …..

:: A Culinary Vacation ::

It’s the summer, or almost and we don’t have time to cook and if we do, then we need it to be fast and delicious.

This class is all about creating a starter, main and dessert that you can prepare in advance and still enjoy the day with out having to salve over the stove.

The amazingly colorful and abundant summer produce lays the groundwork for a summer lunch or dinner celebrating local Okanagan foods.

Definitely a 'cooking class to patio experience', recipes may include organic salmon with puree of olive tapenade, fried zucchini blossoms to rhubarb and strawberry confit.

:: Food and Wine Lovers Vintage Bygone Creations ::

Celebrate a bygone era with this very special class. The whole class is themed on the late Mrs. Beeton, who was the first ever chef to have a recipe book published, back in 1861.

This class is most exciting as it will focus on classical dishes that use both Mrs. Beeton’s recipes and that also add a modern interpretation, and when you actually follow Mrs. Beeton’s recipes you will see she was well before her time.

Step back in time and enjoy a class of poaching, braising and steaming.

Take a look, go0gle Mrs. Beeton and see the rich history and join this class. All guests will receive their usual cookery pack, but this time it will be inn theme to our class ……

:: Harvest Time in the Okanagan ::

We head to our chefs table where we have an abundance of freshly harvest ingredients for this class.

The amazingly colorful and abundant fall produce lays the groundwork for a harvest dinner celebrating local Okanagan foods. We'll prepare a feast of warm beet salad with wine jelly vinaigrette, beet soup, roasted chicken with apples and fruit wine sauce, classic apple tarts and a decadent peach and berry-chocolate tart.

Add to this a tasting of Okanagan fruit wines and it’s a celebration of harvest time.

:: My Favorite Culinary Creations ::

What is your favorite culinary creation?

When you sign up for this class you will be asked for your three favorite dishes from our favorite culinary creations menu and the class will focus on the dishes that receive the most votes.

The class will create a three-course dining experience based on the selected dishes and create them as a lighter lunch option and a dinner option that is a little more substantial.

Our chef will also prepare his favorite sorbet and soup to balance the dining experience.

:: Autumn in Europe ::

Each autumn in Europe, there is much ado about changing the menus and introducing the new seasonal produce that will feature on may a menu for the next 3 months.

We will focus this class on European gourmet chefs that have created new dishes that truly represent autumn in Europe.

Learn how to incorporate all things herbs – sage, thyme and parsley into a hearty autumn fair that will bring your family friends to the table time and time again.

:: An Elegant Intimate Dinner Party ::

The long summer days of summer are over. Its time to share a intimate dinner with the ones you love and cherish.

Gentleman, pay particular attention….this class is for you as well…

Our elegant intimate dinner class creates a delightful three-course dinner that offers you a menu of indulgence and culinary delights.

We will focus on the menu preparation, the finished table and the coffee with petit-fours in the lounge afterwards.

If you are one of our guests who likes to prepare well in advance, this class will serve you well for valentines also.

Join us for a memorable demonstration of romance in the kitchen.

:: Dinner for Twelve ::

So you’re having your friends over for a celebration of sorts and there is more than two.

If so, our class will over you valuable information of what menu to use, how to fill the spots when you need some time with little tasters and above all else what to do in advance so that you above all else get to enjoy your evening.

This cookery class will really benefit you in bringing all the ingredients together at the same time whilst keeping you sane and keeping the dinner party fun for all.

Who said a little audience participation wasn ’t needed.

:: Home for the Holiday’s ::

You are getting everybody together for the holidays and there is no place to sit!!
What you need is a menu of canapés and cocktails designed to be enjoyed as you stand, mingle and entertain!

Especially wonderful is menu that can be prepared ahead of time for a stress-free gathering, like crusted crab cakes, honey shrimp, sesame-wasabi crusted tuna, Parmesan-pepper biscotti, and rosemary skewered lamb with maple curry sacue.

Of course, there must be cocktails and our Icewine Martini is always a sure hit, and can be made in advance, but not the frozen grapes.

:: A Winter’s Brunch of Winter’s Favorites ::

The sky is gray, the ground is white and you need a pick me up.

Our winter’s brunch offers you comfort foods whilst at the same time keeping your New Year resolutions to stay fit…..perhaps.

This class offers you the perfect brunch menu to host a winter’s party.

From seasonal hearty soup to sumptuous sauces, to traditional brunch favorites this class will offer you a menu that you can use for a great weekend brunch this winter.

Attend the class, and pick yourself up this winter….

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