The Home Cook classes at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts can offer a dynamic collection of hands-on, technique-focused cooking classes for enthusiast cooks. Topics cover everything from French regional favorites to creative courses in cooking, baking, cake decorating, and more.
Each of the cooking classes at our Boulder, Colorado campus is led by a professional Chef Instructor. Whether you’re new to the kitchen or an accomplished home cook, we have a class for you!
Upcoming Home Cook Classes
Holiday Desserts (NEW)
In this baking class we will focus our attention on making different crusts, fillings, pie, tarts, and coffee cake!
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Winter's Edge: An Escoffier Tasting Experience
Our Student Ambassadors are cooking up a special dinner, and you are invited!
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Date Night: Braised Duck
Citrus and Pecan Salad, Braised Duck Legs with Madeira, Kale and Pecan Stuffing, Blueberry Tart
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Flavors of Persia
Lavash bread, steak kebabs with pomegranate sauce, herbed Persian rice, mast-o-khiar, shirazi salad
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Festive Appetizers and Party Bites (NEW)
Join an Escoffier Chef in crafting delicious small bites while discovering the varied categories of hor d'doeuvres!
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Holiday Cookies (NEW)
Join an Escoffier Chef and make batches of homemade holiday cookies! Recipes include gingerbread, sugar cookies, and more!
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Techniques at Escoffier: Braising(short ribs)
Red wine braised short ribs, glazed parsnips, potato puree, horseradish gremolata, tart tatin.
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Home Cook Series: All About Bread Croissants and puff pastry
In this class, we explore the art of laminated dough as well as rich dough. Discover the keys to creating a flaky croissant or puff pastry.
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Flavors of Persia
Lavash bread, steak kebabs with pomegranate sauce, herbed Persian rice, mast-o-khiar, shirazi salad
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Plant Based Cuisine-Celebrate Mushrooms!
Chef Dallas Houle shares some of his favorite ways to prepare mushrooms! Included are oyster mushrooms, king trumpets, and portobello.
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Blue Zones: Sardinia
Minestrone with fava, malloreddus, chicken and capers, amaretti cookies
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Home Cook Series: All About Bread Part 1 and 2
Join Chef Dallas Houle, and explore how to make and bake an abundance of different types of bread in a two-day series.
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Plant-Based Cuisine: Continental
Join Chef Dallas Houle for this Meat-free class! In this class learn how to prepare comforting plant-based meals for cold weather.
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Easy Weeknight Dinners
Chef Dallas takes you through a series of delicious dishes to cook you through the week!
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Spanish Tapas
Garlic Shrimp with Romesco, Spanish-style meatballs, Patatas Bravas, Spanish Tortilla
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Korean BBQ
Beef bulgogi, Spicy chicken BBQ, Korean braised potatoes, Korean Coleslaw, Korean Pancake
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Plant-Based Asian Dumplings
Boa buns, pot stickers, vegan "pork" filling, tangy soy dipping sauce, cucumber salad
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Knife skills at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
In this cooking class, we will focus our attention on one of the most basic and essential of kitchen skills.
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Date Night: Braised Duck
Citrus and Pecan Salad, Braised Duck Legs with Madeira, Kale and Pecan Stuffing, Blueberry Tart
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All About Egg Cookery
Join Home Cook Chef Dallas to explore the various ways to cook eggs including how to prepare a French omelette, poach eggs, & more!
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Taste of Thailand
Pad thai, tom kha gai, panang meatballs, red curry paste, coconut sticky rice
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Indian Cuisine: Chicken Curry and More!
Desi murgh curry, mutter palao, naan bread, mustard raita
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Date Night: Bouillabaisse
Bouillabaisse(French seafood stew), ratatouille, rouille, baguette, crepe suzette
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Basic Cooking Techniques: Class 1
Chef Dallas demonstrates a wide variety of basic cooking techniques. Learn and practice along with expert instruction
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Basic Cooking Techniques: Class 2
Chef Dallas demonstrates a wide variety of basic cooking techniques. Learn and practice along with expert instruction
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Technique by Escoffier: Winter Soups
Join Chef Dallas as he demonstrates how to make his favorite heartwarming soups great for the chilly months of the year.
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Super Bowl Party!
Join Chef Dallas to learn how to make French dip sliders, honey BBQ wings, and more for your Super Bowl party.
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Plant Based Cuisine-Celebrate Mushrooms!
Chef Dallas Houle shares some of his favorite ways to prepare mushrooms! Included are oyster mushrooms, king trumpets, and portobello.
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Fried Chicken and Sides
Southern Fried Chicken, Nashville Hot Chicken, Potato Salad, Buffalo Mac'n Cheese
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Mexican Street Tacos, Sauces, Tortillas and Fillings
Corn Tortillas, Carne Asada, Chicken Tinga, Nopalitos, Salsa Verde, Mango Chile Roja
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Blue Zones: Sardinia
Minestrone with fava, malloreddus, chicken and capers, amaretti cookies
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Home Cook Series: All About Bread Part 1 and 2
Join Chef Dallas Houle, and explore how to make and bake an abundance of different types of bread in a two-day series.
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Knife skills at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
In this cooking class, we will focus our attention on one of the most basic and essential of kitchen skills.
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Meet Your Chef Instructor
Chef Dallas Houle
Chef Dallas Houle joins Escoffier as the Boulder Campus Home Cook Chef Instructor. Chef Dallas has over 20 years of experience in the culinary industry as a chef instructor, sous chef, executive chef, and culinary director. His education at Florida Culinary Institute helped ready him for positions around the country, but focusing around his home in Boulder, CO. His past experience spans roles in food truck fair to fine dining restaurants, farm-to-table experiences, and upscale vegetarian cuisine. At Escoffier, Chef Dallas leads the enthusiast cooking classes at our Boulder campus.
