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
Farm to Table: Vegetable Cooking Techniques at the Farmers Market
Chef Dallas takes you on a trip to the farmers market, followed by a veggie-forward cooking class!
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Spanish Cuisine: Seafood Paella
Seafood Paella, Roasted Eggplant and Peppers, Onion Coca, Garlic Mayonaise, Red Wine Poached Pears with Whipped Cream
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Fried Chicken and Sides
Southern Fried Chicken, Nashville Hot Chicken, Potato Salad, Buffalo Mac'n Cheese
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French Cuisine: Coq Au Vin
Coq au Vin (wine braised chicken legs), Pommes Duchesse, Salade Lyonnaise, Chocolate Mousse
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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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Italian Cuisine: Gnocchi and Agnolotti Pasta
Join an Escoffier Chef in making these delicious fresh pastas!
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Easy Weeknight Dinners
Roasted chicken with veggies and gravy, chicken tinga, sambal curry, fried rice
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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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Korean BBQ
Beef bulgogi, Spicy chicken BBQ, Korean braised potatoes, Korean Coleslaw, Korean Pancake
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Spanish Tapas
Garlic Shrimp with Romesco, Spanish-style meatballs, Patatas Bravas, Spanish Tortilla
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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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Farm to Table: Vegetable Cooking Techniques at the Farmers Market
Chef Dallas takes you on a trip to the farmers market, followed by a veggie-forward cooking class!
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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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Plant-Based Asian Dumplings
Boa buns, pot stickers, vegan "pork" filling, tangy soy dipping sauce, cucumber salad
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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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The Art of French Pastry: Macarons and Eclairs
Macarons with buttercream, Eclairs with pastry cream and ganache.
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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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Blue Zones: Sardinia
Minestrone with fava, malloreddus, chicken and capers, amaretti cookies
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Tour of Spain: 4 Class Series
Delve deep into the flavors and techniques of this richly flavored cuisine!
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Korean BBQ
Beef bulgogi, Spicy chicken BBQ, Korean braised potatoes, Korean Coleslaw, Korean Pancake
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Farm to Table: Vegetable Cooking Techniques at the Farmers Market
Chef Dallas takes you on a trip to the farmers market, followed by a veggie-forward cooking class!
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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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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.
