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It is easy to see why Alyssa is an award winning chef as her menu items were both innovative and delicious. So if you want some great recipes and some wonderful tasting food the night of, you are going to enjoy yourself.
Now as for the class itself:
The Good:
Alyssa and Andrew are top notch and super friendly! Alyssa gave great instruction from the steps to make the food to why she chose certain ingredients. It really helped not only understand the process but how to potentially use some of the same ingredients in other recipes.
Alyssa is very patient and if you need to go back over a step, she is right there to help. She and Andrew also take care of the little things such as making sure the ingredients are portioned out for each table, food is put in and out of the oven at the correct times and they take care of the cleaning too.
While Alyssa is demonstrating the recipe, Andrew is filming it and putting it on a projector screen so everyone can see it easily.
The recipes she came up with (and put in the cookbook you get to take home) were delicious and creative.
The bad:
I had signed up for one of the more advanced classes because I like to learn by doing but can already cook. While it was nice to have some steps taken out for time's sake, I like to measure stuff, I like to look in the oven and observe the color and consistency to know when to take it out. I'm sure if I had been assertive and asked, they would have allowed me to, but it was not built in as part of the class.
You are working in teams of 2-4. If you are a stickler for quality control like myself, this can affect things.
Because we divided up steps, I didn't get to put in all the work on all the recipes which would have been nice. I also had to trust my food to other cooks. As a result, my sliders were overcooked and very dry and the sweet potato buns were poorly formed and thus very crumbly.
Don't get me wrong, I loved my team and it was great working with them but you may have to be prepared to adjust your expectations.
But hey, that is what this is all about right? Learning. I only mention it because I went in with the expectations that I would be doing 100% of the recipes and work.
I think if you chose to take one of Alyssa's classes, you will have few regrets. It's a good time, a terrific learning environment and outstanding food.
*I'd add half a star if I could. The only variable that keeps it from being an outright 5-star is that someone else can potentially ruin part of your meal.
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