Cooking Classes

Kitchen Conservatory offers more than 1500 different cooking classes every year. These fun cooking classes are taught by the talented chefs and fabulous culinary educators who share their specialties of the kitchen. We offer both fully-participatory classes and demonstration classes that feature a wide variety of menus and themes from beginner to gourmet to ethnic cooking. All cooking classes are held at 9011 Manchester Road.

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IF YOU KNEW SUSHI

It is always a delight and an honor to have Thai native and sushi chef Jay Dedkhad, of Ocha Thai and Japanese, in our kitchens creating beautiful and delectable sushi, in one of our most popular classes since 2001. Jay starts the class by showcasing caterpillar rolls, California rolls, and spicy rolls for the class to enjoy. Using the freshest fish and other beautiful ingredients including yellowfin tuna, white tuna, salmon, smelt egg, avocado, cucumber, radish sprouts, pickled radish, and spicy sauce, everyone in this hands-on class will master the art of rolling and forming a variety of lavish and enticing sushi rolls of their own.
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

Chef: Jay Dedkhad

Class Type: Hands-On

Class Dates: Tue, Nov 26
6:30 to 9 pm

Cost: 80.00

DATE NIGHT FOR COUPLES: BOLLYWOOD DINE AND DANCE

Grab your partner and join Lily Sugathan for a unique experience of dancing and dining. The evening begins with a one-hour Bollywood dance lesson learning the top 10 Bollywood dance steps, including thumka, spinning hands, desi pendulum, and the amitabh walk. This hands-on class will join Lily in the kitchen to create Lily's husband's special Kerala-style shrimp curry with coconut milk and tamarind, palak paneer, daal makhan-less - a version without butter, puris - deep-fried flatbread, vegetable pulao, plus paan shots - a betel leaf milkshake with refreshing spices served in a small glass. Put on your dancing shoes! Please do not wear rubber-soled shoes. We recommend closed shoes with a flat leather sole or medium heel.
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

Chef: Lily Sugathan

Class Type: Hands-On

Class Dates: Sat, Nov 30
6 to 9 pm

Cost: 180.00

COOKIE DECORATING FUN FOR CHRISTMAS

Spend an afternoon of cookie decorating fun with Courtney McKinney where everyone is an artist. The cookies are out of the oven with a variety of shapes perfect for the holiday season. This hands-on class will create beautiful cookies and learn outlining, flooding, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry techniques with a tipless pastry bag, plus learn to add accents and creating texture with sprinkles, with plenty of time for practice and creating your own designs. Everyone takes home their beautiful cookies. #weekday
Classes are held at 9011 Manchester Rd, St. Louis, MO 63144.

Chef: Courtney McKinney

Class Type: Hands-On

Class Dates: Tue, Dec 3
12 to 2:30 pm

Cost: 65.00

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The best parties happen in the kitchen! Forget the hassle of entertaining at home or shouting over others at a noisy restaurant. Host your next shower, birthday party, Customize a Cooking Class Just For Your Group at Kitchen Conservatory: St. Louis MO corporate team-bonding event, office party, dinner club, or any other event in one of our lovely and fun kitchens. We will provide a fabulous 3 or 4 course dinner that is sure to be memorable. Plan the menu with one of our talented Kitchen Conservatory chefs and choose any menu you desire. Your menu is exactly what you want to eat. Tailor a program and menu that's perfect for you and your guests.

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Kitchen Conservatory is the premier kitchen store in St. Louis, Missouri. For 35 years, Kitchen Conservatory has offered the finest tools for the kitchen and delectable cooking classes. Locally-owned and very independent, we offer all the tools and knowledge for the ultimate kitchen experience. Please browse our fabulous selection of more than 6,000 essential and useful cooking products or shop online. Email Ask the Chef to solve your cooking dilemmas!

Exciting NEW Classes

There are many exciting new classes available with new teachers! Some of these classes are not published in our newsletter! Pizza throwing is back!! October 16: Building on Flavors with Lauren Gray Weir October 16: Let’s be Blunt About Pot Pie with Jeff Friesen October 17: You Had Me at Pie! October 20: The Big […]

Summer 2024 Cooking Classes

We hope you will join us for our summer cooking classes, that include grilling, ethnic cuisines, techniques, sauces, baking, decorating, gluten-free, vegetarian, plant-based, knife skills, date nights, girls’ nights out, parent-child classes, summer classes for children, and much more! Visit our Cooking Classes page to see a full listing! Welcome and welcome back: Sean Price […]

Spring 2024 Cooking Classes

We are thrilled to be in our beautiful new building at 9011 Manchester Road, St. Louis, MO 63144 to start our 40th anniversary! This gives us the space for more classes, and do we have more classes for you. There are more than 300 available classes! Join us in welcoming back: Barry Marcus French Favorites […]