In Creative Cuisine, students collaborate in the culinary lab to plan, prepare, and cook a variety of dishes each day. You'll gain hands-on experience with essential kitchen skills, including precise measuring, effective equipment use, knife techniques, and diverse cooking methods. Each class presents a fresh chance to learn, work together, and expand your culinary understanding in an engaging, fun, hands-on, and interactive environment.

Class Highlights

Measuring, Kitchen Equipment, and Techniques:

• Chocolate Chip Cookies & Edible Cookie Dough: Learn the science behind perfect baking.

Quick Breads:

• Pancakes, Crepes, & Cheddar Bay Biscuits: Explore batter consistency and leavening.
• Dutch Baby & Apple Cinnamon Scones: Understand the role of heat in rising.

Fruits, Vegetables, & Knife Skills:

• Twice Baked Potatoes & Veggie Lo Mein: Practice knife skills and vegetable preparation.
• Smoothie Bowls & Fresh Pasta with Cherry Tomato Sauce: Experiment with fresh ingredients and flavors.

Seasonal Treats & Sweets:

• Hot Chocolate Cookies & Georgia Gilmore Pound Cake: Study traditional and seasonal baking methods.
• Apple Hand Pies & Crumbled Snickerdoodle Cookies: Gain experience in dough handling and shaping.

Yeast Breads:

• Garlic Knots, Calzones & Pretzels: Learn the fundamentals of yeast, dough proofing, and shaping.
• Cinnamon Rolls & Pizza: Explore techniques in rolling, filling, and baking dough.

Protein & Knife Skills:

• Chicken Noodles Stir Fry & Skirt Steak Tacos: Develop techniques for cooking proteins and balancing flavors.
• Cheesy Meatball Skillet & Chicken Fried Rice: Explore sautéing, seasoning, and one-pan cooking.

Appetizers:

• Cheese Rangoons & Crispy Potato Wedges: Practice creating appetizers and dipping sauces.

Sauces & Soups:

• Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese: Discover basic soup-making and pairing with complementary dishes.
• Ramen Bowls & Fresh Pasta with Bolognese: Learn about stocks, broths, and sauce building.

What You’ll Learn:

• Culinary Techniques: Grow your essential cooking methods and procedures.
• Kitchen Equipment Use: Become familiar with using various kitchen tools safely and effectively.
• Teamwork & Creativity: Work collaboratively to plan, prepare, and present dishes.

Hungry for more?  Additional Information:  

Get to know the Kitchen:

• Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Edible Cookie Dough

Quick Breads

• Pancakes
• Crepes
• Cheddar Bay Biscuits
• Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Brown sugar croissants
• Apple cinnamon scones
• Dutch Baby

Fruits and Vegetables/ Knife Skills

• Twice Baked Potatoes
• Veggie Lo Mein
• Strawberry Streusel Cups
• Vegetable Fried Rice
• Smoothie bowls
• Fresh Pasta with a Cherry Tomato Sauce
• Sprinkles Key Lime Cupcakes
• Vegetable Pot Stickers
• Baked Blueberry Donuts
• Brownie Parfaits
• Elote
• Baked Spinach Ravioli
• Carrot Cake Cupcakes
• Apple Cranberry Crisp
• Smoothie Bowls
• Mashed Potato Casserole
• Pumpkin Bars
• Fresh Pasta with a Garlic Butter Sauce
• Strawberry Cheesecake Bites
• Sweet Crepes with a Blueberry Sauce and Fresh Whipped Cream
• Banana Chocolate Chip Donut Holes

Baking and other Miscellaneous

• Hot Chocolate Cookies
• Ginger Cream Cookies
• Sugar Cookies with Frosting
• Georgia Gilmore Pound cake with fresh whipped cream and berries
• Milkshakes
• Lucky Charms Treats
• Apple Hand Pies
• Sprinkles Cookies
• Crumbl Snickerdoodle Cookies
• Buttered Noodles with Fresh Fruit
• Cookie Brownies or Skillet Cookies
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yeast Breads

• Garlic Knots
• Calzones
• Pretzels
• Cinnamon Rolls
• Pizza

Protein/ Knife Skills

• Chicken Noodles Stir Fry
• Cheeseburger Sliders
• French Toast
• Taco Scoops
• Skirt Steak Tacos
• Chicken Quesadillas
• Angel Food Cake Cupcakes
• Meat Potstickers
• Drop Biscuit Sandwiches with Bacon, Egg and Cheese
• Cheesy Meatball Skillet
• Lunch Meat Grilled Cheese
• Chicken, gnocchi and vegetable bake
• Nacho Fries
• Pizza Sliders
• Chicken Fried Rice
• Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

Appetizers

• Cheese Rangoons with a sweet chili sauce
• Crispy Potato Wedges with Garlic Aioli
• Pretzel Bites with a Cheese Sauce

Sauces and Soups

• Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese
• Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
• Ramen Bowls
• Fresh pasta with a Bolognese sauce
• Enchiladas
• Caramel Crispy Apple Pops with a sweet glaze
• Boneless wings with sauce
• Macaroni and Cheese
• Air Fryer Cinnamon Sugar Twists with a Yogurt Sauce
• Fresh Pasta with an Alfredo Sauce