The Gourmandise School

The Gourmandise School

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Consistently ranked as the best cooking school in Los Angeles, Gourmandise offers hands-on recreational cooking & baking classes. Home • 4-Week & 10-Week Series Courses starting in January • COOKING and BAKING CLASSES for the CULINARY CURIOUS • HOLIDAY GUIDES, HELPFUL TOOLS & TIPS • MORE GUIDES, HELPFUL TOOLS & TIPS • MORE GUIDES, HELPFUL TOOLS & TIPS • The Gourmandise Gift Shop • Whisking Up Smiles… See all of our Series Courses for cooking and baking, designed to build technique, creativity, and intuition in the kitchen. LA’s premier recreational cooking school is located in downtown Santa Monica. Renowned for its hands-on, technique-driven cooking and baking classes, offering instruction for adults, teens, and kids at any skill level. Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into a deliciously fun afternoon! We are teaming up with Doctor Dough and our neighbors at The Curious Palate to bring you the ultimate DIY Pizza, Calzones & Craft Beer experience. This summer, young chefs and bakers can build their skills from scratch in our immersive weeklong camps! Beginning June 15, our Baking and Cooking Camps invite kids and teens to dive into hands-on culinary experiences. Under the guidance of our expert Chef Instructors, students work in pairs to mix, knead, sauté, and bake their way toward real kitchen confidence, while also learning teamwork, organization, and responsibility. The Gourmandise School’s Technique Classes are designed to give you solid foundational skills in a particular area of cooking. Indulge your chocolate cravings and elevate your skills with our specialized chocolate classes. Learn the delicate art of chocolate tempering or crafting your own artisan chocolate from the cacao bean to the chocolate bar in our “Bean to Bar” class. Looking for a fun way to spend quality time with your child? Our 2.5-hour Parent & Child classes are an excellent way to introduce your little chef to the kitchen! Your child (ages 6-11) will learn baking and