Cooking Class/Dinner W/ Celebrity French Chef OR Private Chef Ser

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English, French
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Join a culinary adventure with an award-winning French chef. Cook a gourmet meal or dessert and savor your creations. Private or public classes available for up to 15 guests. Upgrade options.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

This is a hands-on culinary experience with an Emmy and James Beard winner chef! Under the guidance of chef AlexG, you will prepare a gourmet meal (or desserts) and then enjoy it around our table. You will learn French cooking techniques, knife skills, sauces, and how to cook locally sourced vegetables and proteins perfectly, you may learn to use a mini-torch to caramelize your creme brulée (upgrade 2). We can customize menus for your group (upgrade 3). The experience can be private (see pricing), or you can join a Public class, those classes are limited to 10 guests. We can accommodate up to 15 people for a private class. Your fee with Viator is for a basic class; you can choose one of our upgrades from our menu to create a very special experience. Please get in touch directly with us after you sign in with Viator to get access to our Cooking class/dinner menu and options.

We also offer private chef services or private classes at your location. A 20% gratuity will be added.

What You Get

Private Chef
Dinner
Cocktail N Wine
Cancellation Policy - up to 3 days in advance of start time for a partial refund
Cancellation Policy - up to 2 weeks in advance of start time for a full refund
NO BASIC CLASS DURING HOLIDAY TIME. ALL CLASSES ARE UPGRADE 2 OR 3. CHECK WITH US FOR PRICING.

Good To Know

  • There is one step up to the entrance. We can help lift a wheelchair, and we can provide a low table for food prep.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • We can accommodate special dietary restrictions.
  • Service animals allowed
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Cook with a French chef who has produced the Emmy-winning television series Martha Stewart Living and won the James Beard Award for Lidia Bastianich’s PBS series, Lidia’s Italy. The chef will teach you classic French cooking techniques as you prepare a delicious heathy meal from local, seasonal ingredients. You will enjoy a glass of wine from his cellar with your recipe tasting. The chef will custom-design a menu to accommodate your favorites and avoid ingredients you don’t want in your meal as much as possible. This is our basic class, you have option to upgrade to make your experience even more special.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

60 Julia St, Julia Street, St. Johns County Florida, United States, US, 32084

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The French Culinary Experience takes place five minutes from the historic district. Look for the white ranch house, white fence, corner of Nesmith Street. It’s fine to park on the street in front of the house. We can also come to you for private group class.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

What People Are Saying
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French night in St. Augustine
February 09, 2025
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The French cooking class ended up being the main event of our five day trip to St Augustine. Chef Alex made us feel very welcome. He provided great instruction, including why things were to be do...read more

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Wife’s birthday celebration
August 11, 2024
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Alex was great fun and prepared for our class. His stories and experiences made the night go fast and my wife’s birthday was a success.

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Wonderful experience!
May 13, 2024
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(Viator)

Wonderful food and company! Highly recommend this experience. Chef Alex was awesome! Would love to have the recipes.

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Risotto class leaves a bitter taste
March 09, 2024
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Chef required my mom and I to pay an additional $146 (beyond our prepaid $210 multi-course class purchased through Viator) before he let us leave his house. When asked about this surprise, undefin...read more

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Celebrity Chef cooking class and meal - great fun
February 23, 2024
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An amazing evening, and experience in the company of a great Chef and entertaining raconteur. This is a cooking class, so one learns to cook something. Our main course was a Chicken dish, rolled an...read more

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