One of the managers in my team at work won an award because she is a pretty awesome manager. What does this have to do with cooking classes? Well, she is a food-lover, in addition to being totally hilarious, and decided to treat her team to an afternoon of cooking as a group. Again, where do I fit in? Well, she had some available slots in the group and guess who jumped at the chance?! Me! There you go, now I fit into the picture totally, don't I?
And that's where it began.
Joann had filled me in on how nice their kitchen is but even then I was all *gasp* and *double gasp*. I mean, take a look..
Every surface either squeeks or is filled with food and/or kitchen gadgets. No complaints!
There's one entire wall full of Le Creuset stuff. Saucepans, bowls, pans, stock pots, and the list goes on and on.
The opposite wall was dedicated to Scan Pan. I hadn't heard of the brand before this but now, I am down. I go to their website every other day and just ogle.
This is probably my favourite section though. This shelf takes up so little space yet houses so many (important!) heavy things. Imagine how helpful this would be in a tiny kitchen. A food-lover's kitchen cuz otherwise, you don't even need so many kitchen gadgets!
The last shelf, dedicated to Kitchenaids. Not one, not two, but four of them. Four. FOUR!
They also had four ovens. *Dreamy sigh*
We made pizza from scratch, chicken tacos with avocado, fritatta with tomato salsa, and pear and cherry cake with a spiked glaze.
The ingredients were measured and laid out neatly before we got there.
So we cracked open a bottle of girly bubbly and got started!
I spent some quality time with the Kitchenaid as it kneaded the dough for the pizza. He even told me I will soon acquire his cousin. I hope he's right. Then again, a Kitchenaid is always right. Right?
The dough was super soft and very easy to work with after left alone to rise for a while. There was a lot of poking and touching to get acquainted.
The cake came along really well too. The batter was entirely whipped up in a Kitchenaid too. He was yellow but we didn't get a chance to chat. By the way, I made this cake the next weekend and will post soon.
The fritatta was super easy to whip up. It was partly cooked on a stove and then baked (Scan Pan is oven proof too, how cool is that?).
When the cake was done, the chef did this for two reasons. 1) To loosen it gently from the ramekin and 2) So that it stays warm when we are ready to attack them!
These were for the tacos. Fresh vegetables. 
The tacos themselves, with sour cream dip, shaved parmesan and the avocado dip.
Ah the pizzas. Each one was unique because we all got a blob of dough and could pick and choose our filling.
This is the chef's version. Minimalistic with two variations - simple tomato and cheese on one side, and thinly sliced potatoes on the other.
Then we got started. There were hearts..
And half moons..
And tons of different shapes, colours, textures, fillings..
Mine? Well very simple. Tomato base, fresh rosemary, and oodles of cheese. Pizza = cheese to me 😀
PS: I got quite pally with the Silpat too. We may meet again in the near future for a cookie or two.
If you are ever looking for cooking classes in Singapore, Palate Sensations (the link no longer seems to be working) is a definite must-try. Its pricey but totally worth it!
Priya
Am awestuck to see such a beautiful kitchen...seems u had a wonderful time..pizza rocks!
jayasri
Hi nags, thanks for sharing, such an amazing sight to the food lovers all over the world, to have a kitchen like that, I did something not exactly so beautiful in my kids school, big ovens and lot of gadgets!!, lovely post, the smoke one is really good, and the veggies for the tacos is an other one I liked.
Nags I am also here to wish you and your family a very happy new year, love to see more beautiful photographs and your lovely interesting posts..
Sonia
Incredible post! Loved all the kitchen and gadgets. I have been looking for that Silpat baking mat too but no luck yet! 🙁
jayasri
Hi nags, thanks for sharing, such an amazing sight to the food lovers all over the world, to have a kitchen like that, I did something not exactly so beautiful in my kids school, big ovens and lot of gadgets!!, lovely post, the smoke one is really good, and the veggies for the tacos is an other one I liked.
Nags I am also here to wish you and your family a very happy new year, love to see more beautiful photographs and your lovely interesting posts..
Anupama
Awwwww! How I wish I had a kitchen like that that is so well-organized and well equipped! You are one lucky girl and I'm glad you signed up for the class! The items that you managed to cook away that day are also mind-blowing 🙂
Mahimaa's kitchen
sounds fun. i also went for some cooking classes and learned how to make icecreams.
Pari
Dear Nags,I guess all cooks or any foodie would love to have a kitchen like this. I have been aspiring for that bread machine, and seeing so many there makes me green.
Good for you as u could work in that kitchen, now, I am sure you have a good idea what you need for your kitchen.
Prathibha
ohh..wish I would have attended that class....such a nice kitchen...
Nags,I posted one of ur recipes and linked it back to ur page...plz chk the link..
http://thechefandherkitchen.blogspot.com/2009/12/baby-potatoes-in-red-coriander-sauce.html
Anjana R
Hello Edible Garden! I came across your site while searching for baking recipes and tried out your banana cake and it was lovely! thanks you so much for that recipe!
I was wondering if we could get an oven like yours (the one you showed us in your Butterscotch Blondies recipe) in India. Please tell us the nbrand name, make and model and which outlet/chain you got it at if you remember. My email ID is anjanaraster2@gmail.com. Thank you once again and keep up the great work. 🙂
The Wandering Minstrel
ugh ugh. u must post such fotos here at a time when the whole world is displaying comfort food. its christmas and this is NOT kind. ugh. i still love u.