Vegan Cooking Class

Recent reviews of Vegan Cooking Class

• 5/5 from Madeline Virbasius, attended Jan 2026: Francesco and Ivan are excellent teachers and great at focusing on the basic, safe way to hold the knife, make slim julienne cuts and do dicing, etc. We prepared a minestrone, pesto, and ratatouille for salmon in papillote to use all our learned cutting techniques. There was also time to make a dessert- peach and strawberry galette. Though the class ran over since there a lot of students tonight, the pace was great and the meal was delicious. Lovely space too!
• 5/5 from James Murphy, attended Sep 2025: Chef Dona was terrific, being knowledgeable and enthusiastic.. She had great tips for home cooking with respect to being organized before the cooking starts and points on techniques with knives and chopping and cutting vegetables and fruits. The class was hands on throughout.
• 5/5 from Carolina Devia Angarita, attended Mar 2024: Very smooth and pleasant. I’d come back with friends soon. We learned so much
• 5/5 from Alison Dundy, attended Feb 2024: Teacher was knowledgeable and charming. Worked very hard to keep us comfortable and engaged. This class was advertised as a knife skills class but did not give nearly enough attention to skills development in their use, to my mind.
• 5/5 from Nora Regis, attended Feb 2024: The venue was beautiful and the teacher was very patient and clear. I will be using the recipe for minestrone for the rest of my life. I definitely still need to unlearn bad knife habits, but this class was very good.
• 5/5 from Amanda Fanning, attended Jan 2024: Great class! Very fun and learned a ton in an awesome space with very engaging teachers
• 5/5 from Penny Rosen, attended Jan 2024: We had a fun & entertaining evening learning some basic knife and cooking skills. Francisco, our teacher was charming. Guiding our group thru the creation of a very yummy meal that was the culmination of the class.
• 3/5 from Victoria Chou, attended Jan 2024: The class was fun and the food we helped to prepare tasted good, but the focus on knife skills is very quick and quite basic. This is definitely more geared toward complete beginners in the kitchen. You'll learn how to hold a knife and how to cut a few different vegetables.
• 5/5 from Elivia Ambler, attended Nov 2023: Knife Skills 101 was a wonderful experience! Huge thanks to Dona, who was a fantastic instructor.
• 4/5 from Joseph Nina, attended Oct 2023: Francesco and donna were amazing and so friendly. We made great food and had a very fun time. I wish we learned a bit more about knives and techniques, but overall a great cooking class.
• 5/5 from David Thomas, attended Aug 2023: This was such a great experience! It was given to me as a gift, and I was able to choose my own class. I did knife techniques because this was my first class, and it seemed like a good idea to start with something that would help me on a daily basis. This was the right choice for me. Turns out I've been holding my knife wrong all this time, and I feel safer with a blade now. It will take some practice to un-learn the old way, but I'm excited that I now know how to hold the knife more safely and, with time, hopefully be able to cut more quickly and with less fatigue. The instructor was awesome (I am bad with names and I don't remember it). On top of the knife demonstration and instruction, he had all kinds of great cooking advise, and the meal we all made together was delicious. Please note, the only knife that is used is the chef's knife. I wish there was a little more instruction on other kinds of knives, but I didn't mind too much, since the chef's knife is my go-to 95% of the time.
• 5/5 from Shamitha Pula, attended Apr 2023: Teacher was great! Venue was so cute and I like the class size, it’s not too intimidating. And the food was amazing!
• 5/5 from Sean Cushman, attended Apr 2023: Great teaching that was easy to follow step by step and very professional yet cozy and pleasant atmosphere!
• 5/5 from Jacquelynn Proscia, attended Mar 2023: The venue was so cozy and perfect for the class. Our instructors Ivan and Dona were very knowledgeable and sincerely made the class such an enjoyable experience for my partner’s birthday celebration! We have very warm memories from this day and learned while making a delicious meal! Highly recommended.
• 5/5 from Matthew McCahill, attended Mar 2023: Great claaa, Dona was an amiable and patient instructor. Food was excellent as was ambiance
• 5/5 from Andrew Moeller, attended Jan 2023: Chef Nora provided a very helpful and fun class, she was very well instructed and provided great detail when going through our directions. We learned certain dicing techniques, how to mince and slice certain foods, how to properly hold a kitchen knife, and provided a delicious meal for everyone once our class has finished preparing the food.
• 5/5 from Stephen Feeley, attended Oct 2022: Our chef, Nora, was a great instructor - very friendly and informative. The MacDougal Street kitchen setup was unique, cozy and accommodating. The experience was great value for the money. About a three hour hands-on session the covered basic cutting and cooking fundamentals for newbies with clear explanations behind the 'why' in terms of technique and approach. Learning the proper way to slice, dice, cube and prep and enjoying the fruits of our labor by eating what we made was a great way to spend 3 hours in the East Village.