Chez Cherie offers cooking classes, corporate Culinary Team Building programs and Private Cooking Parties in the foothills of La Canada, and serves businesses in Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank, and the greater Los Angeles area. Take a cooking class and learn to love food!
OK-- this isn't a class, but we're very excited nonetheless! Based on our wildly popular Trader Joe's classes, The I Love Trader Joe’s Cookbook features over 150 terrific, fast and flavorful recipes using only ingredients from TJ’s. These are our favorites! We think you'll love it, and your friends will love it too. Just released, we have signed copies available for sale at Chez Cherie (before or after classes), or you can order a copy on Amazon. The perfect gift for the foodie in your life. Get several!
These have become some of our most popular classes, featuring the best of what Trader Joe's is currently offering. The recipes change each time, so if you have previously attended a TJ's class, think about coming back to see what's new and great in this great place to shop! Light meal included.
Fourth in a five-part Wednesday evening series; classes may be taken individually. In the Vegetables and Grains class we will teach different techniques for preparing these foods, and how to complement the flavor of each food with the cooking technique. Couscous, bulgar and rice are some of the grains cooked and tasted in class, and seasonal vegetables will be demonstrated with various cooking methods. Light meal included. This class is nearly full; please contact us for availability.
One of my favorite ways to cook is "bistro-style," country French cuisine that's long on flavor.
Count on some recipes that will become favorites for family and entertaining.
Light meal included. $70. This class is sold out, contact us to be placed on the wait list.
Last in our five-part Wednesday evening series; classes may be taken individually. Baking Basics will touch on principles of sweet and savory baking, including pie crust, basic cakes and more. Light meal included.
$65.00
Spring Brunch, 3/23 6:30 pm Perfect food for celebrations—Easter, or just chilling with friends on a weekend morning-turned-afternoon. A perfect brunch menu should include something eggy, something salty and something sweet. It should be both pretty and tasty, and our menu will fill all those requirements, and more. Light meal included. $65.
After months of wintery foods, the markets are beginning to blossom with spring’s bounty. We will take full advantage of the season’s delicious offerings to create some recipes that will put a Spring in your step---or at least bring Spring to your table!
Three-part Wednesday evening series. Designed as a follow-on to our Five-part Basics series, we'll build on the basic skills learned in that series (or elsewhere) and develop intermediate and advanced cooking skills. All students are welcome to enroll; the Basics Series is not a prerequisite.
One of our most popular classes. The recipes are full of flavor, but don’t take hours to put together. We know you have a life -- we just want to help you make it more delicious, quickly. Main dishes, side dishes, and side dishes that can be modified into main dishes. These are recipes you will make again and again.
These have become some of our most popular classes, featuring the best of what Trader Joe’s is currently offering. The recipes change each time, so if you have previously attended a TJ’s class, think about coming back to see what’s new and great in this great place to shop! Light meal included.
Join us at Savor the Flavor, 11 Kersting Court, Sierra Madre, between Noon and 3pm to purchase books, or have books you've purchased elsewhere signed by the author.
This “small plate” trend just keeps growing, along with the trendy Spanish cuisine that inspired it. Tapas are appetizers, noshes and nibbles, with a Latin kick. Come learn how to put together a tapas party that will have your guests shouting “Olé!”
Special event! Chez Cherie was selected by Saveur magazine to present a mouth-watering exploration of Authentic French cuisine. From the bistros of Paris to the farmhouses of Burgundy, this exciting class will take you on a culinary journey through the regions and rituals that have made French food the basis for all other cuisine. We will be preparing a fabulous meal including Gougeres, Salade des Moines, Poussin Vallee d’Auge, Gratin Dauphinois, and Souffle au Chocolat!
This Fall join us for an exclusive Culinary Barge Cruise in Provence! Board the beautiful Le Phenicien in Avignon, and we'll spend seven days exploring Provence and dining on some of the best food and wines on earth. Then we're off to Paris for three nights in one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world. We're still finalizing details, but we expect to have a full itinerary and pricing available by March 12th. We're limited to 16 passengers. Let us know if you're interested and we will send you out the itinerary as soon as it's available.
