Why You Must Take a Food and Wine Class at the Napa Valley Cooking School

Immerse yourself in the local wine and culinary scene by enrolling in a class at the Napa Valley Cooking School. The Napa Valley Cooking School offers intensive training for aspiring chefs and food and wine enthusiasts alike. With hands-on training in a disciplined and professional learning environment, students will learn from the Napa Valley’s top chefs, winemakers, and artisan producers. Whether you are looking for a career in the culinary arts or just want a crash course in food and wine during your Napa Valley vacation, there is a class for everyone at the Napa Valley Cooking School.

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Enhance Your Culinary Skills with an Enthusiast Program

The Napa Valley Cooking School Enthusiast Program is ideal for wine country visitors interested in brushing up on their culinary expertise. No need to be enrolled at the Cooking School, as the Enthusiast Program allows you to choose a date-specific single-day class focusing on a particular culinary area.

Take your culinary knowledge to a new level under the direction of a local professional Chef. Experience artisan food production, from purchasing fresh ingredients to eating like a Chef. After your intimate hands-on culinary class, feast on your creations and take home a printed recipe package to remember your special day.

Upcoming 2018 Enthusiast Classes

Hone your Napa Valley wine and cuisine knowledge with upcoming Enthusiast classes. Perfect your blind wine tasting skills in the Napa Wine – Taste and Evaluate Like A Pro course as you master the evaluation of wines from around the world. Learn the importance of color, aroma, and flavor and find the wine that best suits your taste. Make creamy, fluffy fresh ricotta in the Ricotta Italian Style: How to Make It and Use It class. Under the direction of Planet Cheese publisher Janet Fletcher, learn how to make luscious homemade ricotta before preparing a dinner menu that puts the cheese front and center.

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For something different, expand your culinary comfort level by enrolling in the Modern Vegetarian and Vegan, Greek Yogurt Workshop, or Noodle Dish Enthusiast Program.

For more information and a full list of upcoming Enthusiast classes, visit the Napa Valley Cooking School.

Start Planning Your Napa Valley Getaway with the Wine Country Inn

The Napa Valley Cooking School is only a short five-minute drive from the Wine Country Inn, a luxury boutique hotel in the heart of the Napa Valley. Plan your wine country vacation with a stay in the charming town of St. Helena. Relax in a comfortable suite and enjoy your private patio with vineyard views, a delicious wine country breakfast, and complimentary wine receptions hosted by a local vintner every Friday and Saturday night.