Linda Martin Class Schedule

An Italian Cocktail party is everybody’s answer to an amazing menu, served - cocktail style! This popular cuisine is offered in small bites, with vibrant flavors, classic combinations, and delicious healthy ingredients, for finger food combos! The menu can be casual, rustic, sophisticated or celebratory. It’s perfect for gatherings throughout the fall and through the holidays. Come for a fun and festive class and learn how to create an impressive party menu! Our lesson is Toasted Baguette Slices with Sautéed Mushrooms, Saffron-Goat Cheese Crema & Basil Oil; Grilled Cooked Clams Casino with Garlic, Crisp Bacon, & Parsley; Italian Braised Eggplant, Tomatoes, & Garlic Caponata on Grilled Crostini; Tuscan-style Gorgonzola Stuffed & Fried Olives; Mushroom Caps Roasted & Filled with Spinach, Parmesan, Smoked Paprika; Grill Cooked Italian Sausage Bites with Balsamic Syrup, and Chocolate Dipped Fresh Made Hazelnut Biscotti. We will enjoy our great food with an Aperol Spritz Cocktail.

Plan one of the best dates with your partner and bring them to a couples class where you’ll be a team sharing a gourmet cooking experience! Our lesson teaches an array of great recipes and a three-course meal served with a sampling of wine. Come for sautéed fresh Mushrooms & Goat Cheese-Saffron Cream on Toast with Basil Oil Amuse and Butter Lettuce Salad with Toasted Walnuts & Gorgonzola, served with Sauvignon Blanc. The entrée is Slow Simmered Bolognese over Fresh Made Pappardelle Pasta; Grill Cooked Asparagus with Candied Bacon; Homemade Focaccia Bread with Olives & Fresh Herbs, and Marsala & Butter Cooked Fresh Carrots, served with Italian Barollo. Dessert will be Fresh Made Strawberry Gelato with Whipped Cream & Drunken Berries. Priced per Couple.

This class teaches a great assortment of ribs and wings with so many great flavors and special cooking methods to create flavors from classic, traditional combos to sticky, hot, and sweet. Our great lesson shows them all! Come join us for a fun lesson of Oven Roasted & Grilled Baby Back Ribs with Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce; Grilled Teriyaki Wings and Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce; Beef Ribs on the Grill with Coffee BBQ Sauce; Oven Roasted Hoisin Glazed Baby Back Pork Ribs; Jerk Seasoned Caribbean Style Wings; Grilled Buffalo Seasoned Wings with Cilantro-Ranch Dip and Charred Korean Style Short Ribs with Asian Pears.

Make this a night spent with your partner having fun in a kitchen that is not your own! This group of couples will share a lively evening of chopping, stirring, sauteing a three-course gourmet meal. Each couple will prepare a part of the meal of their choosing. When the cooking is done, each course will be enjoyed with a glass of wine. Come have a fun evening and learn to prepare Tempura Shrimp Amuse with Cara Cara Orange Relish and Baby Kale Caesar with crunchy French Bread Croutons served with Sauvignon Blanc. The entrée will be Red Wine Braised and Grilled Baby Back Pork Ribs with Carolina BBQ Sauce; Grilled Red Potatoes with Watercress & Blue Cheese; White Cheddar Mac & Cheese with Garlic Breadcrumbs, and Oven Roasted Fresh Green Beans and Millionaire Bacon, served with Zinfandel. Dessert will be Cinnamon-Apple Crisp with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream & Whiskey-Caramel Sauce. Priced per Couple.

Learning to Cook with Champagne teaches the cook to take an ingredient associated with celebrations and elevate everyday cooking. It makes a menu special and sounds impressive while adding its unique flavor. Learning to use it feels elegant, festive, and a little luxurious, while the class will teach techniques that are surprisingly practical. Learn and enjoy a fun lesson of Pan Seared Sea Scallops with Champagne-Vanilla Butter Sauce; Mixed Greens with Avocado, Bacon, & Feta Cheese in Champagne Vinaigrette; Slow Cooked Asparagus & Champagne Risotto; Salmon Poached in Champagne with Shallot-Butter Sauce; Seared Chicken with Rosemary in Champagne Sauce; Butter Sautéed Fresh Carrots with Dill & Champagne, and dessert of Fresh Raspberry Sauce over Peach & Champagne Sorbet .

If you’re ready for a fun evening out with your partner, why not come for an amazing culinary experience and be a team helping prepare a three-course gourmet meal! Our lesson for couples teaches great techniques in a relaxed cooking environment. After you have created the recipes of your choice, the group will sit down to enjoy a sampling of wine with a great meal! Come join in the fun and be part of learning Sweet Potato Blini Amuse with Crème Fraiche, Caviar, & Chives and Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Pecorino, Toasted Walnuts, & Dijon-Balsamic Vinaigrette, served with Chardonnay. The entrée will be Pan Seared Red Fish with Spanish Romesco Sauce, Grill Cooked Fresh Asparagus and Lemon Gremolata; Smoked Chili Scalloped Sweet Potatoes, and Slow Cooked Brown Butter Champagne Risotto, served with Zinfandel. Dessert will be Flourless Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel & Fresh Made Vanilla Ice Cream. Priced per Couple.

Plan an evening night out with your girlfriends and escape into an event with a delicious experience in a relaxed social environment where conversation, laughter and memories are created. Something more fulfilling than dinner out, you and your girlfriends will have a shared experience and will enjoy a little indulgence with this fun lesson. Join us for Tempura Shrimp with Cara Cara Orange Relish; Fig Jam & Brie Bruschetta; Endive leaves with Crispy Bacon, Blue Cheese, & Toasted Walnuts; Blistered Shishito Peppers with Togarashi & Sea Salt; Caramelized Shallot Baked Brie with Crisp Apple Slices; Black Peppered New York Steak on Crostini with Blue Cheese & Baby Arugula; Glazed Fresh Strawberry Tartlets, and an Elderflower, Fresh Grapefruit, & Prosecco Cocktail.

Here is a class made for couples who enjoy great food and an opportunity to work together as a team cooking in a fun, relaxed environment. You will be part of a group of couples preparing part of a three-course gourmet dinner. The meal is served with a sampling of wine. We hope you can join us for an evening of culinary fun and menu of French Onion Soup Shots Amuse and Crispy Iceberg Wedge with Green Goddess Dressing, served with Chardonnay. The entrée will be Pan Seared Rib Eye Steak with Rosemary-Blue Cheese Compound Butter, with Sweet Potato & Yukon Gold Gratin; Yorkshire Puddings and Roasted Fresh Green Beans with Shallots & Toasted Hazelnuts, served with Cabernet Sauvignon. Dessert will be Fresh Pear & Apple Crostata with Apple Cider-Caramel Sauce & Vanilla Ice Cream. Priced per Couple.

Here is the class that will give you all the planning, cooking skills, and entertaining tips to have an impressive, elegant holiday party. A menu of small bites with savory appetizers with holiday flair and easy to eat finger foods will make you the hostess everyone will admire. This class will show you how to plan the food, create balanced flavors, organize your timing, and present a beautiful presentation that will make your guests feel special from the moment they arrive. Learn from an expert how to put it all together with confidence. Our lesson is Pepper Crusted New York Steak on Garlic Toasts with Horseradish Cream; Smoked Gouda & Gruyere Caramelized Onion Panini Bites; Chorizo Filled-Bacon Wrapped Medjool Dates; Sweet Potato Blini with Crème Fraiche & Caviar; Lobster Egg Roll Bites with Spicy Sriracha Sauce; Dark Chocolate Mini Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream & Shaved Chocolate, and Mini Pecan Tartlets with Freshly Whipped Cream. We will enjoy it all with a Pomegranate Martini.

Sauces are the secret to making food feel polished, special and memorable. Sauces add flavor, create depth, richness, and elegance to everyday meals. Come for a class that teaches techniques that build flavor by using pan drippings, stocks, wine, cream, butter, and seasonings. You will learn to reduce, thicken, balance, and finish a sauce to enhance the foods you cook. Come to make Sauce Diane (mushrooms, Dijon, lemon juice, Madeira wine, demi-glace) over Cast Iron Cooked New York Steak; Saffron-Butter Sauce over Oven Roasted Cod; Blender Béarnaise over Roasted Fresh Broccoli; Fresh Made Marinara over Linguine; Sun-dried Tomato Vinaigrette over Sautéed Fresh Vegetables; Bourbon BBQ Sauce with Grill Cooked Salmon, and Whiskey Hard Sauce over Fresh Baked Chocolate Cake.

Here is a special class made for couples who enjoy great food! Our lesson pairs you and your partner as a team cooking the part of the menu you want to create. This meal is a three-course gourmet combination served with a sampling of wine. Join us for a fun evening as we create Bake Brie Amuse with Cherries & Fresh Thyme; Shrimp Bisque with Brandy, Fresh Fennel, Tomatoes, & Saffron; Red Wine Slow Cooked Coq Au Vin (braised chicken with shallots, mushrooms, & red wine); Oven Roasted Carrots & Fresh Broccoli with Herbes de Provence; Fresh Made French Dinner Rolls with Sweet Butter; Crispy Shoe String Potatoes with Truffle Oil & Fresh Herbs; and Chocolate-Brandy Pots de Crème with Grand Marnier Whipped Cream. Priced per Couple.

Why not make this a special date night and invite your partner to join you in a gourmet cooking experience? If you are foodies, you will find a lot to like about learning to prepare this three-course gourmet meal. With a group of couples, you will chop, slice, sauté, grill or fry the recipe of your choice. This fun relaxed environment makes it special and easy to have fun while you are learning new techniques and a new recipe! Join us for a fun evening and learn to cook Warm French Baguette Amuse with Melted Brie & Chives; Grilled Radicchio Salad with Peppered Almonds & Gorgonzola Cheese, served with Sauvignon Blanc; Grilled Salmon with Saffron Beurre Blanc; Orzo Pilaf with Scallions & Fresh Grated Parmesan; Flash Cooked Sweet Potatoes with Fresh Herbs; Sautéed Fresh Green Beans with Butter Toasted Garlic, served with Pinot Noir. Dessert will be Spiced Rum Bananas Flambé with Homemade Ice Cream. Priced per Couple.