Chef Gale Gand is a nationally acclaimed pastry chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, television personality, teacher, and entrepreneur. She has been recognized by the James Beard Foundation as Outstanding Pastry Chef of the Year. Gale is a prolific author with eight titles to her credit. For eight years, she hosted the Food Network Series "Sweet Dreams." She is the founding pastry chef and partner, with Chef Rick Tramonto and restaurateur Rich Melman, of Tru in Chicago. Gand and Tramonto earned a Michelin Red M at their restaurant in Stapleford Park, England. Her latest project, Spritz Burger, is collaboration with The Hearty Boys, and features her signature cinnamon-ginger-vanilla root beer and desserts by Chef Gand. Plus, her root beer is available nationally! In 2016, CAPS will offer a variety of single and multiday continuing education courses for working baking and pastry professionals, taught by master chefs and critically acclaimed artists from all over the world. At CAPS, you will refine your skills, learn new and innovative techniques, and expand your current repertoire with hands-on classes among peers. Classes have a limited enrollment of up to 14 students and fill quickly. Please be sure to secure your booking immediately.
One 8 Hour Lesson
Level 1 
$250
You will work in teams to execute the class menu. At the end of class, participants gather to enjoy the food they have prepared. Wine is served with meals in most classes. All class menus are subject to change. While a snack platter is offered in both morning and evening classes, you may want to consider a light snack before joining us for class. Students are encouraged to bring a light lunch or dinner to all pastry classes.
You will work in teams to execute the class menu. At the end of class, participants gather to enjoy the food they have prepared. Wine is served with meals in most classes. All class menus are subject to change. While a snack platter is offered in both morning and evening classes, you may want to consider a light snack before joining us for class. Students are encouraged to bring a light lunch or dinner to all pastry classes.
Spend a day at the famed Original Beef of Chicagoland. Based on the award-winning show "The Bear," we'll be cooking some of Carmy and Mikey's favorites. In this class, you'll make The Beef's Italian Beef Sandwich, Carmy's Chicken Piccata, Mikey's Family Meal Spaghetti Pomodoro and Marcus' Chocolate Cake. Yes, Chef!
These delightful cupcakes come in a range of flavors and frostings, not to mention some well-matched fillings. As we make the cakes, fillings and frostings from scratch, we'll pair strawberry with vanilla, chocolate with white chocolate ganache, peanut butter with chocolate icing, and even birthday cupcakes with a piñata surprise of sprinkles inside. Your cupcake menu: strawberry shortcake with vanilla bean cake and whipped vanilla bean buttercream; chocolate trio with dark chocolate cake, white chocolate ganache and milk chocolate frosting; birthday "piñata" cupcakes with sprinkle buttercream; and peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting.
Discover the bold, aromatic flavors of Ethiopian cuisine in this hands-on plant-based cooking class. Using traditional spices and techniques, we’ll create a vibrant menu of stews, pastries, and vegetables, and we’ll consider the textures and tastes that make Ethiopian cuisine – and the regional cuisines within it – unique. Students will work in groups to prepare Curried Chickpea & Lentil Stew with Warm Injera Bread; Lentil Jalapeño Sambusa Pastries with Cilantro Citrus Relish; Cumin Sizzled Collard Greens with Tomato Chili Confit; Berbere Seared Mushrooms with Charred Eggplant Purée; Orange & Caramelized Leek Wild Rice Pilaf; and Ethiopian Coffee Chocolate Avocado Mousse.
Learn everything you need to know to recreate that quintessential New York staple, the bagel! Make everything you love about brunch, from the fixings to the bagels to the boozy beverages. We'll make: bagels (in multiple flavors: everything, salt, sesame, poppy seed); bagel fixings (scallion cream cheese, tomatoes, onions, capers, lox); whitefish salad; and Bloody Marys to wash it all down.
Ranked as America’s Best Culinary School (USAToday 2019), our roster of Chef-Instructors have run top kitchens around the globe.
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