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Chef Richard Vayda

Chef Bio

Meet Richard Vayda

Richard Vayda is the Director of Wine Studies at the Institute of Culinary Education. He is also a senior instructor in the school’s Culinary Management Diploma program. Vayda’s education includes a master’s degree in Foodservice Management from NYU, studies at The Sorbonne in Paris, a certificate from The Sommelier Society of America, as well as visits to all of the world’s major winemaking areas. His love affair with wine and food began in his Italian and Russian family, where he started to make homemade wine as a teenager. Vayda has also opened and owned restaurants, cafés, and lounges in Connecticut and New York. Some of his favorite wines are rosés from Provence, aged cabernets, and of course, Champagne.

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Class Experience Levels

Level 1: Basic

We are providing beginner home cooks the foundational education to begin feeling more comfortable at home in the kitchen.

Level 2: Intermediate

Classes for those who are a little more comfortable in the kitchen and are looking to advance their culinary and baking knowledge.

Level 3: Advanced

Classes for those who have taken various levels of classes here before or are students who have had some kitchen experience.

Level 4: Professional

Food professionals learn the ins and outs on how to advance their professional career: perfect a specialized skill, search for new paths in the industry, and network with their peers.

Featured Classes

Check out these Saturday and Sunday night classes.

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Sat April 5

The Bear - A Day at The Beef of Chicagoland

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...

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05:00PM-09:00PM

Level 1

Sue Gonsalves

$175

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Sun April 27

Dim Sum

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04:00PM-07:00PM

Level 2

Staff Instructor

$150

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Sat April 5

The Bear - A Day at The Beef of Chicagoland

Class Snapshot

05:00PM-09:00PM

Level 1

Sue Gonsalves

$175

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Sun April 27

Dim Sum

Sitting down to an assortment of dim sum in a bustling restaurant is the culmination of a weekend stroll through Chinatown. It's never easy to choose from the myriad of delicacies that pass by the table, or to not try just one more thing. In this class, you will learn to prepare a variety of popular dim sum dishes, to impress family and friends with a feast of your own. You will make: shrimp shao mai; spring rolls; spareribs with balck bean sauce, and pan-fried vegetable dumplings with spicy dipping sauce.

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04:00PM-07:00PM

Level 2

Staff Instructor

$150

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Ranked as America’s Best Culinary School (USAToday 2019), our roster of Chef-Instructors have run top kitchens around the globe.

Brookfield Place at 225 Liberty Street,
New York, NY 10281 (800) 522-4610

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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