The Chopping Block's new CULINARY BOOT CAMP!

Get your cooking skills in shape in our new intensive class.

• Knife Skills & Butchering
• Meats & Fish: Braising, roasting, grilling, poaching, sauté
• Sauces & Soups
• Vegetables, starches, and grains
• Flavor Dynamics, Meal Composition, Menu Planning & Mystery Basket

Take it all in one week (next session starts August 27th and the September session starts Sept 17th), or on eight consecutive Sundays (starting September 9th), $1750. Registration is open now!

Culinary Boot Camp

It's like professional cooking school without the commitment! Our team of chefs will lead you through a vigorous culinary ropes course designed to challenge and delight the home cook.

How long is it?

Boot Camp is either five consecutive week days from 8:00am to 5:00 pm, or a five session series to be held on Sundays.

What does a typical day entail?

Each day's session moves from lecture to chef's demonstration to individual hands on execution of recipes that feature the essential techniques in modern cooking. All dishes prepared are then served to the group, providing an opportunity for a cooking round table where students rest their feet while engaging in a discussion of techniques and culinary topics.

What will I learn?

We've condensed a basic culinary curriculum into 5 intense days, incorporating knife skills, butchering, techniques for cooking meat and fish, soups, sauces, vegetables, menu planning, flavor dynamics, and culminating in a free flowing market basket afternoon of cooking without recipes.

Upcoming Schedule:

Culinary Boot Camp: May 2008 5/19-5/23; July 2008 7/14-7/18; Sep. 2008 9/8-9/12; Nov. 2008 11/3-11/7; Jan. 2009 1/12-1/16.

Advanced Boot Camp: Introducing more advanced topics like breads and desserts, plus diving deeper into the worlds of sauces and soups, plus meat and fish cookery.

Sunday Boot Camp: April 6-May 25; September 7-October 26.

Contact Chef Ginna Haravon for more information or to register.
773-472-6700 x19, or email ginna@thechoppingblock.net. Or download a flyer here.