Chateau Chantal Cooking Class-Bistro Cooking at Home

16 March 2013
Bistro Cooking at Home
Chef Perry Harmon
12:30-4:30pm

In this class we will create dishes you might find at your favorite neighborhood Bistro/Bar with a northern Michigan flair. Local Raclette Gougeres, smoked salmon and dried cherry fritters with horseradish crème fraiche, classic vinaigrette with local mustard, vinegar and oil over a salad of romaine, bacon and local goat cheese, Perry's cream of French Onion soup with garlic confit crouton, steak Panini with sautéed mushrooms, roasted garlic, caramelized onions and cheese on local bread with truffled potato frites, oven roasted herbed chicken with apples, artichokes and white wine and a rustic apple and ginger tart with sweetened crème fraiche plus more.

If classes are full, please call 1-800-969-4009 to be added to the wait list.

Chef Perry Harmon has 20 plus years of experience as a professional chef in restaurants, corporations, classrooms and in private homes a personal chef. He was the chef on Traverse City TV 7&4's "The Peninsula Kitchen with Stacey Skrysak and Chef Perry Harmon" creating original seasonal recipes focusing on local ingredients and products. He was one of the chefs, and the only local chef, with Learn Great Foods, an organic food tour company operating in 4 mid-west states for the past 6 years.

His former Gourmet Foods Company "Way North Foods" produced artisanal gourmet baked goods and other gourmet handcrafted edibles. Both he and his products have been written up in Traverse Magazine, Hour Detroit Magazine, NM3 Magazine, The Nibble, Draft Magazine, Conde` Nast Traveler, Northern Express, Traverse City Record Eagle, Grand Traverse Insider, Edible Grand Traverse and Fancy Foods & Culinary Products.

We offer two day cooking class packages:
Cooking Classes do not require a stay in our B&B. If you do wish to stay the weekend, however, the cost begins at $275 per person based on double occupancy, accommodation and double enrollment for the weekend stay including breakfast both Saturday and Sunday morning, cooking class with Chef Perry on Saturday, and the opportunity to enjoy the food you prepare after class as well as wine tasting and a lodger cellar tour.
All classes are approximately four hours and hands-on.  Class begins at 12:30pm-4:30pm and includes the enjoyment of your preparations paired with our wines during class. 

The price is $90 per person with 24 maximum per class.   Bring an apron and a favorite knife!

Call us at 1-800-969-4009 for reservations, or order online.