The Foundations of Cooking: Adult Culinary Bootcamp

This 5-day culinary vacation to The Farm Cooking School in the beautiful Delaware River Valley includes everything you need to know for creative freedom in the kitchen! You will learn essential knife skills and five core culinary techniques: searing, braising, roasting, poaching, and grilling. You will also learn how to make a variety of egg-based seasonal desserts (including custard, ice cream, meringue). Classes will use Roots to River Farm organic vegetables, award-winning local meats, and sustainable seafood. A full three-course meal will be created in each of the seven classes to be enjoyed with classmates and the instructors!

Sample Schedule:

8:00AM – 9:00AM Optional Excursion: The Golden Nugget Flea Market; Personal Time

9:00AM – 10:00AM Roots to River Farm & Locust Light Farm Tours with Malaika Spencer and Amanda Midkiff

10:00AM – 1:00PM Knife Skills Cooking Class at The Farm Cooking School (includes lunch)

1:00PM – 4:00PM Bobolink Dairy Farm Tour and Cheese Tasting

4:00PM – 6:00PM Optional Excursion: Grounds for Sculpture Tour; Personal Time

6:00PM – 9:00PM Wine Paired Farm Dinner with Sommelier Carol Berman

The cost per person is $2,250.00 (not including accommodation) which includes all hands-on cooking classes, lunch and dinner, afternoon excursions/demonstrations, and a copy of The Farm Cooking School cookbook. Classes are intimate and focus attention on each students individual needs. This experience is designed for adults 21+.