Our on demand cooking classes are a unique way to master any recipe at home.  More than just reading a recipe from a book, when you have two chefs guiding you step by step it's almost as if they are in your own home kitchen!  Our On-Demand Cooking classes give you solid dinner and recipe ideas, allow you to get more accomplished in a shorter amount of time, with results you never thought possible.  Save money and make better food at home with the guidance of an On-Demand Cooking Class! 

With over 100 classes to choose from, start with the category of recipes you are looking to make.  We've got meals ready in under an hour, dinner party Ideas, accessible classes for the junior chef in your life, weekend projects, our favourite desserts and more.  All recipes are tried, tested and true–not only by us, two chefs AND moms, but by our global community of home cooks who have been taking our classes for almost 15 years!  

Once you’ve chosen a class you are automatically sent everything you need to know for a recipe for success:  

1. A detailed Ingredient List including handy links to ingredients.  Our shopping list is broken down into three categories: Produce, Protein/Dairy, and Pantry.  This allows you to easily glance at it, see what you might already have, and what you need to shop for.   You’ll find links to some of our favourite spices, dry goods and equipment on this list.  
2. Our handy Cooking Guide: this is your side-by-side companion while you cook and your key to accomplishing the recipe(s) in an organized and efficient manner.  The Cooking Guide is how chefs think about how they are going to bring together a meal.  It contains step-by-step instruction on what to start when, how to chop everything, what do while something else is cooking, when to check on something in the oven… all with the ingredient amounts clearly listed on the right hand side of the page.  It’s easier to view than always referencing a recipe and is there to help you bring together the dish with success.  
3. The Downloadable On-Demand Video!  Our On-Demand Cooking Classes bring two chefs into your home kitchen with education, entertainment and encouragement along the way.   Chefs Jody & Kirstie teach from their set-up kitchen complete with multiple cameras and professional lighting for ideal viewing.  In any given class you’ll see more than once what is happening with constant recapping, check-ins and purposeful pauses.  Better still, if you need to pause the video to catch up on chopping or answer the door, you’ve got that power!  You will feel like you’ve got two chef friends helping you get dinner on the table!  
4. The Recipes: with a picture for every recipe, serving sizes, prep time and cook time, you’ll have the recipes now for life for your future reference.   Again, these recipes are MORE than tried and tested by us, they are loved by many across the globe!  

So by now you’ve chosen your class, purchased the necessary ingredients and you are ready to cook!  Press play on the video and gather your equipment along with Chef Jody’s guidance.  We get you started on everything: if you need to preheat your oven or BBQ, any alternatives or substitutions and any ingredient divisions necessary before starting the class.  Now it's simply time to cook along, pause if needed and enjoy the results!   

There are so many advantages to our On-Demand Cooking Classes including:  

Convenience and Flexibility:

• Flexible Scheduling: You can take the class at any time that fits your schedule. 
• Pace: Learn at your own pace. You can pause, rewind, and rewatch lessons as needed.

Accessibility:

• Location Independence: Participate from anywhere in the world, eliminating geographic constraints.
• Wide Range of Options: Access to a vast variety of cuisines and techniques that might not be available locally.

Cost-Effective:

• Lower Costs: Often less expensive than in-person classes due to no overhead for the venue.  Moreover, you can get the whole family involved in the process!   Click HERE for more on why you should cook (and eat!) together as a family.  
• Cooking at Restaurant Quality At home: You will spend less money on going out to eat as you’ve now mastered how to make take-out worthy meals at home!   

Comfort of Home:

• Familiar Environment: Cook in your own kitchen with your own tools and ingredients.  Learning your own ‘dance moves’ in your own home kitchen will make you a more efficient and confident cook.  
• Less Intimidating: A more relaxed and private setting can be less intimidating for beginners.
• Unwind and destress:  Cooking (or baking) can be an effective way to relieve stress. It’s an opportunity to be creative, stimulate the brain, and even connect to the people (or places) you aren’t able to visit. Click HERE for more on the connection between cooking and stress.   

Ongoing Support:  

• Chef Friends for Life!  Chefs Jody & Kirstie are now your chef friends for life.  Share your results, ask questions (via email or ….) and tell us what you would like to learn!  
• Digital Materials: Access to more downloadable recipes, video tutorials, and other learning resources.
• Community of Cooks: You are now part of a larger online group of home cooks!  From our daily Instagram tips & tricks to our live forums to share experiences and tips, you will feel supported as you continue your journey as a competent home cook!  

Improve your cooking and make meals with your family today!  Click HERE for all of our On-Demand Cooking Classes!  

We need to eat to survive, and have been cooking food for ourselves,  for our families and for our communities for millennia.    Convenience foods were introduced post war,  there was a societal shift in how and when we would eat our meals (think: The TV dinner!)  and cooking  from scratch became a little bit of a lost art form.   Fast forward to 1993 with the dawn of the Food Network and now chefs were celebrities,  everyone wanted to cook amazing food and but did not really know how.   We all wanted to unlock the mystery of how to make homemade pasta,  Beef Wellington, or Butter Chicken.  But unless we went to Chef School for several years and took on a grueling apprenticeship,  this just wasn't possible.    Until now.   Cooking schools are everywhere all over the world to feed our need to eat better food.    

Both online and in-person cooking classes have their own sets of advantages. We started as an in-person cooking class business, and have evolved to the global online business we have today.   Do we miss the former?   Do we think one style of learning is better than the other?   The choice between them depends on personal preferences, learning style, and practical considerations like schedule, location, and budget. Online classes offer flexibility and convenience, while in-person classes provide more of an interactive, and social learning experience.  Because we have experience with both, having taught thousands of ‘student’s’, the feedback we have acquired is that when it comes down to becoming a better home cook, learning in your own home kitchen is key.  We often talk about the dance moves in a kitchen: only you know the dance moves in your home kitchen and it is important to learn them and practise them!  

In this article we're going to give an overview of  what our Live Online Cooking Classes look like when you join,  why you should take one to improve your own home cooking and how you will feel after just one class!    

When you join one of our Live Online Cooking Classes, it means that we are teaching you in real time how to cook, via zoom, in your own home kitchen.  You choose a class from one of our Upcoming Live Online Cooking Classes, which is 8-12 weeks of upcoming classes.   We teach at 12pmEST & 5pmEST, about twice a week.  (Click to find out more about our Upcoming Schedule,  Adding Ingredients and Watching the Recording).    And by ‘we’, it’s Chefs Jody & Kirstie teaching you together.  No dead air, fun facts and banter decorates the class, and multiple camera views with recaps and repeats ensure no cook is left behind.  

There may be anywhere from 10-100 other people online, but that does not affect the experience.   We begin every class with a welcome and overview of the upcoming dishes we will prepare, we go over all of our equipment and ingredients, and any other housekeeping or class set-up necessary for a successful class.   

With all of our classes you are armed with our handy ‘cooking guide’.   This is a step-by-step companion while you cook, with all of the ingredient amounts listed on the right, and the steps on the left.  Not exactly a recipe, it's basically a ‘how-to’ of getting dinner on the table in the most efficient and timely way possible.  

Going through the steps of the recipes is well-paced and thoroughly explained.   Feel free to ask questions in the chat, or unmute yourself to ask a quick question.  ‘Cameras on’ is more fun (we really can see your shoulders crunch up when you are whisking and can remind you to relax!) but it is totally optional.   Again, with two chefs and multiple cameras, if you missed a step the first time, we always recap the key elements of any dish.   

As class wraps up, we always show you our ideal plate presentation or as we lovingly refer to it, ‘the model citizen’ and encourage you to share yours as well!  

At the end of every class you will feel accomplished, confident and super excited to share your meal with family and friends.   You will gain new dance moves in your home kitchen you never thought possible.    The quality of a simple weekday meal will be improved tenfold, with tips and tricks from Chefs Jody & Kirstie– things you don’t necessarily always get while reading a recipe.  We reinforce time-honoured cooking techniques, the ‘lost art’ that we so desperately need to come back into our lives.   

After class you will automatically receive a fully downloadable set of recipes, as well as the class recording to make re-creating the recipes a breeze!  

In summary, choosing to take one our our Live Online Cooking Classes provides you with the following: 

• Improved cooking skills in your own home kitchen, using your own equipment.  
• Confidence when approaching many recipes by breaking down recipes in an organized and efficient manner.  
• Answers to questions and tips on techniques you may not always find in a written recipe.   
• Real-time access to two highly qualified chefs during the class AND after!  We are now your Chef Friends for Life and welcome any correspondence on your cooking questions, anytime.    
• Great value:  For the fraction of the cost of going out to eat or attending an in-person class on your own, our Live Online Cooking Classes will benefit you and your family for years to come.  
• A feeling of accomplishment after you have cooked a meal entirely from scratch, possibly with new and exciting ingredients.   

Join us today to start your
at-home cooking journey!