Do you love hanging out in the kitchen preparing a good meal for family or friends? Are you watching cooking shows in hopes of leaning a new recipe or skill?
La Maison offers personalized cooking classes. Each class is taught by a chef or food enthusiast determined to show you a good time, teach you a new skill or recipe, serve you a good meal, and show you how to choose and drink great local wines. All classes allow your participation, as much or as little as you like. Grab an apron and join the chef in the kitchen to help make the meal. Classes typically include an appetizer, salad, main course, side dishes and dessert and wines paired with each entrée by the chef and featured winery. When dinner is finished everyone sits down family style to enjoy!
In addition to scheduled cooking classes, La Maison is available for private events. If you have business clients coming in town and want an unforgettable team building experience; if it’s someone special’s birthday and you want an intimate dinner, or if it is time to schedule your annual Christmas party someplace new and unique ~ La Maison offers private events to include a chef and winery.
Classes are held in our French inspired private home perched on a rocky cliff in Naches Heights with a spectacular view.
An English Tea Party with Chef Jessica Smith
Price: $55.00
Class Date: June 3, 2012
La Maison is hosting a traditional English Tea Party class with Chef Jessica Smith. Not your traditional teddy bear and cookies tea party, this one's for the big kids! Chef Jessica will be teaching recipes fit for a Queen or King! ~ Crystalized Ginger Scones, Poppy Seed Pound Cake, Devonshire Cream, Assorted Tea Sandwiches: Prosciutto with Port-Fig Butter, Lemon Chive Crab Salad and Cucumber with Mint Butter. Then she'll create Ham & Honey Mustard Palmiers and Goat Cheese Asparagus Quiche. No English Tea Party would be complete without sweetening your palette with Tartelettes aux Fruits, an assortment of fruits in light pastry shells, and Lemon Curd. Everything will be served with a selection of lovely teas. You'll be "gob-smacked", as they say helping chef create these English treats! Come enjoy a lovely afternoon on the patio at La Maison. Enjoy the view, point out your pinky and sip tea with fabulous English treats!
Available Spaces: 21
Chef Jessica Smith Grilling on the Patio and Kestrel Vintners
Price: $75.00
Class Date: June 7, 2012
Chef Jessica will be in the kitchen along with Kestrel Vintners and you! Come join the fun learning to grill with the chef and learn about Kestrel's wines of choice to match Jessica's menu. Jessica will be out on the patio at La Maison grilling up Grilled Sausage & Pepper Flatbreads with Arugula and Asiago, Moroccan Chicken Kebabs, Grilled Romaine Caesar, Pork Tenderloin with Lime-Jalapeno Mojo and Watermelon Jicama Slaw, Grilled Strawberry & Pineapple Skewers with Semillon Ice Wine Sorbet. This class will be larger than normal so we'll spread out onto tables on the patio and enjoy the beautiful summer view of the Yakima Valley.
Available Spaces: 20
A Smokin' Hot Father's Day dinner on the patio with Chef Jessica Smith
Price: $75.00
Class Date: June 17, 2012
Looking for something new to do for and/or with your dad for Father's Day? Well, if he loves to eat, and maybe even loves to BBQ or smoke meats, this is the class for him! Chef Jessica will be collaborating with David George from the Smoke Pit BBQ Company. We'll be smoking meats on the patio at La Maison, enjoying a fabulous dinner that you and Chef Jessica create, and just celebrating our father's and their special day! Jessica and David are working up some fabulous recipes for the smoker that are competition quality! Slow smoked pork butts and ribs served with 3 types of BBQ Sauces, Grilled Corn on the Cob with Flavored Butters, BLT Salad, Ultimate Mac & Cheese, Her mom’s (actually her grandmother’s) Baked Beans, Green Chili Cheddar Cornbread, Red Potato Salad with Lemon & Fresh Herbs, then she'll be finishing the smokin' adventure with Strawberry Shortcake with Brown Sugar Biscuits. Treat your dad to an extra special day of cooking, smoking, and barbeq-ing at La Maison! The group will be larger than normal but we'll spill out onto the patio to keep an eye on the smokers!
Available Spaces: 32
Tour lavender fields reminiscent of Provence, cook with Lavender & Hedges Family Estates
Price: $110.00
Class Date: July 14, 2012
For this special event the activities begin in Selah at the Selah Ridge Lavender Farm. You'll meet at the lavender farm at 4:00 pm to enjoy a private and unique guided tour of the lavender fields with the owner; Adele. She grows several varieties of lavender on the farm such as the Lavandins: Grosso, Hidcote Giant, Provence, Super, and the Angustifolias: Royal Purple and Royal Velvet, Hidcote, Hidcote Pink, and Munstead. The plants will be in bloom and beautifully reminiscent of the lavender fields in Provence. Adele makes her own essential oils and you'll be able to see the "still" process of extracting the oils from the plants. If you're feeling artistic you'll be able to put your talents to the test and make a lavender wreath to take home and adorn your wall or use as a table centerpiece. It will be a fabulous photographic opportunity so you'll not want to forget your camera! There is a retail shop at the farm so you can purchase Adele's own handmade soaps, oils and lotions. the lavender farm also makes a food grade lavender oil that we'll be putting to use as the class meets at La Maison at 6:00 pm to enjoy a menu of hors d'oeuvres to dessert with Chef Jessica Smith that includes the lovely lavender; Lavender Goat Cheese Tartlets, Baked Sweet Potato Wedges with Lavender Aioli, Pan Seared Halloumi with Lavender Oil Poached Shrimp served with a Salad of Mixed Greens, Strawberries, Pistachios and Lavender-Berry Vinaigrette, Fresh Fettuccini with Basil Lavender Pesto, Lavender Stuffed Lamb, Lavender Crème Brulee, and finally Lemon-Lavender Shortbread . As always the evening will include a featured winery; Hedges Family Estates pairing their selections with the menu. The event will include both inside and outside seating to allow the most spectacular view during your dinner. (complete menu to be announced) For lavender farm information see their website http://www.selahridgelavenderfarm.com/ If you need lodging for the weekend and register for this class, the Hilton Garden Hotel in downtown Yakima is offering a discount for La Maison customers. At registration you will be given a website address to access to make your reservations. In order to receive the discount your reservations will need to be made by June 22nd. Stems, a wine and gift shop located next to the Hilton Garden will also be offering a discount on purchases to La Maison customers for this event. Grab some friends and head for the Yakima Valley!
Available Spaces: 23
Chef Frank Magana, 3rd annual Paella Party on the Patio & Gamache Vintners
Price: $75.00
Class Date: July 19, 2012
Join Chef Magana as he teaches his signature Paella out on the patio at La Maison. Come enjoy the food, the company, the wines from Gamache Vintners, and the view!
Available Spaces: 33
An evening with Fidelitas winemaker Charlie Hoppes and Chef Jessica Smith, Hors d'oeuvres and
Price: $75.00
Class Date: August 10, 2012
There is no better way to taste wines than with hors d'oeuvre chosen specifically to match. That's really what drinking wine is all about................the food! Charlie Hoppes, owner and winemaker at Fidelitas Winery will be at La Maison pouring his favorite wines and Chef Jessica will be creating a variety of flavors to compliment them. You will spend the evening learning these specialty creations and taking home new recipes and skills to recreate them at home. Expect a casual evening of cooking and tasting! The weather should allow us to spill out onto the patio for a fabulous view while we enjoy the feast and treats!
Available Spaces: 30
AprèsVin
You can purchase these wonderful oils during class or buy a gift certificate.
AprèsVin’s VARIETAL GRAPE SEED OILS are produced from wine pomace (the leftover residue from winemaking) which is carefully collected from select wineries in Eastern Washington and kept separate by variety. The grape seeds contained in the pomace are separated, dried, and cold-pressed to yield extra special, varietal grape seed oils with unique and distinctive flavors. Learn More»
Sur La Table
Use the link below to shop for some of the items we may use during one of our cooking classes. Sur La Table has over a 35-year legacy of knowledgeable and passionate service. Our stores and Web site are a celebration of quality tools that set the standard for excellence in the industry. Sur La Table»
Artisan Salts
We love using these salts in our classes. You can purchase the salts we use during your class.
Salt, the oldest spice... and so much more! Experience the multitude of textures, colors and flavors of authentic artisan salts from around the world. Artisan Salt Company® certifies both the origin and quality of all our premium sea salts. If it bears the Artisan Seal of Authenticity, you can be sure that it is the best salt available. Artisan Salts»