M.E. Francisa month agoFrom
Reviewing for the cooking class here, which felt a little lame, but it was a "date night" class. I'm sad I didn't learn much and it was more of a fluff class. The store seemed nicely outfitted with serious & fluffy products, though.
Joshua Niedermana month agoFrom
Customer service at this store is unparalleled. Rick and Dean were extremely helpful, offering their advise and showing discount and/or clearance items to help me save money on quality merchandise throughout the store. I ended up spending more than I planned and likely you will too. This location is quite large, with a vast and varied selection of supplies. They even offer cooking classes... I'll definitely be back. Just go. You won't regret it.
Alec Bauera month agoFrom
I went to Sur La Table french cooking class and was extremely disappointed. We started off cooking a chocolate soufflé as a group of 4 couples, but we were spread out far across from our work station leaving one couple to create the entire dessert. The instructor then told us that we were going to be making a potato and herb dish next which meant the instructor showed us the precut potatoes she prepared and poured the herbs she pre-made on the potatoes without anyone in the room being involved. We then asked what the herbs consisted of and the instructor said "don't worry, I prepared it before the class and you can look at the ingredients in the packet you will receive after class." Not only did she not involve us in this, but also she did not tell us how she prepared the spices. The only hands on part of this course we did was at one point the instructor asked us to cut up a shallot which we were going to use for our steaks. We chopped up the shallot and added it into a pan in front of us where the instructor would later add the pre-seasoned steak into or pan. Once again, this was prepared before class and to see how it was prepared we were to refer to the packet. Online advertised that the class would be 2-2.5 hours, however, the instructor paused the class in the middle and told everyone to go look around the store while we waited for the potatoes to cook. This break lasted for about 25 minutes. The instructor also decided to cut class 25 minutes early for us to spend additional time in the store buying merchandise. Between the break, starting late, and ending early, the class was at most one hour long instead of the 2-2.5 hours advertised. Overall, the majority of the food preparation happened prior to the class and nothing was explained to us. The only true activity I did in this class was cut a shallot and pour oil in a pan, which I could have done at home and googled the recipe (or read a packet like the instructor told us to do). I am very disappointed by this experience as I even went home hungry. We prepared one small steak per 4 people. I am very disappointed by this experience as I went home hungry (ate 4 tiny pieces of steak and a few potatoes- not enough for a meal). I did not even learn anything despite trying to engage the instructor multiple times.
