The Home Cook classes at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts can offer a dynamic collection of hands-on, technique-focused cooking classes for enthusiast cooks. Topics cover everything from French regional favorites to creative courses in cooking, baking, cake decorating, and more.
Each of the cooking classes at our Boulder, Colorado campus is led by our very own professional Chef Instructor. Whether you’re new to the kitchen or an accomplished home cook, we have a class for you!
Upcoming Home Cook Classes
Indian Cuisine: Chicken Curry and More!
Acquaint yourself with this delicious selection of Indian dishes!
Sign Up
Italian Cuisine: Gnocchi and Agnolotti Pasta (intermediate class)
Join an Escoffier Chef in making these delicious fresh pastas!
Sign Up
Youth Spring Break Baking Series (Intermediate class)
Join Chef Dallas at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts this Spring Break for three days of baking!
Sign Up
Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet (beginner class)
Semolina Pasta, Oyster Mushroom Tortellini, Roasted Garlic Cashew Cream, Petite Herb Salad
Sign Up
Chinese Favorites
Chef Dallas demonstrates some of his favorite, and essential Chinese dishes.
Sign Up
Upscale Date Night Round 2
Treat your special someone to this exquisite meal, prepared together!
Sign Up
4 day Tour of Italian Cuisine: Lombardy, Veneto, Campania, and Sicily
Join Chef Dallas Houle, who will guide you through 4 days of Italian cooking!
Sign Up
Mexican: Mole (beginner Class)
Mole is a crown jewel of Mexican Cuisine, come take a journey through the process!
Sign Up
French Cuisine: Coq Au Vin (beginner class)
Dive into the flavors of the French countryside!
Sign Up
Korean Street Food (intermediate class)
Join us at Escoffier and discover these tasty Korean bites!
Sign Up
Farm to Table: Vegetable Cooking Techniques at the Farmers Market
Chef Dallas takes you on a trip to the farmers market, followed by a veggie-forward cooking class!
Sign Up
Easy Weeknight Dinners (beginner class)
Chef Dallas takes you through a series of delicious dishes to cook you through the week!
Sign Up
Spanish Tapas (beginner class)
Join Escoffier Home Cook Chef Dallas Houle in making Tapas, a Spanish-style party food full of a variety of explosive flavors!
Sign Up
Home Cook Series: All About Bread Part 1 and 2 (intermediate class)
Join Chef Dallas Houle, and explore how to make and bake an abundance of different types of bread in a two-day series.
Sign Up
Italian Cuisine: Gnocchi and Agnolotti Pasta (intermediate Class)
Join an Escoffier Chef in making these delicious fresh pastas!
Sign Up
Upscale Date Night Dinner (intermediate class)
Citrus and Pecan Salad, Braised Duck Legs with Madeira, Kale and Pecan Stuffing, Blueberry Tart
Sign Up
Young Culinarians: A Tasting Menu
Indulge yourself in a tasting menu prepared by the culinary students of Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts!
Sign Up
Fresh Pasta: Fettuccini in Puttanesca (beginner class)
Fresh Pasta Dough, Forming fettuccini, Puttanesca Sauce, Pan-Steamed Broccoli
Sign Up
Farm to Table: Vegetable Cooking Techniques at the Farmers Market
Chef Dallas takes you on a trip to the farmers market, followed by a veggie-forward cooking class!
Sign Up
Mexican Street Tacos, Sauces, Tortillas and Fillings
Corn Tortillas, Carne Asada, Chicken Tinga, Nopalitos, Salsa Verde, Mango Chile Roja
Sign Up
Foods of Greece (beginner class)
Pita Bread, Marinated Cucumbers and Cherry Tomato Salad, Chicken Skewers, Lamb Burgers, Tatziki, Salsa Verde, Baklava
Sign Up
Cuisine of Italy: Venice (beginner class)
Creamy polenta, Mushroom Ragu, Grilled radicchio, Buranelli Cookies
Sign Up
French Techniques Series 1 (4 class series)
Discover a range of techniques and flavors that compose French Cuisine in this multi-class series!
Sign Up
Spanish Tapas (beginner class)
Garlic Shrimp with Romesco, Spanish-style meatballs, Patatas Bravas, Spanish Tortilla
Sign Up
Spanish Cuisine: Seafood Paella (intermediate class)
Seafood Paella, Roasted Eggplant and Peppers, Onion Coca, Garlic Mayonaise, Red Wine Poached Pears with Whipped Cream
Sign Up
Plant Based Cuisine-Celebrate Mushrooms!
Chef Dallas Houle shares some of his favorite ways to prepare mushrooms! Included are oyster mushrooms, king trumpets, and portobello.
Sign Up
Home Cook Series: All About Bread Part 1 and 2 (intermediate class)
Join Chef Dallas Houle, and explore how to make and bake an abundance of different types of bread in a two-day series.
Sign UpGet Notified of Upcoming Classes
Questions? Email us at [email protected] to learn more.
Meet Your Chef Instructor
Chef Dallas Houle
Chef Dallas Houle joins Escoffier as the Boulder Campus Home Cook Chef Instructor. Chef Dallas has over 20 years of experience in the culinary industry as a chef instructor, sous chef, executive chef, and culinary director. His education at Florida Culinary Institute helped ready him for positions around the country, but focusing around his home in Boulder, CO. His past experience spans roles in food truck fair to fine dining restaurants, farm-to-table experiences, and upscale vegetarian cuisine. At Escoffier, Chef Dallas leads the enthusiast cooking classes at our Boulder campus.
