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
Upscale Date Night Round 2
Treat your special someone to this exquisite meal, prepared together!
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Vegan Soups
Chef Dallas reveals how to make some of his favorite vegan soups including carrot ginger soup, cauliflower curry soup, and more!
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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.
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Vegan Sushi (beginner class)
Join Chef Dallas to explore sushi making without the fish! There is no reason that vegans can't also prepare and enjoy these tasty rolls!
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Easy Weeknight Dinners (beginner class)
Chef Dallas takes you through a series of delicious dishes to cook you through the week!
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Vietnamese Cuisine - Noodles and Spring Rolls
Join Chef Dallas for this exciting and delicious menu. Enjoy preparing a variety of delicious Vietnamese specialties!
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Italian Cuisine: Gnocchi and Agnolotti Pasta (intermediate Class)
Join an Escoffier Chef in making these delicious fresh pastas!
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Market to Table: A culinary adventure at H Mart (intermediate class)
Join an Escoffier Chef for a trip to H Mart, your local Asian supermarket! We will purchase fresh fish and fresh vegetables.
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Mardi Gras Feast: A Taste of New Orleans
Discover classic Mardi Gras dishes like gumbo & beignets in a festive, hands-on class!
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French Cuisine: Coq Au Vin (beginner class)
Dive into the flavors of the French countryside!
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Home Cook Series: All About Bread Croissants/puff pastry (intermediate)
In this class, we explore the art of laminated dough as well as rich dough. Discover the keys to creating a flaky croissant or puff pastry.
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Mexican: Mole (beginner Class)
Mole is a crown jewel of Mexican Cuisine, come take a journey through the process!
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Foods of Greece (beginner class)
Join Chef Dallas to get an inside look at how to prepare authentic and delicious Greek recipes!
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Plant-Based Cuisine: Continental
Join Chef Dallas Houle for this Meat-free class! In this class learn how to prepare comforting plant-based meals for cold weather.
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Sushi and Miso Soup (beginner class)
Explore how to prepare and roll sushi and review many other fundamentals of a Japanese-themed meal!
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Korean Street Food (intermediate class)
Join us at Escoffier and discover these tasty Korean bites!
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Easy Weeknight Dinners (beginner class)
Chef Dallas takes you through a series of delicious dishes to cook you through the week!
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Upscale Date Night Round 2
Treat your special someone to this exquisite meal, prepared together!
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Fresh Pasta: Fettuccini in Puttanesca (beginner class)
Work with Chef Dallas to form pasta from scratch! Served in a deliciously simple sauce.
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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.
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Indian Cuisine: Chicken Curry and More!
Acquaint yourself with this delicious selection of Indian dishes!
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Italian Cuisine: Gnocchi and Agnolotti Pasta (intermediate class)
Join an Escoffier Chef in making these delicious fresh pastas!
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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!
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Chinese Favorites
Chef Dallas demonstrates some of his favorite, and essential Chinese dishes.
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Upscale Date Night Round 2
Treat your special someone to this exquisite meal, prepared together!
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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!
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Mexican: Mole (beginner Class)
Mole is a crown jewel of Mexican Cuisine, come take a journey through the process!
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French Cuisine: Coq Au Vin (beginner class)
Dive into the flavors of the French countryside!
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Korean Street Food (intermediate class)
Join us at Escoffier and discover these tasty Korean bites!
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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!
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Easy Weeknight Dinners (beginner class)
Chef Dallas takes you through a series of delicious dishes to cook you through the week!
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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!
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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.
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Italian Cuisine: Gnocchi and Agnolotti Pasta (intermediate Class)
Join an Escoffier Chef in making these delicious fresh pastas!
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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.
