COOKING CLASSES

Le Chat Gourmet Culinary Arts offers a wide selection of “hands-on” cooking classes for cooks at all levels of experience, from casual beginners to serious foodies. Class size is limited permitting each student to receive personal training from the chef while actively participating from food prep to the final plate presentation. Students dine on their creations at the close of class.
 
Our cooking school, located north of Eaton Rapids, Michigan and just 15 minutes south of Lansing, offers a state-of-the-art classroom kitchen and gourmet cookware shop. Set on 3 acres with spectacular views over a variety of gardens, we invite you to join the chef in the warmer months on a garden tour to collect fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables for creating seasonal cuisine!
 

KIDS COOKING CLASSES

“Hands-On” Junior Chef Cooking Classes for kids ages 8-16, introduces students to a variety of cuisine, provides basic cooking skills including kitchen safety, reading recipes, measuring ingredients to plate presentation while building kitchen confidence in a fun environment. Class size is limited so register your budding Julia Child or Emeril Lagasse today!
 

COOKWARE SHOP

Le Chat Gourmet’s cookware shop Cuisine Marche’ is stocked with the same high quality knives, cook’s tools, specialty bakeware and cookware found in our classroom kitchen. Cuisine Marche’ is a very unique cookware shop as our teaching kitchen ensures that every item we sell has been thoroughly tested by our executive chef and students…enabling our culinary professionals to match your buying needs with top quality cookware. Open during cooking classes and by appointment.
 

TEAM BUILDING

For your next Corporate Team Building event, join us at Le Chat Gourmet for a unique experience that takes you where your team really cooks…in the kitchen! What better way to improve planning, communication and organizational skills than creating a custom designed menu while building team morale working in a relaxed, fun filled atmosphere. Some popular events are…Team Building Retreats, Employee Rewards, Holiday Events, Special Clients and Spousal Program in connection with conventions and board meetings. 

 

PRIVATE EVENTS

For a unique Private Event join us for a culinary adventure! Let Le Chat Gourmet design a custom program for you…great for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, wedding showers, bachlorette parties and more!
 

CULINARY VACATIONS

Le Chat Gourmet Culinary Vacations specializes in small-group, personalized travel with a culinary focus. Our goal is to immerse you in the food, culture and history of our destination with daily excursions to nearby sites, vineyards, markets and hands-on cooking lessons while still providing ample time for “tourist” activities and relaxation.