Specialties
Now in Berlin! Private cooking classes, cooking parties, cheese tasting parties, corporate team building events with sing-a-longs in your home kitchen in English! Menu and songs can be personally tailored to your event. Pasta making, Indian, Thai or Mexican cuisine and more! We can even do cooking parties for kids!
History
Established in 2014.
I have a background in both food and music. We began Cooking A Cappella in January of 2014, teaching scheduled cooking classes and cheese tastings with sing-a-longs at a commercial kitchen. In May, I re-thought the business and am now offering private classes and parties in your home, though we can rent a venue if a party desires.
Meet the Business Owner: Lawrence R.
Lawrence began his culinary career in California, where he catered events while in college. He then became a personal chef to families and for St. Mary Magdalene rectory in Berkeley. In Manhattan, he was the pastry chef at Bosco, (where his tiramisu was touted the best in the city) and at Tin Room Café in Brooklyn Heights. Outside of a few classes, he is self-taught. A love of food and curiosity nurtured his growth as a chef. A cheese fanatic, he worked in several cheese shops here in New York as well, including Murrays, Ideal and Hay Day Market.
As a singer, Lawrence was a member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, where he also sang and covered small roles. He sings with the Gregg Smith Singers and has performed in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. He was a member of the Young Americans and has performed many roles in opera and musical theater both here and in California. Lawrence is an award-winning composer and lyricist of musicals, art songs, choral music and cabaret.