I've been to Cooking Canvas many times to cook with family and friends, always a great time,…read moredelicious food; wonderful chef and staff and warm friendly vibes. Cooking Canvas really holds a special place in my family and I heart because I remember when it first opened and we were so excited to attend our first local cooking class event that didn't involve us having to drive all the way downtown or to the north side. So we've attended classes here and hosted many private events here. Always a great time. BYOB and music.

Hosted a mom's night out event here last night and had a great time!! Chef Emm was great and…read moreNathan, our mixologist was great too. Both were very personable and patient with our loud and sometimes rowdy bunch. We made 6 drinks and had appetizers for our group of 10. Everything was laid out perfectly and the quality of the mixers and ingredients was good. I appreciated the music and back drop to take pictures. If I ever want to have another party of this type, I'd definitely come back. Perfect place for a date night or kids cooking Party, too. Overall, great experience!!

5 STARS and much more ! I just 'graduated' from the four…read moreweek '101 class', GREAT EXPERIENCE ! Classes / instruction is all about HEALTHY EATING !! If you are a beginner or a more experienced cook, want to learn skills or improve skills, want one-on-one help, want to meet new friends, this is the place ! Chef Dornberg LOVES what she does and passes her enthusiasm to participants! Check out her website for class schedule, Spices, Instapot, knife skills, wine tasting are just a few events AND you can request a 'personal group' class ! The classes are very affordable, high end ingredients are used AND you get to bring home your class recipes for your family to enjoy ! I will continue my 'culinary experience' at this unique business !

From the owner: Teaching the WHAT, HOW and WHY of delicious, nutritious, everyday home cooking…read more. Mrs. Dornberg's is more than just a cooking class -- we're building a community of inspired and confident home cooks in Northwest Indiana. At Mrs. Dornberg's you won't just learn the ins and outs of cooking basics, you'll learn a new way of life. You'll walk away with recipes, tips and tricks to make kitchen time fun, delicious, healthy and easy; new ideas and inspiration to add excitement and variety to your everyday meals; answers to your culinary questions and the know-how to make you a confident, creative home chef. Whether you are a novice in the kitchen, a more advanced cook, or just looking for a fun night out with your friends, Mrs. Dornberg's has a class for YOU.

We bought a gift certificate for an open class before Covid and they canceled all open classes once…read morethey reopened. We were not able to return for a refund.

Excellent evening! We came here on a date (and the where and what were surprises to me). Chef Dom…read morewas warm and welcoming, in addition to being professional and fun. We started out with some hummus and crostini. We were glad to have snacks since it was about an hour and a half until we sat down to eat. By the way, you can bring your own wine! They have nice glasses and a wine opener to us. The also sell some; the Cab we had was only $20 and was quite good. There were only 5 of us, plus chef. It was great since we all got to do more and hear better than with a normal larger group. Our Southern menu consisted of collard greens with pancetta, skillet jalapeno-cheddar cornbread, mustard potatoes with onions, and the most amazing flank steak + tomato chutney. Seriously, I'm still mentally drooling over this chutney! I can't wait to make it again! For dessert, lemon curd mousse. Delicious It was really nice to have our actual meal at a dinner table that was thoughtfully decorated and put together (versus in the kitchen around the stainless steel). We really had an amazing night and loved learning some new skills, recipes, and flavors. Looking forward to going back for a different menu!

My boyfriend & I recently took a cooking class with another couple (Mid Summer Night's Dream) and…read morewe all had such a great experience! First off, it was just six of us in the class including us four, which was nice because it was not too chaotic or crammed. We were welcomed by the very friendly staff the second we walked in the door and they immediately showed us where to sign in, put our belongings, and offered us complimentary wine and an appetizer (caprese salad). The building is very nicely decorated and has such a cozy atmosphere. The kitchen was spacious and all of the appliances and utensils were in great condition. For this specific class, we were taught how to make shrimp & scallop ceviche, a balsamic rosemary marinated skirt steak, pesto pasta salad, and a peach dessert with rum sauce and ice cream. The staff was so great during the entire class. They were very helpful. Our chef, Nichelle, showed us techniques such as how to make cutting with a knife easier and how to properly cook our steaks over a stove top. The staff played music throughout the class and were always walking around seeing if anyone needed help and also cleaning our utensils as the class went on. The food we made was DELICIOUS. I'm so happy they let us keep our recipe cards because I will definitely make these dishes again. We found this class through Groupon and also the owner gave us coupons to use for our next class. I would recommend this class for anyone- especially date nights or a girls night out. I think the guys had even more fun than we did. I will definitely be back!

From the owner: Just A Dash Food Service Group provides food service management for school lunch programs for K-12,…read moredaycares, childcares, preschools & more. We have served the local area for over 15 years with professional services & high quality foods.

First time here and first time eating at a spot in Blue Island…read more Went here to celebrate a birthday The place is a cool size, nice and quaint. I think it was a bit dark inside but it was cute. Love the maps on the walls. The concept is cool to have different food items from over the globe. Loved that! I had the shrimp bao thrn I ordered the chicken bao. Both were amazing! Thank you Deja, our waiter for the recommendation. My friends had the steak frites and the steak was delicious! Moist for sure. I didn't try the wings but she said they were good. Looking forward to going back for brunch!

Executive Chef Jennifer Gavin is a STAR as evinced by her performance on Gordon Ramsey's Hell's…read moreKitchen, but this restaurant missed a five star rating by a mile. The service was second to none (thank you Deja), but the restaurant is sterile, cold and the music selection is a radio station the staff apparently likes and played way too loud during a morning brunch. This seems like a prep spot for her catering venture and not a five star dining establishment. In fact, there is NOTHING 5-Star about this dining experience. Even the website demonstrates that her focus is on catering large events--evidenced by the catering menus being featured and not the dining menus. As for the food, it was good, but nothing was exceptional. We shared the "Exotic Fruit & Berry Mosaic Board" -- a medley of delicious fresh fruit. My wife had the "Brioche French Toast" - French toast, eggs and choice of meat: (Pork Bacon, Turkey Bacon, Veggie Sausage, Chicken & Apple Sausage, Turkey Sausage). My son tried the Belgian waffles with bourbon maple syrup, eggs and sausage as the "choice of meat." I ordered a simple Belgian Waffle and was going to eat my wife's eggs and sausage since she hadn't eaten them. (Hmmmm????) I understand why she passed. The eggs were bland and the sausage links had an awful aftertaste. With all due respect, if you're not going to season the eggs, PLEASE put salt and pepper on the tables. $115 seemed ridiculously high for the quality of the food and no alcohol--and I've paid twice as much with no complaints at Virtue, Asciones etc. It breaks my heart to have not really enjoyed Easter Brunch at Edible Passport, but it felt like a bit of a dive, not a fine dining experience.

II had an extremely disappointing experience with the French Finesse Class…read more The class was to feature Grilled Salmon with Caper Sauce, Grilled Vegetables, and Parisian "Gnocchi." We made the grilled salmon and vegetables, but the so-called "gnocchi" was a disaster. This was extremely disappointing because I was the most excited about making the gnocchi. Instead of making a more traditional gnocchi like you would picture (little dumpling pillows), we ended up with a soupy mess of polenta mixed with milk, butter, and French cheeses. The instructor told us that this polenta mixture would typically be baked in a pan and then cut in little squares like gnocchi (or at least that's what I understood), but in class we just let the mixture cool off and ate it as it is. It was basically eating polenta cheese goop - disgusting, and nothing like the gnocchi I pictured. First of all, the class description should have clearly specified what type of gnocchi we'd be making and if the class would not finish the entire recipe (note: writing "Parisian gnocchi" for the class is not sufficient because just by a google search there are different ways of making it). It's misleading not to clarify this in the description. It makes me wonder about the rest of their classes and what else they mislead people on. Secondly, the class was advertised to run from 6:30 PM to 9 PM. However, we finished (and I mean completely finished like by the time we finished eating everything) by 8 PM. It felt like they were rushing us out. They started cleaning up and doing dishes while we were still sitting at the table. It made us feel like they wanted us out as quickly as possible. If the class had actually run the full time as promised, we could have spent that extra hour finishing the gnocchi properly. Or we could have done the gnocchi first and while it was baking, cook the grilled salmon and vegetables. And that definitely could have been possible (I mean, come on). Instead, we were left with a below average dish and a rushed experience. Overall, this class was a huge letdown. The misleading description, poor quality of food, and the rushed environment made for a frustrating experience. I wouldn't recommend this class to anyone. And with the price I paid, I felt robbed. I do not know how they think this can be okay. To be clear, I would give the staff and my experience cooking everything else 5 stars. But the gnocchi and rushed experience really completely destroyed this entire thing for me.

I do not recommend this cooking class. The teacher explained nothing about what we were cooking,…read morenothing about the cuisine, the culture, what ingredients are typically used in the dish, why they're used, etc. We chopped common ingredients and put them together in a pan on an electric stove. The recipe looked like it was printed out from google, there just wasn't any thought put into the class. Nothing unique about the dish nothing out of the ordinary, nothing interesting. The food came out fine, nothing to write home about and certainly something that could be whipped up at home. I thankfully used a gift card otherwise, paying $200 for two people for that experience would have been outrageous. I would say it's a nice night out of an activity with drinking but you pay more for drinks, better off at a nice restaurant. Highly do not recommend this class if you're looking for an actual cooking class and a teacher who actually enjoys what they do/cook.

A group of 10 of us close friends booked this experience from Chicago and what a time was had!!!…read moreOur cuisine theme was Caribbean cuisine and everything was delicious! We had some great prep cooks, sous chefs and master chefs among us! lol it's a great concept because you do all the cooking and you can BYOB as well. We had such a fun experience lead by our amazing Chef! She was fantastic! We will book with her specifically again! Highly recommended!

Amazing time! We've made some cool food! Met some cool people ! Learned some cool cooking tricks…read moreand ate some good food! Great thing to do for a date night!

I've been calling there for days. No one picks up. We gave a gift to a cousin & they went to class,…read moreit was all shut down, no one was there. We paid, but did not receive a service. What is going on. Please call us. Kara Ferrell

Such an incredible experience! I had such a good time with my sister. Cindy was a great teacher and…read morekind to all. Cindy made the instructions easy to follow and we will be coming back for another class!

Just took a class (steak) at the Chopping Block Mar 19 2026. It exceeded my expectations! The…read morechef and all of the instructional sous chefs knew exactly where we all needed help and where we could run with things on our own. I left the class with confidence in making excellent steaks, vegetables, dessert. Joy the camaraderie, that these classes create! I'll be back again soon!

I recently attended the "Hands-On Essential Building Blocks" class at The Chopping Block! The 9…read morehours of cooking certainly paid off with some delicious meals! Although I did think the chef in charge was very knowledgeable, and the meals did turn out fabulous, I was a little disappointed with the class structure for a few reasons. 1. For the price of this class, I assumed that we would all be individually learning to cook each component - that was not the case as we were put together into teams of four where we divided responsibilities. So not all building block skills were able to be practiced by all team members. I had chosen this class because I wanted to learn these building block skill hands-on. However, if you're looking to meet new friends this may just be the spot for you! 2. Like I mentioned, the meal we made was super delicious. But in my opinion, it's creativeness / the fact that it wasn't more simple skipped over some of the true basic skills needed in everyday kitchen use. For example, I wish we had learned more about pan use / heating up / etc. And because we had so many components to the meals, some of the lessons felt kind of rushed where we weren't necessarily able to dive deeper into those questions since there were so many people per amount of chef / helpers I do think that this is a great org, but perhaps I would have felt more bang for buck in a more specified topic / shorter class

First time at this store and OMG!! I loved it everything is so organized and you are able to see…read moreall of their products. Staff is very nice and helpful as well!! I will for sure be a returning customer!

The new and improved space is amazing! Cakewalk is THE place for all your baking needs!read more