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Helen's Kitchen
Category: Cooking Schools
3 Ingleside RdNatick, MA 01760
(617) 500-0817
Baking classes in Belmont
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4 reviews for Helen's Kitchen
I took Helen's "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" class. I recommend spending an evening with Helen because not only is she a knowledgeable and highly skilled Chef, but she is witty and downright adorable!
She clearly loves to teach and encourages home cooks never to fear in the kitchen. When you go to her class, you will take part in the cooking process and taste several mouth-watering dishes that you won't forget, and the best part is, you will then be able to make them at home.
Helen has a star quality about her and she has nowhere to go but up in the culinary world, so I suggest taking advantage of her classes as soon as you can!
Helen is an awesome cooking teacher. My bf and I took her fish class at her home and found it entertaining, unpretentious and of course, delicious.
Bf's mom got us a gift certificate for a cooking class with Helen last Christmas, which we managed to lose. He explained in an email to Helen and she very kindly sent us a new code.
Helen is funny and her kitchen warm and inviting. Her classes are eight people, and cost $70 to $80 for a three-hour session. I love to cook, but bf and I were clearly the ones at the class who knew the least about cooking and food. Fortunately, Helen is skilled at teaching both ends, and each person participates in some aspect of the cooking (chopping, testing the fish for doneness). Then, as the dishes finish, we all eat family style.
Helen also told us how and where to shop for fish and all sorts of informative tidbits about the properties of various fish, storage, etc. We made bluefish with crispy potatoes, swordfish provencal, salmon teriyaki, poached halibut in sorrel cream and trout amandine. They were all delicious but not difficult, and I make the bluefish dish often.
It was the perfect gift! I'm dying to go back for the French bistro class.
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I've taken two classes with Helen - her fish class at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and her pasty / apple class just the other day at Helen's Kitchen. Both times I came out with a much better understanding of cooking and food, and with a full stomach. She really knows her food and she is a great teacher. I recommend her classes to anyone who wants to be a better cook at home.
Helen Rennie is a professional chef and if you can get into a class then you go to Helen's Kitchen - which is literally in her home - for some phenomenal cooking classes. I received a gift certificate for cooking lessons and truly think it was one of my most favorite gifts ever. I love to cook and I have learned so many things from Helen, plus now have so many more recipes! She also writes a great blog where you can find even more yummy recipes! If you like to cook or even if you are looking to broaden your cooking repertoire, you can't go wrong at Helen's Kitchen.
Specialties
Hands-on cooking classes for passionate home cooks
Hand-made pasta? Sashimi? Medium-rare rack of lamb? Port reduction? With our help, you can do it all! In Helen's Kitchen, you won't only learn the right cooking techniques, but discover the local farms, fishmongers, and butchers who are as passionate about gastronomy as you are. We don't dumb things down. With proper training and practice, your home cooking can rival the best restaurants of Boston.
Meet the Business Owner: Helen R.
While most people sneak into the kitchen to get a snack, Helen spent her life sneaking into the kitchen to cook. At 10, she thought making bean soup was more exciting than practicing the piano. At 18, she was feeding her fellow college students in exchange for help with her programming assignments. After finishing her degree in Computer Science, she went to Provence, France to study art history and ended up studying the art of cooking and eating. Traveling through the Mediterranean made her fall in love with the sun drenched cuisine of the coast.
Upon return to the States, she spent most of her free time exploring the fish and farmer's markets of Boston and cooking every kind of fish and vegetable she could get her hands on. Bored with her job at a dysfunctional dot-com, Helen started working in a restaurant and teaching cooking classes at CCAE. In 2005, she opened her home kitchen to anyone who wanted to learn to cook.
