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Upcoming Cooking Classes and Events

At Quince we're all about food in all its beauty and glory. Our standards are the highest possible, constantly creating artisan fine food for our store and catering business.

As cooking professionals we use only the best and freshest ingredients, a wide range of cooking techniques which bring out the absolute best in every ingredient, and serve it with respect for the beauty inherent in every dish. And we're fortunate to be able to draw on this daily professional experience to help demistify the art of fine cooking for the amateur cook through our cooking classes.

Take a Quince fully-participatory or demonstration style cooking class in our contemporary Cooking Studio and learn how to prepare extraordinary cuisine. Whether you want to learn the basics, upgrade skills, or expand your culinary repertoire, Quince offers an array of courses to appeal to diverse levels and interests.

Our spacious state-of-the-art kitchen Studio provides a comfortable yet professional environment. It is fully equipped with everything you need to translate the beauty of natural ingredients into unique and delicious creations. We also provide a recipe booklet for every class.

The recipes we use are "serious foodie" material, yet simple to execute at home. The classes are social, students meeting others who share the same passion for food, typically with a glass of wine in hand.

I love that the classes are hands-on, making it easier to remember the techniques. The classes are informal yet professional. Cooking at Quince is never just a cooking class...it's an experience" Lyne L.

Check out Carson Li's blog on his experience in our Nine Day Basics Part 1 class

Typical Quince Studio Dishes - Lamb Sirloin and Pacific Halibut

Gift Certificate for Every Occasion

Our gift certificates make a great gift for foodies, amateur cooks, and culinary desperados alike. Perfect for wedding or engagement gifts, graduation gifts, holiday and thank you gifts.

When redeeming a gift certificate for a cooking class, please give us the gift certificate number. Gift certificates are good for 1 year from the date of purchase.

For further information Contact Quince.

Upcoming Cooking Classes & Events for 2012

The Nine Day Basics: Intensive Techniques for the Serious Amateur
with Chef Andrea Jefferson
Part 1: Wednesdays January 18, 25 & February 1, 8, 15 2012 6:00-9:30pm.
Part 2: Wednesdays February 22, 29, March 7, 14 2012 6:00-9:30pm.

Learn the Quince-Essentials for the culinary world in this hands-oncooking series. Study the basics and build on these techniques as you learn how to make beautiful quality food. Practice the art of the saucier to the fine details of pastry in a fully participatory class held in the stainless-steel Quince Studio. This intensive series will set you up with strong skills for further culinary adventures, from knife skills & stocks to sauces and meats, building up to a grand meal on the last evening which uses the skills acquired throughout the series! Every evening will culminate in dinner at our harvest table with a glass of wine in hand. Build and expand your food and wine experience.

Check out Carson Li's blog on his experience in our Nine Day Basics Part 1 class.

Part One and Part Two are designed as complementary but independent courses:
Part 1: Knife Cuts, Kitchen Equipment, Terminology, Stocks, Soups, Sauces, Braised Dishes, Meat Cookery, Seafood and Vegetables.
Part 2: Poultry Cookery - Thomas Reid Lemon Roasted Organic Chicken, Hand Made Spinach and Ricotta Tortelloni, Pasta Sauces, Pastry Doughs, Savoury Pie, Basic Breads, Frangipane Tart with Poached Pear and Ice Cream, grande finale dinner with Sparkling Wine and Hors d'oeuvre.
See our Full Course Outline

Cost: Total Course is $1000.00 plus hst, purchased independently the cost for is:
Part 1 - $585.00, Part 2 - $468.00 plus HST
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Year of the Dragon - Chinese Dim Sum & Japanese Sake
Monday January 23, 5:30-6:45pm

Demo & Tasting Bar: class in the making of 3 Dim Sum dishes, local artisan Sake to match. Menu: Char Siu Bau (Steamed BBQ Pork Buns); Shrimp & Pork Dumplings;
Vegetable Springrolls.
Cost: $40.00 - Demonstration Class
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Japanese Izakaya with Chef Phong Vo of the Electic Owl
Tuesday January 24, 6:00-9:00pm

Chef Phong leads a hands-on cooking class on Japanese Pub Style Food.
Menu: Asari Sake Miso Soup; Prawn Tempura; Vegetable Gyoza; Tuna Tataki; Chicken Kushiyaki
Cost: $95.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Hawaiian Cocktail & Waikiki Pupus (Tapas)
Tuesday January 31, 5:30-6:45pm -- THIS DATE IS SOLD OUT

Friday February 3, 5:30-6:45 is the date that is currently open

Demo & Tasting Bar: class in the making of 3 Waikiki favourites.
Menu: North Shore Fish Tacos; Ahi Tuna Poke; Guava & Rum Glazed Pork Ribs and a Hawaiian Cocktail to match.
Cost: $40.00 - Demonstration Class
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Indian Bar Snacks
Thursday February 2, 5:30-6:45pm

Demo & Tasting Bar: class in the making of popular Indian Snack Foods.
Menu: Peanut Masala; Buttermilk Vegetable Pakora; Chicken 65; Pappadums, Mint Chutney; Coconut Chutney with a typical Indian Cocktail to match.
Cost: $40.00 - Demonstration Class
Cancellation and Refund Policy

The Dead of Winter
Saturday February 4, 4:00-8:00pm --- Sorry this date is SOLD OUT!

Right in the dead of winter you need soul food to heat you through and let you settle into the reality of winter. This hands-on class starts later on a Saturday afternoon to give us enough time to braise the short ribs and prepare the rest of the dinner which we wil be enjoying with wine and stout! to match.
Menu: Escarole Salad with a Warm Double Smoked Bacon Balsamic Vinaigrette and Aged Goat Cheese Crouton; Imperial Stout Braised Short Ribs with Garlic Yukon Gold Potato Mash, Roasted Root Vegetables and for dessert nothing but a Warm Chocolate Soufflé.
Cost: $125.00
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The Quince Essential Knife Class
Tuesday February 7, 6:00-9:00pm

Believe me it all starts with the knife! This class is sure to get you up and running straight to your cutting board with your Chef's knife. Your confidence and skill will no doubt increase and your knife cuts are guaranteed to impress family...& friends! We will cover various knives, sharpening techniques and the all-important way to hold a knife like a professional in order to chop endlessly with greater precision. Practice and put your skills into use with Tomato Bruschetta followed by a Thai Vegetable Julienne & Prawn Salad
Cost: $115.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Valentine's Day .. a Culinary Seduction: Food for Lovers...of Food!
Tuesday February 14, 6:00-9:30pm

Come contemplate the nature of love through an extravagant hands-on cooking class, guaranteed to seduce any palate. You'll enjoy your evening's creations - one delicious course at a time - in our candelit front gallery with beautiful wines and romatic music to match.
Menu: Hors d'oeuvre to start; Beef Tenderloin Carpaccio; Lobster & Lemon Risotto; Profiteroles with Kirsch Ice Cream & Warm Chocolate Sauce.
Cost: $285.00 per couple
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Show me the Dough
Saturday February 18, 1:00-4:00pm

Learn the esentials of mixing, fermenting, shaping, proofing and baking perfect artisan bread. In this workshop you will make Crunchy French Style Baguette; Braided Plump Raisin Buns and Grissini - Crispy Italian Breadsticks. There will be a short break (kitchen style) to enjoy Warm Soup and Crusty Quince Bread
Cost: $115.00
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Artisan Pasta Making
Tuesday March 6, 6:00-9:00pm

Learn the art of pasta making based on the most simple of ingredients - the "00 " Italian flour, add an egg and create umpteen versions of pasta. In this class we will make Ricotta filled Ravioli and Tortelloni, cut pasta such as Fettucini and shaped pasta including Farfalle and Penne. The pasta dishes to be served banquet style later in the evening with
Chianti - of course!
Cost: $115.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

The Quince Essential Palate: Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Saturday March 10, 3:00-4:15pm

Kitchen Demo & Tasting Series: Join us as we dip crusty baguette into the viscous aromatic oil of the gods! Tour the many olive oil producing regions and taste the quality, from the larger produced extra virgin oils to the single estate, single varietal. We will compare, contrast and eventually judge these in a blind tasting and then enjoy in a surprising way.. on top of ice cream. Change your culinary life, beome an olive oil conoisseur!
Cost: $30.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Spanish Tapas & Sangria
Tuesday March 13, 5:30-6:45pm

Demo & Tasting Bar: class in the making of classic Spanish Tapas with Sangria to match.
Menu: Marinated Olives; Manzanas a la Sidra: Pulpo a Fiera (Local Octopus); Salt Roasted Almonds; Membrillo & Manchego; Crusty Baguette & Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Cost: $50.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Spring Shellfish of the West Coast
First Day of Spring - Wednesday March 20, 6:00-9:00pm

Simple yet delicious dish of Manilla Clams & Indian Candied Salmon in Fresh Fennel Broth; Malay Style Sweet & Sour Golden Mussels; Dungeness Crab and Green Mango Salad along with Chilled White Wine to match and Crusty Baguette
Cost: $120.00
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Classic Fench Bistro
Thursday April 12, 6:00-9:00pm

Spring conjures up images of rosé & a touch of sophistication, who better to do that than the French! So let’s do it the French way with this delightful menu that Julia herself would be proud to serve.
Menu: Goat Cheese Soufflé; Roasted Baby Chicken, French Green Lentils & Grainy Mustard Sauce; Side Salad of Frisée, Endive & Chives; Dark Chocolate Tart.
Cost: $120.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Show me the Wholegrain Dough
Saturday April 14, 1:00-4:00pm

Meant to be a follow up class from The Bread Baking Essentials, this class will explore the use of sourdoughs and whole grains. In this workshop you will make a Walnut Whole Wheat Loaf; Multigrain Buns and Sourdough Currant Rye. There will be a short break (kitchen style) to enjoy Warm Soup and Crusty Quince Bread
Cost: $115.00
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Due Risottos & Thin Crusted Pizza
Tuesday April 17, 6:00-9:00pm

Pull out the pizza stone, fire up the oven, mix the dough and while we wait we can start the mis-en place for the risotto – one squid and the other a Spring English Pea. Little side salad of Arugula & Mint and a glass of Italian white and we will be lost in our Italian travels somewhere between Naples and the Adriatic Coast.
Cost: $120.00
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Tapas Tour of South Asia
Wednesday April 25, 6:00-9:00pm

Touch down in a India, Malaysia, Thailand, pick up some Tapas favourites and tie it all together through a Singapore Sling.
Menu: Bonda (Potato Pakora); Chutneys; Ketam Masak Nanas (Malaysian Crab Curry); Red Curry with Roasted Duck and Lychees; Jasmine Rice.
Cost: $120.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Tapas Tour of North Asia
Wednesday May 2, 6:00-9:00pm

Travel further north for Tapas favourites from China, Korea and Japan. Chinese Tea and Japanese Lager to be served which should be perfect with this spicy, smoky food.
Menu: Tea Smoked Quail; Kimchi; Grilled Pork Belly Wrapped Asparagus with Umeboshi Glaze; Sichuan Pickled Cucumber; Spicy Salt & Pepper Pork Spareribs.
Cost: $120.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Three Early Signs of Spring
Wednesday May 9, 6:00-9:00pm

Featuring the early risers of spring – Mint, Rhubarb, Sorrel in an all Vegetarian menu. Effervescent and lighter style wines to be matched.
Menu: Sorrel Pakora; Fresh Mint Chutney; Potato-Potato Chive Ravioli with Truffled Cream; Side Salad of Arugula, Chives, Mint with Rhubarb - French Green Lentil “Vinaigrette”; Farm House Fresh Cheese drizzled with Honey and Rhubarb Compote.
Cost: $120.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Madeleines, Lemon Cream & Lavendar Lemonade
Saturday May 12, 2:00-3:00pm

Kitchen Demo & Tasting Series: Learn to make the lightest, fluffiest Madeleines ever, and tart but sweet Lemon Cream, paired with Lavender Lemonade. Great way to spend part of a lazy Saturday afternoon.
Cost: $35.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Mother's Day Brunch
Sunday May 13, 11:00-2:00pm

Arrive have a glass of Rosé and a couple of Brunch Snacks - Currant Scones with Quince Jelly and Mini Dungeness Crab Quiche. Join us in the kitchen and following the demo you will be in a group with your mother to prepare these next two delicious courses.
Menu: Seared Sooke Trout with Parslied Potatoes and an Endive, Shaved Apple Salad with Warm Double Smoked Bacon Balsamic Vinaigrette;
Passionfruit Mousse Tuile with Citrus Compote.
Cost: $120.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

The Nine Day Basics: Intensive Techniques for the Serious Amateur
with Chef Andrea Jefferson
Part 1: Wednesdays May 16, 23, 30 & June 6, 13 6:00-9:30pm.

Learn the Quince-Essentials for the culinary world in this hands-on cooking series. Study the basics and build on these techniques as you learn how to make beautiful quality food. Practice the art of the saucier to the fine details of pastry in a fully participatory class held in the stainless-steel Quince Studio. This intensive series will set you up with strong skills for further culinary adventures, from knife skills & stocks to sauces and meats, building up to a grand meal on the last evening which uses the skills acquired throughout the series! Every evening will culminate in dinner at our harvest table with a glass of wine in hand. Build and expand your food and wine experience.

Check out Carson Li's blog on his experience in our Nine Day Basics Part 1 class in Nov/December 2009.

Cost:Part 1 - $585.00 plus HST (Part 2 $468.00 plus HST) Please note that Part 2 will not be offered until the fall
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Summer Pies
Saturday May 26, 1:00-4:00pm

In this hands on class you'll learn to make Pâte Brisée (Pie Dough) and apply this to a Rustic Open Faced Pie; Individual Fruit Picnic Pies, and a Summer Berry Pie. Pie ala Mode served in the class. Yum!
Cost: $115.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

Paella - The Spanish Summer Staple
Thursday May 31, 6:00-9:00pm

Fire up the charcoal BBQ in the backyard (or in this case right in front of the store and arm yourself with a menu which will wow friends and family all summer long! Sipping on Sangria and Chilled Gazpacho we will split the group up into 3 teams, each going in different directions to make: Paella Valenciana, Paella Marinera & Arroz Negra. Finish with the classic Crème Caramel Flan for dessert and enjoy Spanish wines along the way.
Cost: $120.00
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Ice Cream & Sorbet
Saturday June 2, 1:00-2:15pm

Kitchen Demo & Tasting Series: Get into the Summer Spirit with Mango Sorbet and Rocky Road Ice Cream with Home Made Marshmallow.
Cost: $35.00
Cancellation and Refund Policy

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Cancellation and Refund Policy

Cancellation Policy
Quince reserves the right to cancel or postpone classes and events, or change instructors to best provide service. In the event Quince cancels any class or event, a full refund will be issued.

Refund Policy Quince Cooking Studio requires 5 business days confirmed notice for any cooking class reservation cancellation, at which time you will be given a credit or refund.

The Nine Day Basic - Intensive Techniques for the Serious Amateur or any other series requires two weeks notice for a refund. If you are unable to attend a class, please let us know at the time of registration and then we can give you credit towards this day the next time the 9 day class is offered.