Margaux and I enrolled in Valencia Club de Cocina, a somewhat new little cooking school in Valencia. We are enrolled in the intermediate course, which consists of 10 weeks of cooking about 30 plates, for 270 euros... including the best part of eating the finished product and washing it down with some delicious wine!
Margaux and I were filled with mixed emotions: nervousness, excitement, and the combination made us loose our appetite and almost pee our pants! But we quickly got over it when we realized we were not the least experienced, we were not in over our heads, and we were going to have fun!!!
There are a total of 10 students in the class. The chef/teacher (who is quit legit and studied in Paris, Argentina and Italy) splits us up into groups of 3, and each group takes on a plate. He explains to the whole group, tricks of the trade such as how to easily chop a pepper, onion, and garlic clove. We also learned to always put the onions in before the garlic, how to peel artichokes and how to clean calamari. (all in Spanish!)
Before I grace you with Marguax's amazing photographs of our food, here is a quote I LOVED from Julia Childs' book, My Life in France, which she writes after describing her first experience in cooking school at Le Cordon Bleu
"You Never forget a beautiful thing that you have made', he said. 'Even after you eat it, it stays with you-always"
(Julia quoting her instructor, Chef Bugnard) True story, people!
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| Stuffed Calamari in their ink |
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| intently listening to tips and tricks |
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| Finished calamari with the sauce |
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| Stuffed red peppers |
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| A sort of soup with rice, chicken, artichokes and green beans (not American ones) |
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| Enjoying our finished product, and making mental notes to buy new knives and a large salt container |
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