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March closures.

“VeggiePalooza”- using interesting vegetables in fun ways! Connect & learn cooking basics with Chef JJ Johnson. 

This class is designed to get parents and kids cooking together, creating memories and delicious meals! Class will focus on kitchen sanitation and safety, plus the ‘Essential Cooking Techniques’ you can use forever with many different seasonal ingredients! 

You will learn to make:

• Zucchini ‘Fettuccine’ with Fresh Mint & Lemon Zest
• Dinosaur Kale Chips with Spiced Sea Salt
• Edamame Hummus with Fresh Vegetable Crudites.

1. Reusable types of take home containers that hold around a total of 2 -3 quarts of food.
   
2. An apron

Details:

• Each registrant is encouraged to bring one youth ages 6 and up to work with you at your workstation. The youth you bring is free and will be at the same workstation with you. You will share the the containers of food you bring home with you. When you register please scroll down the screen and enter Yes or No for bringing a youth.
• A materials fee of $15 is included in the price of class.
• To comply with WA State Health Department guidelines, please wear closed-toe shoes to class.

Instructor Bio:

‘Locally-born & free-range’ Chef JJ Johnson spent his formative years cooking in Pike Place Market restaurants such as Campagne, Place Pigalle, Matt's in the Market & Il Bistro. He continued his professional cooking career in private homes & yachts, then ran a popular cooking school at Whole Foods Market in Bellevue. Chef JJ enjoyed a 3-year "working vacation" on Maui, as the head Chef at O’o Farm on the slopes of Haleakala. After his Maui adventure, he moved back to the slightly colder isle of Bainbridge. Chef JJ has spent the last several years creating local PNW farm-to-table cuisine, first signing on as Chef de Cuisine of the flagship Hitchcock Restaurant in Winslow, then opening Cafe Hitchcock in downtown Seattle as Executive Chef. He currently offers private in-home chef services, plus catering for dinner parties & special events with his company ‘Wanderlust NW Catering Co.’