Last night, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a cooking class at the Viking Cooking School, located inside the Viking store in midtown. This event was a perk that’s associated with my daytime job and happened to tie into my nighttime job (hobby) quite perfectly.
*Updated*
Here’s the menu for the night labeled “Dinner Around the World”:
Tuscan Grilled Vegetable Platter
Thai Spring Rolls with sweet & sour sauce
Roasted Chicken (5 different varieties)
Cuban-style Rice Pilaf with black beans
Chocolate-covered strawberries stuffed with Amaretto cream cheese
And now it’s time for another story by photo segment:
we arrived to some snacks
and drinks
the clean kitchen prior to cooking
our chef gets the lesson started with a raw chicken
Chang and Kenny dove into the poultry preparation
stuffed with an onion, among other things
Brad gets excited by chicken (or knives?)
ready for roasting
Eli gets comfy in his chef whites
and with his knife
the crew preps the ingredients
while some of the guys drink and stand around
Josh gets veggies ready for the grill
and Kim mans the grill
and she grills
and grills
a post-grill rainbow
Don't forget us! Eli and I also grilled
Eli and Josh focus: they learn to make a spring roll
plop in some filling
Kenny demonstrates the roll
ready for the fryer
Kim shows the hollowed strawberries for dessert
tip of the day: use a glass to fill a piping bag
tip of the day demonstrated
berries filled with cream cheese, amaretto, confectioners sugar
chocolate to be melted
Kim and Jenna dip the berries, but the chocolate remains on their hands
taste trumps looks
Brad likes the spread of food
and shows off his personalized plate
spring rolls ready to eat!
chopped chicken
grilled veggies topped with parmigiano cheese
mmmmmmmm
extra desserts that we had nothing to do with
This event was super fun and I highly recommend it for a team-building outing, a girls’(guys’) night out, or just a change of pace activity shared among friends. We ate well, drank plenty, learned a few things, and most importantly – we didn’t clean up a thing!
Full menu will be updated shortly for those who are interested.
The Viking Store
1745 Peachtree Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-2404
404.745.9064
www.thevikingstore.net
I’ve taken a few classes there and loved it…great for the novice home cook. Which class was this?
It was great – ‘Dinner around the world’ – I’m going to add the menu to the post today. Maybe an Atlanta food blogger meet-up activity?
I’m down!