Learn the skills. Make incredible food. Have fun doing it.
Private, hands-on cooking lessons in your own kitchen. Learn practical techniques you'll use again and again — from confident knife skills to making fresh pasta completely from scratch.
I come to you. I bring the equipment. We cook together.
Pricing upon request — food cost discussed before the lesson.
You're doing the cooking.
Chef Dawn creates a relaxed, hands-on experience where you'll learn the techniques behind the food — not simply follow a recipe. You'll chop, slice, knead, roll, taste and cook while learning skills you can take back into your kitchen again and again.
Perfect for
Chef Dawn brings the necessary cooking equipment and tools.
Choose from four hands-on experiences.
Pasta From Scratch
Learn the art of making beautiful fresh pasta from scratch in your own kitchen.
We'll cover
Chef Dawn brings the pasta-making equipment.
Pricing upon request — food cost discussed before the lesson.
Text Chef Dawn About Pasta
Asian Street Food
Bold, fragrant street-food classics made together — dumplings, bao and the sauces that make them sing.
We'll cover
Pricing upon request — food cost discussed before the lesson.
Text Chef Dawn About Asian Street Food
French Bistro
The timeless bistro skills — searing, pan sauces and butter — that make everything you cook taste better.
We'll cover
Pricing upon request — food cost discussed before the lesson.
Text Chef Dawn About French Bistro
Sourdough & Sips
A relaxed, hands-on introduction to sourdough hosted at North County wineries, breweries and wine bars. Learn starter, mixing and baking — then take your dough home.
We'll cover
Hosted at local North County wineries, breweries and wine bars.
Pricing upon request — food cost discussed before the lesson.
Explore Sourdough & Sips
Want to get better with a knife before we even meet? View Chef Dawn's beautifully illustrated Knife Skills Guide right here, then download a copy to keep.
You'll learn
Want hands-on help? Text Chef Dawn → 917-392-5500
Cooking has always been about more than food for me. It's about connection, confidence and creating something together.
I trained professionally in culinary arts and have worked in professional kitchens, but one of the things I love most is teaching.
Today, I teach people how to become more comfortable and creative in the kitchen by understanding the why behind what they're doing — not simply memorizing recipes.
My goal isn't to turn you into a professional chef. It's to help you think more like one. And have a great time while you're doing it.
Knife Skills or Pasta From Scratch.
We'll talk about who is attending, your kitchen and what you'd like to learn.
Chef Dawn arrives with the tools and equipment needed for your lesson.
Learn, cook, eat and enjoy the experience.
Private In-Home Cooking Experience
Upon Request
plus the cost of food/ingredients.
Food cost is discussed and approved before the lesson.
Let's Talk About Your LessonMaybe you've always wanted to make pasta.
Maybe you'd finally like to feel comfortable holding a chef's knife.
Or maybe you're looking for something fun and different to do with people you love.
Let's get in the kitchen.