Cook. Create. Connect.

Chef Dawn Creates

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.

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Private In-Home Experience — $250 + food cost

Chef Dawn smiling in a warm home kitchen behind a board of fresh vegetables
The Experience

This isn't a cooking demonstration.

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

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Friends
  • Parent + adult child experiences
  • Small private groups
  • Date nights
  • Birthday experiences
  • Anyone who wants to become more confident in the kitchen

Chef Dawn brings the necessary cooking equipment and tools.

Signature Experiences

Two ways to cook together.

Chef's hands using the claw technique to dice an onion on a walnut cutting board

Knife Skills

Cut With Confidence

Learn how to use a chef's knife safely, efficiently and confidently.

We'll cover

  • How to properly hold a chef's knife
  • The claw technique
  • Slicing and dicing
  • Julienne
  • Brunoise
  • Mincing
  • Breaking down vegetables
  • Knife safety
  • Knife care
  • Choosing the right knife

Private lesson: $250 + food cost

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Hands rolling fresh pasta dough on a flour-dusted wooden counter

Pasta From Scratch

Flour. Eggs. Your Hands. Pasta.

Learn the art of making beautiful fresh pasta from scratch in your own kitchen.

We'll cover

  • Making pasta dough
  • Understanding the right dough consistency
  • Kneading
  • Resting the dough
  • Rolling pasta
  • Using a pasta machine
  • Cutting fresh pasta
  • Cooking fresh pasta properly
  • Creating a simple sauce to enjoy with your pasta

Chef Dawn brings the pasta-making equipment.

Private lesson: $250 + food cost

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Chef Dawn's one-page Knife Skills Essentials guide — tap to view full size
Free Download

Chef Dawn's Knife Skills Essentials

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

  • How to hold a chef's knife
  • Essential knife safety
  • Parts of a knife
  • The most useful culinary cuts
  • Knife care
  • Chef Dawn's favorite kitchen reminders
Download the Free Guide

Want hands-on help? Text Chef Dawn → 917-392-5500

Chef Dawn leaning against her kitchen counter, smiling
Meet Chef Dawn

Hi, I'm Dawn.

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.

  • Professionally Culinary Trained
  • Professional Kitchen Experience
  • Cooking Instructor & Lead Chef
How It Works

Four simple steps.

1

Choose Your Experience

Knife Skills or Pasta From Scratch.

2

Text Chef Dawn

We'll talk about who is attending, your kitchen and what you'd like to learn.

3

I Bring the Equipment

Chef Dawn arrives with the tools and equipment needed for your lesson.

4

We Cook

Learn, cook, eat and enjoy the experience.

Pricing

Simple Pricing

Private In-Home Cooking Experience

$250

plus the cost of food/ingredients.

  • Pricing may vary for larger groups, extended experiences or custom menus.
  • Food cost is discussed and approved before the lesson.
Let's Talk About Your Lesson

What Would You Love to Learn?

Maybe 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.

Text Chef Dawn

917-392-5500

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