The Kitchen Shoppe — Attraction in Middlesex Township

We attended an evening hands-on class. Overall, we had a great experience and would recommend. The recipe and food we made was delicious! The store is quaint and unique in its offerings; would come back in the future to browse more. However, there were some notable cons, namely several (but certainly not all) unfriendly & miserable staff. Here’s my breakdown:

Pros: our instructor was very informative and knowledgeable, she was willing to help and offer advice, the recipe was delicious with easy to follow directions and printed recipe was provided, clear demonstrations with good visualization from our seats with the mirror, made dozens of pierogis to take with us, option to cook them if you wanted, extra dough to take home, extra topping offerings/suggestions were great and delicious, accommodating to both individuals and groups

Cons: overcrowded work spaces, unclean aprons and chairs (clearly not washed between each person), would be nice to have a towel at workspace to wipe hands on! (gets messy), numerous unfriendly & unapproachable “helpers” who make it clear they are volunteers (unpaid = unmotivated, grumpy, and unwilling to assist / just there for the discount they get in the store), overall class time constraints - a lot to do in a 2 hour period, which is good they use the time, but you...

I've taken 2 classes here, and left disappointed with each (especially for $75/ea!). One was a knife skills class, which ended up being like an infomercial from 2 reps from a knife company. You got about $2 worth of veggies to practice chopping (a carrot, celery stalk, radish and a potato, I think), and only spent a few minutes actually practicing knife skills! Also took the cinnamon roll class. There were 22ish students in the class, but they provided only 2 mixers, so there was about a 45min wait with absolutely nothing happening, staring at the wall and waiting to get to mix your ingredients. Bored out of my mind! Can't believe a restaurant supply place wouldn't supply the restaurant equipmemt needed to not have such a long lag in the class while we all sat around waiting. They could have at least taught something during...

Shop is nice, but don’t do the paid lunch or dinner demonstration. $79 is way too much for what you get. Maybe we are spoiled from A Chef’s Kitchen in Williamsburg, VA, but this just wasn’t worth the money. The food wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t what I would expect for that price. The people who serve you are volunteers and while they are nice people they are not professional servers. One took my plate away and essentially threw the silverware back down in front of me. Most places that charge $79/person would bring you new silverware for your next course. Nice people, but they need to go have a meal/cooking demonstration at A Chef’s Kitchen in Williamsburg to learn how it...