Chef Baba's Cooking Classes — Local services in Lauderdale Lakes

I attended a Chef Baba’s cooking class this past weekend. Chef Baba is definitely a charismatic person who claims to be an Italian Chef. He kept the atmosphere light and funny. His food was just okay, if I’m being totally honest I’ve had better. He used some members of the group to cook for the crowd. I personally had expected an actual cooking class where everyone was preparing their own meals with his guidance, so that was disappointing to me. It was more of a show than an actual cooking class.

The location is in a warehouse and the inside was lacking as far as comfortably. The seating area was crowded and it was hot inside. It is a BYOB event! He did have a water pitcher and offered what he claimed to be his and some uncle in Italy’s “HOMEMADE” wine. This “homemade” wine was actually very tasty and when he announced he sells it for $60 a bottle , I thought okay, it’s a big bottle and is pretty good, why not! He instantly sold out all of the bottles he had on hand, but assured us all we could buy one from him for $60 at a later next week.

WELL, this is where he has lost all my respect, and I am left wondering is he really a Chef? Is that REALLY his family on the Ellis Island gift shop bags? So many questions after I found out the 3L bottle of “homemade wine”, that he sold to customers for $60 literally sell sells at ABC Liquor’s for $20- yup that’s right!

I had to see if it was the same so I bought one right away and yup, you guessed it, same name, same bottle, same yummy taste! EXACTLY the same for $40 LESS!!

WOW is all I can say! What a scam! I understand “mark-up” etc- but seriously triple the amount? Very disappointing because he sells his entire class/show as an authentic Italian experience! He said repeatedly throughout his monologue that he is a retired Chef, he doesn’t do this for the money (LMAO) he does this because he loves to share his experiences and cook! Thinking back on it, I suppose he’s a wannabe actor performing at a cooking show and we all fall for it! LOL

But seriously, please Sir, it is such a disgrace for you to blatantly lie and take financial advantage of your customers, most of whom appear to be collecting social security checks! I can’t believe none of his reviews have exposed this fraud! But at the same time I suppose I shouldn’t be all that shocked! I mean the man recites scenes from the God Father movie and acts like a stereotypical “guappo” throughout his show! LOL

Was it a “horrible” night, no, the company was great, but would I recommend it, NOPE! Save your money and take a class from an...

Chef Baba is an amazing chef! I first met Chef Baba in February 2017 at the time I was uncertain and lost in life. I bought a groupon for a situationship I was in and I ended up going solo to the class. I was not going to go and Chef Baba insisted I come even though it was a couples class, the entire night, I never felt alone! I had a spectacular time! The food was delicious and his energy and passion were contagious! From that point on I just kept going to all his classes. In 2018/2019 I transitioned my eating habits and my last class was October 12, 2019. It was phenomenal! The best way to say goodbye to meat is with Chef Baba! I transitioned to a vegan diet and all the principles of mise en place, the 5 Mother Sauces, and his real life juicing experience stayed with me and helped me a great deal! I made flavorful vegan dishes and I stayed healthy! While away from Chef Baba, I enrolled in Keiser University and obtained an AS in Health and Human Performance, currently working on a Bachelors In Health Human Performance and I am now a Holistic Health Nutrition and Wellness Coach. I took all the core things that Chef Baba taught me and I implement them with my clients to make cooking fun and easy for them like he made it for me. Although I was no longer going to classes, I still followed Chef on social media and saved his website. I jumped up for joy when I got an e-mail saying he was having a Vegan Healthy Eating Class. I saved the date, invited all my clients and we went to see Chef Baba! The class was brilliant, Chef Baba not only cooked delicious food but he educated you about the dangers of unhealthy foods and provided some healthy options. He also applied Mise en place and the 5 mother sauces to the dishes. Eating healthy was flavorful and fun! My clients and I enjoyed ourselves immensely! They all walked out saying how amazing the healthy eating class was! It was great to see and hear how food can be used as medicine and even better to know that it does not have to taste bad! Chef Baba, Thank you for sparking joy and knowledge in not only my life but everyone else who came that night! If you are curious as to how healthy eating can be, look no further than Chef Baba! He has...

To be honest, I thought I was going to be fully hands on for the cooking class but it turns out it was a different experience. Let me add let me add that although not what I thought it was going to be, hubby and I had a blast. Authentic Italian cooking with a twist. Chef Baba’s twist. He is Funny, charismatic, passionate and quite the jokester. He conducted the class with providing details as he was cooking. He allowed different attendees to be his sous-chefs to help with part of the meal preparation. He taught us how to make Pasta Bolognese with Veal from Red sauce from scratch. He shared the different mother sauces where All other sauces can derive from. He also shared One his Secret Aglio Olio (Garlic Oil) we also learned about mirepoix a base that is added to many dishes… I love to cook but tonight, I was given some more tricks to add To my bags Of cooking tricks. He also added that a recipe is a guide but cooking is from the hands 🙌 Heart ❤️ and Mind… We also had an amazing flank steak with veggies and home made garlic bread with the Aglio Olio. You can keep that in your fridge and cook anything with it. We also learned about reduction and the 5 S’s Sweet Salty Savory Sour Spicy We had a blast!!!! Oh and to finish he made a apple dessert that was phenomenal. I am not a fan of apple anything but that was scrumptious topped with vanilla ice-cream… yummy 😋 Check CheF Baba cooking class out. I am booking one with my daughters next time. His main class At 2pm. We Took the 6pm class but the 2 pm class provides more in depth teaching especially some...