The Cooking Studio — Restaurant in Fort Collins

I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you so much for the amazing experience treating my group of friends to a fun Father's Day cooking experience. It was even better than we had envisioned it turning out!

The 16 year old with us had not even peeled a carrot before! And she can’t stop talking about the experience. She insisted on packing the take home recipes in her backpack for the plane ride home because she didn’t want to lose them. And the first thing she showed to her Mom was the recipes and the pictures of her cooking. When we got in the car to leave, she had two of the most adorable things to say:

“I am glad the chefs were women. I want to cook like them someday. They can cook and they are beautiful!” And then later in the afternoon she said “That started out in my panic zone (opposite of comfort zone) but ended up being my favorite thing we did all weekend"

The 17 year old with us, who loves to cook, is now even more inspired than ever! You may have truly changed his career choice.

And then their Dad, well when I told him the activity we had planned he was very skeptical. But at the end, you helped me give him one of the most memorable Father’s Days ever. Not only was the whole experience a fun memory, but the fact that his kids cooked him an amazing dinner and we were able to sit and be spoiled by your team while having a beer to celebrate the day was just perfection.

Thank you again for everything. It was...

A friend and I did a Thai cooking class. First, there were only supposed to be 16 students in the class, but it was oversold and there were 20. Before we started, they reviewed the 6 recipes we would be cooking that night at a fast and unhelpful pace (ingredients, portions, substitutions), a waste of 15 minutes. Then they showed us how to cut an onion and garlic. They broke us up into two teams, each team working on 3 recipes. So, 10 people in my group were working on three recipes which means that my friend and I worked on 1/2 of 1 recipe - basically, we put ingredients in bowls (mise en place) and watched a curry stew for 45 minutes. Each student also got to roll their own spring roll. Even if the class hadn't been oversold, we would have worked on very little. We didn't learn anything that night except a neat way to make eggs for Pad Thai, so it shouldn't be called a cooking class. There were two instructors and they were knowledgeable and very friendly. The best thing I can say about the experience is that the entire class got to sit down together after the meal was prepared and eat the 6 dishes together (appetizer with dipping sauce, soup, entrees, and dessert). We also got a printout with the recipes to take home. In my opinion, this is not worth the $75/person price tag. If I wanted to cook a little bit of one dish with lots of people, I could do it at home with friends instead of strangers and...

LOVED this place! My husband and I were given a gift certificate for a class as a wedding gift, so we signed up for the Surf and Turf class with Chef Bob and Alisa. It was SO MUCH FUN. This was my first time taking a cooking class, and it was WAY more fun than I anticipated. Everyone in our class was great, we enjoyed our tablemates, and Chef Bob was such a delight and obviously knew his stuff! My chest admittedly puffed a bit when he complimented my potato galette! The class went overtime and was nearly 4 hours, but we were busy and engaged the entire time. Food was ample for a really nice meal, and they offered awesome and affordable wine pairings for everything. I really appreciated that we never felt rushed in any of the steps to make each dish, because I am a notoriously slow and meticulous home cook (and a slow eater on top of it.) Really enjoyed the session and I will no longer fear preparation of steak in a cast iron pan, nor will I fear making hollandaise sauce! A+ all around; will definitely be back. Was hoping to receive a recipe packet (via email or snail mail?) for the dishes we made, but I have not yet received that. We will be...