Kitchen Art Studio

I honestly didn’t know or even bothered to check what this place was until I came here here for a bachelorette party a few months ago. I was pretty excited because my friend told me that we were going to learn how to cook and have dinner at the Kitchen Art Studio.
We learned how to make chicken empanaditas and seared scallops piccata with pasta, and just torch the sugar on the crème brûlée since the crème brûlée was already premade. We had some wine that we brought and they provided us with strawberry lemonade to drink. It was a fun experience however it is a bit pricey. For a large group we paid about ~$ 60 – 80 a person granted it was for a cooking lesson along with gratuity. There were about 15 – 20 of us and they could not split the check which ended up being a huge hassle since the bill was over a thousand and we had to put it on one card. I don’t know whether or not I’d come back again since I think this place is intended for large parties but overall it was a good experience and the instructor was very friendly and informative.

My wife and I had originally intended to have Kitchen Art Studio host my daughter’s birthday party. My wife went in and arranged for a 2 hour party for 10 children. The price quoted for this was a somewhat steep $ 375. To my wife’s shock and amazement, this ballooned to $ 494 once our credit card was charged; not only tax, but 18% gratuity on the original excessive amount, was added. Within a few days we decided this was a bad idea overall, and phoned to cancel. After a few confusing telephone and email exchanges, my wife received email notification that they would retain 25% (approximately $ 125) as a cancellation fee! To date, we still have not come to a satisfactory resolution regarding our refund.
Altogether it has been a very frustrating and time-​consuming experience.
Update: our credit card company issued us a credit for the full amount, and took matters into their own hands.

I was really excited to take my daughter here to sign up for classes. Though she cooks at home with me, I thought she’d enjoy a class with some peers. I firmly believe in teaching kids to cook & they’ll eat healthier if they do.
I started looking into them and boy, are they pricey! It was $ 65 for the class alone plus a $ 25 registration fee! $ 90 for my 5 year old to play for an hr and a half AND I’m there supervising? Perhaps if it was a drop-​off arrangement, but still… wow.
They do have some slightly lower price classes, but they didn’t look as kid oriented (fancy sounding salads/​biscotti/​quiche???) BTW, I can understand paying that much & more for a «real» adult culinary class and I have, but for my 5 year old? No.
I understand the registration fee is a one-​time thing, but unless you’re going constantly (like her dance class) why register? It’s like registering to go to Disneyland — yeah, they have the year passes, but I just want to take her this once and perhaps I’ll join if we find we’re going a lot.
There are too many other places that offer classes for kids that don’t have additional fees & are less expensive.
I did find another place that is drop-​off, and FOUR classes are $ 120 (1 ½ hrs each) or $ 35 for one class, so she’s signed up there. I don’t mind doing the class with her (We love to cook together at home!) but she wanted to try it by herself.