NuCulinary

I recently hired NuCulinary for my company’s annual party /​corporate team building event.
I cannot say enough good things about them. From start to finish, Naomi was professional, easy to work with, and friendly. The three chefs that worked with us during the evening were great as well. Helmed by Chef Toby, our evening was a lot of fun, and a great learning experience.
The food we cooked was delicious!
The Foundry (where they hold their group classes) is a modern converted warehouse space, which was a perfect aesthetic for us.
Highly recommend this business.

This was the greatest experience!
We live out of town, but were visiting family in Camano Island, WA for my husband’s birthday, and I wanted to have an Indian Cuisine cooking class put together for him and our family. After leaving a phone message, Naomi, the owner called me back within a day. She was so enthusiastic for the chance to help me plan this event, spending time with me talking through ideas, all the time happy to listen to my thoughts and details in making this special occasion turn out perfectly. We decided to have one of her chefs make a house call and prepare the dinner at our family’s kitchen in Camano Island! What a trek! :)
[By the way, I spoke with several other chefs and cooking schools in the area before finding NuCulinary, and no one gave me the time or courteousness that Naomi did; and I gave her only a little over a week to fit it in. She’s good people]
Naomi and chef worked together to create a menu that catered to some of my suggestions as well as adding in their own ideas and flare. This was emailed to me before the event to approve. Everything about the process was organized and professional. The cost was totally reasonable; you absolutely get what you pay for and more. If you figure the cost of going to a nice restaurant for four people, ordering appetizers, entrees, drinks, tip, figuring cab fare to get home safely then add the time that the chef takes to purchase the ingredients and make a long house call, clean up etc, it works out to essentially the same… it was worth every penny. :) After getting quotes from other culinary businesses, I found that NuCulinary was a similar price as a few of them and almost half the price of a lot of them.
The night of the Indian Cuisine class: Toby, the chef for the evening, arrived on time and with all of the goodies we had discussed. He had prepared a printed packet of all the recipes for the four of us. He went through each recipe, describing interesting elements to each dish. Since I requested a ‘hands-​on’ experience, he had each one of us select a dish so that we could measure out each ingredient and have them ready in little dishes, like on a cooking show. :) He started with a rice dish so that it could simmer, then sauteed and ground fresh spices, and moved onto an appetizer that we enjoyed right away. After that, one by one, each of us would go to the stove and he would help us cook our selected recipe, while the rest of the group watched. This was an excellent format so that we each had a chance to be hands-​on, and many more chances to sit and watch the other dishes being made and have wine! :) Toby, was so personable, down-​to-​earth, funny, and was calm in helping out our group with our many questions. :)
The meal came out fantastic. We enjoyed it on the deck overlooking the sunset and the ocean. It was one of the best and most memorable experiences to this day! :)
I can’t thank NuCulinary enough! :)

I just took a NuCulinary Korean Cooking class in Renton and loved it. It was a demonstration class, though they also have hands on — the chef did an excellent job, very professional but also friendly and conversational. He gave us lots of helpful tidbits about the ingredients and how to prepare them… sometimes it’s just nice to see someone else do it first! The recipe was a fairly easy one, but not one I would have tried on my own. Also super helpful was a little tour of Uwajimaya after class — nice to get an idea of the layout and know where to find those special ingredients for next time… plus was a special chance to ask any remaining questions. So, overall, loved my experience at NuCulinary and look forward to signing up for more classes in the future.
Also worth noting… NuCulinary has several class locations, so there’s probably one near you!