Welcome to Chef Tech!

Our mission is to teach people how to cook – to show them how to select quality ingredients, use the proper equipment and master the best techniques — by providing Culinary Knowledge and Kitchen Experience with a side of Palate Pleasure!

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Kids Summer Camp 2024

EARLY BIRD PRICING & Enrollment

FLOUR POWER · GREAT BRITISH BAKING

HOORAY AMERICA! · ITALIAN PIZZA & PASTRIES

TWEENS CAKE BAKE & DECORATE

Adult Classes

Whether you’re looking to learn the basics or advance your culinary career, we offer a variety of cooking courses suited for adults and mature teens.

Cooking Workshops

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Join us every Friday evening or Saturday afternoon for our Cooking Workshops. We take care of it all, the ingredients, the equipment, and best of all the clean-up!

Fundamentals of Cooking

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A 4-Class Series occurs every Saturday in the month of October. We teach skills ranging from cutting techniques, to food science basics, to baking!

Cake Bake & Decorate

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Do you have a bit of a sweet tooth? In this 4-class workshop, we’ll teach you everything you’ll need to know about baking; from basics to buttercream!

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Professional Courses

Learn the tricks of the trade!

The professional courses are designed to teach you the culinary foundations necessary to launch your career, whether the objective is to work in a kitchen, open your own food related business, change your career, or expand your knowledge to make you the best cook you can possibly be. Classes are available for baking and general culinary skills.

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Kids Classes

Is there a young chef in your family? Chef Tech has you covered! Kids will learn how to safely and creatively chop, mix, and prepare delicious meals under the guidance of our professional chefs.

Hands On

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The Kids Monthly Cook and Bake Series are the perfect match for your child with a flair for food! Classes meet for 1.5 hours, once a week throughout the month. Children will learn a variety of cooking and baking skills.

Homeschool Program

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Charter Funds may be used for our Kids Monthly Homeschool Cook & Bake Series from the following schools: Sky Mountain Charter School, iLead, Excel, Sage Oak, Cabrillo Point Academy, Granite Mountain Charter, Compass Charter Schools.

Summer Camps

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Who says summer camp needs to have tents? From our kid-tastic themes to our exclusively formulated recipes, to our dedicated staff of instructors and summer interns, there is just nothing like it anywhere!

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 “ Thank you Chef Teri and crew for hosting an amazing cooking class! We are truly grateful for your support!”

Ronald McDonald House Long Beach

About Us

Jorge and Teri met while working at Ocean Avenue Seafood in Santa Monica, where he was the fishmonger and she was the pastry chef.

They worked together back-to-back, and after he threw salmon bones (he is still claiming his innocence) into her pristine pastry trash can they stopped speaking for several years. No hi, no good morning, no nothing!

When she switched from pastry chef to sous chef, she had to talk to him about the availability of the fish every day. They apologized to each other in a quick minute and he asked her to the movies every single morning for 6 months. No luck…

But she admired his persistence and finally caved in. Three kids, two businesses’, four dogs, and a parakeet later, these two alpha dogs have learned to work in the kitchen (and life) together well!

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Questions?

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