Join the chefs of Kate Smith Soirée - Kate Smith and Lora Bardal for a hands-on Valentine's pasta making class and five course meal.
About this event
Looking for a unique and memorable culinary experience to gift your loved one? Want to grab your girlfriends for a fun night out to celebrate your friendship? Join the chefs of Kate Smith Soirée - Kate Smith and Lora Bardal for a hands-on Valentine's pasta making class and five course meal. Participants will be served a salad course and an appetizer course. Participants will learn how to make the two pasta courses. This event will sell out so get tickets while you can!
You must be 21+ to attend this class.
MENU
Salad course: Fresh Mozzarella and Heirloom Tomato Salad
Appetizer to share: Arancini di Riso
Third course: Lora’s Brown Butter Walnut Cacio e Pepe
Fourth course: Kate’s Tuscan Tagliatelle - choose chicken or shrimp when you check out.
Dessert: Flourless Chocolate Cake with Caramelized Banana, Popcorn, and Brown Butter Ice Cream
*The recipes in this class have gluten, egg, and tree nuts. There are no substitutions offered.
Beverages: Water and tea are provided with ticket.
Participants can select the "Bottle of wine" add-on with their ticket. You will have a choice of either cabernet sauvignon or pinot gris at check out.
Additional alcohol or soda can be purchased from Public Market merchants: Topp'd Pizza and Salads, Butterfield's Bakery and Market, or The Tasting Room.
Floral arrangement add on:
The Flower Market will arrange a beautiful bouquet of lush roses and seasonal blooms for you to take home with your carryout meal for this special holiday. The bouquet will be added to your table in addition to the table decor, to enjoy while in class and to take home afterward.
About the Chefs:
Chef Kate Smith is the owner of Kate Smith Soirée and Butterfield's Bakery& Market. She first learned to make fresh pasta during her Culinary studies at Apicius International School of Culinary Arts in Florence, Italy 4 years ago, and she's been cooking fresh pasta ever since! She graduated with a hospitality management degree from Oklahoma State university, and she officially started her macaron business in October 2018. She opened her permanent location at the Lenexa Public Market June 22, 2019.
Chef Lora Bardal fell in love with food while cooking and baking with her mom at a young age. Wanting to follow her passion, she joined a culinary academy at her high school and competed in team cooking competitions. After high school, she enrolled at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York in the Baking and Pastry program. With this program, she learned from the top pastry chefs this country has to offer. She graduated at the top of her class and set out on a new adventure. Combining her love of travel and food, she moved from coast to coast learning under different pastry chefs and expanded her knowledge of the connection between good food and happiness!
CLASS INFORMATION AND POLICIES
GROUPS: Participants will work in groups of two. Tickets are sold in pairs. If you plan to come as a group of more than two, no worries! You'll get seats with all your friends, even if you book separately. Just tell us their names when you check into the class and we'll seat you together. *Note: Tickets are sold in pairs, if you want to purchase more than 2 tickets, you will have to check out for each pair separately.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9.
TICKETS AND ADMISSION: No tickets are issued for classes. Your name will be on an attendee list in The Kitchen. Admission to the kitchen will begin at the scheduled class start time.
CATEGORY: Technique and Skill
CLASS FORMAT: Combination of Instructor-Led with class participation
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner
RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANT AGE: Must be 21+ to take this class.
REFUNDS: We do not offer refunds for this class. If you cannot attend a class for any reason, you are welcome to send someone in your place. Please let us know as soon as soon as possible so the registration list may be updated along with any allergy information. *All classes are subject to rescheduling or cancellation (which would result in a full refund). *Recipes and ingredients are subject to change based on availability.
ALLERGIES/SPECIAL NEEDS: The Lenexa Public Market and demo kitchen is not an allergy-safe environment. Common cooking and baking ingredients used in classes may not be specified in class/menu titles. Food allergies and/or special needs must be stated in detail on the registration form. Best efforts will be made to accommodate those allergies and needs when known in advance. Recipe adjustments cannot be made during classes.
PARKING: Free parking is available on-site in a City of Lenexa parking garage.
FOOD/DRINK: Featured recipes prepared in the class will be sampled. We will have a water station available in the kitchen. Other beverages are available for purchase in the Market.
PERSONAL BELONGINGS: All equipment and ingredients for the class are provided. If perishable items purchased at the Market need to be refrigerated, please notify the class instructor or Market attendant when arriving for the class.
PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE: Please come to class prepared to have some fun and learn a few tips. Group interaction and socializing will be part of the classes, but please be respectful to instructors and fellow attendees to help ensure everyone has a great time.
COVID-19 UPDATE: Facemasks are no longer required, only recommended at the Public Market. Please stay home if you are feeling ill or are showing signs or symptoms of the virus.