One of the managers in my team at work won an award because she is a pretty awesome manager. What does this have to do with cooking classes? Well, she is a food-lover, in addition to being totally hilarious, and decided to treat her team to an afternoon of cooking as a group. Again, where do I fit in? Well, she had some available slots in the group and guess who jumped at the chance?! Me! There you go, now I fit into the picture totally, don't I?
And that's where it began.
Joann had filled me in on how nice their kitchen is but even then I was all *gasp* and *double gasp*. I mean, take a look..
Every surface either squeeks or is filled with food and/or kitchen gadgets. No complaints!
There's one entire wall full of Le Creuset stuff. Saucepans, bowls, pans, stock pots, and the list goes on and on.
The opposite wall was dedicated to Scan Pan. I hadn't heard of the brand before this but now, I am down. I go to their website every other day and just ogle.
This is probably my favourite section though. This shelf takes up so little space yet houses so many (important!) heavy things. Imagine how helpful this would be in a tiny kitchen. A food-lover's kitchen cuz otherwise, you don't even need so many kitchen gadgets!
The last shelf, dedicated to Kitchenaids. Not one, not two, but four of them. Four. FOUR!
They also had four ovens. *Dreamy sigh*
We made pizza from scratch, chicken tacos with avocado, fritatta with tomato salsa, and pear and cherry cake with a spiked glaze.
The ingredients were measured and laid out neatly before we got there.
So we cracked open a bottle of girly bubbly and got started!
I spent some quality time with the Kitchenaid as it kneaded the dough for the pizza. He even told me I will soon acquire his cousin. I hope he's right. Then again, a Kitchenaid is always right. Right?
The dough was super soft and very easy to work with after left alone to rise for a while. There was a lot of poking and touching to get acquainted.
The cake came along really well too. The batter was entirely whipped up in a Kitchenaid too. He was yellow but we didn't get a chance to chat. By the way, I made this cake the next weekend and will post soon.
The fritatta was super easy to whip up. It was partly cooked on a stove and then baked (Scan Pan is oven proof too, how cool is that?).
When the cake was done, the chef did this for two reasons. 1) To loosen it gently from the ramekin and 2) So that it stays warm when we are ready to attack them!
These were for the tacos. Fresh vegetables. 
The tacos themselves, with sour cream dip, shaved parmesan and the avocado dip.
Ah the pizzas. Each one was unique because we all got a blob of dough and could pick and choose our filling.
This is the chef's version. Minimalistic with two variations - simple tomato and cheese on one side, and thinly sliced potatoes on the other.
Then we got started. There were hearts..
And half moons..
And tons of different shapes, colours, textures, fillings..
Mine? Well very simple. Tomato base, fresh rosemary, and oodles of cheese. Pizza = cheese to me 😀
PS: I got quite pally with the Silpat too. We may meet again in the near future for a cookie or two.
If you are ever looking for cooking classes in Singapore, Palate Sensations (the link no longer seems to be working) is a definite must-try. Its pricey but totally worth it!
Sig
WOW! A dream kitchen indeed! It must've been a torture for you to see not one but four kitchen aids in there, huh? Next time take a big handbag with you 😉
my kitchen
Kitchen looks so beautiful,Nice clicks
Rajani
so jealous!! i cant see a single pic!! 🙁
Parita
OMG this is simply amazing...4 kitchen aid???? its my dream to own one 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
My dream kitchen is this,esp the oven section!
Sonia
Incredible post! Loved all the kitchen and gadgets. I have been looking for that Silpat baking mat too but no luck yet! 🙁
Shri
Who ever cooks in that kitchen must be producing masterpieces..That looks incredible!And hey, I finally posted your logs recipe..The pic was not that great but I captured before I and V went crazy over it:D
Srivalli
Wonderful kitchen!..:)
Arch
Wow !! what a day, what a kitchen !! Super super !! You must have had such fun, you lucky lucky girl !
Superchef
OMG!! look at all the pots and pans and everything else..I would not have believed you of you had said there were 4 stand mixers..now i have no choice with the photos there to prove it!! lucky you to have been to such a place!!!