Cooking at The Inn

Something new is at the Inn at Bella Vista.  From giving  private cooking classes by request, your innkeeper chefs, Bill and Beverly, are now offering a new series of two day Cooking Schools.  With years of experience in meal planning, recipe development, preparing and cooking/baking meals for two to hundreds, they bring a clear and different approach to cooking.  Meals should be fairly simple to prepare, easy to create a nice presentation and good to eat.  

     Each school is designed to give students a hands on approach to cooking.  The emphasis is on learning to be comfortable in the kitchen while preparing dishes to wow your friends and family without spending lots of time.   Students work directly with recipes developed by Bill and Beverly. They learn to plan menus, stock the pantry for quick and easy meals, modify recipes and prepare a wide variety of items.  Then they get to eat what they prepare.

    Schools are small so that every student has plenty of personal attention.  There is a minimum of two  and a maximum of five students per school.  While schools are set for weekends starting Friday evening with a planning session and ending Sunday afternoon, schools can be booked during the week with at least 3 students.   Two nights lodging is included in the school package here at The Inn.

    Three separate cooking programs are being offered from November to March this year.  Each one covers a wide variety of topics and several great recipes to take home.  They are:
  1. Breakfast All Day--this class will cover a variety of breakfast items we use here at the Inn and show how you can use many of them for dinner as well.
  2. Baking Breads--this class will cover breakfast and tea breads in the morning session and  a couple of different breads in the afternoon.  Dinner that evening is a soup and salad event with all the breads baked that day to sample.  
  3. Last Minute Weekend Guests--this class will teach you how to serve a lovely breakfast  and an elegant dinner without taking a lot of time from your guests.  We will include a little help on setting a nice table with a flair.
     In order to offer students the most flexible options,  the first to reserve a spot in any school chooses the program taught in that class.  So you pick the time and the subject.  Once the school has a theme, all students attending will follow that program.  So book early if you want a specific time and topic.

    Costs:  Package covers the following:
Single Occupancy -- $359.00 plus tax and gratuities.  Double occupancy (single queen size bed) -- $499.00 plus tax and gratuities.  Non participant sharing room -- $99.00 extra including breakfasts and dinner.
Contact Beverly for more information and reservations.
877-876-5645
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