🔥 Cast Iron Cooking Adventure: Master the Magic of the Skillet! 🍳
From sizzling steaks to crispy pizzas and unforgettable desserts, discover why cast iron cookware has become the secret weapon of professional chefs and home cooks alike. Join Chef Bill for an exciting, hands-on culinary experience where you’ll unlock the incredible versatility of cast iron and learn techniques that will transform the way you cook forever.
Whether you’re brand new to cast iron or already have a favorite skillet at home, this class is packed with professional tips, cooking techniques, and delicious recipes that showcase why these timeless pans deliver unbeatable flavor, superior heat retention, and beautiful caramelization.
Throughout the class, you’ll prepare an incredible multi-course meal while learning how to properly preheat, sear, roast, bake, and care for your cast iron cookware. You’ll leave with the confidence to create restaurant-quality meals in your own kitchen.
🍽️ The Menu
🥩 Sous Vide Cast Iron Cajun Steak with Roasted Garlic Herb Compound Butter
Perfectly cooked steak finished with a blazing hot cast iron sear to create an incredible crust, then topped with a rich roasted garlic and herb compound butter.
🦐 Cast Iron Shrimp Scampi
Succulent Gulf shrimp pan-seared in butter, garlic, white wine, fresh lemon, and herbs for a classic Italian favorite with incredible flavor.
🍕 Nonna’s Foolproof Cast Iron Pan Pizza
Create a beautifully crisp, golden crust with a soft, airy interior using one of the best-kept secrets in pizza making—cast iron. Top your pizza with fresh ingredients and enjoy every delicious bite.
🥔 Crispy Cast Iron Smashed Potatoes
Creamy baby potatoes smashed and roasted until perfectly crisp, then finished with rosemary, garlic butter, Parmesan, and flaky sea salt.
🍍🍌 Chef John’s Cast Iron Hummingbird Cake
A moist Southern classic filled with bananas, pineapple, warm spices, and toasted pecans, baked beautifully in cast iron and finished with silky cream cheese frosting.
👨🍳 What You’ll Learn
✔ Why cast iron cooks better than most cookware
✔ How to properly season and maintain your skillet
✔ Cleaning and caring for cast iron without damaging the seasoning
✔ Achieving the perfect steakhouse-quality sear
✔ Baking breads, pizzas, and desserts in cast iron
✔ Tips and tricks for cooking with confidence using cast iron every day
🍷 Enjoy Our Full-Service Bar
Enhance your culinary experience with a visit to The Cutting Edge Bar, conveniently located inside our classroom.
Choose from a selection of:
- 🍷 Wines
- 🍸 Signature cocktails
- 🍺 Craft beer
- 🥃 Premium bourbons & spirits
- 🥂 Sparkling wines
- 🥤 Non-alcoholic beverages
Our bar is open before class and throughout the event, so you can enjoy your favorite beverage while you cook, learn, and dine.
Outside alcoholic beverages are not permitted.
✨ Class Format
Hands-On Cooking & Chef Demonstration
You’ll work alongside Chef John as he demonstrates professional techniques before guiding you through each recipe. You’ll practice knife skills, searing, sautéing, baking, and plating while learning the science behind why cast iron produces such incredible results. Throughout the class, Chef John shares expert tips, answers questions, and demonstrates techniques you can immediately use at home.
Best of all, you’ll sit down and enjoy every dish you’ve prepared with fellow food lovers in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
🔥 Come hungry, leave inspired, and discover why one cast iron skillet can become the most valuable tool in your kitchen! 🍳