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LET US KNOW what topic you’d like to see us offer or if you know someone you think would make a kickin’ cooking instructor. (Click here to view our full class calendar.)
“Variety is the spice of life”
… and it also describes our class schedule.
Enjoying HIGH SPIRITS in our kitchens!
Booking TEAMBUILDINGS & EVENTS
virtual + in our kitchens
Adding onsite and online COOKING CLASSES to our line-up.
Cooking tasty CHEF-PREPARED DISHES
Our freezers are full.
Building great relationships in our KITCHEN SHOP EXPERIENCE™.
Practicing GRATITUDE as we get back to making magic happen in our kitchens.
Please visit our Calendar of Classes for more information on individual classes.
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The classes listed below represent those currently available for registration, however we curate and add classes often based on demand, the seasons, our whims… or whatever flips our pancakes. If you can’t find a class that interests you here, click the ‘Let Us Know’ link below and share your ideas.
Chef Jill shows you some of the tasty treats that come in our picnics and charcuterie boards, and Chef Andrew points out some wine varietals that you might enjoy with it, along with a description of the wines and which foods they pair well with. >>>
COOK TOGETHER! (view our class calendar)
GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER (let’s start planning)
The Kitchen Boa®
Created by our own ‘Main Dish’ Laura Laiben, the Kitchen Boa is a wildly popular re-invention of the kitchen towel and a stylish ‘must’ for every cook.
Made in our Kitchens
Stock up delicious dishes from our Kitchen Shop shelves and freezers, made by our chefs in the CCKC kitchen. Claim that you made them – we won’t tell!
‘Best Recipes’ Cookbook™
Tried and true recipes, our cookbook is a compilation of some of our favorite and most-requested dishes.
Cookware We Believe In
Cook like a pro with our signature line of high-quality, commercial-grade cookware. It’s the last cookware you’ll buy. We promise.
Our Favorite Kitchen Soap
Hand-crafted soap with goats milk and essential oils. p.s. You won’t believe how good it smells!
The Best Cutting Board
We know a quality cutting board is an important tool. These non-porous wood fiber boards stand up to heat, the dishwasher and lots of slicin’.
The Kitchen Boa®
Created by our own ‘Main Dish’ Laura Laiben, the Kitchen Boa is a wildly popular re-invention of the kitchen towel and a stylish ‘must’ for every cook.
Made in our Kitchens
Stock up delicious dishes from our Kitchen Shop shelves and freezers, made by our chefs in the CCKC kitchen. Claim that you made them – we won’t tell!
‘Best Recipes’ Cookbook™
Tried and true recipes, our cookbook is a compilation of some of our favorite and most-requested dishes.
Cookware We Believe In
Cook like a pro with our signature line of high-quality, commercial-grade cookware. It’s the last cookware you’ll buy. We promise.
Our Favorite Kitchen Soap
Hand-crafted soap with goats milk & essential oils. p.s. You won’t believe how good it smells!
The Best Cutting Board
We know a quality cutting board is an important tool. These non-porous wood fiber boards stand up to heat, the dishwasher and lots of slicin’.
Watch as Elle T, our Goddess of Good Eats at The Culinary Center of Kansas City, talks about the tasty, chef-prepared dishes in our freezers. >>>
Stop by our Kitchen Shop to stock up or CLICK HERE TO ORDER ONLINE here on our website. We’ll be happy to hold it until you can get here to pick it up. We’ll deliver order of $150 or more for no extra charge within 15 miles of Downtown Overland Park. We aim to please. It’s what we do.
Reindeer Games
Cooking Competition
Would your group enjoy a bit of friendly competition mixed in with their holiday party? Well, gather Donder & Blitzen and bring them to our kitchens for a fun day or evening where, much like the popular cooking shows, teams will cook from mystery boxes of ingredients to create a fabulous (yes, we promise it will be fabulous!) lunch, dinner or appetizer reception. Sprinkle in a bit of bartering and treat your guests to a few crafty cocktails and you have yourself a memorable evening! You could even say it glows!
Elves Gone Bad
Holiday Cake Wars
Move over Ace of Cakes, we’re taking dessert to a whole new level! Everyone in your group will don their own unique elf name when they battle to win Santa’s good favor as they build and decorate holiday cakes. Creative juices will be flowing with mystery decorations along with a challenge, a time frame and winner of the best decorated cake of the bunch. Donate them to local charities? Yes you could… or you could eat ‘em. Santa’s elves would be proud either way!
Ugly Sweater
Cookie Party
Here’s a fun one! Enjoy some tasty appetizers (or lunch) and a cookie decorating class with one of our Chefs. Each guest will then decorate a dozen holiday cookies shaped like little sweaters to take home in a decorative container. Whether you wear ugly sweaters to this party is up to you! By the way, you could also decorate more traditional cookie shapes as well …but then I guess we would just call it a plain ole’ Cookie Decorating Party. That’s ok too!
An Old Fashioned
Cookie Exchange
Let’s go “old school” and make classic holiday treats to share. We’ll have all the trappings of a festive party including hot cocoa, holiday music and cheerful beverages, if desired. Then your group will divide up and create those tasty cookie jar treasures that we all remember. Thumb Prints and Snowballs and the like. While they are cooling we’ll have lunch, dinner or heavy appetizers. Each guest will take home cookies in a decorative container. Some things just never go out of style, do they?
Holiday Hands for Hunger
A Cooking Party with a Purpose
Give meaning to your holiday party AND have fun as your group feeds the needs of our community. Don your gay apparel (read: aprons) and let our Chefs lead you as you cook and package nutritious and delicious home-made food to donate to some well-deserving folks in Kansas City. Then celebrate your good deeds together around the table as you dine on a delicious meal (or heavy appetizers). Change it up a bit and decorate cookies to go with cherished children’s holiday books to be donated to a local shelter. Or perhaps making homemade apple pies for a local food kitchen would make you happy! ‘Tis the season for giving!
Fa-La-La-La-Lunch
Seasonal Holiday Lunch
Down with boring holiday lunch events! Do something different for heaven’s sake! Step into our kitchens where your guests will be greeted with an apron and a beverage. A CCKC Chef will teach you how to create one of the tasty dishes from your menu, then it’s your turn to make that dish! Afterwards, your group will celebrate around the table with a seasonal holiday menu! Who will sing for their lunch? Anyone? ‘Tis the season to be jolly you know. (Not interested in getting your hands dirty? A CCKC Chef can entertain you instead with a culinary demonstration. Want to make the full meal? You can do that too!)
Jingle & Mingle
in the Kitchen
Let your guests mix and mingle in this holiday-inspired appetizer reception right in our comfortable kitchens! Our Chefs will create some impressive party fare and the fun begins when your guests get some hands-on fun as they create (and eat!) one of the items on the menu. Get crazy and add a Mixologist to the mix to show you how to make trendy Craft Cocktails. Or what about a lesson in Local Brews paired with beer-inspired foods? Uh huh. We thought you’d like that.
Holiday Lights
Dinner Party
Our lights will be twinkling here in historic Downtown Overland Park as you enjoy a fabulous meal, exceptional service and warm holiday cheer. Choose from several seasonal holiday-inspired menus and begin (or end) your evening with a smidge of hands-on cooking if you like. Not to worry – those festive holiday outfits (or ugly sweaters?) are safe! How’s that for a new “take” on the old holiday get-together? (We’re happy to substitute a Cooking Demonstration by one of our Chefs for the hands-on activity if desired. Add some more fun and make the whole meal. See? We’re flexible.)
A Friday Night ‘Curbside’ Dinner
That You’ll Love A Whole Enchi-LOT-a!
New Mexican Re3d Enchilada Dinner Menu
serves 4
Smoked Chicken Enchiladas
with Guajillo Red Sauce, Cilantro & Cojita Cheese
(hearty, smoky, chili-y, spicy (but not too) goodness on a plate)
Southwest Black Bean Salad
(packed with flavor… as well as garlic, red onion and other good stuff)
Traditional Spanish Rice & Peas
(seasoned with tomatoes & New Mexican spices)
Pineapple ‘Mocktail” Margaritas
(a quart of refreshing summer beverage for the whole family…
or add tequila and make it a grown-up Friday Night cocktail! Ole!)
‘Know Your Chilis’ Trivia Game
(we’ll include a fun little game to play while enjoying your dinner that will make you a Chili Master! Hey! It’s Friday Night… get spicy!)
$60 / per dinner experience
(serves 4)
ADD: Mocha Flan
$14.00 / Serves 4
ADD: Pastel de Tres Leches (Three-Milk Cake)
$12.95 / Serves 4
ADD: Old-Time Strawberry Ice Cream
$7.00 / Pint
ADD: Decadent Chocolate Truffles
$5.95 / 4 Truffles
ADD: …other tasty stuff!!
(See below for a special deal)
Order Our Friday Night Curbside Dinner
and Get 15% Off Any of Our
Chef-Prepared Frozen Meals!*
You must use promocode FRIDAYNIGHT when ordering online to get the 15% discount.
Since you’re stopping by anyway, why not stock up your freezer? We’re making it easy here, people!
(* small print: The discount excludes the Friday Curbside Dinner. You have to purchase the meal to get the deal, silly!)
Take your holiday party from Ho Hum to HO! HO! HO!
Do you like to cook? Do you like to hang out with fun “foodies”? Do you wait by your computer for our new classes to go online? If you answered “Yes!” to any of these, then you might make a great addition to our Volunteer Foodie Crew.
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7920 Santa Fe Drive
Overland Park, KS 66204
p: 913/341.4455
f: 913/341.5070
Kitchen Shop Hours
Monday – Wednesday and Friday
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday
9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday
Noon – 5 p.m.
Event Space
Available 24/7
Don’t know what to get for your favorite foodie, who already seems to have every kitchen tool and gadget ever made? Buy them a Culinary Center gift certificate – let them decide whether to use it in our Kitchen Shop or on one of our cooking classes!
Every Saturday, you can try new kitchen tools, watch demonstrations, sample foods and so much more…
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7920 Santa Fe Drive
Overland Park, KS 66204
(across from the Clock Tower in Historic Downtown Overland Park)
p: 913/341.4455
f: 913/341.5070
Monday – Saturday | 9am – 6pm + Open later when there are events or classes…which is most nights! Please call.
Sundays | Hours vary based on class times. Please call.
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Available anytime by appointment