Chef Lou Jones is back from England to teach a new class featuring a beautiful spring menu that you’ll want to repeat at home for guests. The main course in this Three-Course demonstration class will be Chicken Kiev. As a classically trained chef with decades of experience you can expect in Lou’s class to be getting each dish fully realized by employing proper, time-tested techniques that will create the most delicious results. Join Chef Lou in our Hudson Valley/Berkshires kitchen for this very special cooking class.
–Curly Kale Salad- massaged curly kale, toasted pine nuts, dried cranberries, parmesan, and creamy rhubarb vinaigrette
–Chicken Kiev – Pan fried breadcrumbed chicken breast, stuffed with garlic butter
–Fresh pea purée
–Glazed carrots
–Apple-Crisp Tart – served with Orange Sabayon & Raspberry Coulis
This demonstration class, plus lunch, is limited to 10 people.
Lou Jones has been a professional chef for 40+ years. While he has a broad repertoire in the culinary arts, his favorite discipline is pastry. Recently, he has established an artisan bakery, complete with a wood fired brick bread oven, which supplies local businesses and Farmer’s markets with a variety of fresh baked goods.
Lou is a former Associate Professor (teaching in The Escoffier Restaurant, now The Bocuse) and an Associate Dean of the Culinary Institute of America. During this time he co-authored the award winning “Bistros and Brasseries” with his colleague John Fischer.
He has achieved many accolades which include: National Chef of the Year Great Britain, Gold Medalist at both The Culinary Olympics, Frankfurt and the Culinary World Cup, Luxembourg. He was also mentioned in the Queen’s New Years Honours List and Made an MBE for his services to the Culinary Arts. He lives with his wife Angela and their two children in Gallatin, NY and runs an artisanal bakery called BritBreads.
Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets.
Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware and cookbook purchases on class day.
HGS Home Chef is a member of TheWorkshopExperience.org, a group of friends who produce exceptional experiential learning through classes and workshops on a wide variety of topics in and around Hillsdale, NY – at the crossroads of the Hudson Valley and Berkshires.