Hands-on Knife Skills Workshop with Chef Bernard Janssen (11 AM Session)

Note: This class is being offered twice, at 11 AM and again at 2 PM, on Friday May 26.

Chef Bernard Janssen, Executive Chef and Culinary Program Director for ZWILLING J.A. Henckels, will introduce you to the fundamentals of good knife skills. He will discuss what knife to use for every task and share a variety of important knife tasks including: the circular/rocking motion, dicing an onion, how to supreme an orange, mincing herbs, and filleting fish.

This knife skills workshop will be a departure from the knife skills classes we’ve had in the past. No food will be cooked and no meal or tasting offered. Instead the focus of this class will be entirely on technique. With a bit of practice of what you will learn in this class, your daily food preparation will become more of a pleasure rather than a chore. Chef Bernard will also share what makes a quality knife, discuss maintenance, sharpening, cleaning and storing of your knives. Each student will receive a Zwilling paring knife to take home.

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This hands-on workshop limited to ten people.

About Bernard Janssen:

Originally from the Netherlands, Bernard Janssen brings a truly international flavor to every cooking task he approaches. As the Executive Chef and Culinary Program Manager for ZWILLING J.A. Henckels, Bernard launched the first ZWILLING Cooking Studio in the United States in 2015 at the company headquarters in Pleasantville, New York. The Cooking Studio offers hands-on cooking classes, as well as engaging corporate or private events.

Bernard has over twenty-five years of culinary experience working as an Executive Chef in restaurants and cooking schools worldwide. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe hosting trainings and demos for the Zwilling Group. Through this experience, Bernard has become a preeminent authority on kitchen knife skills as well as best practices in culinary education.

Bernard’s cooking style is marked by inventive flavor combinations and beautiful plating presentations. Drawing on his years of expertise, he writes original recipes for ZWILLING cooking classes as well as for retail partners. Bernard also travels across the country to conduct product trainings, demos at trade shows, and retail and cooking events supporting all the premium brands under the ZWILLING J.A. Henckels umbrella including Staub, Demeyere, Miyabi, and Ballarini. Bernard lives in New York with his family along the majestic Hudson River.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING OUR COVID19 PROTOCOLS:

This will be a live, in-person class. Masks are optional. In order to attend, all students must be vaccinated for Covid19. Your registration for this class is a confirmation that you are vaccinated, but, you must also bring proof of vaccination on the day of the class in the form of a NY State Excelsior Pass (printed or on App) OR, a CDC Covid Vaccination Record Card. If you arrive without vaccination documents you will not be admitted into the class, and we will be unable to offer a refund. So please, bring your documents on class day!

The instructor and assistant will be vaccinated and may or may not be masked. It is your choice whether to remain masked during the class.

Cancellation policy: We do not offer refunds on purchased tickets. Persons who notify us at least seven (7) days in advance that they cannot attend may receive credit and register for another class of equal value held within the subsequent two months.

Notes: Cooking class attendees receive 10% discount on kitchenware 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.