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 2026 COOKING & BAKING CLASSES 

Classes are hands-on. You will be standing and cooking up a storm. Bring your favorite apron, wear comfortable shoes and bring your water bottle.

To reserve your spot, please email tracy@tracydempseyoriginals.com with the name of the class and the number of spots you'd like to reserve. Spots are limited. Sign up soon. 

AUGUST​

Date Night Dinner & Wine Pairings
Thursday, 8/13, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Reserve your spot by: Mon. Aug. 3
$170 per couple
Here’s a little something to change up the work week.

Make it a Thursday date night! Couples will prepare the recipes

and sit down to enjoy their hard work.

We will select and sample several wines from the ODV Wines offerings. 

On the menu…
Fig jam with herbed chevre tartines
Watermelon & cucumber salad
Pan-seared pork chops with chimichurri sauce
Roasted sweet potatoes with poblanos and pineapple
Pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese puffs)
Decadent chocolate mousse with olive oil, sea salt & langues de chats
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Vegetarian French Feast

Saturday, 8/22, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Reserve your spot by: Mon. Aug. 10

$85 pp

In this hands-on class, we will make 
Tartines with chèvre & tapenade
Soupe de melon
Mushroom & greens crêpes
Salade Mentonnaise (fennel, artichokes & orange)

Brie with roasted grapes & homemade dukkah
Profiteroles with vanilla ice cream & sweet red vermouth soaked berries

SEPTEMBER

Saturday, 9/5, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. GNOCCHI!​

In this hands-on class, we will make Italian potato gnocchi and Tracy will demo the preparation of Parisian gnocchi. In addition, we will prepare several recipes incorporating gnocchi. On the menu: Gnocchi with browned butter & sage; Parisian gnocchi with herbs & peas; Gnocchi with spinach, pumpkin and hazelnuts

​and for dessert... gnocchi sautéed with strawberries, balsamic reduction and olive oil ice cream.       

Reserve your spot by: Mon. Aug. 31. $85 pp

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Wednesday, 9/23, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Date Night Appetizers & Wine-Based Cocktails.

We will prepare and sample Spicy Thai pineapple and shrimp lettuce cups; Goat Cheese Stuffed Peppers; Smoked salmon rillettes tartines; Chipotle deviled eggs; Moroccan Chicken Borek with Harissa Aioli; Elote fritters with jalapeño-lime crema; Martini Buttons. And on the cocktail menu we have Tinto de Verano Cocktail, La Bicyclette​, Kalimoxto and a Lemongrass Spritz.

Reserve your spot by: Mon. Sept. 14. $95 pp​

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OCTOBER

Saturday, 10/3, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Things that puff, pop and soufflé

Have you been tempted to make a soufflé, work with puff pastry or make popovers but

felt intimidated? In this class, we're going to tackle all of the above. You'll leave feeling in inspired and fearless.

On the menu:  Spinach & feta puffs, Gruyère & herb soufflé with a salad of pears, walnuts  & sherry vinaigrette; popovers filled with a creamy vegetable curry; Beef & Guinness Stout pie with homemade blitz puff pastry; dark chocolate soufflé with earl grey tea crème anglaise; Puff pastry apple-cranberry frangipane tarts 

Reserve your spot by: Mon. Sept. 21. $85 pp​

Saturday, 10/17, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. It's high time for pie!

It's time to get ready for pie baking season. So many of us are intrigued by pie baking, but we are reticent to make our own dough. We'll go over pie dough tips and tricks. Together, we will make all-butter pie dough and bake a fruit pie to take home and a savory galette.

Reserve your spot by: Mon. Oct. 5, $85 pp​

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Wednesday, 10/28, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Halloween Party for Big Kids

Let's get in the mood for a spooky weekend! In this hands-on class, we will let go of all pretense and have tasty fun. We will make roasted butternut squash and pesto crostinis, Halloween deviled eggs, pumpkin seed hummus with savory dippin' fingers, scarecrow cheese ball, sausage rattlesnake puff pastry bites, flourless chocolate mummy cakes, red velvet vampire cupcakes. We will quench our thirst with Broomhilda's sangria, pumpkin spice wine spritzers and wicked mulled non-alcoholic "wine."

Reserve your spot by: Mon. Oct. 19. $95 pp​​

NOVEMBER

​Our most popular class of the season Holiday Treats for Gifting will be offered three Saturdays this month. Sign up for Saturday, 11/14; 11/21; or 11/28.

Each class runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Menu will be posted soon. This class fills up quickly, so do not wait! $95 pp​​

Thursday, 11/12, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Holiday Tamales with Chef Minerva Orduno-Rincon

In this hands-on class, we will learn to prepare Sonoran Beef Tamales in Red Chile.
Chef Minerva will teach us the techniques necessary to prepare a light and tender masa  and how to shape and cook one of the holiday season's most loved treats. Best of all... we'll get to eat them!

​Reserve your spot by: Mon. Nov. 2. $95 pp

DECEMBER

Saturday, 12/12, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Holiday Side Dishes

​Menu coming soon.

Reserve your spot by: Mon. Nov. 30. $85 pp​​

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