The Clandestine Chef Experience’s Mission

Our mission is to provide our “apprentice chefs” with a cooking school that is fun, easy to schedule, and actually teaches people how to cook in the place that makes most sense – your own kitchen!

We started the Clandestine Chef Experience because we found that the other common culinary options in Denver and other cities such as professional culinary schools, casual cooking schools, and assembly line kitchens were not geared for people with busy schedules and not really focused on who is important – namely you! Allow us to explain:

Our Take on Professional Culinary Schools

Professional Culinary Schools such as Johnson & Wales, Culinary School of the Rockies, and Cook Street are terrific places to go if you want to be a professional chef. They have great chef instructors and we highly recommend them for those that want to change careers and actually work in restaurants. The Clandestine Chef believes that most people, however, just want to learn how to be confident and creative in their own kitchens – so professional culinary schools although wonderful – aren’t really for the majority of those of us that want to learn how to cook in Denver and take cooking classes.

Our Take on Casual Cooking Schools

Another option in Denver for culinary education are what we call the “casual cooking schools.” These cooking schools allow you to take various cooking lessons in Denver – but the problem is that they are often overcrowded and the cooking lessons center around the chef instructor and his or her schedule instead of the student who wishes to learn how to cook. In order to use these Denver cooking schools, the prospective student needs to find their the cooking school’s website, find the calendar with the date of the cooking class that they want to take, and then arrange your schedule to fit with the cooking school’s agenda. Once you do find a class that works for your schedule, then you have to possibly get a baby sitter, leave your family, drive downtown, find parking, and then have to learn how to cook in a foreign kitchen, with appliances and cookware, and tools that you don’t have in your own kitchen.

To make matters worse, once you actually get to the class there is usually 15 to 40 other culinary students in the class that you don’t know who are competing for the chef’s time and attention. As well it isn't customized to what you want to learn. Our customized in-home cooking class are personalize by you, so you learn what you want to learn.

Our belief at the Clandestine Chef is that “you” are the most important person in the room and that our chef’s attention should be focused on “your” cooking lesson in “your” own home with “your” own appliances with “your family and friends. Our Denver cooking classes and cooking lessons are focused on making you a better cook!

Our Take on Assembly Line Kitchens

Assembly line kitchens such as Dream Dinners, Supper Solutions, Super Suppers, and My Girlfriend’s Kitchen have also been popping up all over the place. These places are great for busy people who want to say they cooked a home cooked meal without really cooking anything at home. Although innovative, these places are not cooking schools nor do they teach you how to cook. This means that you will be dependent on them week after week when you need more food for your family – which means that you will be away from your family week after week preparing meals in their kitchens.

Our belief at the Clanestine Chef is that it makes more sense to learn how to cook in your own kitchen than making dinners for your family in a corporate kitchen somewhere away from home. We here at our Denver cooking school cook because we enjoy being home with our family and friends. How about you?

Our Solution is The Clandestine Chef Experience

Our solution to the problems associated with professional cooking schools, casual cooking schools, and assembly line kitchens is simply to do what makes sense for YOU – our students! We make it easy for you to personalize your cooking lesson, schedule a chef instructor, and book your cooking class online. Best of all, we actually teach you how to cook in your very own kitchen with a limited class size of 2 to 8 of your friends, family and guests! These private cooking classes make it not only fun, but also can an enjoyable twist to your next dinner party.

Furthermore, we bring all of the cooking ingredients, cookware, and even paired wine for a great culinary experience. In additional, all of our “chef apprentices” get to keep a personalized cookbook with recipes card that match what they learned to make.

Our hands on interactive, fun, and educational Denver cooking classes are geared for people that want to have a spectacular dinner and also want to learn something new in the kitchen. Since every lesson comes with all the ingredients necessary for a sumptuous four course meal, eating and enjoying your culinary creations is always on the menu.

Our Denver in home cooking classes are very popular for special events such as birthday parties, team building events, anniversaries, romantic dinners, and unique dates. We receive accolades from our “apprentice chefs” about our talented professional chefs, excellent food, terrific recipes, and even our Culinary Institute of America cookware.

We hope that you enjoyed this bit of cooking education and reasoning behind starting up this new concept in the culinary world which we have termed “edu-catering.” We are so much more than a traditional cooking school – so much more personal, convenient, fun, and relaxing. Why not personalize your cooking lesson now and invite a top Denver chef into your home today? Our culinary entertainment and lesson will have your friend and family talking for years to come. Make your next party an enjoyable in home cooking party!!

How We are Different than Personal Chefs & Private Chefs

Denver has a lot of great personal chefs and private chefs. These professionals, however, for the most part do not teach people how to cook. Instead these Denver culinary professionals come to your house to cook you dinner on a regular basis. They are setup to cook dinner and leave which means that they often do not do interactive cooking lessons, wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, and other culinary entertainment. Of course, some of these chefs do the occasional in-home cooking class in Denver, but when they do – it is an additional task they just add to their list – and not their primary objective.

When hiring a personal chef you must be a good judge of character because you can’t be assured that the chef you are hiring is reliable, trustworthy, and competent in the kitchen. To top it off, personal chefs (also known as private chefs and in-home chefs) were often times very expensive and hard to book. Furthermore, once you found a personal chef you would then have to speak with them extensively about menu selection, recipes, dietary concerns, and even ingredients and grocery shopping.

Thus, independent personal chefs can be a great option for some, but if you don’t want to have to worry about various chefs and would rather have just one point of contact for your in home needs – The Clandestine Chef Experience is here for you.

We Don’t Just Teach in Denver

Our chef instructors teach cooking classes in Denver, but they also teach in Aurora, Centennial, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Glendale, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Golden, Wheat Ridge, Westminster, Thornton, Northglenn, Parker, Genesee, and more! In fact, some of our instructors teach cooking lessons (culinary classes) in Breckenridge, Keystone, Aspen – just call us at 303-956-COOK for more information if you live outside of the Denver Metro Area.

Gift Cards

Perhaps you don’t want to learn how to cook but you know someone in the Denver area that does? Our gift cards are great gifts because they can be used for in home Denver cooking instruction, Denver cooking classes, Denver cooking lessons, and even the purchase of professional cookware from the Culinary Institute of America. This means that you don’t have to worry about whether or not the person who gets your gift card wants to learn how to cook because our cards can be used for exclusive cookware as well! You can purchase our gift cards in any denomination you choose – just click gift certificates above.

Future Plans

We here at the Clandestine Chef Experience have big plans. We are planning an ambitious schedule to launch our in home cooking school in places such as Seattle, Washington; Washington, DC; Atlanta, Georgia; San Diego, California, Chicago, Illinois; and Miami, Florida. If you live in one of these cities and are interested in learning more about our cooking school please contact us.

The Clandestine Chef Experience is the premier in home cooking classes in the U.S. and we are proud to have the most talented chefs, freshest ingredients, and most sumptuous recipes available. Our chefs entertain, teach, and feed you during your customized in-home cooking class. Why not take a look at our Denver cooking lessons and cooking classes now? Make life simply delicious today.