Ashley Tracy

Review of DISH Cooking Studio Toronto

Hands-on at Dish was Saturday date night on our we...

Hands-on at Dish was Saturday date night on our weekend getaway to Toronto! We went to the New Nordic hands-on class which had an exciting array of unique foods, cooked entirely by all of the 17 attendees, with assistance from their lovely staff. They provided a complementary welcome drink when we arrived and then split us up into groups of 4 or so to prepare the four courses which was basically hors d'oeuvres, side, main protein, and dessert. Each dish had a unique technical component. The great part is you get to eat everything, the unfortunate part is you are only hands-on with the course you are assigned. Though you can walk around and ask the other stations what they did, which is a fine way to mingle. I have to give this four stars (my heart says five) because I wish they had a system where you can either pre-select a station based on when you signed up, or be randomly assigned as individuals or couples to a station. We raised our hands to learn how to cook the duck breast (as did everyone else), but ended up being assigned to do the carrot dish because there were too many. It ended up great anyway, we got to our station and pickled, sauteed, chopped, blended, rolled, and roasted carrots into a visually stunning and delicious dish. At the end we all sat at one big table and enjoyed the fruits of our labor. Learned a lot! And they will send you the recipes for everything after. :) Check it out