I aspire to be a great baker. Charla, the cake and cookie / cupcake instructor has been really helpful getting me there. I have learned so much from her and I love it. I've taken several cooking classes from various chefs too and have never been disappointed. I am constantly there buying all kinds of their stuff. They probably have the best selection of everything you could possibly need for cooking and baking in this area. Love them.
Love this place. If they don't have it, you probably don't need it.
Knife sharpening services are great! My old cheap cuisinart is better than ever, carved a chicken and sliced a tomato like butter.
Spectacular small business!!! It's a wonderful kitchen supply store, much less expensive than the mall stores and their cooking classes are the best! The owners and staff are the kindest folks around. I can't say enough good things about The Rolling Pin!!!
Great staff great selection killer demos and classes...
bad location. Hard to find if you're a newbie to the area.
A little pricey but great for seasoning, vanilla and other extracts. I want to check it out for flavored olive oil
Our Team at work selected Rolling Pin for a team building event. Twelve of us were guided through cooking our own dinner. Wine and beer was available - we truly wanted for nothing throughout the evening. Apart from enjoying ourselves immensely, the cooking experience was extremely well guided and our Chef / Instructor was both entertaining and informative. I highly recommend checking out Rolling Pin. Among a sea of businesses hosting group painting events, group crafting events, and so on - Rolling Pin stands apart with an experience that affects everyone on a deep level: Food shared.
Fun, partnership, conversation, sharing, learning, laughing, connecting, ...and food. It's a brilliant business model, and a very enjoyable experience.
If you love to cook, this is the place for you. They carry most of your cooking and entertaining needs. They even offer classes to learn cooking skills. I just attended the knife skills class and I ve learned so much. I plan on taking more classes in the future.
Such an amazing place with amazing staff! I love coming here, they have so much baking tools. They also offer different types of cooking classes!
Great cooking classes! Be sure to look up their calendar of events and sign up - worth going and fun! A good selection of fine cookware and unique cooking supplies.
Nice shop. Just went in there for one item and of course they had it. We'll go back.
The staff are always so helpful and willing to help you any way they can. And the cooking classes and demonstrations are wonderful. I'm so grateful to have a store like this in the Brandon area.
Today was my first time here and I loved it. My daughter is taking a baking class and really enjoying it, so much so that I signed up for one as well! The shop has all kinds of culinary supplies and fun devices to use it the kitchen, also a large selection of different salts, oils, etc. The customer service was first rate. Highly recommend.
Just about anything you need related to cooking or baking can be found at the Rolling Pin---they even have classes
Chef Dave has a great store and the classes are fun too. We did a private party for team building at work. So much fun, and the food we cooked was amazing.
My wife and I went to learn the basics of cooking as well as spend some time together. Not only did we learn good technique, we always ended with a great meal and had lots of fun. Chef Dave is very knowledgeable and the staff is very friendly.
Good selection of kitchen items. They have a huge kitchen for training. Little expensive, but worth it.
This place is filled with so many different kitchen utensils and accessories. You could be in here for hours looking at all of the cool gadgets. They've got mortar & pestle, tea infusers, aprons, 40 different kinds of spoons, kitchen decor, spices, and SO MUCH MORE! Super great store that probably has exactly what you're looking for!
I just want to give some serious kudos to a store with a true customer service orientation. My husband needed to replace our oven thermometer on Sunday, so he ran over to the Rolling Pin in Brandon at 9AM to get one, not realizing the store did not open until 11AM on Sundays. The owner of the store was onsite preparing for a class and saw my husband, opened the store, and made the sale. The service at Rolling Pin and the quality of their products has always been top notch, but this particular event demonstrates just how important service is to the owners of this store.
For those who are unaware, the Rolling Pin performs many services well beyond providing amazing cooking supplies. They have cooking classes, as I already mentioned, and will sharpen your knives. Any time we need an unusual cooking or baking item or ingredient, the personnel at the store have been able to help us, even when they do not carry the particular item.
Thank you Chef Dave and Assistants for such a Wonderful Cooking Class
Had so much fun learning to make Sushi with my son Hector. Will forever Cherished such a Wonderful experience.. Can't wait for the next class...
Awesome store with so many great kitchen cooking and baking items/gifts.
This is the place for anything you need in the kitchen
I love this place. It is my go-to for my cooking and baking needs - and I love the classes! I've learned how to: make sausage, cheese (ricotta and mozzarella), lasagna, macarons, risotto, scones, butcher a whole sirloin, knife skills, and more. Chef Dave is awesome and the staff has always been helpful and knowledgeable.
They're calendar is full of cool stuff to learn and I highly recommend trying one. There are both hands-on and demonstration style classes, and you get 10% any store purchase when you attend one. Class prices are also generally less expensive than at Sur La Table and other venues.
There is also a rewards program where you get a $5 off coupon for every $100 you spend. And they have some of the BEST sales pricing for Wusthof knives in town.
Worth the visit.
I went into this store after hearing about the cooking classes. I was thinking about buying a series as a wedding gift. I was in the store for over 30 minutes - not one person working said hello or offered to assist me. They were not busy helping other customers, they were busy gossiping about someone.
Because I was interested in the classes, I did ask a woman for information. She told me it was not a great gift idea, and then she said it was probably a "bit" out of my price range!!!!!! How does she know what my price range is? How insulting and rude to assume that cooking classes are out of my price range. Perhaps I was not dressed in the "right" clothes - since I stopped in on the way to the gym I guess I looked liked I didn't belong in the Rolling Pin. She suggested a cookbook as a great wedding gift.
I had seen enough, and heard enough. While the cooking classes are expensive, they are NOT out of my price range and would have been a fabulous gift. But - I refused to spend a dime in the store - nor will I ever. ALL of their merchandise is available at most stores and all can be found online - for much less!
They will not be around long if they treat customers this way - they lost a customer in me. And, it was so insulting I recommend people shop elsewhere unless you dress like you have money.
When you know you need some particular kitchen widget, and you want some great advice... come here. Super friendly... and didn't make me feel dumb
Love this place for thier selections of Kitchen supplies.. Not many places carry Ooni pizza supplies, and I have been able to run in here and pick up what I needed. My wife also loves thier selection of flavored coffee beans that we can use in our espresso machine.
We are looking forward to taking one of thier many cooking classes soon!
Love shopping at this place. I was there a couple of weeks ago & saw a cake mold with a cutout so you can add candy in the center. I went back today & it wasn't there and kinda bummed. I told the sakes associate and she found it in the clearance section. Now to make the cake & surprise my friend with it.
Learned how to make fresh ricotta and mozzarella today with Chef Dave West! Never going to buy store bought ricotta again! It was so easy to make! Making mozzarella was easy too except for forming the balls. Definitely need to practice more!
Nice store with lots of neat things for the kitchen. The staff is super helpful and friendly.
The store has everything you need for the kitchen baking and cooking needs and they have classes it's an awesome place that does tend to be a little pricey.
awesome selection of green egg accessories and knowledgable staff
Good place to go if you need something for your kitchen coffee or want to learn how to make a new dish
They have so many things I didn't know I needed. Lots of very specific things like a strawberry pitter, to very general things like a kitchenaid mixer or cake pans.
Always enjoy going there. Enjoy the classes as well as eating prepared meals. Great place
Great kitchen supplies, spices and classes. Great staff!
If you are looking for cooking and baking pots, pans, utensils then this is the place. They have the everyday and the unusual great finds. They sell Green Egg grills. But best of all are their cooking and baking classes. It is worth the trip to sign up and attend. Friendly, helpful staff.
This store is a great source for interesting and gourmet kitchen gadgets! The kids classes are really fun and they learn a lot
My children school attended a field trip to this facility two years in a row. I would not recommend this facility for any school field trips. Personally I wouldn t even buy items from the store knowing how they treat people. The chef who runs the class is ridiculously out of control. He yells at the teachers, parents and children continuously. He threatens children who are not sitting properly that they will be made to stand for the duration of the field trip. He yelled at one of the third-grade students to the point that the child was crying. Perhaps he is forgetting who is paying for these field trips. They need to stick to selling overpriced cookware and get out of the school field trip business.
They had the flavor I was looking for. And it was priced just right!
The cooking classes for kids are so fun. Thanks, Chef Dave, for giving kids the opportunity to learn to cook in a fun and safe environment!
Love all the different gadgets, tools, supplies, etc... When I want a good cup of tea I make the apricot (loose) tea I can only find there.
The staff is always very attentive and helpful. I buy the majority of my baking flavorings and decorating tools from here. Highly recommend.
We had such a great time learning how to make fresh pasta! The chef was very knowledgeable and also funny! The store has so many great kitchen gadgets! Not to mention the food was AMAZING!
Get things for your kitchen or outdoor kitchen.You can't find anywhere else!!!!
For every 1 star review posted, I read clearly; attitude!!! The shopper has "attitude." I've been a happy customer for many years! If you enter any place of business with a smile, you will get a warm response.
The staff is kind, helpful ... don't confuse being ignored with being allowed the privacy to browse. The public in general is rude! I see it so often. AND, the typical customer no matter the store, doesn't know how to be congenial. They are demanding and treat sales people as "sorry help." So, You can go to Rolling Pin or Wal-Mart. Go where you find your kind of satisfaction.
Brandon is most fortunate to have Rolling Pin close by.
Love this place. Being a foodie, this is my favorite toy store.
This is a fantastic place!! My son did a summer cooking camp and it was fantastic!! Kudos to Chef Dave and the crew!! The shop is wonderful and has great kitchen materials as well as unique culinary temptations!! We will be regulars!
Super variety of products, wonderful place for learning, cooking and eating with spouse/friend. Chef Dave West is a hoot!
I was disappointed they did not carry the ThermaPen mk4 instant read thermometer. Also, they did not carry the excellent OXO brand. It seems like they have fallen behind the latest trends in home baking.
Nice place they have a lot of variety almost anything you could ever need any kitchen
Best selection for Big green egg product in the Tampa area.
Loved the experience of making fresh pasta! It was a good time and a perfect date night. The food came out delicious too. Will definitely be back for a different class!
Fun for a date night or out with the girls or even a group of friends. Food is phenomenal and wine/beer is included in the cost so for the price, it can't be beat. It's a blast
The cooking class was fun and the food was phenomenal but the guy leading the class needs to take some classes in etiquette. Maybe he was trying to be funny, and is just very socially unaware, but almost all of his comments rubbed my group the wrong way. He was very patronizing and even when we asked the most reasonable questions he would have a snarky comeback, rather than just answering the question like a normal person. I wouldn't recommend solely because of his attitude and comments. Just be nice, sir.
Can t say enough about their demonstration cooking classes. Very entertaining, food is wonderful and you walk away ready to turn on your stove!
My favorite store. I could spend hours looking around and dreaming. They have just about every item you could want and they cooking classes for all levels of cooks it seems, kids too. I wish I could win a 10k shopping spree there!!!
Whether you're interested in a hands-on cooking class, a demonstration cooking class, or need an exotic spice, oil, or cooking gadget... the Rolling Pin will have it! I was delighted when I found out that they stock all of the specialty cake decorating items like fondant and color dust. I can't speak for what your individual needs are so you've got to take 10 mins to stop by this wonderful store. You'll be blown away!
Great cooking demonstration. The chef was awesome and the food was fabulous.
I love to cook so, Chef Dave and crew are great to work with and learn from. In the past I've shopped there, taken classes, and now have added the big green egg at home. Chef Dave was super helpful with this process.
Very busy on Thanksgiving eve. Adequately staffed and greeter led me right to the department I needed. All staff and patrons were wearing face cover/masks. A pleasant surprise.
Love this store.
I had great customer service here. One lady there was very eager to help & give her advice & even took the time to show us how a couple different things worked, but it was almost to the point of her being overly helpful.. I can't complain though. We spent over an hour in the store looking at everything! My one complaint is about their teas. MAKE SURE you get a tea you know you like, or only a small amount of one you want to try. They do not allow returns on the loose teas. My husband accidentally bought an entire pound of the wrong tea for me, which I never opened & they would not do a return for me.
Fun place, everything for your kitchen and cooking needs. They have wine and offer cooking classes which is fun for a date night.
Cool store, has what ya need for the kitchen and the grill. Nice people.
Every single employee was rude to me. I was so excited to try this place out and assumed they would assist me in finding what I needed, and they would blurt out how I didn't have a specific list, like asking for their advice was not in their job description. I felt so discouraged upon buying baking supplies for the first time that I came back that same day to return all the items due to not wanting the association when using the equipment for baking. My advice: Know EXACTLY what you want when you go to this place and don't expect good customer service. Very sad and disappointing first time experience. Will only go back because of the location. I recommend Sur La Table in Hyde Park, much more pleasant experience and killer customer service. Worth driving out of Brandon.
Very helpful staff, great options and clever accessories.. can't wait to try a class!
Wonderful place with nice people. We've attended several of their classes and love them. We look forward to many more!
What a Tampa Bay treasure this place is! I've been taking cooking classes here for years-bringing friends, family & out of town guests & each time we're impressed! !!
We went there 2 years ago for what was advertised as a perfect date for wine and chocolate truffle class. It was not a great date experience at all seeing as the instructor separated us into different groups and we had no interaction with each other for the whole experience. When I told her we were on a date she was very rude and sarcastic and thought it better to split us up than the large group of women who attend regularly. On top of that, the instructor was very staunch, had no personality and seemed intent on establishing her superiority in the kitchen even though it was a beginner level class. I enjoyed the wine and made new friends but it was more like boot camp than a fun cooking experience. Without the free wine, this class would be intolerable. We never went back.
Store has an extensive selection of high quality cooking tools, an eclectic mix of wines, and an assortment of small appliances. It is also a dealer for Big Green Egg. They offer a diverse selection of hands on and demonstration courses.
Love this establishment! Cooking classes are so good and fun. Wish I could go to all of them! My grandson loves the cooking classes too. Took my husband for his birthday loved it so much he wanted to go again. Pasta making class was great too.
We like the selection of items and samples to try at this store. Unfortunately, one of the staff members was rude to our family several times during this visit. We have two daughters, ages 5 and 7, that were with us on this rainy day. Our first encounter with the staff member was outside on the sidewalk two stores down. She was rude when trying to walk by to avoid the rain, and even pushed our 5 year old out of the way when our daughter didn't move fast enough. We also had this same issue with our 7 year old inside of the store. As we walked around the store, we were not met with any help. In fact, when we were showing our daughters the kitchen to see if they would want to take a class, the same staff member came over abruptly and rudely said "What are you looking for?" Inferring that we were in an area that we shouldn't be. When we checked out, we confronted the staff member and let her know the incidents were unacceptable. She was not apologetic. Instead she defended her actions stating that she was just trying to get in the door. As we made our purchase, she didn't say thank you or anything. She did however have the audacity to ask us if we were in the rewards clubs. Needless to say we didn't sign up.
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