Download the Summer / Fall 2010 Brochure

You can also stop by WRSOC and pick up a copy of the brochure in our store.

*SIGN UP EARLY FOR VISITING SPEAKER DENISE VIVALDO ON SAT. & SUN. SEPT. 25 & 26, 2010.  IF YOU EVER WANTED A CLASS ON THE BUSINESS END OF CATERING AND THE PERSONAL CHEF BUSINESS THIS IS THE SEMINAR FOR YOU.  PLEASE SIGN UP BY THE END OF AUGUST AS THAT IS WHEN TRAVEL ARRANGEMNETS WILL BE MADE FOR HER.

SEE FAMOUS VISITING CHEFS FOR A FULL BIO AND SEMINAR DESCRIPTION.  THERE ARE ONLY 6 SPOTS LEFT AS OF 8/31/2010!

*NICK MALGIERI IS BACK IN OCTOBER AND IS READY TO BAKE FOR YOU FROM HIS NEW BOOK SIMPLY TITLED "BAKE".  HE WILL BE TEACHING TUESDAY OCT. 5TH & WEDNESDAY OCT. 6TH FROM 6:30-9:30.  DO NOT MISS OUT ON THE WRSOC FAVORITE.

*November 10th & 11th MOLLY STEVENS WILL RETURN TO WRSOC FOR 2 CLASSES FROM 6:30-9:30 pm. MOLLY WILL BE PROVIDING US WITH HER KNOWLEDGE ON ENTERTAINING FOR FALL AND ENTERTAINING ITALIAN STYLE. 

CALL TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT: 330/650-1665 OR 330/656-2665

Now taking reservations for Corporate events and Private parties.

Visit our Registration Page and sign up - EMAIL OPTION AVAILABLE

BASIC TECH I STARTS 9/7 WITH INTRO INTO THE KITCHEN.  THIS IS A GREAT DEMONSTRATION SERIES THAT WILL HELP GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE IN THE KITCHEN.  CHECK IT OUT: TUESDAY 9/7 FROM 7:00-9:30 PM.

UP COMING CLASSES:  SIGN UP TODAY!

Back to Basics !:  Cooking with Confidence w/ Mary Jones  Tuesday 9/7;  10:30-1:30 pm  $70.00

Apple Heaven:  Everything Apples in this class w/ Jennifer Wolfe Webb  Wed. 9/8;  6:30-9:30 pm  $70

Autumn Dinners w/ Tom Johnson Thurs. 9/9; 6:30-9:30 pm

Sept 8 - 12 Culinary Foundations I - Basic

Daily Schedules for Culinary Foundations are now availble to view. (Monthly payment option available.)

Cake Decorating Class with Courtney Bonning is SOLD OUT!

Please see class description in Professional Programs for the supply list.

Beginning Pastry Sept. 20-24, 2010 is SOLD OUT!

UP COMING SUMMER CLASSES:

Tom Johnson's Summer Picnic Series: July 29, Aug. 12, Aug. 19 and Sept. 2

(Sept. 2nd class in Summer Picnics has been canceled do to a scheduling conflict)

CALLING ALL PASTRY STUDENTS AND BAKERS:

Enter your dessert now!
Art Therapy Studio
Presents
"Sweetest Day Delights"
Saturday, October 16th
......Featuring Northeast Ohio's Premier
Dessert Competition

Join us!

"Sweetest Day Delights"
Date: October 16, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cleveland Botanical Garden


DESSERT COMPETITION

The 17th Creative Confections Dessert Competition to benefit the Art Therapy Studio will be held this year on October 16th at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. This spectacular event is a competition between 30 of Northern Ohio's finest pastry chefs as they compete for recognition. Area pastry chefs, bakeries, restaurants and caterers can enter a house specialty, a popular dessert or a specially created work of art.

If you have participated in the past, you know that this is the region's premier dessert competition. The event has become a place for your pastry chef or dessert specialty to shine. We hope you'll join us at this premier dessert showcase.

Entry forms can be found on the website (see link below). So start thinking of that decadent dessert!

Visit the Art Therapy Studio website for further information
Link to Competition Info
Prizes totaling over $2000 will be awarded!
Thematic Competition
50% Artistic Presentation using the Sweetest Day Theme
& 50% based on taste testing


If you need additional info, please contact Chris at
440-248-8669, Lynn at 216-791-9303 or e-mail at
Lynn@ArtTherapyStudio.org


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Akron Beacon Journal "Cooking 101" Article with Catherine St. John

Knife Skills Videos <----(click here)

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Take a class and get 10% off on any non-sale purchase in our store that day!!!!

New WRSOC Gift cards available

UPDATES -

NEW Items !!! <----- Click here to see new items in our store with more to come in May.

Sign up for Summer Kid's Camp and Teen Camps now before all seats are taken.

There are now two ways to receive our class schedule: downloaded from this website or, as always, copies can be picked up in our store, The Cookery. 

We will send you an email notification when there is a new brochure if we have your email address so please enter your email and click on the SIGN UP button. 

Denise Vivaldo

CATERING: A TWO DAY COMPREHENSIVE SEMINAR (D)
This course is being offered to those individuals thinking about catering as a potential career. The weekend can also be valuable to those already in the field looking to expand their knowledge and experience. Denise addresses essential issues in catering and includes discussion and exercises to help students apply the information they are learning to practical situations. Denise has been a caterer, food stylist and teacher for 25 years. She is the author of the best selling book, How-To Start A Home-Based Catering Business, now in it’s 6th edition, How-To Start A Personal Chef Business, Do It For Less! Parties, and Do It For Less! Weddings, the 2009 IACP General Cookbook Award winner. Denise’s most recent book is The Entertaining Encyclopedia, by Robert Rose
Publishing. Denise has catered weddings, movie premieres, celebrity parties and corporate events. She teaches catering and food styling across the country.

Sat. & Sun. Sept. 25 & 26: 9:00am - 4:00pm (1 hour lunch break - dine in area or bring a sack lunch) $350.00 for the weekend and a copy of Denise’s catering book will be included.

DAY 1 - Business Essentials, Contracts, Marketing, Public Relations, Menu Planning & Writing Proposals: When starting
your business how do you find a location, develop a business plan, and secure financing? Find out about legal liabilities, insurance,
taxes, health department laws and other critical information. Learn how to position your new company in the marketplace, how to
convey who you are and what services you offer. Discuss how to deal with difficult clients, close the sale and balance your cash flow.
Topics covered will include planning menus, calculating food and labor costs, bidding and developing proposals and contracts.

DAY 2 – Recipes for Quantity Cooking, Purveyors, Party Planning, Rentals, Décor, Review & Discussion: What kinds of recipes will work with large groups? How will you cook, store refrigerate and reheat all these foods? Tips for coordinating, ordering and organizational skills are discussed. Students will become familiar with concepts of party design, theme parties, resources for
props, equipment rentals, kitchen lay-out, and staffing. Dealing with subcontractors and making money from referrals. The final session will include opportunities to review and ask questions.

Click on Famous Visiting Chefs for more information