About school: Drager's cooking school is renown for bringing you top chefs and outstanding tips and tricks to make you cook like a pro. A winner of many awards, the school provides a truly cordon bleu experience.

Draeger’s Cooking School hosts restaurant chefs and cookbook authors from around the country, from Food Network’s Tyler Florence to Chez Panisse’s Alice Waters to Thomas Keller of The French Laundry. The school has been honored with an International Association of Culinary Professionals award-nomination for best avocational cooking school in the nation. Along with cooking demonstrations by luminaries such as Chicago’s Charlie Trotter and small hands-on cooking classes taught by local chefs, the school has offered innovative programs such as wine education, culinary movie nights and a symposium on sustainable agriculture.


Dept : Culinary school graduates, certified chefs, cookbook authors.

Program : Demo & hands-on classes on American & international cuisines.

Costs: $35+/class