FoodFirst Culinary School

Went to Elena’s sourdough class with my bestie and it was like Lessons in Chemistry was brought to life. Elena is super talented and explained everything in a simple but scientific fashion. We had a great time learning and actively trying out each phase of the sourdough process. Elena sent us home with our own starter (levain) and I’ve made 6 loaves already, all a success thanks to Elena’s guidance. I definitely want to go back for another class!

Highly recommend Elena! She is a fabulous teacher. We did a sourdough bread making class with a bunch of women for our friend’s birthday and we not only learned so much, we had a lot of fun! It was so interesting to learn about he science behind sourdough and especially to get hands on experience working with the dough. Her sourdough is the best I’ve ever had! Looking forward to trying her recipes on my own soon as we all went home with detailed instructions and our own sourdough starter. Thank you Elena!

I had such a delight taking Elena’s cooking class! I first took the one-off knife skills class and then the 4-session cooking with confidence course. The lessons were very comprehensive and I was impressed with how much attention, time, care, and thoroughness that Elena puts into each one. I had so much fun while also learning skills that I’ll use for a very long time. There were three other people in my course, and I really enjoyed learning alongside them. This experience is encouraging me put more effort and care into cooking while also having fun and learning. Very much recommend!

My daughters and I took Elena's sourdough class this weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. She's a terrific teacher and is incredibly warm and welcoming. Highly recommend taking any of her classes.

Elena is a great cook/teacher. Was never a cook, didn't need to be! Life changes and this was a life changer! I have taken the Cooking with Confidence Beginners class and the sourdough class. Both were amazing, learned so much, not just the recipes we cooked but the tips and tricks she taught us. Cooked a few dishes for friends and they were a success (they would honestly tell me otherwise!). All easy to follow recipes are provided to take home, including advice on supplies you may need, all inexpensive recommendations (I am sure you have in your kitchen but there might be that one thing you don’t have). Her sourdough class is amazing, now addicted to making sourdough bread (although had a few questions at the beginning!). If you take the cooking class you eat what is cooked and believe my you don’t leave hungry! For the sourdough class you leave with a warm sourdough loaf and sourdough starter to immediately start baking at home! I look forward to taking more classes in the future. Photo is my first attempt at the sourdough, success!