Spend an amazing time at our Vermont cooking classes, learning from the experts

If you love spending time in the kitchen, or if you’ve always wanted to be more comfortable cooking, Cook Academy is for you.

Work on your knife skills, learn how to cook an Italian feast, or grab a glass of your favorite wine as you perfect the art of grilling. Cook Academy is a low-pressure, fun way to learn cooking techniques.

The best part is, you get to enjoy the delicious meal that you create, and we even provide copies of the recipes for you to enjoy at home.

Click here for a full listing of Cook Academy classes.

Cook Academy also offers a number of packages for our overnight guests, including:

Chef’s Kitchen
During this private dining event, one of our skilled chefs will create a four-course menu based upon your preferences then prepare and serve a custom dining experience to remember. Enhance your experience further with the addition of customized wine pairings by our Certified Wine Specialists. This overnight room package is based upon availability and requires a 48 hour minimum advance notice.

Chef-In-Training
Hands-on and interactive, this three-course dinner demonstration brings out the chef in all of us! Taught by one of our highly acclaimed chefs, you will take home new techniques and recipes as well as sit down and savor your own creations.

Our Faculty:

Chef Kerri Bouffard
Chef Bouffard graduated from New England Culinary Institute before becoming tournant chef at the Hilton Resort in Key West, Florida. From there, she moved to New York to be sous chef at the famed Brasserie in midtown Manhattan. Longing to return to her native Vermont, Chef Bouffard joined the staff at The Essex Resort to combine her lifelong passions of teaching and cooking.