Special classes include a southwest breakfast and one which begins with a trip to the farmer's market. When you're finished at the school, step downstairs to the market for all the non-perishables you need to recreate the meals at home. Some classes are arranged individually, far more of them in series. Peter Kump's offers perhaps the widest range of classes in this group. Then there are the individual classes that run from the basics through highly specialized topics such as the Vietnamese Cuisine Workshop and Wedding Cake Workshop Weekend.
Classes are open to professionals who want to polish their skills and amateurs who love to cook.
The Galveston College Culinary Arts Academy is located on beautiful Galveston Island, on the Gulf of Mexico, in Texas. Le Panier offers morning, afternoon and evening classes in Chinese cooking, spa cuisine, breadmaking, desserts, ethnic cuisines and holiday dishes. Also available are lecture series on wines and foods of different parts of the world. NECI periodically sponsors theme weekends at Essex. Guests stay at the inn and take classes organized around specific occasions or ingredients from NECI's own instructors and guest chefs.