Meet your host Brittney at her beautifully designed condo in Seattle which has a view of Lake Union. Sip on a refreshing drink as your host shares stories about living in Seattle before joining her in her kitchen, a small but open contemporary space. During your Seattle cooking class, learn to cook a Pacific Northwest-inspired seasonal meal. As much as possible, Brittney uses fresh and local produce and seafood - using high-quality local ingredients is a priority. In fact, all her seafood from native salmon to black cod and shellfish is sourced from a local community-supported fishery (the only one in Washington) to ensure you eat high-quality, sustainably sourced seafood. During your hands-on cooking class, learn to prepare and cook fish, create a delicious salad, and hone the techniques involved in creating a puree or sauce that accompanies your fish. You will learn to cook three dishes from scratch during your cooking lesson which lasts about 1.5 hours. After cooking, sit down at the table to share the fresh, seasonal meal you helped prepare with Brittney. Enjoy your meal over wine or beer. Your menu might be influenced by Mediterranean or Asian flavors and include dishes such as cabbage and carrot slaw with a ginger soy vinaigrette, a furikake-crusted black cod caught off the Washington coast, and a miso parnship puree or parchment-poached salmon with chimichurri, and lemon and spinach quinoa salad served with grilled artisanal sourdough bread. Your meal concludes with a dessert such as an apple and blackberry tart, poached ginger pear or homemade honey lavender almond ice cream.
Wine or beer is included in the cost of your experience.
This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
Furikake and salt-crusted black codCabbage and carrot slaw in a ginger soy vinaigretteMiso root vegetable pureeBrown ricePoached ginger honey pear with cherry pureeBorn and raised in Seattle and a University of Washington graduate, Brittney is a true Seattleite. She cares deeply about eating local food that is sustainably produced and is excited to share with you what makes Pacific Northwest cuisine unique. A graphic designer for 20 years, Brittney made a mid-career pivot to culinary and nutrition as it is something she has been passionate about since she was 12 years old. In fact, reading medical journals about nutrition is one of her favorite things to do! Brittney graduated from culinary school and is now a personal chef focused on cooking whole-food, plant-based cuisine that helps prevent diabetes and heart disease. Visit her in her beautifully designed home with a view of Lake Union to learn to cook and enjoy healthy food that tastes great!
"What a wonderful experience! Brittney and her husband welcomed us into their home for a spectacular 3+hour experience like none other. We got to know each other while we participated in preparing an impressive meal … and we got culinary tips along the way. Brittney’s culinary skills are amazing! Our menu: Sockeye Salmon with Walnut Basil Pesto, Spinach Goat Cheese Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette, Za’atar Roasted Carrots and Chocolate Tahini Truffles with Pomegranate Molasses served with Willamette Valley Vineyards Pinot Gris from Oregon. The tastes in all were amazing!!! Put an in-home dinner with a chef from The Traveling Spoon on your “what-to-do-when-traveling” list. That’s what we did in Seattle… and will do so for future trips elsewhere. That’s because Brittney said the company has participating chefs in cities around the world! Thank you Brittney for welcoming us into your home for an experience we loved!!!"
"My wife, me and our two kids visited Brittney's home and cooked with her on my wife's birthday. It was a wonderful experience! All of us got to take part in the cooking process, we learned a lot from Brittney, prepared dishes we otherwise would've never got to taste, and the resulting meal was delicious.
According to my wife, "I don't think if we'd gone to any restaurant in Seattle, it would've been as good as this!""
"I got this class as a gift for my birthday and it was such a fun and delicious experience. Chef Brittney is such a great teacher and just a very wonderful person to talk to. She gave us some useful cooking and nutrition tips too that I know I’ll always use in my kitchen. And the food of course was absolutely delicious! I know I’ll make this dish again in the future. Thank you for making this birthday so special."
"So fun and delicious! I had such a great time cooking with Brittney in her beautiful home! She was so fun to chat with and she gave me so many valuable cooking tips. Her dogs were adorable and her home had a great view! Our lunch was delicious!"
