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Culinary Boot Camp 1

The Chopping Block Lincoln Square @ 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL

Experience the thrill of culinary school without the commitment or cost at The Chopping Block Lincoln Square. Discover fundamental cooking techniques, from knife skills to advanced methods, and bring it all together with a final menu created with your classmates. Elevate your cooking skills in just five sessions with this unique culinary foundation course.

(260) All levels 18 and older
$2,530

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Culinary Boot Camp 2

Take your culinary skills to the next level with hands-on training in our intensive culinary program. Dive deeper into complex subjects like bread, desserts, shellfish, and handmade pasta. This course is designed for passionate graduates ready to become culinary masters.

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $2,530
  • 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL
  • 40 hours over 5 sessions

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  • $2,530
  • The Chopping Block Lincoln @ 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60625
  • 40 hours over 5 sessions
  • Price includes a non-refundable, non-transferable 15% fee for the operational & administrative costs
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What you'll learn in this professional cooking class:

For our Boot Camp 1 graduates who just can't get enough! Are you deconstructing chickens in your sleep, and using the office kitchen to host Iron Chef Competitions on your lunch break? Don’t be alarmed, it just means you’re ready to continue your culinary education in our Culinary Boot Camp 2 course, where you’ll dive deeper into more complex Boot Camp subjects such as breads, desserts, shellfish, and handmade pasta to name a few. This course is for our passionate graduates who want to take their skills to the next level!

Day One-Sweet and Savory Doughs:

  • Understanding how to prepare yeast risen, short pastry and laminated doughs 
  • Puff Pastry
  • Buttery Dinner Rolls
  • Neapolitan Pizza Dough: Oven-Dried Tomato, Mozzarella and Arugula Pizza
  • Chocolate Chip Scones
  • Pie Dough: Caramelized Onion, Bacon and Swiss Chard Tart
  • Ricotta Ravioli
  • Potato Gnocchi with Three Cheese Sauce
  • Gougères 

Day Two-Meat Cookery, Modern and Classic Sauces:

  • Braised Pork with Ancho-Spiced Mole
  • Veal Scallopini Milanese with Mushroom-Marsala Cream Sauce
  • Beef Wellington with Homemade Puff Pastry and Béarnaise  
  • Brined and Smoked Pork Tenderloin with Beer, Cherry and Mustard Jus 
  • Sautéed Duck Breast with Fruit Chutney
  • Spice-Crusted Grilled Lamb Chops Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce

Day Three-Vegetables and Grains:

  • Tamales with Mole-Braised Pork and Tomatillo Salsa
  • Paella with Saffron-Infused Millet
  • Curry-Spiced Lentil Stew
  • Toasted Farro Salad with Caramelized Butternut Squash, Apple and Sherry Vinaigrette
  • Sautéed Brussels Sprouts and Pancetta Salad with Pine Nuts and Balsamic 
  • Italian Wedding Soup
  • Oven Roasted Beet and Fennel Salad with Oranges and Toasted Pistachio Vinaigrette 

Day Four-Fish, Shellfish and Sauces: 

  • Flat Fish Butchery
  • Fish Stock 
  • Cured and Hot Smoked Trout with Celery Root Remoulade
  • Sautéed Sole Meunière with Brown Butter Pan Sauce
  • Basil Pesto
  • Tapenade 
  • Thai Whole Roasted Fish with Coconut-Curry Sauce
  • Bouillabaisse with Roasted Red Pepper Rouille
  • Seared Scallops with Béarnaise Sauce 

Day Five-Desserts:

  • Mango Passionfruit Tarte Bavaroise with Passionfruit Gelee and Whipped cream
  • Triple Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake with Flourless Chocolate Base, Dark Chocolate Ganache, Salty Caramel Sauce and Bavarian-Style Spiced Pecans 
  • Vanilla Celebration Cake with Strawberry Jam, Pastry Cream and French Buttercream

Students are strongly encouraged to enroll in Culinary Boot Camp 1 prior to Culinary Boot Camp 2. However, completion of this course is not a prerequisite, and we are happy to discuss which program is the best fit for you. 

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  • Please note that upon purchase, your email address may be shared with The Chopping Block Lincoln Square, and you will be receiving class and/or marketing information from the provider.

  • Also note that by purchasing seats for classes at The Chopping Block you are authorizing CourseHorse to charge your card if you order additional drinks and do not pay for them at the time of the class.

Refund Policy

All classes have a 4 business days cancellation policy, except Culinary Boot Camps which have a 16 business days cancellation policy.

You must email us at [email protected] to cancel an existing reservation, but please note the 15% service fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.

If you cancel within 4 business days, you will not receive a refund or credit for your class, but feel free to send a guest in your place. Our credit card refund policy is 90 days. If your purchase was made prior to that, you will receive an account credit, not a refund to your credit card.

Please note:

  • All virtual class sales are final.
  • All virtual students will receive a recording of the class within 48 hours of the class.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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