Why Is Everyone Enrolling in Virtual Cooking Classes?

Whether you want to enhance your cooking skills, refamiliarize yourself with your kitchen, or even discover if a culinary career might be an area of interest, virtual cooking classes are a low-risk dip into the pool of all things culinary.

Or maybe the last year has made you realize that you need to increase your cultural awareness, consider new possibilities for your future, or step away from social media and make something delicious with your friends and family.

The internet exploded with all forms of virtual learning experiences, and one of the most popular – even as we’re slowly moving back into a new norm – are virtual cooking classes.

In the culinary world, there are endless reasons to enroll in a virtual cooking class, including:

• Home chefs wanting to learn professional chef secrets or add new skills and dishes to their family’s menu.
• Newbies wanting to learn to cook for the first time.
• Parents wanting to throw an online cooking event for a kids’ birthday party, date night, or a small gathering of friends and family.
• School teachers, community organizations, and day camps wanting to expand their social studies program, provide a venue to earn cultural awareness badges or patches or plan a meaningful project with hands-on learning about food from different cultures.
• Pinners longing to turn their favorite Pinterest recipes into a reality.
• Business owners who want to integrate corporate team-building exercises into their company culture.

Team Building Virtual Cooking Experiences

Following the pandemic, many companies and employees discovered they could efficiently accomplish their tasks remotely. And while the pro is reduced expenses and increased flexibility, the con is the decreased connection and communication among team members.

In either case, recognizing the need we each have to be part of a work community goes a long way toward creating a positive company culture.

One way of infusing a sense of togetherness company-wide is to host a virtual cooking experience where you invite all your team members to gather and cook together.

Maybe this virtual cooking classe is to mark something specific – like an employee appreciation event celebrating a company or department “win” – perhaps you gained a new account everyone worked so hard to get – but it could be for anything. The entire goal is to provide a means for colleagues to connect and engage while learning something fun and new.

Virtually Cook for Health & Wellness

The phrase “You are what you eat” is not far off the mark, and it is no secret that even slight changes to your food and cooking can make a substantial difference in your overall health.

Maybe you’re a parent who is looking for a health and nutrition credit for your homeschooler. Or perhaps, you are an employer promoting a better health initiative for your employees. Or, you might even be an individual – or have a family member – recently diagnosed with diabetes or other health-related issues that require a significant change in the way you feed yourself or your family.

Selecting a virtual cooking class is the first step toward increase confidence in the kitchen while learning basic techniques and tips for creating delicious, healthy recipes. Not only is this essential life skill important for everyone and anyone, but it also sears a basic knowledge of how to integrate healthier choices into your lifestyle through your food and cooking style.

Increase Cultural Awareness Through Food

With so much division in our country today, focusing on bringing people and cultures together through food seems like a distinct way to get people together, celebrate humanity and its beautiful, unique differences.

We can’t think of a better way to immerse into any culture (beyond moving to the country itself) than understanding the food they eat and the dishes they serve.

Overall, people get pretty comfortable eating the same foods repeatedly, but taking a virtual cooking class focused on preparing traditional meals from specific cultures will go a long way toward expanding your palette.

Perhaps you’ll experience a certain spice for the first time and learn how and why you might use it in some dishes and not others. Or maybe you’ll learn the history of a recipe and its relevance to the community that birthed it.

As each of us discovers a new world of flavors and eating, the world gets smaller, and we begin building a foundation of unity through our food.

If You’re Interested In Taking a Virtual Cooking Class…

Or maybe you have a few questions about whether your idea will work for your students, family, friend, ladies group, birthday, or any other event, ask us.

We can walk you through the different types of virtual cooking classes we can do for you, clearly outline what you might expect, and schedule when you’re ready.