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Class Title: Better than Take-Out Chinese Dinner Favorites! MASTER CLASS!
Full Class Description: Get your chopsticks ready! Really good Chinese Take-Out is often very difficult to find. Register for this Master Class and learn how to create, from scratch, a wonderful Chinese “Better-than-take-out” meal in your own kitchen! You will learn about the various ingredients and step-by-step processes that turn these ingredients into fabulous Chinese take-out favorites, and gain the confidence to create your own “better-than-take-out” meals time and time again. After this class your search for Chinese take-out will be a search through your freezer and pantry. Although most Chinese take-out items are fried, this class will also provide healthier options for cooking. The class will include a cook-along option for 4 recipes and one additional recipe will be demonstrated. There will be a discussion / presentation about ingredients and their use, in addition to basic equipment that is wonderful to have and why. Only those who REGISTER for the class will receive an all-inclusive professionally made PDF packet with ALL recipes and information shared during the class. On Cook-Along Menu options: Fried rice, Orange Chicken, General Tso’s Chicken, & Veggie or Chicken Egg Rolls. Additional Demonstration Only Recipe: Chicken or Pork Lo Mein Prep for the class will be required by all who register ahead of the class as it will be a very busy one but A LOT OF FUN and VERY INFORMATIVE! Participants will receive a list of ingredients in advance of the class with enough time for shopping and prep. This class will take place on Zoom, free on-line software. Participants will receive instructions on how to access the class prior to it starting. As an added bonus, the instructor has created a private group and a public group on Facebook for participants of her cooking classes. Everyone will receive an invite to the groups although joining is optional. Come join the fun! Note: One registration fee for this on-line virtual interactive class can include immediate family members living full-time in the same home ONLY. If children are participating, adult supervision is required. If friends, adult children, or extended family members are gathering for a fun night together, EACH household must register SEPARATELY even if participating together. Equipment: a wok is recommended but not required.

Instructor biography: Tess Georgakopoulos, also known as “Chef Tess—Culinary Artist”, has been cooking and baking for well over 45 years since she was roughly 6 years old. Born into a Greek family, the art of cooking traditional meals using one's own hands and creativity was and continues to be an expression of love in her home. Her father was also a trained chef who brought the magic of food to life in another form on the weekends as they cooked elaborate family meals together. As an accomplished cook and baker and always working towards expanding her culinary repertoire, Tess enjoys experimenting in her test kitchen daily creating new recipes, creative culinary techniques and building “Gold Standard” culinary experiences for communities across Minnesota and beyond. Tess is proficient and experienced in creating cook-along experiences and curriculum for conventional cooking, baking, pressure-cooking, air frying, pizza making, Mediterranean Cooking, and meal preparation as well. More recently, she has expanded her creativity and experience in the creation of Cooking Master Classes! A Culinary Artist indeed! She has been teaching both in-person and on-line cooking classes through community education for a number of years, and is currently working with almost 60 public school districts in and around the Twin Cities, in many corners of Minnesota, in addition to school districts in Wisconsin, Missouri, New York, and Oklahoma, having worked with just over 5000 participants over the years. Through her teaching, Tess has helped people of all skill levels increase their confidence and expand their skills in the kitchen reaching heights of their own personal creativity that they never knew existed, all while having fun and creating memories to last a lifetime. Her motto, eloquently put, is to make “dishing” delicious, and simple. Tess has recently started writing her first cookbook, and her food blog is also in the works! Some of her creations can be seen on her Facebook page, “Dish it up Good”, https://www.facebook.com/dishitupgood/ or on her Instagram Feed.