Every culinary event in the 1909 kitchen is focused on a culinary theme. Private events include an appetizer, entree, and dessert. With the guidance of a culinary instructor, your group will have the hands-on experience of preparing a full meal before sitting down to enjoy the fruits of your labour.

Our capacity for hands-on private culinary events is 30 people. We are a licensed facility with a drink list for your guests to browse and enjoy while we cook.

Popular themes include:

Caribbean Cuisine: Jerk Chicken with Rice & Peas, Trinidad-style Channa, Jamaican Festival Dumplings.

All About Apples: Apple Butter Cream Cheese Spread, Apple Bacon Galette, Caramel Apple Soft Pretzels, and Cider Glazed Chicken Wings with Apple Salad.

Winter Vegetables: Sweet Potato Curry, Ratatouille, and a Thai Butternut Squash Soup.

Seasonal Soups: Thai Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk, Smoked Corn Chowder, and Lemon Pesto Orzo Soup.

Cooking with Wine: Mussels in a White Wine Garlic Sauce, Coq au Vin, Veal Marsala with Pasta Alfredo, and a Red Wine Poached Pear for dessert.

Marvelous Mushrooms: Poutine with Mushroom Gravy, Marinated Portobello Steaks, Butter Poached King Oyster Mushrooms, Enoki Beef Rolls.

Korean Cuisine: Bulgogi with Rice, Jajangmyeon, Bipimbap, Cucumber Kimchi.

Cooking with Beer: Beef and Ginnesse Stew, Beer infused Pizza Dough topped with caramelized onions, and Crispy Beer Battered Fish (tacos or chips).

Don’t go BACON my Heart: We start off with Bacon Jam, which is as good as it sounds. Bacon wrapped pickles are ideal for game day. Maple Bacon Carrots is a fantastic side dish. Our feature cocktail is a Spicy Bacon Caesar (virgin optional)

Loving Lemons: Lemon Pesto Orzo Soup followed by Lemon & Rosemary Chicken. Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings will become your new household favourite.

Glorious Garlic: Garlic Knots, Garlic Caesar Dressing, Charred Bean and Garlic Salad, Soy Garlic Chicken Wings, and Sticky Honey Garlic Shrimp.

All Things Avocado: Shrimp and Avocado Salada, Grilled Avocado with Veggie Ceviche, Fresh Guacamole with house made tortilla chips, and more.

Chicken Favourites: Soy Ginger Garlic Chicken Wings, Chicken Cacciatore, Chicken Parmigiana, and Lemon Rosemary Chicken.

Loving Lamb: We’ll learn preparation techniques that will have you changing up your traditional burger night. Lamb burgers, Roasted Garlic Lamb Shank, and a hearty Irish Lamb Stew is on our menu.

Cuisine of Germany: We’ll start off the evening making a tangy Sauerkraut soup. Then we’ll turn our attention toward a traditional beef Rouladen filled with mustard, bacon, pickles, and more. While that dish simmers away in the oven we’ll braise locally grown red cabbage and flavour it with a balance of vinegar, sugar, salt and seasonings.

French Favourites: Our menu will begin with a traditional Soupe à l’oignon followed by a Niçoise salad, which is a wonderful meal all on it’s own. Our main dish will be Coq au Vin followed by a traditional plate of cheese.

Investigate Italy: Italian Dipping Oil with Crostini, Fresh Ricotta, Lemon Risotto with Fennel, Chicken Parmigiana, Panna Cotta with Cherries. 

Taco ’bout Fun: Pico de Gallo, Mango Salsa, Guacamole, Fish tacos, and Chicken tacos with a wide assortment of toppings. (gf option)

Build a Board: We’ll build the ultimate feasting Charcuterie Board featuring local meats, cheese, preserves, fruit, and more.

Satisfying Seafood: From how to cook savoury mussels and shucking oysters, our instructor will also show you three ways to enjoy three different white fish. (gf option)

Sizzling Steak: From Inside Round to Beef Tenderloin, we’ll investigate a variety of steaks to find out the best way to cook and present each cut of meat. (gf option)

Pasta la Vista! We’ll make a fresh batch of pasta dough along with a tomato sauce, an alfredo sauce before assembling your creations in our Pasta Bar. (gf option)

Travel to Thailand: Thai Quinoa Salad, Coconut Curry with Shrimp, and Pad See Ew will make the unique flavours of Thailand sing! (gf option)

Perfect Pizza: We’ll make dough from scratch before making a tomato sauce, a white sauce. From thin crust to wood burning pizza oven, this class has it all. From pickles to pineapple we’ll explore the best combination of toppings.