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:

Moroccan Cuisine: Moroccan Couscous Salad with Roasted Vegetables, Moroccan Lamb Stuffed Butternut Squash, Chermoula marinade for Chicken or Fish. Mint Tea.

Taste of India: Pakora with two homemade chutneys, Naan, Beef Rogan Josh with seasoned Basmati Rice. Marsala Chai.

Wine Tasting & Cheese Pairing: Join us for a fun event filled with delicious wines and perfectly paired cheeses. Get ready to indulge your taste buds and learn about the art of pairing these two culinary delights. 

Plant Based Eating: We’ll be making a Creamy Lemon Orzo with Roasted Chickpeas, Warm Broccoli and Quinoa Salad and a Peanut Stew with cauliflower and Sweet potatoes filled with warm curry flavours.

Farm to Table: Tomato Galette, Chicken Saltimbocca, Butternut Squash Risotto, Homemade Ice Cream with Salted Caramel Sauce.

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.

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.