Nutritionist and chef Mala Patel helps guide and refine culinary repertoires, creating homemade, multicourse Indian feasts during her classes. Combining comprehensive demonstrations with hands-on cooking experience, balanced with an insightful understanding of the benefits of Indian cuisine and its relationship to good health in sessions such as Classic vegetarian cuisine, non-vegetarian cuisine, Muglai feast, Street side foods from India, Snack and appetizers from india,South Indian Exotic escape and Passage to North India. Small classes consisting of no more than 10 -12 chefs-in-training intimately explore meat and veggie dishes flavored by aromatic spices, garlic, ginger, and green chilies. She says, " I don't classify myself as a gourmet chef - I'm a good cook and a better teacher, and I teach from my heart, My specialty is simplifying food in a way that a novice could do it."

Mala grew up cooking alongside her mother, Jaya Patel, in Midwestern India, where she loved concocting new varieties of favorite dish¬es. She credits her mother with teaching her "pre-prepa-rations," - such as chopping and freezing garlic, ginger and green chilies for future use , she also learnt practical and flexible approach in cooking.

• We offer personal and group lessons
• Employee incentive and team building class
• Cooking party with colleagues, friends or family
• Birthday parties for a group of 6-12 people
• Special youth classes.