The Culinary Arts Food & Fun Institute
approved by the The Intercontinental Academy for Household, Hotel and Resort Management (IAHHRM).  Scroll down to watch our cookery on TV, worldwide.
Certified Executive Chef (CEC) and Master Certified Food Executive (MCFE) Martin CJ Mongiello Culinary Director and Senior Vice President of Hospitality
CHEFS ADAM, AMANDA, GLENDA, TISH, JOHNSIE, MARTI, STORMY AND KIM WELCOME YOU!

"I have spent my life teaching others to cook from emotion and instinct while making Kings, Queens, Presidents and Prime Ministers laugh and enjoy food.  I've lived on several continents, rode white Arabian horses and camels in the desert, enjoyed traditional tea ceremonies in the bamboo forests of Japan and fed the hungry worldwide.  We leave stuffy, snobby and uppity for others.  Instead, our cooks and chefs focus on laughter, few printed recipes and having fun in the kitchen with one another!   Chef Marti Mongiello, Culinary Director

The Commander in Chief of all Cooking Schools

$210.00 per person including all supplies and cooking booklet
Some minor holidays (New Years, etc...) of the year there are no classes - be sure to call us
 

Let's cook, wine and dine together in our kitchen, outdoor school and dining room!  Start with a winery tour and tasting at our good partner winery of Baker Buffalo Creek (www.bakerbuffalocreek.com) owned by Charles and Anne Edwards (704-616-3885) from 12 to 5 pm Thursday through Saturday, 2 to 5pm Sunday and by appointment all other days, then enjoy two to three hours of class instruction and preparing in our indoor and outdoor kitchen classrooms, followed by a break, then dining, drinking and eating of the dinner.  This class comes with all equipment and tools and graduates receive a full color certificate for 4 CEH credit hours with gold foil, embossed seal.  Classes are held on Wednesdays or Saturdays starting at 2 p.m.  They go till about 4:30 or 5 p.m. and then we eat what the students have prepared until 6 or 6:30 (four to five hours total).  We are BYOB.  Most classes and menus are conducted Iron Chef style with ingredients taken out and unveiled at the last minute in front of students as a complete surprise!  Please inform us of any allergies or dietary needs.  Our primary textbook is not mandatory to purchase as we will be giving you a cooking booklet to take home.  However, many students do desire to purchase it.  You will see our other textbooks recommended for classes and licensing of Cooks to Executive Chefs.

Marti's latest 300 page book published is now available, worldwide (featured right)

Notes are taken while recipes are handed out by our instructors and each student receives a mini-cooking booklet to take home.  The main textbook is available for purchase but not required.  Instead, we leave the option to purchase the textbook up to each student.  Classes have ranged on all types of gourmet food, been exciting and fun!!!  BYOB.  Extra folks are welcomed to join at the end, for dinner only, for 40 per person.  You will be cooking for them during your class.  Our pricing is HIGHER than we like, however, we are currently purchasing all items at a local grocery store at FULL RETAIL and then adding on to that for DOUBLE RETAIL, using our car for trunkloads filled with groceries, twice a week.  Until we are able to open as a restaurant and receive truckload deliveries from a food vendor, we will continue to be forced to shop at a supermarket.  Additionally, intense volume is required to receive wholesale truck and 18-wheeler deliveries of food as well as large, $100,000.00 walk in freezers and refrigerators.  We hope to advance to this soon and continue to look for investors to help us grow larger and larger.

(HOW TO BOOK A CLASS: You can only book one person at a time.  When the system asks how many rooms you want, please just tell it one room.  Ensure you are looking at a Wednesday or Saturday only (it must be one day only - do not try to do two days please).   It's like booking a room and you'll see student seats come up.

CLICK HERE when ready TO BOOK YOUR CLASS!
Registration to the Registrars Office is required for all students, walk-ins are not accepted
OR GIVE AS A GIFT CERTIFICATE RIGHT HERE!
Some minor holidays (New Years, etc...) of the year there are no classes - be sure to call us

Murder Mystery, Cooking & SPA parties
($250.00 per person plus tax and gratuities - includes lodging & breakfast)...
Enjoy a huge appetizer party and one hour massage for each - ALL inclusive

Poker and Texas Hold 'em parties!
After we whip up eight foot long HOAGIES!!!
($180.00 per person plus tax and gratuities - includes lodging & breakfast)...
Enjoy a huge appetizer party, 50 grand in chips and DEALER - ALL inclusive

~ that special luncheon  ~ a work retirement dinner  ~ a baby shower 

~ a birthday party with clowns  ~ Anniversary ~ ponies in the back yard 

~bouncy castles and more  ~ a surprise party!

Also, ask about our bus tours and Battlefield Guides.

Chef Marti also does live cooking shows (click for info)
Watch him on the NBC TODAY Show right now!

Watch a few right now from ABC in America and NHK in Japan.

These next two are from an NBC mini-series over five days:

Here is a show that was filmed by AFN in Brussels, Belgium.

And another NBC clip at the Clinton Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

There is more footage at www.youtube.com - type in "Mongiello"

Lot's of groups come by bus tour or visit around the entire region during a multi-day stay!  It is our pleasure to share with guests other extended stay properties from major points of departure and arrival.  We have guests and groups visiting with us from around the world including heavy traffic from Canada, Germany, England, Japan, and more: