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Cooking with Bourbon: An Elevated Evening of Bold Flavor

Friday, September 25
$125.00

Step into an evening of rich flavors, warm spirits, and effortless indulgence with our Cooking with Bourbon experience. This refined, hands-on class celebrates bourbon at its most sophisticated, weaving its caramel, oak, spice, and vanilla notes through a beautifully balanced menu from cocktail to dessert.

Begin with a Bourbon Cocktail, layered with aromatic spice and bourbon’s signature warmth. From there, create a Mixed Green Salad with Maple Bourbon Vinaigrette, followed by Bourbon-Brined Pork Chops that are deeply savory, tender, and full of character. To finish, indulge in a decadent Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bourbon Caramel Sauce—dark, silky, and just the right amount of luxurious.

This is more than a dinner out; it’s an evening designed to be savored. Come sip, share stories, and dine your way through a menu that is bold, polished, and unmistakably bourbon-forward.

Raise a glass and join us for a memorable culinary experience with a sophisticated Kentucky-inspired twist.

Participation Level: Demonstration – sit back and sip on your cocktail as Chef Laura walks you through each course and gives you lots of tips and tricks along the way.

Menu:

  • Pineapple Sour Cocktail
  • Mixed Green Salad with Dried Cranberries, Goat Cheese, Apples, with Maple Bourbon Vinaigrette
  • Bourbon Brined Pork Chops with Bourbon Gastrique
  • Smashed Miso Sweet Potatoes
  • Roasted Asparagus
  • Flourless Chocolate Cake with a Bourbon Caramel Sauce

Chef: Laura

One bourbon cocktail is included with the event.  Additional cocktails, wine and beer may be purchased at the wine bar.

10% off all regularly priced merchandise during the event.

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Cooking with Bourbon: An Elevated Evening of Bold Flavor
$ 125.00
8 available
Chef
Laura Claude
Date and time
Friday, September 25
6:00pm -
9:00pm
Location
The Joyful Gourmet
542 N Milwaukee Ave.
Libertyville, IL 60048
Cancellation Policy

If you cannot make your reservation, we do encourage you to attempt to find someone that would enjoy attending. We can only issue a credit for you to attend a future event (6 month expiration). Within 72 hours we are not able to offer a credit as we’ve already incurred food and help costs.

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Laura Claude

Chef Laura has a diverse background in cultural and culinary arts. Born in an Italian and Korean family, she has a degree in accounting. However, early on in her corporate career, she realized her passion for gastronomy which led her to graduate from Kendall College with a culinary art degree. She worked for various establishments including the Primehouse in River North, and was one of the opening team members of the first Virgin Hotel. Her love language is food and she passionately shares her abundance of culinary mastery with her students. Thanks to her diverse background, her depth in food culture knowledge is limitless. She has a dedicated group of followers who do not miss any opportunity to take her exciting and adventurous classes here at The Joyful Gourmet. When she is not teaching, you will find her in her garden or enjoying time with her children.

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