Culinary Courses
Spring 2025 Community Education Culinary Courses
New! Ravioli from Scratch
Saturday, January 25
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
CRN# 10816
CFP 556-01
Fee: $125
Join our hands-on pasta-making class, where you’ll learn the art of crafting fresh ravioli. Students will be guided through the dough preparation, rolling, and filling with a variety of delicious ingredients, and mastering the perfect ravioli shape. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned cook, this class will help you create restaurant-quality ravioli at home. Plus, enjoy tasting your creations with a complementary sauce pairing. Perfect for pasta lovers looking to expand their skills. Please come prepared with an apron, a hat, and closed toe comfortable shoes. Register for Ravioli from Scratch.
New! Three Sweet Tarts
Saturday, February 8
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
CRN# 10817
CFP 557-01
Fee: $125
Discover the secrets to baking perfect sweet tarts. Students will learn to make buttery, flaky pastry from scratch and fill it with luscious cream, fruit, and chocolate. Whether you’re a baking novice or a dessert enthusiast, you’ll master techniques for creating beautiful tarts that taste as good as they look. Enjoy hands-on instruction and take home your delicious, homemade sweet tart creations to share. Please come prepared with an apron, a hat, and closed toe comfortable shoes. Register for Three Sweet Tarts
Cookie Decorating
Section #1: Valentines
Monday, February 10
6-8 p.m.
CRN# 10594
CFP 504-51
Fee: $69
New! Section #2: Beginner Plus: Easter
Tuesday, April 8
6-8 p.m.
CRN# 10595
CFP 504-52
Fee: $79
Section #3: Spring
Tuesday, May 6
6-8 p.m.
CRN# 10596
CFP 504-53
Fee: $69
If you’ve never worked with royal icing or have dabbled just a little, this class is for you. Students, ages 10 and older, will work step-by-step on each cookie to learn hands-on the various decorating techniques used with royal icing. Cindy Burek of Buttercup Cookie will teach students about piping/outlining, flooding, and wet on wet techniques. Students will complete five cookie designs. Students will take them home with them in a bakery box, along with a decorating tool, a cookie cutter, and a packet of seasonal sprinkles and/or cookie decorations. All supplies are provided. Once class registration has closed, students will be sent Cindy’s informational blog loaded with basics of baking cookies, tips and tricks of the trade, as well as links to places online to checkout for additional tutorials. Due to the perishables needed for this course, the withdrawal deadline for this class is two days prior to the start date. Please come prepared with an apron, a hat, and closed toe comfortable shoes. Register for Cookie Decorating.
Bartending and Mixology 101
Tuesdays
February 11 – March 25
6-8 p.m.
CRN# 10597
CFP 516-51
Fee: $175
No class March 18
This course will provide you with the basic skills needed to work at and manage a bar that serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. It will introduce basic production processes and varieties of alcoholic beverages. Laws and procedures related to responsible alcohol service will be explored and reviewed. Students will become certified through the Training and Intervention Program for Servers of Alcohol (TIPS). Materials Fee: approximately $30, TIPS booklet to be purchased through the instructor prior to class. Please e-mail the instructor at larkinjp@sunysccc.edu. Students successfully completing this course will receive a Certificate. Students must be 18 years of age or older. Register for Bartending and Mixology 101.
New! Coffee Cakes to Impress
Saturday, March 1
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
CRN# 10818
CFP 558-01
Fee: $125
Join our coffee cake baking class and learn to create moist, flavorful cakes perfect for any occasion. You’ll discover how to make a tender crumb, layer it with delicious streusel, and infuse your cake with warm spices or fruits. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned baker, this hands-on class will teach you the techniques to bake coffee cakes that are perfect for breakfast, brunch or dessert. At the end, enjoy your freshly baked creation with a cup of coffee! Register for Coffee Cakes to Impress.
Intro to Bread Baking
Saturday, March 29
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
CRN# 10827
CFP 559-01
Fee: $125
This hands-on class will cover the basics of yeast dough production. Each student
will prepare two loaves of crusty Italian bread to take home to share with friends
and family. The fundamentals of yeast dough production will be discussed. Shaping
will be demonstrated. Please come prepared with an apron, a hat, and closed toe comfortable shoes. Register for Intro to Bread Baking.
Pizza!
Saturday, April 12
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
CRN# 10826
CFP 511-01
Fee: $125
In this hands-on class, students will learn to make professional quality pizza from a variety of dough, explore various toppings, and different techniques for successfully stretching dough. Each student will make several pizzas to taste and take home to share with friends and family. Please come prepared with an apron, a hat, and closed toe comfortable shoes. Register for Pizza!