CIA Greystone: Cooking demonstration

Possibly not quite recovered from our sugar coma brought on by the night before’s “Sweet Finale” dessert tasting plate, mum, Rosemary and I headed back to CIA Greystone the following morning for a cooking demonstration.

When I was booking online, I was excited to see this dish lined up for the day we were able to go – I love all sorts of sauces but am a particular fan of salsa verde.  For $15 (one hour demo and tastings) it’s great value.  It’s wonderful to watch the chef working in the gorgeous kitchen.

Our personable chef Andrew Wild kept us entertained throughout the hour as he talked us through the recipes and gave us tips and tricks, as well as answered questions.  As Chef worked on the dishes, each step was documented on the screens above the workspaces.  From the mise en place

To the cooking and plating…

Between watching Chef at work and watching the screens, it’s all there!

During the class, the concierge operated the camera and interspersed the culinary goings on with useful information:

The result? A simple dish (45 minutes start to finish) that tastes like you’ve spent WAY more time in the kitchen…

What I loved about this demo was the simplicity of the dish and the fact that Chef gave everyone ingredient substitutions and ideas for different ways to use the salsa.  It’s a very versatile dish that you walked away from the demo feeling “I can make that” which, so often does not happen at higher end cooking demos.  The tasting plate was just enough to make you want more. And want to make this at home!

20 thoughts on “CIA Greystone: Cooking demonstration”

  1. Am looking forward to Mardi preparing this dish for me, which I can pair with a nice cab from Grgich Hills, which is where I was during the demo. 🙂

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  2. This looks like great fun! What a fab trip! And love the dish, looks delicious! More adventures! And your husband is too funny!

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  3. I love cooking demonstrations done like this, your so right…. done properly you leave having not only been entertained but left with the desire & knowledge to dash home & give great cooking like this a go.
    Cheers Anna

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  4. cooking demonstrations are a great way to learn more from other chefs, He looks so friendly and entertaining, looks like you had a great time. The pictures are fabulous

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  5. Oh god, look at that wall of pots and pans. I want a pots and pans wall.

    I share your enthusiasm about salsa verde. Not sure it is up there with my enthusiasm for masses of hanging pots and pans, but it’s pretty close.

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