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  • Mirepoix for DinnerMirepoix
    Now Open for Dinner! Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Nights 5:30pm- 9:00pm.
    Four Course Prix Fixe $48. Daily Menu Created by Chef Laurent Brazier.
    Choose your wine from our extensive wine cellar at retail prices! Reservations Recommended. Call 949-494-4006
  • New Café Lunch Menu
    New Cafe Lunch Menu
    Lunch served 11:30am to 3pm.
    Our chefs have upgraded the quality of everything on our lunch menu – from the bread to the meat and everything in-between. All sandwich meats are now roasted in-house for freshness and flavor. We’ve kept your favorites but added upgrades, and in keeping with the theme of our cheese shop, your favorite cheeses continue to be featured throughout the menu. We’ve also added a house specialty dessert – Crème Brûlée! Come in and experience the new lunch items and let us know what you think!
  • Saturday Tasting Room:Every Saturday Starting July 9!
    Saturday Tasting Room
    1 – 4pm Saturday.
    We’ve extended our Saturday Tasting events to every Saturday! Come down and taste a selection of 8 different wines. Laguna Culinary Arts is constantly looking for new and delicious wines from all over the world. We currently offer more than 350 selections, with new wines arriving each week!
    $5 per person for 8 tastes
  • Travel with Laguna Culinary Arts!
    Travel with Laguna Arts
    Stay tuned for more information about next year’s trip to northern Spain’s wine country, the Loire Valley in France, and more! Details to follow …


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Qualified and CertifiedWSET & Women Chefs


Mystery Basket 101 – Cooking Without Recipes



Mystery Basket 101 – Cooking Without Recipes

Ready to break away from the confinement of your cookbooks? Yearning to express your creativity in the kitchen but don’t quite know how to start? Join us for this series of classes designed to help you develop your sense and skill for creating your own recipes. Each class will focus on one main protein with a selection of accompanying ingredients. Chef Octavio Montoya will demonstrate the creation of a dish, then work with you while you develop your own rendition – specific to your tastes! Salad and dessert will be provided to round out your meal.


Asian-Style Grilled Swordfish

Thursday, July 24, 6pm; Deb

Menu: Cauliflower Vichyssoise with crab, horseradish & lime cream with chive oil drizzle; Asian flavored marinated grilled swordfish with ginger cilantro butter sauce; Lemon rice pilaf; Fresh summer berries with lemon curd & minted chantilly cream. Price: $90 per person.

Cooking with Chicken Breasts

Sunday, July 13, 2pm

Menu: This class will focus on the various cooking methods for boneless, skinless chicken breasts, an introduction to a variety of basic sauces that work well with chicken, and complimentary, seasonal side dishes for the creation of a complete plate. Price: $95 per person.

Cooking with Salmon

Sunday, July 27, 2pm

Menu: This class will focus on the various cooking methods for salmon filet, an introduction to a variety of basic sauces that work well with salmon, and complimentary, seasonal side dishes for the creation of a complete plate. Price: $95 per person.

Cooking with Pork Tenderloin

Sunday, August 3, 2pm

Menu: This class will focus on the various cooking methods for pork tenderloin, an introduction to a variety of basic sauces that work well with pork, and complimentary, seasonal side dishes for the creation of a complete plate. Price: $95 per person.



Cooking School Locations



California Locations

Laguna Beach Location
845 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
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Orange Location
Le Gourmet Kitchen

541 W. Chapman Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
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Tel: 949-494-0745