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  • Friday Night Happy Hour
    Great food, wine tasting and a glass of wine for $20 per person! Sample 5 different wines each week. Additional glasses of wine at $6 per glass. Starts at 5pm. Come early for a good seat! (read more)
  • Cake Decorating
    You asked for it! Learn the basics of the art of cake decorating. At the end of this class you will be able to decorate a cake with stunning roses, leaves, floral sprays, grapes, shells, clowns, stars, borders and more. (read more)
  • Wine & Food Pairing: Exploring the Old World
    Part of our Wine & Food Pairing series, this course explores the basic concepts of pairing your favorite foods with great wine with a focus on the classic regional pairings of Western Europe. (read more)


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Qualified and CertifiedWSET & Women Chefs


Wine Basics

This course is designed for people who love wine and want to learn more about it, but are afraid to jump into our certificate classes. Taught by Chef Laurent Brazier, this 3-part series includes basic information about international grape varietals and reading labels, introduction to the major wine growing regions of the world, and each region's unique classification system, as well as a beginners approach to tasting wine. Six different wines will be tasted in each class.

Dates Offered:
Series I:Thursdays, February 4, 11 and 18, 6:30pm

Class 1: Introduction to wine & wine tasting, how to serve wine, France as a wine region

Class 2: Spain, Italy and Germany as wine regions

Class 3: California and the west coast, Southern hemisphere

$160 for three classes.



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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