Karen Lee Cooking & Catering is a highly regarded school that offers imaginative cooking classes and catering services. With a focus on using organic and fresh ingredients, Karen personally selects all ingredients to ensure the highest quality results when preparing deliciously healthy meals.
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Karen Lee Cooking offers imaginative cooking classes and catering tailor made for you. All food is organic and fresh.
Karen personally shops for each meal, hand selecting each ingredient. As a result the quality of ingredients is the very best available locally, and the resulting meal is as delicious as it is healthy.
She has written five cookbooks and has been featured in The New York Times, Zagat, and more.
Karen Lee Cooking & Catering, established in 1972, is included among the highest rated caterers in Zagat New York. A renowned cooking instructor and author, Karen Lee's cooking classes are a fun and unique experience in a small group setting.
Notes:
Children starting at 12 years old can join the class if accompanied by an adult.
Reviews of Karen Lee Cooking
(4.8-star rating across
65 reviews)
Basic Cooking
Reviewed by Craig D. on 3/10/2024
Karen was fantastic! A really great, thorough class with lots of great tips, techniques, and information shared afterwards. Both a great time and great learning experience
Italian Basic Cooking
Reviewed by Michael F. on 2/5/2024
Karen was outstanding! Knowledgable and a delicious meal - altogether a great experience.
Basic Cooking
Reviewed by Linda H. on 1/22/2024
great teacher! so full of knowledge and experience
had great fun
Basic Cooking
Reviewed by Barbara R. on 1/22/2024
Such a fun evening. Good company, great food, and very educational! Instructor was a bundle of energy and answer every question tossed her way. Learned more in this cooking class than three times anywhere else
Chinese Menu
Anonymous review on 12/3/2023
I really enjoyed this class! Karen was terrific!
Dana
Basic Cooking
Anonymous review on 10/25/2023
Hi, I signed up for this class with my boyfriend.
There were a few things we didn't anticipate:
1. The class was in someone's apartment-we thought would be at a public space, not someone's apartment
2. There were no individual cooking stations. We basically watched what others were doing and the supposed to cram into her tiny kitchen.
I signed up late for this class, so I appreciate being let in. But was not what I had anticipated and the cost did not justify the experience. We left about 90 minutes into a 4 hour class.
Basic Cooking
Reviewed by Joan S. on 10/22/2023
Miss Karen Lee is a knowledgeable and amazing at what she does. Would recommend her cooking class to everyone even if you already know how to cook she gives you little insight tips
Basic Cooking
Reviewed by Sean B. on 6/4/2023
Karen is a delight, she's flexible with time and/or menu prep, very knowledgeable from her extensive time abroad and I highly recommend her class to anyone
Day Time Monday Cooking
Reviewed by Hannah C. on 12/16/2022
Karen was so kind and inviting when I arrived to join a group of her and many of her regular students. She was patient and informative and made the experience fun, collaborative and educational! I will absolutely be back to learn more!! Cannot recommend enough!
How to Make Fish Perfectly
Reviewed by Michelene D. on 3/14/2021
Great teacher, great listener and communicator and also a great cook who put value in healthy food.
Chinese Menu
Reviewed by Grace P. on 2/5/2021
Karen Lee is an excellent, informative teacher. Karen’s recipes are really good and her class is very enjoyable. You have a pro in Karen as your teacher.
How to Make Fish Perfectly
Anonymous review on 6/14/2020
Great class! Easy to follow recipes and the instructor explained everything extremely well. I didn’t even feel a need to ask any questions. It was thorough but still simple to do.
Virtual Grilling Cooking Class via Zoom
Reviewed by adib A. on 6/8/2020
Karen Lee was fantastic. I learned a lot. She took care of all the details, and when she had some time to spare, she answered questions that the students were interested in. Bravissima!
BlueBeard man!
How to Make Fish Perfectly
Reviewed by Amy M. on 5/8/2020
Perfect!!
How to Make Fish Perfectly
Reviewed by Deanna B. on 11/19/2019
Thoroughly enjoyed course and learned so much - can’t wait to try out recipes myself:)
How to Make Fish Perfectly
Anonymous review on 5/13/2019
Wonderful experience. It was fun, but more importantly, we left feeling more inspired to cook and took with us skills and tips that we immediately implemented the next day. We actually cooked pretty much all day making meals for the week. Karen is a great teacher who clearly wants her students to learn and enjoy her class.
How to Make Fish Perfectly
Reviewed by David A. on 5/12/2019
Excellent teacher, fun class and great food!
Asian Menu
Reviewed by Sharlene D. on 3/10/2019
It was a pleasure learning from Chef Karen. She really had the class learning everything hands on. She even teaches the importance of (where, where not and why) when purchasing fish . The importance of ginger and mushrooms for you health. I plan to take many more of her classes.
How to Make Fish Perfectly
Anonymous review on 2/17/2019
Karen was excellent and meeting everyone was a blast.
Students who have taken classes at Karen Lee Cooking have generally positive things to say about their experience. Many students appreciate Karen's knowledge and expertise in cooking, as well as her ability to make the class enjoyable and informative. Students mention learning a range of skills and techniques, such as knife skills, healthy cooking tips, and the importance of ingredients like ginger and mushrooms. Reviews also highlight the hands-on nature of the classes, with students being able to participate in the cooking process and taste the food as they go along. The small class size and the friendly atmosphere created by Karen and her assistant are also mentioned as positives. Overall, students leave the classes feeling inspired and equipped with new skills and recipes to try at home.
Direct quotes:
1. "It was a pleasure learning from Chef Karen. She even teaches the importance of (where, where not, and why) when purchasing fish...I plan to take many more of her classes."
2. "Karen is an extremely impressive chef and wonderful teacher. I enjoyed tasting the food as we made it rather than eating everything at the end of the course. I would definitely take another course with Karen. I highly recommend her!"
3. "Karen was an amazing host and teacher. She provided a fun atmosphere to cook and chat with other class participants. Everything tasted delicious, although my favorite for sure was the salmon appetizer dish and wild mushroom pasta! Karen's knowledge on the food prep, food selection, brands, and teachability were great!"
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