Chez Jude - Contemporary cuisine, catering to your every whim, culinary classes

     Experience... The Art of Cooking
A good chef is anxious to teach and share...Julia Child
Culinary Events
Lutsen Resort Food & Wine Weekend
April 20, 2008, 10 am - 1 pm

Guest Chef Judi Barsness
Demonstration Cooking Class Luncheon


1st Course
Roasted Pepper, Caramelized Onion, Goat Cheese, Open Faced Quesadillas
Wine Pairing: Sauvignon Blanc Casa Lapostolle - Chile

2nd Course
Citrus Marinated Grilled Chicken Napolean Salad stacked with crispy corn tortillias, chipotle crema & salsa fresco mango, jicama, spring greens, tequila lime vinaigrette
Wine Pairing: Alamos Chardonnay Bodegas Catena Zapata - Argentina

3rd Course
Dark Chocolate Shortcakes with sautéed bananas, chez jude's dulce con leche ice cream, caramel sauce, chocolate whipped cream, candied nuts
Wine Pairing: Syrah Vina Montes - Chili


Grand Marais Jazz Festival
May 9 - May 11, 2008

Three Course Chefs Tasting Menu Luncheon at Chez Jude
May 10, 12 - 3 pm
Prior to 3:30pm Erin Bode Group performance at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts

Three Course Chefs Tasting Menu Dinner at Chez Jude
May 10, 5 pm
Prior to 7 pm Avishai Cohen's Triveni performance at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts

Sunday Brunch at Chez Jude with Jazz Guitartist Briand Morrison
May 11, 11 am -2 pm

Sunday Afternoon Tea at Chez Jude
May 11, 3 pm - 5 pm

Culinary Classes
Join Chef Judi Barsness and her celebrated chef friends in a culinary adventure exploring the fundamentals of cooking, baking and the cuisines of the world. Discover new ingredients, flavors, techniques, chef secrets and the art of presentation. Each class is designed for the novice to accomplished cook.

Contact us at info@chezjude.com to be placed on the advance e-letter mailing list, announcing the class offerings.

Class: Global Appetizers - Participation Class
Date: Saturday, January 19, 2008
Location:
Chez Jude Cooking School
Instructor: Sous Chef Darra Zankman - Chez Jude, Grand Marais, MN
Tuition: $90 p.p. Sampling Meal, Recipe Packet, Tax inclusive in price.
Hours: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Maximum Students: 8
Hors D'ouevres for a small gathering of family & friends. You will make 8 delicious petite plates for a luncheon sampling with the Chef. The menu Sous Chef Darra has chosen is:
Chicken Sate with Peanut Dipping Sauce
Szcheuan Pepper Crusted Beef with Arugula & Caramelized Onion & Apple Relish
Potato Samosas with Sweet Hot Chili Sauce
Spanakopita Triangles
Roasted Eggplant Spread with Pita Wedges
Tomato Basil Palmiers
Goat Cheese Crostini with Shallot Marmalade
Sweet & Spicy Nuts

Class: Braises - Winter Comfort Foods - Particpation Class
Date: Sunday, January 20, 2008
Location:
Chez Jude Cooking School
Instructor: Chef Judi Barsness - Chez Jude, Grand Marais, MN
Tuition: $90 p.p. Sampling Meal, Recipe Packet, Tax inclusive in price.
Hours: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Maximum Students: 8
Tummy warming dishes for those cold winter nights by the fire with family & friends. You will create 3 delicious entrees & accompanying side dishes for a luncheon sampling with the Chef.
Chef Judi's menu will be:
Braised Winter Vegetables with Soft Parmesan Polenta
Chicken, Wild Mushroom Chardonnay Sauce with Wild Rice Butternut Squash Orzotto
Braised Short Ribs of Beef Bouguinonne with Root Vegetable & Potato Mousse

Class: Italian Flatbreads - Pizza & Foccacia - Participation Class
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008
Location:
Chez Jude Cooking School
Instructor: Chef Judi Barsness - Chez Jude, Grand Marais, MN
Tuition: $90 p.p. Sampling Meal, Recipe Packet, Tax inclusive in price.
Hours: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Maximum Students: 8
Italy's favorite gift to the New World. You will learn how to create 3 glorious versions of pizza & foccacia from one great dough recipe. A luncheon sampling with the Chef will follow. The menu Chef Judi has chosen is:
Caramelized Onion & Gorgonzola Foccacia
Tuscan Steak Pizza with Puttanesca Sauce
Pesto Shrimp Pizza with Chevre Cheese
Margherita Fresca Pizza with Feta Cheese

Class: Delightful Dim Sum - Particpation Class
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Location:
Chez Jude Cooking School
Instructor: Tom Skold - Harbor View Cafe - Pepin, Wi.
Tuition: $90 p.p. Sampling Meal, Recipe Packet, Tax inclusive in price.
Hours: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Maximum Students: 8
Dim Sum, literally hearts delight in Cantonese, is used to describe all manner of teahouse fare served in small portions. This class will give participants a great starter set of treats to serve friends or family. You will create these delicious dishes for a luncheon sampling with the Chef. Chef Tom's menu will be:
Shu Mai - pork, shrimp, and shitake dumplings
Har Gow - shrimp dumplings
Char Sui Bao - steamed buns with barbequed pork
Chicken Wings with Oyster Sauce
Potstickers - meat & vegetable dumplings



I get by with a little help from my friends - Chez Jude Chef Instructors
Chef Judi Barsness - Chez Jude - Grand Marais, Mn.
Judi is Chef Owner of Chez Jude on Lake Superior's North Shore. Her restaurant, located on the Grand Marais harbor, features contemporary cuisine, private dining, catering, and a series of culinary classes offered by Judi & her celebrated chef friends. Judi is also the Chef Mentor & Instructor for the Cook County High School Culinary Arts Class. She has studied at The Culinary Institute of America, Greystone and the National Baking Center and has recently returned from an internship with Chef Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in California. In addition she has learned from the many talented chefs, bakers & individuals with whom she has worked in the United States & Europe. Chez Jude was touted as one of the top 7 Restaurants Worth the Drive by Minneapolis Star Tribune and one of the top 3 Restaurants outside the Metro Twin Cities Area by MPR in 2006. Judi & her talented staff have created award winning cuisine, utilizing the freshest ingredients of the seasons, locally made sausages and harvested foods.

Chef Tom Skold - Harbor View Café - Pepin, Wi.
Tom Skold has been chef at the critically acclaimed Harbor View Café for the past 11 years and cooking professionally for 25 years. While the Harbor View's seasonal kitchen is put to bed for a winter rest, he enjoys mentoring the home cook via his popular cooking classes in the Twin Cities area. Chef Tom is a graduate of Johnson & Wales College culinary program and recently earned his Food & Nutrition degree from UW-Stout in Menomonie, Wis.

Sous Chef Darra Zankman - Chez Jude - Grand Marais, Mn.
Darra is currently the Sous Chef at Chez Jude Restaurant, Catering & Cooking School. After attending Johnson & Wales College in Providence RI, Darra headed out west to San Francisco, where she had her own catering business for over 20 years, while pursuing a career as a Stock Broker. Darra returned to her New Jersey home and became the Chef & Manager of the North American Lobster Co.. Darra laned on the North Shore after her father's illness and was the Deli Manager of the Cook County Whole Foods Co-Op.

Chez Jude Culinary Travel Adventures

Pending
Fish Image Provence & Paris
Fish Image Napa Valley
Fish Image Tuscany
Lunch, Afternoon high tea, dinner, late nite menu & wine bar
Chez Jude, 411 W. Highway 61, Grand Marais, MN 55604, 218-387-9113

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