Small Group Montreal Cooking Class with Michelin-Star Chef Robert

The journey, in full

Meal Description: During this small-group dining experience, Robert blends European and American techniques with global influences, using the finest local produce, seafood, and farm-fresh ingredients. Passionate about showcasing Montreal’s diverse food culture, he invites you to explore the city’s rich culinary landscape through his carefully crafted menu. Hosted in his home kitchen - a historic 1800s building in the heart of Montreal’s Old Port—this experience offers a luxurious and immersive 3-course tasting journey. Each dish is inspired by Montreal’s multicultural food scene, featuring bold flavors from Asian, Jewish, Caribbean, Portuguese, and Québécois traditions, woven into a delicious narrative of food, culture, and community. Enhance your meal with an optional alcohol pairing, featuring four tasting glasses of artisanal wine and cider, or opt for a curated rare and vintage tea tasting for a unique non-alcoholic experience. Cooking Class Description: Join Robert, a Michelin-star-trained chef and award-winning food writer (Travel+Leisure, Slow Food), for a small-group cooking class in Montreal. This hands-on experience goes beyond traditional recipes, teaching you to cook like a professional. Chef Robert will guide you through the same training he offers to professional cooks, focusing on essential culinary skills like knife techniques, plating, building sauces, and developing key culinary habits. Over the course of three hours, you'll work just like a chef in a top restaurant, gaining practical skills that will elevate your cooking to the next level. At the end of the class, you'll sit for a formal 3-course lunch. Each dish will be inspired and influenced by a culinary community in Montreal - for example, Caribbean, North Asian, Syrian and Quebecois. If you opt for the alcohol add-on, you'll enjoy 4 tasting glasses of artisanal wine and cider. Non-drinkers can savor a curated rare and vintage tea-tasting experience. Your experience is hosted in a historic Montreal building with a simple home kitchen setting. Coffee and additional drinks are extra. Start time may fluctuate slightly depending on local farm, fishery, or market deliveries. Market Tour Description: Small-group guided tour of the Jean-Talon Market, one of North America's largest farmer's markets. You will tour the market from a working chef's perspective, focusing on the historic food communities of Montreal (Italy, North Africa, Middle East) through boldly flavored street food tastings. Wind through the market stopping to explore the history and trade behind local and (for rare items) global sources of vegetables, tea, meat, and fish used by Quebec's top chefs. Then visit a tea store that supplies Michelin 3-star restaurants, buy cheese directly from artisan makers, and nibble on handmade Tunisian sweets. Your market tour will last for 1.5-2 hours. NOTE: 1. Unlike most Traveling Spoon experiences, Robert's experiences are not private. 2. Robert can offer lactose-free, gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan meals, and adapt to almost any food allergy or dislike, on request. You can also request special menus and celebrate occasions (birthdays, anniversaries, date nights). This cooking class in Montreal is also suitable for families with children. 3. Children above the age of 4 will be charged the price of an adult. Please add children as adults while booking this experience. 4. This host offers multiple tour options combining the activities described above. Your tour itinerary will be determined by the combo option you select when booking your tour.