What kind of classes does City Cooking West End run?

It focuses on private hands-on cooking classes, seated dinners, corporate team building and cooking and cocktail events for luxury apartment buildings in NYC. Each menu is customized.

Where do the classes take place?

At its home in the Urbani Truffle Lab, a 1,000 square foot open test kitchen on the Upper West Side, or at its additional locations. Building events are hosted at the residential buildings themselves.

How large a group can it host?

The Urbani Truffle Lab space seats up to 40 and holds up to 80 standing.

Can my team do a class remotely?

Yes. The school offers virtual corporate team building classes.

How do I book an event?

Email info@citycookingwestend.com, call 929 359 3135, or use the event booking form.

Cooking school · New York

City Cooking West End

Private and team cooking events led by NYC restaurant chefs at an Upper West Side test kitchen

4.611 Google reviews

About City Cooking West End

City Cooking West End grew out of founder Stephanie Sarikaya's Upper West Side apartment. She developed recipes for The Kitchn and ran the blog City Cookin', where she recreated dishes from top NYC restaurants. The school launched in fall 2016. It now works from the Urbani Truffle Lab, a 1,000 square foot open test kitchen on the Upper West Side that seats up to 40.

Most of the work here is booked events rather than seats in a weekly class. The school runs cooking and cocktail events for residents of luxury apartment buildings across NYC. It also hosts private hands-on classes, seated dinners, corporate team building and virtual team classes. Past free livestreams included Arepas, Black Cod Miso Glaze and Spring Bucatini Carbonara.

The chefs give it range. Head chef Ken Connors trained at the French Culinary Institute and cooked at Nobu 57. He grew up in Hawaii and cooks Hawaiian, European and Asian fusion. Angie Marin brings Colombian flavors and experience from Boqueria. Lany Phlong cooks Cambodian and Southeast Asian food, and Liz Kennedy teaches pastry. Google reviewers give it 4.6 stars from 11 reviews.