DelecTable

DelecTable is a chef's tasting restaurant at 3248 University Ave. on Madison's west side. It is known for culinary dinner theater with smoke, fire and blindfold courses. Owner Justin Gibson opened it in 2017 in the space at his vomFASS store, where cooking classes were already popular.

Cooking classes run in the evening from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Classes usually have 16 people or fewer. You cook the menu together as a group, then sit down to the meal you helped make. Upcoming menus include Thai Feast, Spanish Tapas, An Evening in Fez and two Pakistani nights, one of them vegetarian. Chef Joel Olson taught for 23 years at L'Academie de Cuisine, and his classes are hands-on and full of humor. Certified Master Baker Punky Egan also teaches. The bar sells wine, beer and cocktails before and during class.

Executive Chef Forster Sorensen, who has cooked at Alinea and Publican, runs the tasting dinners and themed wine dinners. Groups can book the whole restaurant for a private class or a team-building event.