Mardi Gras Cooking Class with Chef Raquel Rivera

Mardi Gras Cooking Class @7 p.m., $125 pp

We’re getting into the spirit of Mardi Gras with a festive cooking class featuring traditional Cajun-inspired cuisine. Join us for a fun class, led by Chef Raquel Rivera, where we’ll make a menu of New Orleans specialties and then sit down to enjoy them. Feel free to BYOB!
Note: Class is non refundable, but you may gift or sell your tickets if you cannot make it.

Mardi Gras Menu

Red Beans and Rice with Andouille Sausage

Shrimp and Grits

Cajun Pasta with Chicken 

Bananas Foster and Vanilla Ice Cream 

BYOB: Feel free to bring margaritas, cerveza or other beverage of choice

Chef Bio: Chef Raquel graduated with highest honors from the Institute of Culinary Education after completing her externship at Le Bernardin. After working for catering companies Raquel began teaching at a few NYC based cooking studios until opening A Pinch of Salt over 10 years ago. Chef Raquel teaches cooking fundamentals to all ages, focusing on healthy, seasonal, inexpensive meals that are culturally sensitive and delicious. Furthermore, she has trained adults desiring employment in the culinary field who are now vendors of the Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative. In 2010 Chef Raquel’s work was recognized with an invitation to the White House South Lawn as a part of First Lady Obama’s Let’s Move initiative and in 2019 she was awarded Women Business of the Year by the Southern CT Black Chambers of Commerce.