After-Work Cooking Classes in Manhattan!

Looking to spice up your after-work life?

Get your co-workers together and heat things up! The International Culinary Center is introducing a new series of fun, hands-on cooking classes for people of all ages and culinary skills at a fraction of the time and cost of a professional culinary school.

Subjects range from "The Perfect Baguette" to "The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner", to a special "Cooking 101" series taught by chef, radio host and author Michael Colameco.

The courses -- which cost between $150 and $395 -- are single-session classes that run three or four hours, so no commitment over weeks and weeks. All classes are taught by world-class chef-instructors.

Here's a schedule with costs:

Food Technology for the Home Cook, 10/4, 10am - 1pm, $150
Pizza 101 for Future Chefs, 10/4, 10 am - 2 pm, $195
The Perfect Baguette, 10/11, 10am - 2pm, $195
Cooking 101 with Michael Colameco
Fish 101- 10/22, 6pm - 10pm, $395
Chicken 101- 11/22, 10 am - 2 pm, $395
Pasta 101- 12/16 6pm - 10 pm, $395
The Secrets of Spices, 10/24, 6pm - 10pm, $195
Wine Uncorked, Thursday 11/6, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, $175
The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner, 11/7, 6pm - 10pm, $195
Chocolate Treats & Truffles, Saturday, 11/15, 3pm - 7pm, $195
Classic Croissants, 11/22, 10am - 2pm, $195
Christmas for Epicures, 12/11, 6pm - 10pm, $195

Classes are held at The International Culinary Center located at 462 Broadway at the corner of Grand Street in Manhattan.

For more information about course descriptions or enrollment, please visit www.internationalculinarycenter.com/rec or call 1-888-90-TASTE.

Bon appetit!