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July 2024 by Denise Ellington
Always an enjoyable experience at Yankee Hill Classes. Learned techniques, enjoyed different food from various cultures. The classes are hands on, with the benefit of enjoying the food.
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May 2024 by Debbie Donlon
I just attended the bread making class and I loved it! I learned so much and feel more confident about baking my own bread at home. Ron, our instructor was a wealth of information and I love his sense of humor. Thank you so much!
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June 2023 by Star B.
Absolutely loved the class brought me and my patients closer together can't wait for more classes to come the chef is such a sweet man and the atmosphere was absolutely wonderful my first cooking class ever and I loved every second of it all the food was so so yummy
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June 2023 by Michelle C.
A ride through the lovely countryside of Tuolumne County brings you to Yankee Hill Winery Cooking School. The class fee was reasonable. The instructional kitchen was large, and well equipped. The information shared with the students, and the hands-on opportunities for students to help prepare the various elements was also nice; however the Chef was obnoxious, arrogant and condescending. When my friend asked him a single question about a particular appliance, Chef Ron turned to me and said my friend must not be very bright. Throughout the class Chef was also quite rude to me and a couple of other women. His behavior ruined the experience for the two of us. We have enjoyed several other cooking classes during our travels and had never experienced anything like this before. We will not return.
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May 2023 by Debi C.
I recently brought a group of 44 seniors to visit and what a fabulous time we had !!! Ron was kind enough to pick us up at Columbia Park and shuttle;e our group up to his house. When we arrived we had appetizers and then we proceeded to make a delicious Italian lunch .. everyone got involved from making fresh pasta to chopping salad items and making fresh cheese curds to filling ramekins with creme brulee!!! What a delicious feast we had..we got recipes of the foods we made and I can't say it enough about what a wonderful time we had. I will be back !!
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January 2023 by Katie Lee
Its always a fun time with Ron, his wife, and generous servings of wine. Sucessful sushi making class today!
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January 2023 by Tom Geary
Always a fun place to visit. We make and eat the foods we have made. Ron the host delivers great humor and has many different recipes you can make.
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January 2023 by Jeffrey Rohrich
if you want to learn how to cook or have a small gathering experience around food. has 200 videos on youtube.
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January 2023 by tammy hammond
Learned alot and the food was amazing.
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October 2022 by Dan W.
My wife and I took a class here a couple of years ago. While we did learn some things, she would not go back due to Ron's sarcastic attitude that goes beyond harmless humor. My BIL and I just took a sausage class that we had really been looking forward to. Again, we we happy that we got to learn and gain experience, but the chiding and downright mean attitude really cast a cloud. Out of five participants, three of us did the vast majority of the work. One couple did the minimum then sat down and drank wine, talking to the chef while he barked at us if we spoke while doing all of the work. When we made reservations for this class, we were told to bring a cooler to take home the sausage that we made in class. Our wives planned a meal around this and were ready for us to grill up some of our hand made sausages. At the end, after running late, we asked about taking our share home. We were told that we could not take anything home for insurance reasons. He claimed never to have told us that we would be taking sausage home. He absolutely did, multiple times. The description on the web site implies the same. He said that cooked food was ok to take but not raw. I told my BIL to tie his apron back on and get to cooking. We cooked six sausages. There were 24lbs of sausage made in that class, plus another 15lbs of ground pork. The other thing was the subject matter. Sausage and the casings have obvious sexual connotations, but Chef pushed that subject a little too far. His teaching manner is the opposite of a positive learning experience. It seems that he holds these classes simply to have a captive audience to mock. I'm not sure if the whole taking sausages home was a lie or dementia, but it was a very awkward situation.
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April 2022 by Bill W.
Had a great experience at this cooking class. Ron has a great sense of humor and a lot of cooking knowledge. Our big group had a great private lesson.
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January 2022 by Kaiya Grimes
Was a great experience food was delicious enjoyed witty banter
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January 2022 by ToniLee FAUGHNAN
More than just cooking. Hygge. Delicious. Camaraderie. Fun. Friends. Happiness!
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January 2022 by Laura Alvarez
Very delicious food and nice and relax ambience
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January 2022 by Katherine Wagner
Omg it was wonderful what a great experience I jas such a great time the food was delicious, thank you again what a great family you have I loved the place.
