Chef Anna cooked a fantastic brunch for me and 20 guests. She prepared a delicious menu of blueberry french toast, eggs, bacon, corn beef hash, and homemade jam. Everyone was well fed and loved the meal! Thanks so much!

We were looking to do a small team (8-person) cooking class, and I came across Chef Annas Simmer&Sear cooking course online. Simmer&Sear had great reviews, and Anna had a variety of different cuisines that she offered lessons in, which she would customize based on your groups dietary and other needs.Anna greatly surpassed expectations: Not only was she incredibly responsive (she emailed me back right away each & every time I contacted her), highly organized, friendly and very accommodating, but she also went through the length of finding & reserving a great loft for us downtown where we could hold our event.When we got there, we found that Anna had set-up appetizers for our team so that we could take a bit of time to sit & talk and unwind from our work day. She was incredibly thoughtful - she had even gone the extra step of getting vegan cheese for me so that I could enjoy the appetizers with my team as well.During the cooking lesson itself, Anna gave us some background about herself and even got acquainted with each of us, our cooking levels & our spice-level preferences. She gave us an overview of the ingredients wed be using to make our meal (Thai Panang Curry and Pad Thai), and then we set out to cook!Anna gave us each a task to own, and guided us & answered questions throughout. We also had the opportunity to make customizations to our dishes (e.g. type of protein we wanted to use, type of noodle, level of spice, etc.) as we saw fit. The whole cooking experience was very relaxing and enjoyable, and we got to interact with one another throughout it, so it was well-designed for a team.Then, finally we sat down and ate together, in the beautiful dining room area of the loft. The meal was delicious, and as we had ended up making a large quantity of it, Anna even wrapped up what we had left over so we could take it home with us!If youre looking for a fun, engaging team event, where you can learn something new and perhaps even try out a new dish, I would highly recommend Chef Anna and her Simmer&Sear cooking class. We just told her what we needed, and she took care of the rest. The whole process was stress-free because Anna was on top of it, taking care of all the details, from start to finish.Thanks, Anna!--Payal (Google)