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Take your culinary skills to the next level with hands-on training in our intensive culinary program. Dive deeper into complex subjects like bread, desserts, shellfish, and handmade pasta. This course is designed for passionate graduates ready to become culinary masters.

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  • 4747 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL
  • 40 hours over 5 sessions

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For our Boot Camp 1 graduates who just can't get enough! Are you deconstructing chickens in your sleep, and using the office kitchen to host Iron Chef Competitions on your lunch break? Don’t be alarmed, it just means you’re ready to continue your culinary education in our Culinary Boot Camp 2 course, where you’ll dive deeper into more complex Boot Camp subjects such as breads, desserts, shellfish, and handmade pasta to name a few. This course is for our passionate graduates who want to take their skills to the next level!

Day One-Sweet and Savory Doughs:

  • Understanding how to prepare yeast risen, short pastry and laminated doughs 
  • Puff Pastry
  • Buttery Dinner Rolls
  • Neapolitan Pizza Dough: Oven-Dried Tomato, Mozzarella and Arugula Pizza
  • Chocolate Chip Scones
  • Pie Dough: Caramelized Onion, Bacon and Swiss Chard Tart
  • Ricotta Ravioli
  • Potato Gnocchi with Three Cheese Sauce
  • Gougères 

Day Two-Meat Cookery, Modern and Classic Sauces:

  • Braised Pork with Ancho-Spiced Mole
  • Veal Scallopini Milanese with Mushroom-Marsala Cream Sauce
  • Beef Wellington with Homemade Puff Pastry and Béarnaise  
  • Brined and Smoked Pork Tenderloin with Beer, Cherry and Mustard Jus 
  • Sautéed Duck Breast with Fruit Chutney
  • Spice-Crusted Grilled Lamb Chops Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce

Day Three-Vegetables and Grains:

  • Tamales with Mole-Braised Pork and Tomatillo Salsa
  • Paella with Saffron-Infused Millet
  • Curry-Spiced Lentil Stew
  • Toasted Farro Salad with Caramelized Butternut Squash, Apple and Sherry Vinaigrette
  • Sautéed Brussels Sprouts and Pancetta Salad with Pine Nuts and Balsamic 
  • Italian Wedding Soup
  • Oven Roasted Beet and Fennel Salad with Oranges and Toasted Pistachio Vinaigrette 

Day Four-Fish, Shellfish and Sauces: 

  • Flat Fish Butchery
  • Fish Stock 
  • Cured and Hot Smoked Trout with Celery Root Remoulade
  • Sautéed Sole Meunière with Brown Butter Pan Sauce
  • Basil Pesto
  • Tapenade 
  • Thai Whole Roasted Fish with Coconut-Curry Sauce
  • Bouillabaisse with Roasted Red Pepper Rouille
  • Seared Scallops with Béarnaise Sauce 

Day Five-Desserts:

  • Mango Passionfruit Tarte Bavaroise with Passionfruit Gelee and Whipped cream
  • Triple Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake with Flourless Chocolate Base, Dark Chocolate Ganache, Salty Caramel Sauce and Bavarian-Style Spiced Pecans 
  • Vanilla Celebration Cake with Strawberry Jam, Pastry Cream and French Buttercream

Students are strongly encouraged to enroll in Culinary Boot Camp 1 prior to Culinary Boot Camp 2. However, completion of this course is not a prerequisite, and we are happy to discuss which program is the best fit for you. 

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Refund Policy

  • All classes have a three (03) day cancellation policy, except Culinary Boot Camps 1 and 2 which have a two-week cancellation policy. 
  • You must email [email protected] to cancel an existing reservation.
  • If you cancel a class other than Culinary Boot Camps 1 & 2 more than 3 days in advance and have paid with a credit card, you will receive a refund to your card, minus the 15% administrative fee which is non-refundable and non-transferable.
  • If you cancel more than 3 days in advance and have paid with a gift card, you will receive an account credit valid toward future classes, minus the administrative fee. 
  • If you cancel within three days of your class, you will receive an account credit equal to 50% of the class price less 15% administrative fee, which is non-refundable and non-transferable. This credit is valid for one year. 
  • If you are unable to attend, you are also welcome to send a guest in your place. 
  • Culinary Boot Camps 1 & 2 have a 2-week cancellation policy so any cancellations before 2-weeks will receive a refund minus the administrative fee. 
  • No credits will be given for cancellations within 2 weeks.
  • In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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The Chopping Block Lincoln Square

The Chopping Block Lincoln Square is Chicago's premier recreational cooking school and offers a variety of cooking classes, wine classes, and private cooking parties. Located in Lincoln Square, they offer classes on cooking basics, intense boot camps, seasonal classes, date nights, healthy cooking, and classes for kids.

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