Gift Certificates
Give the gift of Gourmet Maisons! Gift certificates can be used towards cooking classes, cooking parties, and private dining experiences.
Favorite Tools & Products
Instantly upgrade your home cooking with the tools & products below. These are the favorites of chefs and are found in every professional kitchen. All of our class & party menus utilize these work horses!
Microplane
Our most used kitchen tool! Perfect for finely grating cheeses, zesting & cheating our way through “minced garlic.”
Veggie Peelers
These create beautiful veggie ribbons & parm shavings; a favorite among chefs because they are sturdy & inexpensive.
Japanese Mandoline
Don’t be scared! This tool will upgrade your vegetable game. Insta-ready crudite platters are in your future.
Deli Cups
What chefs really can’t live without. Measurable, washable & inexpensive storage. Bye bye Tupperware!
Lodge Cast Iron Skillet
These guys are tough & durable and can handle high heat cooking. Perfectly seared steaks, here we come!
Le Creuset Dutch Oven
Le Creuset’s enameled cast iron ensures very even heat distribution. Treat her with love, and she’ll love ya right back.
Jacobsen Flake Sea Salt
This is the very best finishing salt! It is so tasty & adds the perfect texture to finish a dish - put it on literally anything.
Diamond Crystal Salt
The most beloved in the industry. It’s the least salty of salts, making it easy to build flavor without risk of over seasoning.
CA Olive Ranch EVOO
EVOO = Extra Virgin Olive Oil; this one is a favorite. An affordable yet high quality oil that’s delicious all on its own.
Champagne Vinegar
Take advantage of the complexity & brightness high quality vinegars can provide.
Local Farms & Farmers Markets
As Californians, we are truly lucky to live in a state that produces more food than any other in the country. We are mere miles away from a bounty of seasonal, responsibly grown produce. Believe us, a carrot eaten a few hours after it’s picked from the ground is much more delicious than one that spends days on end in refrigeration trucks.
The first step towards improving your cooking is to start at the source: the actual products we use. That’s why our first stop when shopping for our classes & parties is a farmers market. Better yet, visit the actual farms and harvest fruits and vegetables yourself!
Some of our favorite farms and farmers markets:
Amy’s Farm in Chino
Tanaka Farms in Irvine
Chino Farms in Rancho Santa Fe (San Diego)
Orange Home Grown in Orange (Saturdays)
Corona Del Mar Farmers Market (Saturdays)
Laguna Hills Farmers Market (Fridays)
Santa Monica Farmers Market (Wednesdays & Sundays)
