Chef Dee's Ventura Cooking Classes

Chef Dee’s Ventura Cooking Classes offers customized cooking classes where participants work hand-in-hand with Chef Dee Johnston. Classes can focus on activities such as Kids in the Kitchen, Knife Skills, Farm (or Farmers Market) to Table Cooking, Ethnic Cooking, Cooking for Special Diets, Healthy Meal Preparation, and Cooking Techniques like grilling, roasting, and braising. The program offers private cooking classes and cooking parties that are tailored to a group’s chosen skill or style of cooking, and each class ends with a meal the group has prepared together.

• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: Special classes for small groups or one-on-one in a 3-week series

Chef Dee’s Ventura Cooking Classes offers interactive classes designed around each group’s tastes and skill level, including options for Scout Troops, Homeschool Groups, Foodie Groups, Gourmet Food-Loving Friends, and other groups of all ages and abilities. The program describes the atmosphere as nurturing and fun and offers a unique food experience tailored to each group’s appetite. Chef Dee shops at the local farmer’s market in preparation for a cooking class featuring organic farm to table cuisine.

Last updated June 14, 2026.