Home Cooking New York

05/12/2026

A trio of duck (whole, fat, stock) for “Duck Week”at our new Culinary Boot Camp for Advanced Cooks!

03/24/2026

Our students take their post-class/pre-meal food photography very seriously.

12/29/2025

Happy New Year from your favorite cooking school staff (and assorted loved ones)! See you in 2026 for more kitchen antics! Xo

10/29/2025

While we have been missing our dear Chef Al for the past few months at the school, he has been spending his time doing incredible work with a new non-profit (Community Kitchen on the Lower East Side) that provides a pay-what-you-can opportunity for our low-income community members to enjoy a 9-course restaurant meal by Chef Mavis-Jay Sanders.

Available for $15/$45/$125 based on your budget, all paid ahead of your meal to remove all stigma for choosing what $ level is possible. Please help spread the word to those who would enjoy this experience and make a reservation to keep it going!...only a few weeks left (although possibly will be reintroduced in January if funding allows). Bravo Al!

New York’s Community Kitchen believes fine dining should be available to everyone. The nonprofit restaurant, helmed by Mark Bittman and Rae Gomes, offers a 9...

08/22/2025

🧄 New Cooking Classes Await You This Fall! 🍁 - https://mailchi.mp/3897a9b78944/summer-classes-18237823

07/08/2025

NEXT WEDNESDAY!
"Raise Your Food IQ" -
A Culinary Education Workshop
with HCNY Founder Jennifer Clair
($45 Community Class)

04/17/2025

If I listen to the chatter, I am failing as a business woman to not take advantage of social media to promote my cooking school. But when I open up the app, it’s full of stories of misogyny and xenophobia, so I’d rather call a friend or eat my new favorite treat, this salty chocolate sesame Nutella-sub (eaten on pear, apple and banana this morning for breakfast). Just wanted to post something here for those who check IG to make sure a business is legit. HCNY is so legit, and we love that we see people every day, the kind of people who love life. Welcome!

12/20/2024

Happy holidays from the HCNY dream team! From left: Susan, Susana, Jennifer, Al, John, Sarah (John’s wife!), Erica, Netanya, and Annie. Our second year @ Thai Diner for our holiday lunch party…it’s that delicious!

12/03/2024

🥂 CULINARY SOCIAL CLUB! 📣 - https://mailchi.mp/da6ba3dc1677/virtual-cooking-classes-are-back-18230481

10/15/2024

💕 LAST CALL: Virtual Cooking Classes! -

Our virtual cooking classes kept us connected + teaching during the pandemic, but it is time to close the chapter on this wonderful Covid-lifeline.