Part of Slavic cuisine for centuries, with roots tracing back to at least the 13th century in Eastern Europe, so many of us grew up with pierogies! Whether you are Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, or just wish you were, you can learn to make pierogies the way Baba used to make them!

Tell us that there is anything better on a cold wintery morning than a warm cinnamon bun and a cup of your favourite hot drink!

Chef Maia will be sharing her best Cinnamon Bun recipe, complete with Spicy Cream Cheese icing!

When class is over, you will have learned the best ways to get those fluffy, gooey cinnamon buns at home without spending a premium from a big-box restaurant.

In this class you will:

Make, roll and shape your own dough into those lovely swirls

Blend up a complimentary icing to enhance those cinnamon-spice blended flavours

Learn how to keep your buns from getting crusty. (The cinnamon buns. You're on your own for THOSE buns.)

Take home six generously portioned cinnamon buns to warm up for breakfast with the family.

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and container for your cinnamon buns.

Save $10! Take both Dinner Rolls & Cinnamon Buns for $70!

What could be more cozy and soothing than a hearty serving of good old-fashioned chicken pot pie? If you were in the pie-making classes this fall, here is a chance to use your new crust-making skills! And if you missed out — now’s your chance to learn Chef Maia’s secrets!

Have dessert first! Bring your sweetheart to Kitchen 49 and enjoy an evening of creating some golden custard goodness. Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Go team! Our own Chef Maia has created an appie platter selection for you to make for the big game. Meat and potatoes and some jalepeno poppers to keep the temperatures spicy!

Say “Hola!” to a luscious dinner of chicken enchiladas! Master the wrap while assembling some of your fave fillings, then top with a sumptuous enchilada sauce. !Salud!

What makes a better winter comfort food meal than baked macaroni & cheese? Learn to take this pasta staple to a new level and have everyone coming back for second helpings!

Want a budget-friendly, mid-winter comfort-food solution to a weeknight dinner? Come to Kitchen 49, and make a batch of Swedish Meatballs! Class starts at 6 pm January 15.

Class Three in the Christmas Cookies series hits the big time: Those beautiful frosted cookies that make people "ooh" and "aah" over them!

Chef Maia will show you how to bake these perfect Rolled Shortbread Cookies and then go "next level" with the decorating!

In this class you will learn:

How to bake melt-in-your-mouth shortbread

How to create the perfect royal icing

Piping, 'flooding', and other embellishments

You will leave with a dozen baked cookies and as many as you can have decorated in the time available. (You also get to take the extra icing so you can finish all the cookies at home.)

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and Christmas-themed container for your cookies

Save $10 and take any two in the Christmas Cookies series for $70.

Save $20! Take all three Christmas Cookies classes for just $100!

Bring your kids to Kitchen 49 for the pre-Christmas PD days and have them bake cookies for their fam and friends! Age-specific groups and time blocks are available so kids can work at an appropriate pace and skill level.

Bring your kids to Kitchen 49 for the pre-Christmas PD days and have them bake cookies for their fam and friends! Age-specific groups and time blocks are available so kids can work at an appropriate pace and skill level.

Class Three in the Christmas Cookies series hits the big time: Those beautiful frosted cookies that make people "ooh" and "aah" over them!

Chef Maia will show you how to bake these perfect Rolled Shortbread Cookies and then go "next level" with the decorating!

In this class you will learn:

How to bake melt-in-your-mouth shortbread

How to create the perfect royal icing

Piping, 'flooding', and other embellishments

You will leave with a dozen baked cookies and as many as you can have decorated in the time available. (You also get to take the extra icing so you can finish all the cookies at home.)

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and Christmas-themed container for your cookies

Save $10 and take any two in the Christmas Cookies series for $70.

Save $20! Take all three Christmas Cookies classes for just $100!

Class Three in the Christmas Cookies series hits the big time: Those beautiful frosted cookies that make people "ooh" and "aah" over them!

Chef Maia will show you how to bake these perfect Rolled Shortbread Cookies and then go "next level" with the decorating!

In this class you will learn:

How to bake melt-in-your-mouth shortbread

How to create the perfect royal icing

Piping, 'flooding', and other embellishments

You will leave with a dozen baked cookies and as many as you can have decorated in the time available. (You also get to take the extra icing so you can finish all the cookies at home.)

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and Christmas-themed container for your cookies

Save $10 and take any two in the Christmas Cookies series for $70.

Save $20! Take all three Christmas Cookies classes for just $100!

Run, run as fast as you can to learn how to make the Gingerbread Man!

Gingerbread cookies and Christmas are synonymous. In this second class of the series, Chef Maia will have you baking the Gingerbread Man (or snowflake or Christmas tree) and introducing you to simple piping techniques.

After this class you will know:

How to make the perfect gingerbread, firm on the outside and soft in the middle

Basic piping skills & the desired icing consistency

Other flavours that pair well with gingerbread such as fruit plate sides, drinks and glazes

You will take home a dozen decorated gingerbread cookies and recipes in a Christmas-themed container.

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and container for your cookies

Save $10 and take any two in the Christmas Cookies series for $70.

Save $20! Take all three Christmas Cookies classes for just $100!

Christmas is around the corner! Time to break out the baking supplies!

Chef Maia is excited to offer a series of THREE classes on making Christmas cookies, each with different flavours, techniques and skill levels.

For newbies to baking, Class One is starting with some basic Christmas standards, Snickerdoodles and Inside Out Red Velvet Cookies.

In this class you will:

• Learn the secrets to perfectly golden, chewy cookies

• Learn simple ways to dress up basic cookies

Discuss different ways to package cookies for gifting to friends, neighbours and co-workers.

You will leave class with 2 dozen delicious cookies to share with your family, give as gifts,... or hide in your desk at the office.

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and a Christmas-themed container for your cookies.

Save $10 and take any two in the Christmas Cookies series for $70.

Save $20! Take all three Christmas Cookies classes for just $100!

Tell us that there is anything better on a cold wintery morning than a warm cinnamon bun and a cup of your favourite hot drink!

Chef Maia will be sharing her best Cinnamon Bun recipe, complete with Spicy Cream Cheese icing!

When class is over, you will have learned the best ways to get those fluffy, gooey cinnamon buns at home without spending a premium from a big-box restaurant.

In this class you will:

Make, roll and shape your own dough into those lovely swirls

Blend up a complimentary icing to enhance those cinnamon-spice blended flavours

Learn how to keep your buns from getting crusty. (The cinnamon buns. You're on your own for THOSE buns.)

Take home six generously portioned cinnamon buns to warm up for breakfast with the family.

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and container for your cinnamon buns.

Save $10! Take both Dinner Rolls & Cinnamon Buns for $70!

Have you ever wondered how to make light, fluffy, buttery buns? They are such a warm and homey touch for any meal and make the BEST bun-wiches, especially after Christmas dinner.

Chef Maia can show you how it's done! In this class, she will take you through the entire process of making lovely dinner rolls sure to impress your family and dinner guests.

In this class, you will learn:

The balance of temperature, timing and texture in making rolls and breads

How to get consistent sizes and shapes to your dinner rolls

Different kinds of compound butters, the sweet and the savoury

At the end of this class, you will leave with a 125ml jar of honey butter and one dozen perfect dinner rolls, fresh from the oven.

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, jar for your butter, and bag for your rolls.

Save $10! Take both Dinner Rolls & Cinnamon Buns for $70!

Kitchen 49 now offers private classes for your company, team building, friends and family! You can choose from 2 categories (Taste the World or Gourmet Dinners) and enjoy an afternoon or evening of fun, connection and skill-building.

Pricing: $800 + per person, depending on the recipe chosen

Time: 2-3 hour classes (any time between 8:00am-8:00pm)

A minimum of 4 people are needed to make a class

Open dates for private classes are on the calendar, but we can work together to find a date than may work better for you.

Contact Trista, our Business Development Coordinator, for any class inquiries at trista@rdfb.ca or (587) 377-4483

We are well into "sweater weather", so it's time to immerse yourself in the flavours of fall. We're going to get things warmed up in the kitchen with belly-filling basics that use those in-season veggies in new ways.

Chef Maia will teach you how to create a creamy comforting risotto using fresh, seasonal pumpkin and squash. In this class you will:

Perfect the cooking technique to create mouth-watering risotto

Sample the variety of flavours of different types of squash and other ways to use them

Learn to balance the rich flavours of these harvest ingredients

You will leave class with a delicious recipe and the skills to re-create it throughout the chilly season ahead.

$50

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and take-home container for your risotto.

Kitchen 49 now offers private classes for your company, team building, friends and family! You can choose from 2 categories (Taste the World or Gourmet Dinners) and enjoy an afternoon or evening of fun, connection and skill-building.

Pricing: $800 + per person, depending on the recipe chosen

Time: 2-3 hour classes (any time between 8:00am-8:00pm)

A minimum of 4 people are needed to make a class

Open dates for private classes are on the calendar, but we can work together to find a date than may work better for you.

Contact Trista, our Business Development Coordinator, for any class inquiries at trista@rdfb.ca or (587) 377-4483

Kitchen 49 now offers private classes for your company, team building, friends and family! You can choose from 2 categories (Taste the World or Gourmet Dinners) and enjoy an afternoon or evening of fun, connection and skill-building.

Pricing: $800 + per person, depending on the recipe chosen

Time: 2-3 hour classes (any time between 8:00am-8:00pm)

A minimum of 4 people are needed to make a class

Open dates for private classes are on the calendar, but we can work together to find a date than may work better for you.

Contact Trista, our Business Development Coordinator, for any class inquiries at trista@rdfb.ca or (587) 377-4483

Tired of soggy bottoms and dry, burned crusts on your pies?

Join Chef Maia in Kitchen 49 and learn to create Perfect Pies from scratch. She will lead you through how to craft buttery, flaky crusts and tips for rich, flavourful fillings.

In this class you will:

Learn the secrets to prepare the perfect pie crust - every time

Creating picture-pretty presentations & toppings

Find the golden ratio to creating consistent fruit fillings

You will take home a completed pumpkin pie that is Instagram-worthy! You will also get your extra dough and a bonus recipe to make another pie at home.

$40

Price includes all ingredients, recipes, and pie plate for your pie.

Kitchen 49 now offers private classes for your company, team building, friends and family! You can choose from 2 categories (Taste the World or Gourmet Dinners) and enjoy an afternoon or evening of fun, connection and skill-building.

Pricing: $800 + per person, depending on the recipe chosen

Time: 2-3 hour classes (any time between 8:00am-8:00pm)

A minimum of 4 people are needed to make a class

Open dates for private classes are on the calendar, but we can work together to find a date than may work better for you.

Contact Trista, our Business Development Coordinator, for any class inquiries at trista@rdfb.ca or (587) 377-4483

Solve the dilemma of what to do with the kids on non-school days! Chef Maia has some fun Halloween-themed cookies they can bake up to help fill that time! Two age groups available, one for 6 to 8 year olds and the other for 9 to 11 year olds.

Solve the dilemma of what to do with the kids on non-school days! Chef Maia has some fun Halloween-themed cookies they can bake up to help fill that time! Two age groups available, one for 6 to 8 year olds and the other for 9 to 11 year olds.

Kitchen 49 now offers private classes for your company, team building, friends and family! You can choose from 2 categories (Taste the World or Gourmet Dinners) and enjoy an afternoon or evening of fun, connection and skill-building.

Pricing: $800 + per person, depending on the recipe chosen

Time: 2-3 hour classes (any time between 8:00am-8:00pm)

A minimum of 4 people are needed to make a class

Open dates for private classes are on the calendar, but we can work together to find a date than may work better for you.

Contact Trista, our Business Development Coordinator, for any class inquiries at trista@rdfb.ca or (587) 377-4483

It’s the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30

The kids are out of school and this is a great activity to get them learning about Indigenous culture hands-on. The Red Deer Native Friendship Centre will come by to talk about Bannock and get the kids making their oven-baked bannock bread followed by a simple refrigerator jam to take home for their family to enjoy!

Kitchen 49 now offers private classes for your company, team building, friends and family! You can choose from 2 categories (Taste the World or Gourmet Dinners) and enjoy an afternoon or evening of fun, connection and skill-building.

Pricing: $800 + per person, depending on the recipe chosen

Time: 2-3 hour classes (any time between 8:00am-8:00pm)

A minimum of 4 people are needed to make a class

Open dates for private classes are on the calendar, but we can work together to find a date than may work better for you.

Contact Trista, our Business Development Coordinator, for any class inquiries at trista@rdfb.ca or (587) 377-4483