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Cooking from Scratch
Our cooking from scratch series has been a great success. This is a “basics” series for the serious cook. We will be following a curriculum used in professional cooking schools. Each class ends with a lunch prepared from the work done in the class, served with wine. You can sign up for just one of the classes or plan to attend multiple classes for a 10% discount.
Class Topic: Knife Skills
In the first class of our “Cooking from Scratch” basics series, students will sharpen their knives and learn specific techniques for cutting fruits and vegetables into all shapes and sizes. After slicing and dicing julienned carrots, bell pepper brunoise and chiffonade of basil, as well as fabricating a chicken, students will turn their handiwork into a light and healthy lunch.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Assistant Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: January 7
Day & Time: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $49.00 (46.55 with member discount)
Class Topic : Baking & Pastries
The flour will be flying as we roll up our sleeves and get busy rolling pie crusts. Students will prepare traditional pate brisee and pate brisee sucree to create a variety of delicious pies and pastries. We will also work with puff pastry and phyllo dough to make sweet & savory treats. This class will be a sweet ending to our “Cooking from Scratch Module 1”.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructor: Assistant Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: January 21
Day & Time: Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $49.00 (46.55 with member discount)
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Lunch & Learn – Build a Better Biscuit
It takes a light touch to turn out flaky and tender biscuits. Enjoy a warm and hearty lunch of Chili con Carne while Café Intern Cheri Shannon walks you through the steps of creating delicious cornmeal biscuits with cheddar and chipotle. You will put your biscuit making skills to the test to create caramel apple shortcakes for dessert. This menu is sure to win over your Super Bowl guests. We will end our lunch with “chef’s choice” of something sweet. We will wrap up in time to get you back to the rest of your work day. It is a great way to have a fresh lunch and learn a cooking secret or two. Lunch & Learns are every Thursday at noon and are limited to 12 people. Call or sign up to reserve your seat.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Intern Cheri Shannon
Date: January 12
Day & Time: Thursday, 12 noon -12:45 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $20.00 ($19.00 with member discount)
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Girls Night Out – Barcelona, Spain
Our Café Director, Anita came back from Barcelona with lots of recipes and food combinations to try out in our class. Our evening will start with a toast of Sangria. We will make a couple of light and easy tapas starters to munch on while we are cooking. We will learn to cook a beautiful whole fish with Mediterranean flavors, Sizzling Chili Shrimp. We will make a flavorful salad with fresh mozzarella. Our sweet ending will be “Barcelona Crepes” just like the ones they make and sell in Mercat de Sant Josep/ La Boqueria.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles
Date: January 12
Day & Time: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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The Forgotten Skills of Cooking Series - The Art of Bread
We are going to take a journey in bread-making, following the recipes of famed baker, Chad Roberston, owner and operator of the legendary Tartine Bakery in Northern California. We will make Basic Country Bread with our own home-grown starter. You can get creative with our smorgasbord of ingredients to make several variations found in the book. We will dine on Margarita Pizza and Potato Focaccia that we made ourselves along with homemade bread, butter and jam. Everyone will take home at least one bakery box of bread along with their own starter for their next batch of bread at home.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles and Assistant Café Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: January 13
Day & Time: Friday, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Cooks and Books: The Silver Spoon The Bible of Authentic Italian Cooking
When the Italians reach for a cookbook they grab this 2000 plus recipes ? first published in 1950. This successful Italian cookbook was re-written for the American kitchens. We will try out a selection of recipes experiencing new flavors. Our evening starts together with warm and bubbly Radicchio Bundles. We will craft crab soufflés, Roman Veal Saltimbocca (which means “jump into the mouth”), and finish our meal together with a Crown of Pears.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles and Assistant Café Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: January 18
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Lunch & Learn – That’s A Spicy Meatball!
All meatballs are not created equal. Café Assistant Peggy Stowers shares her family recipes for the best meatball you have ever eaten. After chowing down on spicy meatball subs and potato salad with lemon and herbs, enjoy creamy hazelnut tortoni for dessert.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Assistant, Peggy Stowers
Date: January 19
Day & Time: Thursday, 12 noon -12:45 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $20.00 ($19.00 with member discount)
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Girls Night Out – Barcelona, Spain
Our Café Director, Anita came back from Barcelona with lots of recipes and food combinations to try out in our class. Our evening will start with a toast of Sangria. We will make a couple of light and easy tapas starters to munch on while we are cooking. We will learn to cook a beautiful whole fish with Mediterranean flavors, Sizzling Chili Shrimp. We will make a flavorful salad with fresh mozzarella. Our sweet ending will be “Barcelona Crepes” just like the ones they make and sell in Mercat de Sant Josep/ La Boqueria.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles
Date: January 19
Day & Time: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Date Night - Mediterranean Holiday
Let’s take a culinary vacation in the Mediterranean, dining on a variety of local dishes. IP Chef, Dean Davis will prepare several dishes as you sip wine and listen to his easy banter about the nuances of preparation. Our menu will be Herb and Goat Cheese Stuffed Tomates with Balsamic Reduction. Dolmades with Lamb and Lentils, Smoked Paprika Sour Cream, Tabouleh served with Grilled Pita Bread and Fresh Baby Romaine, Grilled Prawns over Vegetable Couscous with Fresh Lime & Cilantro, Khoresh Fesenjan and for dessert, Baklava.
Class: Demo
Instructors: IP Casino Resort and Spa, Chef Dean Davis
Date: January 20
Day & Time: Friday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $69.00 ($65.55 with member discount)
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In the Café with Chef Danie – Pasta and Pestos
Join us in the café as we welcome Chef Danie from Capone’s. Chef Danny is one of our favorite local chefs. She specializes in combining Italian flavors and techniques with our Gulf Coast ingredients and culture. She will teach us her secrets for quick and healthy dishes featuring different types of pestos and pastas. Don’t miss this great class with Chef Danny in our own café.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructor: Capone’s Italian Restaurant, Chef Danie Rodriquez
Date: January 24
Day & Time: Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $49.00 ($46.55 with member discount)
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Knife Skills 101
Chop! Chop! Chop! That will be the sound emanating from this class. This is a fun class where students will learn the basics of KNIVES in the kitchen. Participants will learn about the different knives available and the safest way to use high-quality, chef knives to cut, chop and debone, and keep our knives sharp. You will learn proper ways to fabricate onions, to make the cuts julienne, batonnet, brunoise, small dice, medium dice and chiffonade. Café staff will be putting our sliced and diced ingredients together for a fabulous meal for us to enjoy when we are done “cutting-up”…
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles and Assistant Café Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: January 25
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $49.00 ($46.55 with member discount)
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Kids in the Kitchen
Carol is back in the café …calling all kids for a fun Saturday morning in the café. This class focuses on creating a Mardi Gras Feast.
Menu:
1 stuffed cantalone
Bruchettas
Italian wedding soup
Insalata caprese
Italian wedding soup
Citrus sorbet
Chicken marsala
Shrimp fettichini
Chocolate cake
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructor: Carol Messer
Date: January 28
Day & Time: Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $29.00 ($27.55 with member discount)
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The Forgotten Skills of Cooking Series – Cheese Making
Cheese has become the hottest culinary trend since artisanal bread. We will explore some simple, quick and awesome cheese recipes. You will watch the chemical changes and metamorphosis from liquid to lumps of curds and finally, to pressed and molded cheese. We will consume our creations in the café with sides of fruit, bread and wine. Students will compare our own creations to purchased varieties. Everyone will take home their own cheese at the end of the class for sharing with family and friends.
Cheezy Topics: Mozzarella and Creole Cream Cheese and Ricotta
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles
Date: February 1
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Date Night – Lobster Feast
Anytime we have Lobster in the café it attracts attention. We will celebrate the Lobster in our own coastal way, with a lobster feast. Together we will make three different lobster dishes to dine on together. We will make our own fresh Lobster Rolls that are served at roadside stands all over Maine. We will make our own Pemaquid Point Lobster Pot Pies and the trendy Lobster Macaroni and Cheese. We will end our evening with a Strawberry Mascarpone Tart with Port Glaze.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles & Assistant Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: February 3
Day & Time: Friday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $99.00 (94.05 with member discount)
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Gluten Free Round Table
Our gluten free friends asked that we sponsor a monthly night where people can come together in the café over a gluten free menu and share solutions for finding the answers to offering a tasty menu that is gluten free in a gluten-packed society.
Class: Round Table
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles and Assistant Café Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: February 7, March 6
Day & Time: Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Cooks and Books: The Biloxi Seafood Book by Julian Brunt
If you have not yet gotten your copy of Julian Brunt’s The Biloxi Seafood Cookbook, here is your chance. Published by the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, the book is a treasury of old coast favorites and delicious new takes on how to prepare the bounty of our local waters. Participants will connect with the rich culinary heritage of the coast as we prepare a French-inspired seafood recipes.
If this class on February 8 fills up, don’t worry. We added an overflow date for February 15
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Cookbook Author, Julian Brunt
Date: February 8
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Lunch & Learn - Pucker Up
Winter means lots of delicious citrus here in South Mississippi, which means the café is turning the bountiful crop into lots of wonderful marmalades, sorbets and spritzers. Join us for a divine meal of Prosciutto, Mozzarella and Citrus Tapenade Sandwiches served with Artichoke Citrus Soup. We will taste several of the many citrus fruits that thrive here, including calamondin oranges, kumquats, Meyer lemons and grapefruits. For dessert, the class will whip up a Satsuma Soufflé with Citrus Coulis.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Assistant Café Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: February 9
Day & Time: Thursday, 12 noon -12:45 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $20.00 ($19.00 with member discount)
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Girls Night Out – Old English Feasts
Come and join us in the café for a relaxed and easy cooking class where we do most of the prep work and all of the clean-up. This month participants will focus on the British Isles. Chef and Fresh Market Founder, Diane Claughton will be teaching us about English Feasts.
SCOTLAND
Cock a Leekie Soup – One of the national dishes of Scotland dating from the late 1500’s
Salmon with whisky sauce – Scotland has some of the finest salmon in the world, and the best whisky!
Scottish shortbread – The classic recipe, served in Scotland with a wee dram of single malt whiskey.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Ocean Springs Fresh Market Director and Founder, Diane Claughton
Date: February 9
Day & Time: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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East Meets West
If you are lured by the freshness of tuna and are fascinated watching the amazing artistry & skills of Asian masters as they create spectacular fresh sushi, then come join us again for this popular class, the first class ever offered in our Café. IP Casino Resort & Spa Chefs will share the simple and fascinating secrets to preparing fresh fish and sushi. They will start with the importance of using fresh seafood by disclosing the keys of what to look for in fresh Ahi Tuna. Participants will learn how to make fabulous Tuna Tartare, Ahi Poke and Spicy Tuna Roll in minutes with perfect presentation. Chefs will cover the fundamentals of sushi and share their tips for surprising your guests with your newly acquired sushi skills.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: IP Casino Resort and Spa, Chef Teuro Kinoshito and Chef Anthony Ramata
Date: February 10
Day & Time: Friday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $79.00 ($75.05 with member discount)
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The Joy of Beer
Join us in the café for an evening celebrating one of our favorite beverages… Beer. Each month, we will focus on craft beers from different breweries. We will be making some tasty recipes with beer as well as pairing some beers with food.
Class: Demo
Instructors: Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles & Assistant Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: February 11
Day & Time: Saturday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $79.00 ($75.05 with member discount)
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Valentine's Dinner
Valentine’s Day is for lovers and for chocolate. We are lovers of chocolate in the café. This Valentine’s Dinner will feature live cooking stations in the café. All of our recipes will feature Chocolate in the recipe. We will be serving Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Rosemary Chocolate Wine Sauce and our other cooking station will feature Fricassee of Chicken with Chocolate served on chocolate pasta. We have some other chocolate surprises. We will also be serving a selection of chocolate desserts including Chocolate Crepes with Berries and Chocolate Ganache.
Event: Live Cooking Stations
Date: February 14
Day & Time: Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Lunch & Learn – Handcrafted Pasta
Come and join us in the café for a great lunch and a cooking demonstration. Walk in at noon and be greeted with a lovely Garden Salad, topped with our own Herb Vinaigrette dressing. Enjoy a fresh pasta dish that we whipped up fresh this morning, anticipating your luncheon arrival. We will finish our lunch with a slice of Warm Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce. After you have had a chance to eat, we will demonstrate how to you can make your own pasta, even down to adding some vegetables for color. We will pack samples up for you to take home, or to snack on later in the afternoon. It is a great way to have a fresh lunch and learn a cooking secret or two to try out later. Grab a friend and head out for Lunch & Learn in the IP Culinary Arts Café at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center. Lunch & Learns are every Thursday at noon. Call or sign up to reserve your seat. Lunch & Learns are limited to 12 people.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles
Date: February 16
Day & Time: Thursday, 12 noon – 12:45 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $20.00 ($19.00 with member discount)
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Girls Night Out – Old English Feasts
Come and join us in the café for a relaxed and easy cooking class where we do most of the prep work and all of the clean-up. This month participants will focus on the British Isles. Chef and Fresh Market Founder, Diane Claughton will be teaching us about English Feasts.
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Whitby crab cakes with tarter sauce – Whitby is a fishing village in the north of England, famous for its seafood and as the place that Dracula first set foot in England.
Filled Yorkshire puddings – Not just an accompaniment to roast beef, Yorkshire puddings can support a variety of fillings. They can even be frozen!
Parkin – The North of England’s answer to gingerbread.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Ocean Springs Fresh Market Director and Founder, Diane Claughton
Date: February 16
Day & Time: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Take a Wok
Participants will prepare five different dishes in woks. We start our class by using a large 22” propane wok to prepare a Chicken Lettuce Wrap appetizer that we can munch on while we prepare the next four dishes. With the café’s award-winning Ginger Margaritas in hand, We will stir-fry vegetables, master Mongolian Beef, then learn to create the staple of wok cooking, Fried Rice. We will finish up our evening together with a sweet ending of Thai Fried Pineapple. So let’s all be Wok Stars!
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles
Date: February 22
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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Lunch & Learn – Cooking in Paper (papilliote)
Come and join us in the café for a great lunch and a little hands on cooking fun. Walk in at noon and be greeted with a selection of proteins, fresh vegetables and herbs from our café potager (kitchen garden) ready to assemble and cook your own entrée “en papilliote”. It is an easy, beautiful and tasty way to cook summer dinners. We will finish our lunch with “chef’s choice” of something sweet. We will wrap up in time to get you back to the rest of your work day. It is a great way to have a fresh lunch and learn a cooking secret or two to try out later. Grab a friend and head out for Lunch & Learn in the IP Culinary Arts Café at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center. Lunch & Learns are every Thursday at noon. Call or sign up to reserve your seat. Lunch & Learns are limited to 12 people.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Assistant Director, Lolly Barnes
Date: February 23
Day & Time: Thursday, 12 noon – 12:45 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $20.00 ($19.00 with member discount)
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Cultural Night at the Cultural Center – February Featured Country…Columbia
The Mary C is offering an evening at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center that includes food and entertainment designed to give a flavor of the featured country. Each month we will partner with members of our International community here on the coast to expose us all to some of the flavors and sounds of another country. In February, we will celebrate Columbia with Edwin Gallego and friends. We will have live cooking stations in the café offering dishes and beverages with a Columbian flair. We will have musical entertainment with Colombian music. You won’t want to miss some culture at the cultural center!
Event: Columbia Night - Live cooking stations in the café with music. Date: February 24
Day & Time: Friday, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $39.00 ($37.05 with member discount)
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Kids in the Kitchen – Cupcake Wars
Calling all kids for a fun Saturday morning in the café. Come to the café for our own version of “Cupcake Wars”. We will spend our time decorating our cupcakes and we will have a friendly competition for the most creative cupcake. We will even have some surprise celebrity judges.
A quick lunch will be provided.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructor: Carol Messer
Date: February 25
Day & Time: Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $29.00 ($27.55 with member discount)
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In the Café with Chef Danie – Flounder Caprasi
Join us in the café for another evening with Chef Danie of Capone’s Italian Restaurant. Chef Danie will be demonstrating her much loved Flounder Caprasi. Chef is well recognized for her special skills and techniques in combining her love of Italian flavors and cooking techniques with our Gulf Coast ingredients and culture.
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructor: Capone’s Italian Restaurant, Chef Danie Rodriguez
Date: February 28
Day & Time: Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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The Forgotten Skills of Cooking Series – Cheese Making
Cheese has become the hottest culinary trend since artisanal bread. We will explore some simple, quick and awesome cheese recipes. You will watch the chemical changes and metamorphosis from liquid to lumps of curds and finally, to pressed and molded cheese. We will consume our creations in the café with sides of fruit, bread and wine. Students will compare our own creations to purchased varieties. Everyone will take home their own cheese at the end of the class for sharing with family and friends.
Cheezy Topics: Herb Neufchatel, Ricotta Salata, Panier & Goat Milk Cheeses
Class: Demo & Hands-On
Instructors: Café Director, Anita Nobles Arguelles
Date: February 29
Day & Time: Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee Per Person: $59.00 ($56.05 with member discount)
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 What you should know about cooking classes at the IP Culinary Arts Café:
Come hungry! At the end of each class, everyone gets to enjoy the delicious delights that have been prepared…
You do not need to bring anything! We provide everything, including an embroidered IP Culinary Arts Cafe apron for you wear to keep you neat and clean while you cook.
We offer different class formats depending on the topic and chef. Each class write-up specifies the class format. Some classes are Hands On and participants will take part in chopping, assembly and preparation of meals that the class feasts on at the end of the session. We also offer Demonstration type classes where participants watch the class instructor prepare dishes with explanations along the way and participants dine on what was prepared by the chef.
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 Book Your Private Gathering at the IP Culinary Arts Cafe
In response to requests, the Café is n ow offering private cooking class events! Classes can be demonstration or hands-on. Call today to book your private event in the Café for a relaxed gathering of friends, a holiday celebration, birthday gatherings…any special occasion.
Class size: 8-10 people
Call Café Director Anita Nobles Arguelles to book your event in the Café at 228-365-1586
Birthday Parties in the Café
Have your child’s birthday party in the Café at the Mary C. No mess for you, children do the cooking and we do the cleaning. We have a wide choice of themes and menus. Let us help you plan a party that is a fun and memorable event for your family and friends.
Gift Certificates
Want to give a special gift of fun times in the IP Culinary Arts Café? We sell Gift Certificates! A secured spot in the Café classes make wonderful birthday, anniversary, and Christmas gifts.
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We are not stopping here. We still have more ideas for additional culinary adventures.
Class Return and Exchange Policy: If you are unable to attend a class, we will issue a full refund if you notify us a minimum of one week before the class. If the notification of withdrawal is given after this time but at least 48 hours prior to the class date, we will issue a class credit to be applied to future classes. Refunds will be processed and mailed within 30 days of cancellation. Less than 48 hours prior to the class date, refunds will not be given. Exceptions to this policy may be granted on a case by case basis or in cases of documented family or medical emergency. Call 228-818-2878 if you are unable to attend a class.
Class Locations: All cafe classes are taught in the new IP Culinary Arts Cafe of the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center (unless otherwise noted in the class description), 1600 Government Street, Ocean Springs, MS.
Class Information: The Mary C. O’Keefe reserves the right to cancel or reschedule classes up to the day of the class. We understand that short notice cancellations are inconvenient as such will only occur in extreme cases. In the event a class is cancelled, all students will be notified and full refunds will be given. Refunds will be processed and mailed within 30 days of cancellation The Mary C. O’Keefe reserves the right to substitute ingredients and menu items. All classes include menu recipes and the opportunity to eat what we cook in our class. We ask that all students wear closed-toe shoes in all hands-on classes. Please be prompt as our classes cover several recipes and cooking techniques and we want time to eat what we cook. We ask that cell phones be silenced during the class in respect for our chefs, instructors and class participants.
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