We had an excellent experience at Mirepoix. I've taken many cooking classes and this one stands out as the most advanced while being educational. The class not only taught you how to make the delicious food, it also went into content on the technique of cooking which I found to be interesting. My only knock was the fact that our food's timing was off so the pork was cold by the time we were able to sit down. This was partially due to class timing and partially due to the way that the class was set up in "teams." My team was very focused on how to do the recipe "by the book" (aka no variance from the demo) which took us longer to get through than that of the recipe cards that were handed out. It was still delicious and an actual recipe I'll recreate in my own kitchen - so 5 stars! read more

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Mirepoix cooking school is associated and inside of Holiday Market. They have different themes ( Italian, French, date night, pasta,Korean, wine pairing). Their well equipped classroom has ~8 stations so you are actually cooking classes frequently sell out and are under $100 on average. The classes are taught by professional chef. The format is you cook and eat with the rest of your table. They demonstrate the recipe in steps and then check-in with you as you cook read more

This was a lot of fun. The chefs were all so kind and very helpful. None of had any idea would be cooking together though but it was still fun meeting new people and learning together. The food was really good but we all decided we would probably use less ginger in the meal. I can't wait to make this at home. read more

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Our company participated in the Duel for our holiday gathering. Fantasitc experience! Jenna our chef was awesome! Very talented chef with great instructions. Jenna brought or team to a win in the Duel! Great team building. I highly recommend Mirepoix for a company event. Thank you for the enjoyable evening! Pat read more

Went there on Dec 30 with my wife. It was a great experience. We made ravioli and learned quite a bit. The instruction and attention from the staff was perfect. Would highly recommend - we will be back - and we'll bring friends next time to share the experience with. read more

First time visitor tonight and I am already planning my next visit! My best friend reserved seated for us for their Italian Gnocchi night and I was so thrilled! We made a DELICIOUS ricotta gnocchi along with salad and a fresh bacon infused vinaigrette that was to die for. Our instructor and sous chef were wonderful teachers and explained things very easily so we felt confident cooking our dishes. We had plenty of leftovers to take home and I honestly can't wait to eat them! I cannot recommend this experience and cooking school enough. Thank you for a wonderful evening!! read more

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This is the second floor at the Holiday Market in Royal Oak. I have participated in the sushi and they had another one a while back that paired wines with your courses. They have a schedule of their upcoming classes on a board by the salad bar, which I love and frequent at least twice a werk. The couple classes are a bit pricier as they usually are around $70/pp. It is still a fun spot to come for date night, with friends and larger groups too. I have been wanting to attend one of the knife cutting skill classes. They offer up a variety of different themed classes for couples or groups too. I was even hear for a wine tasting once as well. read more

Attended class for my boyfriend's birthday and we were not disappointed. There's two dedicated chefs to ensure every dish you prepare turns out exactly as planned. Plus, the food tastes amazing (and even better since you cooked it yourself). For a special event like a birthday or anniversary, let them know and you can purchase a few cupcakes to eat after dinner. I've also attended a corporate event here which was a total blast. It was a 'Chopped' style showdown complete with professional chefs judging our dishes. Can't wait to join Chef Daniella and the crew again soon. read more

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This was a genuinely hands on experience. They guided you through several dishes and were well balanced in terms of helping out and giving you latitude to feel like you'd accomplished something. The food was superb when it was done. Really highly recommended- a lot of fun and great staff.​ read more

We held the rehearsal dinner for our son's wedding at Mirepoix. The couple and both families are very activity focused. The couple chose Mirepoix over traditional sit down restaurant options. It was wonderful. The entire guest list was able to mingle with all the guests - not being limited to those seated immediately by them. A majority of the guests participated in the preparation of our Italian feast. Gnocchi with Vodka sauce, Chicken Saltimbocca, Caprese Salad and Tiramisu. The food and the atmosphere were wonderful. Highly recommend! read more

What a great experience! My wife & I decided we needed to up our culinary skills so we chose Mirepoix Cooking School. Our teacher was Chef Daniella, who displayed great patience with us, teaching the correct way to use a knife (!). There really is a right way (safe) & a wrong way (not safe). After getting the hang of slicing chicken, chopping carrots, potatoes & onions we learned how to correctly mince mint & curley parsley. Our group of 4 prepared a delicious meal, with close to perfect cooking & seasoning. We'll be coming back for more classes! Two tips: don't use regular table salt for seasoning meat prior to cooking and park in the back of the building as the classes end after the front door is locked. read more

I've gone to Mirepoix for 2 office holiday parties, which are private parties, and I took my mom for Mother's Day brunch. I absolutely love this place! I love to cook so this is an awesome event to do with friends, co-workers or perfect strangers. All the ingredients are at your finger tips while Chef Robert provides written and visual instructions. No matter how big the class he's always right around the corner to help out. Chef Robert started the 1st class I attended by showing us how to butcher an entire chicken and even let me have a go at it. He then broke us up into groups of 2 and we all worked on a different part of the meal. There were other chefs on hand to help us out along the way as well. This is an amazing place to take a cooking class or have an event. My mom loved mother's day brunch as it was such a unique experience! You can sit down at a restaurant and have someone cook for you anytime, but you take special pride in cooking it yourself! It doesn't hurt to have all the commodities of a commercial kitchen at your fingertips and chefs to guide you along the way. We had drinks flowing and great conversation as we sat down with the other guests to eat! There's usually always delicious left overs to take home and enjoy. You can also take your written instructions home to recreate every part of the meal. read more

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3rd visit to Mirepoix. My daughter's treat for a birthday meal. Disappointed compared to earlier visits. Chef's were good. Meal compromises were disturbing. Chicken thighs w skin & bones were talked up. Pine nuts were cut in 1/2 from recipe and 1/2 pear per table of 6 for salad, pecorina Romano in risotto was substituted w parmesan. There were 4 of us in attendance @ $99 /head. I don't want to hear of all these compromises! Yes there were wine pairings, 3 included in pricing, non generous pours. It was a pleasant evening meal, but not worth $400 plus bar tab for appetizer wines. And the appetiser was one tray for over 30 participants. They are offering an experience not much technique or value. read more

I've gone to two cooking classes at mirepoix and both of them were awesome experiences where I learned a good amount and enjoyed the delicious food! Chef Daniella and all her team mates are wonderful, helpful and knowledgeable. It makes a great date night, group date or even special events like birthday parties or bachelorette/bachelor parties! All of the classes have a specific theme, you can see what you'll be cooking when you reserve your tickets online. Drinks aren't usually included unless it's on your menu but are available for purchase! Can't recommend this experience enough! read more

My husband and I just attended a Spanish cooking class and we had a great time. The chef / instructor and her team were amazing. She explained every step clearly and was hands on when we needed her help. We shared a cooking station and table with 4 other people that we just met that night and became fast friends. The food was delicious and the entire experience was super positive. read more

My husband and I went for their Valentine cooking class. What an awesome place. The instructors are super friendly and knowledgeable. The food we cooked and the techniques we learned were great!! Can't wait to go back for another class read more

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What a great time we had! Our adult kids gifted us last Christmas with a cooking class at Mirepoix. Chef Daniela and her able team of Chef RJ, mixologist Rochelle and JaMar helping all of us were top notch. My wife and I have done multiple cooking classes at different locales and this one was one of the best we've ever done. With Pad Thai, Potato Curry, and Basmati Rice on the menu there was a lot to do. What worked so well in this class was the time Chef Daniela took demonstrating the different steps to complete the meal. Who knew you must soak and rinse basmati rice 12+ times before cooking? Our group of six worked as a team with our own table, stove, and sink. All the equipment and food required to complete the meal were top line. We had a great time calling each other "Chef" and yelling out "Behind!" ala, "The Bear". The timing of meal prep, cooking and eating were perfect. With Chef Daniela's demos to guide us, even novice chefs will feel confident and have a great time. Everyone on staff was so very kind and patient and happy to answer any questions. Obviously, our whole family thoroughly enjoyed this experience and cannot wait to go again! Such a wonderful way to spend an evening! read more

Loved it! Such good food and great experience. Chef was personable and assisted throughout the whole process! We will be back!

Best place ever! My family threw a birthday party for me at Mirepoix last Sat night. It was a blast!! The staff was spectacular and added to the whole ambiance. Paul, RJ, Barbie and I can't recall the other female's name, but they were all so friendly and accommodating! It was so much fun preparing the food! We split into groups to prepare our Spanish fare, enjoying our beverages while we cooked. The charcuterie platters were amazing! What a great venue for a party! I felt like everyone had such a good time. If you're looking for a wonderful location for a celebration, this is the place! read more

We had a fantastic date night themed cooking class here yesterday evening. The ambiance, food, instruction, and whole experience made it such a night to remember. I cannot rave enough about the quality of the food. Every single thing we ate was DELICIOUS. (Huge shout out to Anna the chef who was super patient with my millions of questions. I will be one of the first people to go to the opening of your new restaurant when it happens!) Also, the people in our class were fantastic. It felt like one big family. We will definitely do this again! If you're looking for something new and fun to do in Metro Detroit for a date night, this is the place to be! read more

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We went to the class done by Chef Daniela making homemade pasta and so much more. The three ladies and I enjoyed this class so much, we also had a blast at this class. Chef Daniela went above and beyond! I hope to be back to one of the classes here in the future. I have already started recommending these classes to friends!! read more

I had a ton of fun at the vegetarian cooking class. It was the perfect size (8 people) and we made a big variety of dishes (which we enjoyed at the end of class AND got to take home in as many take-out containers as we wanted to fill). My only complaint is that there wasn't a ton of instruction. We were all assigned different tasks, given recipes and then left to get things done. The instructors were really kind, and helped whenever you had a question, there just wasn't a lot of "teaching" that was part of the class. That said, I would totally go back for another class, because it was a lot of fun, the facilities are great, and I came away with some tasty recipes that I probably wouldn't have tried otherwise. Our creations included: a spicy walnut hummus, a roasted butternut squash black rice salad (the favorite of several of the class participants), pumpkin gnocchi, a grilled veggie polenta lasagna, and a tart cherry crumble. read more

We had a great night at a recent Mirepoix couples cooking class. We joined a group of six others--some total newbies to cooking, and a couple who also knew their way around a kitchen. The mantra of Mirepoix is mise en place, literally, "putting in its place." We heard this again and again, and really, it's the way I like to cook. Our cooking and dining went like this--one group made cheese straws (as close to crack as cheese straws get), a hearty boulliabaisse, and chicken breast Provencal. Our team made pan seared duck breast (this was my doing), which was placed atop a salad of greens, spiced pecans and vanilla vinaigrette, char grilled angus strip steaks--sliced onto a baguette with boursin cheese, pomme frittes with aioli, and a caramelized onion tart that was like candy! After cooking for several hours, we ordered glasses of wine and mowed on this feast before us. A reward for our collective hard work. And the best part--someone else cleans up! Win/Win! read more

Love, love, and love... Period. I attended the pizza session and it was excellent!! I was just as excited to get the recipes as I was to attend and make everything. The selection of recipes was exceptional and we had the opportunity to make/try standard pizza dough, bread flour dough, and whole wheat dough - all of which were excellent. We also utilized a variety of cooking techniques, and I'd have to say that while the baked pizzas were good, I think my favorite were the grilled. MMMmm!!! Also, we made one of the best pestos I have ever had and DAMN does it make a great pizza. Some of the recipes included white pizza with arugula, simple Mexican pizzas, ratatouille pizza, and pear with gorgonzola pizza. A bit pricy but totally worth it!!! I'd love to go back! read more

My boyfriend and I attended the knife skills class that is recommended to take prior to taking one of the other cooking classes. During the "knife skills" portion, we chopped an onion, bell pepper, potato, onion, tomato and scallion. There was very brief instruction on how to cut the vegetables, and it was very basic. My expectation was that a chef would be teaching knife skills, such as how to hold the knife properly, how to position the knife, what the different types of cuts there are, etc. We definitely didn't learn anything that we didn't already know how to do. When it came time for the cooking portion of the class, we were broken into groups. Our group was given dessert (berry cobbler) which was slightly disappointing because the only knife skills needed for our dessert was to cut up strawberries, and I'm not a huge fan of baking. We were given a recipe and had to fend for ourselves in the refrigerator and pantry to find the ingredients. This would have been fine, however, the pantry was not very organized or labeled and we ended up having to ask one of the chefs to help us find some things. After our dessert was in the oven, there wasn't much for us to do except stand around and watch other people cook and prepare the rest of the meal. I wish that we would have gotten to participate in more of everything. I even overhead one of our classmates saying they were happy they weren't assigned the dessert, which validated what I was already feeling. Once everything was done, we ate family style. We had skirt steak fajitas (none of the class participated in cooking the steak), a dinner salad with pasta, a warm potato salad, and of course, cobbler for dessert. Everything was tasty aside from the fajitas which were not flavorful at all. Will I attend one of the normal cooking classes? Possibly. We enjoyed ourselves, but I think our expectations were set a little high by the price point of the class. If you're paying $70 per person, plus additional for wine once you're there, you hope to really gain knowledge about knife skills and cooking in general from real chefs. I felt like the learning aspect was lost a little on the way. read more

This review is based on the uncorked wine tasting event that takes place on some Thursday's every month. This is the second uncorked I have attended and it's absolutely amazing. The chefs do an outstanding job with the dinner and the wine tasting is awesome. The team pouring the wine are experts and do a great job explaining the region and how the wine is made. Overall great experience and nice for couples night out or a girlfriend night out. Awesome night and great job chefs! Thanks to Eric who made my experience especially great making sure I know what dishes had nuts since I am allergic to peanuts/all nuts. read more

Mirepoix offers a variety of classes, and my girlfriend signed us up for a classic French lesson, which had us making Moules in wine sauce,(mussels), Boeuf Bourguignon, and Crepes Suzette! The instruction covered veg preparation, the combination of ingredients for the sauces, and the techniques and sequence of cooking the meal in order to present the courses timely! The ingredients and equipment were top quality, and there are at least 3 chefs on duty, with plenty of support staff all of whom were very pleasant! Our instructor, Chef R.J. was excellent, and more importantly VERY patient! This was a wonderful, fun experience, which we will eagerly repeat!! read more

Recently I did a few cooking classes at Mirepoix. Since then, I've been trying to get into some of their other classes, but they fill up quickly. The staff at Mirepoix make it easy to learn your way around the kitchen. Whether you are already an accomplished cook or are just learning how to hold you knife while chopping, they will help you improve your skill set. The classes I went to work by breaking off into small groups and then each group chooses 2-3 items from the menu to prepare. After all the items are prepared, we sit around & eat what we've created while discussing how it was done. The staff will often show how to do an advanced skill while we are cooking and they encourage you to walk around & see how the other groups are making their dishes. This helps you understand what is needed to prepare those items that you aren't directly involved with. I really enjoyed this class, and although I am a decent cook, I learned a lot... even about the proper techniques to use with knives. The only drawback is that the classes are not cheap, so I feel that I can only pick a few that I really want to attend. read more

The cooking class we attended today should be called social hour to cook food for other people "class". This was not the cooking class I was expecting where you have someone in front demonstrate for you how to cook something and you follow along at your own station. Instead, you are handed a booklet of recipes from the Internet (really??) on "dim sum" type foods, split into groups to take care of a dish, and then left to your own devices to cook enough of your dish for a group of 20. My boyfriend and I were assigned to make a hoisin sauce for some meat skewers for 4 hours. We ended up just joining another group and helping them make their dumplings. The chefs were not instructing - just walking around and talking about a cuisine they clearly didn't understand. The only two things I appreciated about my time was when we got together at the end to eat and nibble on the food. I enjoyed the conversations and we all followed the instructions enough to make some pretty tasty food. I also appreciated the free beverage service for water and pop. The beer and wine you had to purchase but they made sake bombs to match the occasion for free. That was the other thing that got me. The menu was supposed to be inspired by dim sum dishes and instead of the usual menu of shrimp dumplings, egg tarts, radish cakes, etc - there was Mongolian beef skewers, a coconut tart, vegetarian dumplings, red pepper shrimp, 5-spice calamari, Korean ribs and some other red bean dessert. My boyfriend was pretty disappointed that the menu was completely off target and that the chefs "teaching" didn't know what they were doing. Then he pointed out to me that one of the recipes from bonappetit.com! He paid about $70 for each of us to take this class and I don't blame him for being overly disappointed. We made the best of it, met some pretty funny people, and decided we would find somewhere else for some actual cooking classes. ::Edit:: I contacted Mirepoix asking if we could get refunded our cooking class payments due to problems we came across and the manager was very understanding. I really appreciate the quick and nice customer service I received. read more

Have just celebrated my birthday at Mirepoix. We all had a great time and it was probably one of the most fun birthday parties for a long-long time! Very attentive and engaged chefs (special thanks to Dale and Robert). Great ideas and top-of-the-shelf products. I still can't get those steak bites out of my head... Now after having tried a social cooking class and an "iron chef style" competition I'm thinking about taking the regular classes at Mirepoix and hopefully expanding my cooking skills beyond my daily use of the microwave! Thanks guys! read more

We held a fundraiser here and the space, the food and the service were excellent. Would highly recommend

I arranged an event here for my company and being so far away (NY) while planning something is stressful. Eric took care of everything start to finish and made my job so easy. Feedback from the event was all positive and the staff were described as "angels." Although i did not attend the event, i can say with certainty that i would book another one here. All good things! read more