EVOO, Cannon Beach Cooking School
Well, for those of you that live in the Portland Metro area (you know who you are!), get off the couch, stop watching Food TV, gas up your ride and head on down to Cannon Beach and check out EVOO. EVOO is a cooking school run by co-owners Chef Bob & Chef Lenore where you can get hands on training cooking small plates, pairing local and regional wines and finding some of the coolest and latest kitchen gadgets that would make anyone jealous on Wisteria Lane.
So I bet you are wondering why I am blabbing so much about EVOO. Well, I just recently (Sept 16) worked with Chefs Bob and Lenore on pairing Sokol Blosser Wines with Moroccan cuisine. Now, I have done the normal routine of food and wine pairing dinners for many years but never have I had the challenge of pairing our wines with Moroccan cuisine. Not only did we as a team pull this off but it was a home run out of the ball park over center field!
The crowd loved the food, the wine and us. This is what wine dinners and cooking classes should be all about: a nice, relaxing atmosphere that both Chef Bob and Chef Lenore bring on without the pretension that seems to follow these type of events. All of our guests came up to us individually and thanked us for making the event so much fun
and educational, too.
The next time you decide to get away to the Oregon Coast, venture west on Highway 26 to Cannon Beach and sign up for a cooking class with Chefs Bob and Lenore at EVOO. If your other half is not into it, leave them behind and grab your friends instead.
Lee Medina
Regional Sales, SBW
P.S. I bet you are wondering why I have not said a thing about what was on the menu and what it tasted like. Well, it's like I said in the first paragraph: this cannot be described in a short blog because it wouldn't do it justice. Live dangerously and give it a try - you may have a good time. I know I've had several great experiences at EVOO and I continue to look forward to more. By the way, EVOO supports local sustainable and organic farmers from Oregon. Cheers!
Comments
My husband and I traveled to Cannon Beach in November 2007. We made special arrangements to experience EVOO Cooking School.
I wish I could give a favorable review. Unfortunately, I was not too impressed how we were treated. When we arrived at EVOO, we were told that we would be sitting in front and around the demo/cooking area. Within minutes of being shown where we would sit, my husband and I noticed that Chef Bob removed our names from the seating chart and replaced it with two other names. We were moved to the back of the room. We sat on two uncomfortable, high chair seats with a tiny table for the 3 hour demonstration. I found it very hard to enjoy the demonstration knowing that we were treated like second class citizens. Chef Bob had an obvious connection with the two people who sat in the seats we were originally going to sit in. Chef Bob should have handled this situation in a professional and in a diplomatic way.
Aside from the treatment, my husband and I thought it was o.k.
Posted by: K Chun | January 10, 2008 05:42 PM