Bowen Appetit

Specialties

Bowen Appétit provides cooking classes and support for home cooks. Classes emphasize fresh, seasonal, local ingredients and classic, simple fare perfect for sharing with friends and family. There’s nothing that brings people together like a good meal, and Bowen Appétit grew out of a love for long meals at big tables, of spending time in the kitchen with loved ones, and of delicious meals made with heart. Classes with Bowen Appétit are more than following recipes — they’re about using all five senses to build your confidence, learn new skills, and strengthen your relationship with what you eat.

Meet the Business Owner

Bowen C.

Business Owner

Bowen Close is a home cook and cooking instructor inspired by the stories behind the food — the people, places, traditions, and experiences that make a meal. She grew up in the Midwest steeped in the chaos and heartland food of her family’s catering company, spent over a decade on the West Coast studying and working on issues of local, sustainable food systems, and in 2013 very happily returned to the Midwest with her husband. She has taught cooking classes in the Midwest and on the West Coast and has traveled around the world learning about and enjoying a huge variety of cuisines. Bowen loves almost any food with an egg on top, desperately misses the Mexican food of Southern California, and likes to have a good cocktail and a bit of good cheese at the end of a workday.