Elite Catering & Events

We went to a cooking class advertised by this company and this would have been a 4-​star review because the food was excellent but we did not do any of the cooking. More on that later.
I bought a cooking class groupon for two people and the class was organized by this company. The company offers multiple services from personal chef and catering to spa days and consulting.
They had multiple classes available and each one focused on a theme. The one I chose was «Superfoods». The class was held at a restaurant called Habibi (close to downtown Disney) on a Saturday at 11:00am. It was perfect for a day-​date and that was my thought when I bought it.
So, when you buy a cooking class one would think you would be doing the cooking in your own station while the chef shows what to do in his own station. Well, this was not the case, which to be honest was really, really dissapointing to me as I wanted my BF to learn how to cook something. They set up one single station and long tables around it for everybody on the class to sit and watch. They had a menu already set up for the class and the way that it would work was that the chef was going to show us how to do only certain components of the dishes on the menu. The other components were cooked in the restaurant kitchen. Bummer. He did called most of the people up front to help with certain cooking tasks like cutting, juicing, stirring and serving. They had a nutritionist there and he was explaining to us what were considered superfoods and how some of the ingredients to be used in the class (coconut water, goji berries, butter, cauliflower, salmon, honey, etc) were good for you.
We started off with a refreshing shot of coconut water. The first course was a miso soup (cooked in the station) but instead of tofu he used cauliflower which I thought was an awesome substitution. It was light and delicious. They also gave us one big glass of white wine which was nice too. The main course consisted of the most amazing brown rice I’ve ever tasted and I usually hate brown rice. They mixed-​in goji berries with the brown rice and that gave it a great kick. They topped the rice with a piece of salmon dressed in ponzu sauce that the chef did on the station. The ponzu sauce was outstanding and so was the salmon. They did tell us the ingredients to recreate the dishes. And I found out about the most amazing butter EVER! The brand is called Plugra and I found it at my local Publix.
I really enjoyed it but I would have loved it if we were the ones doing the cooking. I still would consider participating in other cooking «classes» because I really enjoyed the food after all. And isn’t that what’s important? Yes!