10.20.11

Marcus Offers Cooking Classes

Original Article by Stacy Vogel Davis for The Business Journal

If you’ve ever wondered how chefs at Marcus Corp. restaurants get their pastries so light or make gluten-free taste like regular food, here’s your chance to find out.

Marcus is offering a series of classes on Saturdays through Nov. 19 with chefs from its hotels and restaurants. Classes cost $29 per person or $49 per couple, but each participant gets a $20 Marcus gift card.

Classes started last week with a session on late harvests from farmers markets. This Saturday’s class focuses on fall squashes with David Zakroczymski, executive chef atInterContinental Milwaukee.

Classes are limited to 18 people. You can reserve a spot by calling (414) 935-5942.

Here are the other classes:

• Oct. 29: “Utensils Forbidden,” a class on food-truck cuisine with Brian Frakes, executive chef for Marcus Hotels

• Nov. 5: “Gluten Free” with Mark Weber, executive chef at Mason Street Grill

• Nov. 12: “Fundamentals of Pastry and Baking” with Jennifer Carlson, pastry chef at Mason Street Grill

• Nov. 19: “Cooking Sous Vide,” a class on cooking food at low temperatures with Thomas Hauck, chef de cuisine at Mason Street Grill