ONLINE Class: Short and Sweet for Teens: Baked Tonkatsu

This is a live, hands-on cooking class held online via Zoom. Guest list is limited to 12 students to create an interactive, dynamic experience. The Instructor will be assisted by a remote Event Lead who will facilitate conversation during class and ensure all students are attended to. We encourage students to have all the ingredients and equipment set up before the class begins to prepare for cooking during the class. We will be recording the class and we hope to make the recording available to students after an editing process to protect the privacy of our students’ homes.

Join Elise to demystify the process behind cooking delicious tonkatsu at home, in a class specially designed for younger cooks! Did we mention it was baked? Even easier. In this hour long class, you’ll not only learn the tricks to keeping a baked tonkatsu crispy, but you’ll also master the technique behind slicing cabbage with one thousand cuts, and will end the evening by dipping your juicy tonkatsu in it’s sweet and tangy counterpart, and refreshing your palette with your crisp cabbage salad.

We recommend this class for teens, though younger kids may attend with the supervision of adults (note that we will be teaching knife skills with a chef's knife and using the oven and stove). 

Menu:

Crispy baked tonkatsu

Tonkatsu sauce

Sengiri cabbage

Equipment and Shopping List for the class found here - check before signing up for the class!  

This menu contains the following common allergens: eggs, wheat and soy. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions please e-mail us at info@18reasons.org before purchasing a ticket.

Born and raised in Colorado, Elise Hayashi grew up in a family where knowing how to use a paring knife was more important than riding a bicycle. This sparked her passion for food and cooking at an early age, and she enthusiastically relocated to the Bay Area to study nutrition science at UC Berkeley. Outside of the classroom, Elise helped implement childhood obesity and exercise research, and worked as a pastry assistant to fill her free time with galettes and mousses. She also broadened her experience with food by studying and cooking her way through the Mediterranean diet in Italy, and working on an organic farm in Japan. Now, she is excited to merge her gastronomic backgrounds to share her love of food with the 18 Reasons community. During the rare moments when she is not eating, Elise can be found trying out new sports, playing and listening to live music, or wandering the aisles of grocery stores and farmers' markets.

_{Photo Credit: ayustety from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY-SA}