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PHOTO CAPTION: John and Liisa, co-owners, Cottage Cooking, take a cooking class in Morocco. Now, they\u2019re teaching what they learned!<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cThe business kind of started as a lark,\u201d Liisa Andreassen, the business\u2019s co-owner, says. \u201cWe had some friends over and taught them how to make sushi. One of our friends \u2013 said, \u2018you should do this!\u2019 Do what we asked? Make sushi? \u2018No, give cooking classes in your house.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s all this dynamic couple needed to hear. They were off and running. John Godts, a hospital physical therapist by day, quickly sprang into action and started posting fliers at his workplace. Andreassen, a freelance copywriter, tapped into her marketing and PR skills to help spread the word.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been such a fantastic experience,\u201d Godts says. \u201cIt\u2019s a win-win. We get to do something we love \u2013 cooking and entertaining – and we get paid for it to boot. Wow! That\u2019s pretty awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
And, of course their guests benefit too. Most people who sign up for classes have looked at the couple\u2019s website, which has been recently re-designed to take online bookings and payments, and find that this is not your average cooking class. Photos and videos help to illustrate the experience so guests can really get a feel for the place before clicking that \u201cbook\u201d button.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost folks who sign up for a cooking class with us are looking for something different,\u201d Andreassen says. \u201cThey don\u2019t want a traditional cooking class with 15+ people. They want something intimate and a maybe even a little unfamiliar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cottage Cooking classes host up to six in their cottage-style home in North Asheville. They\u2019ll also go off site to people\u2019s homes and Air B and Bs for larger groups of up to 12. And, the couple really works to keep things fresh.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve added a few new classes to the schedule including a Moroccan cooking class as well as football foods and Hawaiian BBQ,\u201d Godts says. \u201cWe\u2019re constantly working to create new and fun culinary experiences for our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n
A recent guest, Stu Helm, also known as \u201cThe Food Fan,\u201d is an Asheville-based food writer and influential voice in Asheville\u2019s food scene.<\/p>\n
He recently took a class and shared his experience in a podcast here – https:\/\/stuhelmfoodfan.substack.com\/p\/good-morning-friends-479<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe love meeting new people and sharing tales of travel, food and adventure,\u201d Andreassen says. \u201cSo, for anyone looking for a cooking class that\u2019s a little outside the box \u2013 or pot \u2013 come see what we\u2019re cooking up.\u201d<\/p>\n About Cottage Cooking:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cottage Cooking classes are designed for the home cook and a typical class is designed like a dinner party where guests prepare and eat an appetizer, main course and dessert. There\u2019s also a Saturday morning baking class once a month. These classes make for a great date night or ladies\u2019 night out. The company has also built a reputation in the business for hosting fun bachelorette parties and family reunions. In addition to a schedule which can be found on their website, they\u2019ll also design custom dates and menus as requested.<\/p>\n Classes range from $85 to $125 and private classes for two are $300. All classes are BYOB. Gift certificates are also available.<\/p>\n MORE INFORMATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/cottagecookingasheville.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n FOLLOW ON SOCIAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cottage.Cooking<\/a><\/p>\n Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cottagecookingasheville\/<\/a><\/p>\n YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCbW9jFa2DTZB_dhqpvrrBEA<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-1007-s2p-cottage-cooking-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto Caption: John and Liisa, co-owners, Cottage Cooking, take a cooking class in Morocco. Now, they\u2019re teaching what they learned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C., Oct. 7, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Founded in March 2015 by Liisa Andreassen and John Godts, Cottage Cooking in Asheville, North Carolina, was first started to fund the couple’s passion for travel. Over the years, it’s evolved into a business where others can share their travel and culinary experiences too. To date, together, they’ve traveled to 11 countries, four continents and 36 states. They always bring back some new culinary knowledge and are eager to showcase it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5075,"featured_media":85706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,12804,535,1,134,52],"tags":[7666,18058],"class_list":["post-85707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-beverage-news","category-ap","category-asheville-news","category-business-news","category-general-editorial-news","category-north-carolina-news","tag-cooking-classes","tag-culinary-arts","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3756,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/22-1007-s2p-cottage-cooking-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}