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Welcome to Joyful Kitchen

Joyful Kitchen is a boutique cooking school dedicated to bringing joy into every kitchen. Whether it’s taking a culinary journey around the globe, or creating a repertoire of simple, fast, and healthy dishes… our Kitchen will help you find a joyful connection with cooking.

We offer anyone—from beginners to expert home cooks—an inviting, comfortable, creative setting to gather, learn and cook together. With a wide range of small-group, hands-on lessons and custom corporate or team-building events, our Kitchen will help you develop your cooking skills, boost your comfort and confidence level in the kitchen, and discover pleasure in preparing and sharing good food.

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Plan a Private Event

Our hands-on workshops for corporate entertaining, team building, and personal celebrations combine the best of a cocktail party, cooking class, and abundant feast into one fun and engaging experience.

Private Events
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Join a Cooking Class

We’ve been helping people cook, not just follow recipes, since 2013. Joyful Kitchen makes cooking accessible to food enthusiasts of all skill levels.

Classes
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Seafood gets a chili kick. Spicy stir fried squid + clams is a simple and delicious Korean dish that delivers spicy flavor, and dinner on the table in less than 10 minutes. It’s so easy to make at home! I served it with brown rice and homemade
Creative farm-share cookery. This refreshing shrimp vermicelli noodle salad with crispy shallots was just the dish to cook through my farm share haul: napa cabbage, carrot, cucumber, scallion, yellow pepper, cilantro and mint. Mix it all with rice v
Hello halloumi. A summery salad featuring my new favorite and very versatile ingredient: halloumi, a goat + sheep’s milk semi-soft cheese made in Cyprus. It tastes salty/tangy, and has a high melting point so it can be easily fried until crispy
Far out farro. Who loves farro? It’s a fabulous nutty grain that shines in salads, soups and sides. I love to add it to salads for healthy fiber, taste and texture. This Mediterranean salad is a summer favorite with fresh crunchy radishes, ripe
Beat the heat. Dinner on a muggy, hot and humid summer night calls for ovens off, no extra heat in the house except for the energy generated from my chefs knife dicing and chopping all these fresh veggies!! Worth every bit of effort - especially when
Seasonal favorite. Summer is tomato season and this simple stuffed tomato with rice is pure summer comfort food. Now is the time to stuff zucchini, peppers, and eggplant… the veggie is the vessel and makes a satisfying plant-based, gluten free
Sole simple. A quick “week-light” dinner of delicate sole florentine with lemon-parsley breadcrumb and roasted potatoes. A pescatarian and veggie-forward spin on the classic nourishing meal.
Edible iceberg. Enjoyed a deconstructed wedge salad with the most outstanding, creamy, raw milk blue cheese from Great Hill Dairy in Marion, MA. Wedge is a salad of pure edible pleasure, no assembly required.🥗🥬🍅🥓
Nothing says summer like a … Lobster roll + caesar salad. Lunchtime at the marina, watching the sailboats come in and out and savoring every sweet bite🦞⛵️
High spirits. A weekend getaway to the seafaring south coast calls for an ice cold rum punch. A blend of 3 rums, grenadine, orange juice, pineapple juice and all the citrus garnishes. No small paper umbrella required🍹⛵️