Time: 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Discover the edible side of Napa. Learn about the region's celebrated foods and wines.
Julie offers intimate tours of the Oxbow Public Market followed by a cooking class; an indoor market featuring local produce and artisan foods in downtown Napa. I'll give you tips on how to select, store, and prepare the local seasonal produce. California wines are paired with the menu. The tour is followed by a hands-on cooking class and three-course lunch featuring Napa Valley's legendary food and wine.
Watch a video about the market tour.
Savor the morning at the market browsing through the shops of magnificent produce, spices, charcuterie, meats and artisan cheeses with Chef Julie. You will see produce as you've never seen it before--plump, bursting with flavor. And you will find new and heirloom varieties of vegetables and fruits. We select seasonal produce ripe and mature the way nature intended for our meal.
After procuring the perfect local produce we head to the kitchen, where we don our aprons and learn how to build the flavor with our bounty in our recipes for the day. The hands-on class emphasizes theory and technique enabling you to cook better dishes. At the end of our work we sit down to relax and savor a wine country meal together.
You will enjoy a relaxed experience filled with inspiration; great foods paired with fine wine and have fun while developing your skills and techniques.
•	Oxbow Public Market Tour classes are offered on Mondays and Tuesdays January to May; Mondays only May to December.
•	The fee $250 per person includes hands-on participation cooking class, 3 course lunch paired with California wines, as well as a Cooking with Julie logo apron and recipe booklet.
•	Check the Cooking Classes/Calendar page for available dates.
•	Transportation between the various locations is not included. If you need transportation contact Julie to arrange.
•	The classes start at 8:45 a.m. and finishes at about 3:00 p.m.
•	Class size is limited to 8 guests.
• There's plenty of free parking at the market and kitchen.
•	If you wish to have someone join the meal with you but is not able to attend the class the fee is $125.
Please note that accommodations for special food needs may not be possible.
"There is no better way to get to the heart of any city than through its cuisine. And that means not just eating it, but shopping for it, cooking it and beginning to understand it." Taylor Holliday, New York Times.
Thank you for an extraordinary culinary experience! We learned so much. We look forward to coming to see you again and telling our friends and family all about you!