PHOTOGRAPHY, SKYPE AND ZOOM AVAILABLE
Leslie Cerier, The Organic Gourmet, offers cooking coaching and private consultations:
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VEGETARIAN
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VEGAN
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PLANT-BASED
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GLUTEN-FREE
All of these will help you enhance your immune system, give you energy, rejuvenate your senses, keep your bones strong, and help you maintain an active lifestyle.
I can customize your session to your dietary preferences to meet your needs.
During your Zoom or Skype private class, I offer:
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KNIFE SKILLS
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HOW TO COOK WITH HERBS AND SPICES TO CREATE GLOBAL FLAVORS
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PREPARE BEANS AND GRAINS FROM SCRATCH
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DELICIOUS FOODS TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY
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SET UP YOUR KITCHEN FOR EFFICIENCY
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TIME SAVING TIPS
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ECO-COOKING TIPS
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THE PLAYFUL ART OF MIX AND MATCH WITH YOUR LOCAL HARVEST TO CREATE YOUR OWN RECIPES
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MUCH MORE
Rates are for Private Cooking Lessons for up to 2 People Using Skype or Zoom
Book a 1 hour private lesson starting at $150; add $75 for each extra person
Book a 1 &1/2 hour private lesson starting at $225: add $100 for each extra person
Book a 2 hour private lesson starting at $300; add $125 for each extra person
Gift Certificates Available
Please Contact me at leslie@lesliecerier.com to schedule your lesson on SKYPE OR ZOOM
You can make a payment: venmo: Leslie-Cerier
Paypal to Friends to my e-mail: leslie@lesliecerier.com
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Or send your check made out to Leslie Cerier, and mail to
Leslie Cerier
58 Schoolhouse Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Please include your email and phone #: Zoom link or FaceTime information will be emailed to you upon receipt of your payment.
– Allen; Connecticut
-I thought your private zoom lesson for our bachelorette party was great, thank you so much!! Everyone was very complimentary of you and your cooking style.
-Sara; Wisconsin
– We had a lovely time with Leslie during our private, virtual cooking lesson! Leslie demonstrated how to prepare delicious, vegetarian sushi rolls and spent time educating our group on the nutritional value of all the seasonal ingredients we used. Leslie is an exceedingly attentive, accommodating, and amiable cooking instructor who made rolling sushi an easy and very fun experience. We would highly recommend cooking classes with Leslie (virtual or in-person) to anyone looking to expand on their culinary knowledge, push their boundaries in the kitchen, have an amazingly unique experience, or just enjoy a great meal!
Private Hands on Cooking Classes in Person, Hopefully Coming Back Soon
In this customized private hands-on organic farm to table vegetarian cooking class, I present whole foods that are healthy, fun to prepare, delicious and pleasurable to eat. Come cook with fresh, local, seasonal, organic ingredients.
Feast on exciting vegetarian and vegan dishes that will enhance your immune system, give you energy, rejuvenate your senses, keep your bones strong, and help you maintain an active lifestyle. From June- October, we can go into my organic garden and pick fresh ingredients to make amazing dishes.
During your private class, I offer:
- Knife skills
- How to cook with herbs and spices to create global flavors
- Prepare beans and grains from scratch
- Set up your kitchen for efficiency
- Time saving Tips
- Eco-cooking tips
- The playful art of mix and match with our local harvest to create your own recipes
- Much More
You can pack up everything we make and bring it home, or if you prefer, add more time to dine at my place.
Book a 2 hour private lesson for yourself or up to 4 people for $400; add $75 for each extra person
Book a 3 hour private lesson private for yourself or up to 4 people for $500; add $100 for each extra person
Book a 4 hour private lesson for yourself or up to 4 people for $650; add $125 for each extra person
Fees are for Private lessons in Leslie’s gourmet kitchen in Amherst MA. And for extra cost, Leslie will be happy to travel to your kitchen worldwide.
Contact Leslie at leslie@lesliecerier.com or call 413-259-1695 to schedule your lesson and for rates for larger groups.
“For anyone who wants to celebrate food while getting healthy and living lightly on the planet, Leslie Cerier is your guide.”
-Mark Hyman, MD, Medical Director at Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine, the Founder of The UltraWellness Center, and a ten-time #1 New York Times Bestselling author
“Leslie knows how to make the tastiest meals from the healthiest ingredients, making living food come alive in ways I never thought possible. She was Master Chef for our Growing a new Body programs and we adore her preparations!”
-Alberto Villoldo PhD, Bestselling author of Shaman Healer Sage
Thank you again for your Guest Chef Consultation and event, the food was excellent.
-Garett DiStefano, Director Residential Dining, UMass Amherst, MA
“Leslie is A Powerful Food Healer. I love feeling the integrity of her spirit and the connections to where our food comes from!”
– Gabrielli Chiara, Amherst, MA, Client, Booked a Private 2 hour, Hands on Cooking Lesson in her home with Leslie
“Leslie brings a lifetime of wisdom, contemplative insight, and a spirit of improvisational fun to her teaching, which unfolds softly as an edible nasturtium blossom. A week later, after the private lesson, I find myself incorporating so much of her approach: she teaches directly and by example. A teacher nourishing in all senses, while my family appreciates the new tastes and approaches.”
-EM, professor/traveler
“Leslie Cerier is the consummate master of conscious cookery, a veritable culinary goddess.”
-Chris Kilham, The Medicine Hunter
The private cooking lesson for me and my friends was truly a joy and delight!! We felt intoxicated!!! It was dream I never even imagined would happen in my life years ago and I feel so blessed to have received it. Leslie Cerier’s way of teaching created a sensual and nourishing experience, the way I want to live. Thank you for being so open and sense-full!
-Yael Rosenbloom, Amherst, MA
“Leslie is a hot ticket. She’s inspired, inspiring, super talented, fearless, fun(!) and knows her stuff. She’s also dedicated life-styler who walks the talk – and that means something to me. I love hanging out and working with Leslie, hearing about all the great things happening in her career – one big gig after another, one booked-out-with-waiting-list special event at one super eco chic venue after another. Talk about someone deserving. Mostly I love Leslie’s zest for life(!) As an environmentalist, I appreciate she’s out there sharing such great pleasure-is-healthy and food-is-medicine life philosophies with the world. Leslie is PART OF THE SOLUTION.”
-Zoe Helene, Founder, Cosmic Sister
Leslie you are the coolest!! We had a great time and so did all our friends. Everybody I spoke with said they’d be interested in doing something again in a couple months.
– Anthony Schiappa, Longmeadow, MA; booked a private 3 hour hands on vegetarian cooking class for him and 6 of his friends.
“Leslie is the real deal. She understands food and wellness with a rare depth, and she shares her wisdom with playfulness and grace. Everything she does–from cooking to teaching–is delicious!”
-Robyn Lawrence, Former Editor-in-Chief, Organic Spa Magazine
“My husband and I are on a journey to discover just what it is to cook and eat as healthy as possible. We were both looking for something to get us out of the same repetitive go-to recipes that we cycled through week in and week out. That is where Leslie’s cooking/consultation came into play. She and I worked to create a menu that was brand new to my husband and myself, as well as loaded with nutrition. The experience was amazing! We cooked in her lovely kitchen and taste tested so many ingredients as we cooked, and she explained their benefits and as well as where we could find them. We are so glad we did it and have made the recipe on our own already!”
– Serena Hooper, Amherst, MA
“First, let me take a moment to thank you for teaching your classes at the Natural Gourmet. They were well received. I really enjoyed sitting in and listening to you. You have a nice and easy way about you and are generous with your information.“
-Judith Friedman, Director of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health
“Leslie Cerier works her culinary magic, sharing her creative genius for enchanting, earth-friendly recipes.“
-Kathie Madonna Swift MS RD LDN
Leslie has inspired me to think of food and eating in new ways. As a chemist, I appreciate the analytical aspect of her food philosophy. She gets that food is made up of natural products some of which are healthy and others not so. She gets that our health depends on balances of nutrients, and that our needs vary with the season and with our seasons. She is at the same time intuitive, artistic, and creative in the dishes she creates. She insists that food should be good tasting (It’s all about the YUM) and good looking (meals should include foods from all colors of the rainbow). Thank you Leslie for everything you do!
-Dr Patricia O’ Hara, Dean and Chemistry professor, Amherst College
I love Leslie’s way with food! It is not just that she creates delicious recipes, it is that she is, in her essence, delicious! When I am in need of some kitchen inspiration I often flip through her cookbooks or search her website for ideas. In my work as an acupuncturist, nourishment counselor, and personal chef I constantly refer my clients to Leslie’s website and cookbooks for inspiration. My all time favorite Leslie recipe is Curried Lentil Soup with Coconut Milk. I have made this for literally hundreds of clients and it has always gotten rave reviews.
-Ilana Margalit, Acupuncturist, Nourishment Counselor and Personal Chef
Leslie Cerier is a healer, cook and Renaissance woman. She is part alchemist, part visionary and part teacher. To describe her energy is to look towards the sky and dream. Her lessons for the universe are to be in harmony with nature. Leslie has discovered the bounty of the earth and she shares this passion through her determination for her craft. Leslie is the earth momma who you wish to be your teacher. She is a gifted photographer of the hidden elements in life and she captures environmentalism in her images. Leslie teaches and writes about the whole life and the ability to express herself.
-Blikki.com
“Leslie experiences food as prevention, medicine, nourishment, but mostly pleasure. When you meet her you will find a woman aglow with vitality and energy. For healthy, affordable, time saving, earth-friendly, and good-for-the-soul food, I ‘ll have what she’s having!”
-Madeline Charney, Reference Service Librarian, University of Massachussetts-Amherst,MA
“Leslie Cerier is a talented, compassionate, and educated “Organic Gourmet.” On two occasions, I have had the pleasure of featuring Leslie on my weekly radio show and I plan on inviting her back for another interview soon! Her recipes are delicious, accessible, healthy and easy to follow and her personality exudes enthusiasm for everything that she does. I look forward to working with Leslie on other projects in the future!”
-Laura Theodore, The Jazzy Vegetarian, Radio & TV Host, Vegan Chef and Author
“In her inimitable style, Leslie Cerier presents a wealth of seasonal recipes…that are as flexible as they are healthy and delicious. No one will feel deprived with such luscious dishes as Hearty Greens and Tofu in Tahini Sauce or Banana Buckwheat Pancakes with Pecans. Best of all, these recipes aren’t only for those with dietary restrictions—a wealth of ideas awaits anyone who loves fresh produce and whole grains in creative combinations.”
-Nava Atlas, author and illustrator of many vegan and vegetarian cookbooks, and founder and creator of vegkitchen.com
“What a wonderful evening we had with Leslie in the kitchen and at dinner. Everyone here thoroughly enjoyed the cooking demonstration and the food! Lunch on Sunday before the gang got on the road was a repeat dinner, and the flavors were even better after blending. Erik said he had never had a professional cook for him ever! Steven said it was an inspired idea. So there you have it. Wonderful for all!”
-Margaret and Sandy, Shutesbury, MA
“Participating in a life-long love affair with food – from the days of cooking strudel in her grandmother Ethel’s kitchen to teaching classes today from the kitchen in her passive solar home in Shutesbury, Cerier sees the preparation of healthy food as an act of creativity. For Cerier, being in the kitchen is a melding of the culinary arts with the grace and whim of interpretive dance. Cerier’s ever-changing menu combines what’s in season with color and mood, whimsy and what’s in stock, she says. Experiencing whole foods during the entire year brings pleasure and fun into her life, she says, as wells as nourishing her and keeps her healthy.”
-Noah Hoffenberg, writer for Many Hands, Northampton, MA
“Leslie’s approach to cooking fits into my life. Giving definitions of ingredients, easy-to-follow charts, clear directions, and substitutions/variations, Leslie has inspired me to eat healthier and to expand the repertoire of meals that I prepare. Leslie’s recipes are quick and easy, and with a little advanced planning, they can be made when I get home from work. I took a 5-day program with Leslie and found her to be very supportive, encouraging, and approachable – she answered every one of my many questions! Thank you again Leslie, for a wonderful workshop. I hope our paths will cross again some day.”
-Namaste, Diane McNamara, Philadelphia, PA
“I have always wanted to improvise as a cook, tailoring recipes to my tastes, my whims, and the ingredients I have on hand. What has been holding me back has been the nervousness of ruining a dish – making it too spicy, too bland, or creating a different texture. Through her hands-on cooking class, Leslie helped me to conquer this fear. She taught me how to adapt and personalize recipes, and also how to correct flavors at the end of the cooking process when I don’t like how they have come out. This has made all the difference in my cooking style, and I can confidently say that I now know how to “adjust to taste”.
-Amberly Tenney, Spice It Up! Creative Cooking with Herbs and Spices weekend workshop participant
“I came home and was inspired by you. I cleaned out my pantry and realized I had some products right in my pantry that I thought I would have to buy… Your class was great and I enjoyed it immensely. I also enjoyed your attitude towards food and your understanding and patience of those that are just starting to contemplate changes within themselves.”
-Rasheeda, Dietician, Bronxville, New York Participant in Cooking for Women’s Health
Thank you, Leslie! The private cooking class was absolutely wonderful. I made the tempeh stir fry last night, and it was a huge hit with my husband! He even said it was his favorite tempeh dish he had ever tasted! You have also inspired me to buy more locally grown produce. It really does make a difference!
-Sarah Selden, New York City, NY
“Great Class! The instructions, guidelines and basic information were clear. The answers to specific questions were answered in detail. I believe I can apply this class to cooking at home.”
-Lisa Moore, Sunderland, MA
“Thanks for SUCH a great class… I already made the peanut butter choc. chip cookies w/ the teff flour … so yummy! You empowered me — which is exactly what I needed … I needed to deconstruct my intimidation with things like quinoa … so thank you! It’s been fun flipping through the book, I’m really glad I bought it. Grrrreat to meet you — thanks again — I’m sure I will see you again.Love & Peace.”
– Tricia Armstrong, Northampton, MA
