School of Cooking

Launched in the Fall of 2009, the North Market School of Cooking offers basic cooking classes, ethnic cooking classes, hands-on classes for kids, classes with Dispatch Food Editor Robin Davis, and the ever-popular Chef Series classes. Participants have a clear view of all the cooking action through the use of 2 LCD monitors and a roaming camera. All classes are in the Dispatch Kitchen on the second floor of the North Market and are $50 each or $125 for 3 classes. The Kid's classes are only $35 each. View the School of Cooking schedule to find out about class dates, details and of course the menu!

Classes offered in the School of Cooking Series include:

• Robin Davis North Market School of Cooking
  You have read her stories in the Dispatch and have seen her cook on 10TV, now you can join Robin Davis in her studio kitchen. View schedule »
• Chef Series teams up with Dine Originals
  Beginning in January 2010, you will be able to converse with Chefs from Dine Originals as well as taste their creations in a Dine Original Chef Series class. View schedule »
• Kid's Classes Join the Line-Up in the North Market School of Cooking!
  Kids ages 8 to 14 will be able to put on an apron and learn how to make a meal! Parents are welcome to stay for the class or use the opportunity to shop the market. View schedule »

Chef Biographies

Robin Davis

Robin Davis has been the food editor at the Columbus Dispatch since 2002. She is also the host of Dispatch Kitchen cooking segments and specials on WBNS 10TV (Channel 10), filmed in the Dispatch Kitchen on the second floor of the North Market. In addition. Robin teaches and hosts cooking classes in the Kitchen.

Robin came to Columbus by way of San Francisco, but she was born and raised in Dayton. After graduating from the University of Dayton, she moved to California and eventually entered the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco.

Upon graduation, Robin worked at Bon Appetit magazine in Los Angeles as a recipe stylist, and later an assistant editor. She returned to San Francisco to work as a restaurant critic and food writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, where she won a prestigious James Beard Award in 2000.

Robin is the author of three books: The North Market Cookbook, Infusions, and The Star Wars Cookbook: Wookiee Cookies and Other Galactic Recipes.

Bethia Woolf

Bethia has been cooking since she was a child and won her high school prize for home economics. A former teacher and coach, she enjoys sharing her enthusiasm for food and cooking with others. Bethia is originally from the UK and has lived on this side of the Atlantic for 6 years. Bethia writes a food blog called hungrywoolf.com, is one of the founders of tacotruckscolumbus.com, and is a board member of Slow Food Columbus.