Really fun!! Great chef and so informative. Thanks so much a fun night.

Good class! A few things that I didn’t like: -class is listed as a “French Macaron” class, but we actually made Italian macarons -the recipes were not made available to us prior to the class, and at the time of this review I still haven’t received a copy of them -we did not actually get to finish all of our macarons. I think my partner and I finished (fully finished, with filling) 10 macarons, but we did not get to fill the second baking sheet of shells. A little frustrating because we left the class with more unfinished macarons than we did finished macarons. -the space is a little clunky and small for 4 students + the chef. It’s hard for everyone to be able to see everything (mixer, oven, counter space) at the same time, especially with covid considerations. -everything wasn’t prepped in time for the class. I don’t think it really matters that we didn’t have finished strawberry ganache, but it made me feel like the class was a last-minute thing because the ganache was presented as an option but wasn’t fully set to be able to be used. -small food safety concerns: the preserves used to fill the macarons appeared to have been previously opened and stored at room temperature instead of in the refrigerator. I’m not 100% sure if they had been refrigerated and left out for the class, so my apologies if this is the case. They were fully room temperature, without any condensation, and half-full when they were made available to us. Both jars clearly said to refrigerate after opening, too, so I was not comfortable using them on my macarons. Overall, Carmelo was fantastic, knowledgeable, answered all questions thoroughly and expertly, and had a great flow for the class. No complaints about his knowledge or capabilities or teachings - just a few minor things about the structure of the course. I would definitely take another class with him.