COOKING & WINE TASTING CLASSES
Whether you’re planning a bachelorette, birthday or bridal party, a corporate team-building event for your company or just want to organize a special evening for friends, neighbors, family, and colleagues — a cooking and wine tasting class is one of the most fun and entertaining ideas people enjoy.
For almost 15 years, I’ve been teaching wine and cooking classes and my guests always leave feeling inspired, happy and invigorated. Below is a selection of my services — all are 100% customizable to your group and event.
If you are not located in the greater New York area, I also organize online wine classes via Skype or Zoom. Hook me up to your at-home entertainment or TV screen, and it will be like having a sommelier or cooking instructor right in your home!
Decant With Plants
Signature Class
In this class, students will learn how to prepare a 4-course dinner (appetizer, first course, main course, and dessert) via a cooking demo and option to step in to try out specific cooking techniques if requested. The class can be designed to have specific themes, (healthy cooking, comfort food, eating for weight loss/increased energy, holiday foods, cooking with legumes, raw food, etc.). We will go through the 101 of pairing wines with plant-based foods, what to look for and what to avoid, and how to successfully combine flavor experiences so your meal and wine become even more enjoyable.
✓ Chef instructor fee
✓ Wine educator fee
✓ Wine glasses
✓ Cooking equipment
✓ Printed recipes
✓ Nutrition 101 PDF
✓ Wine tasting sheet
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Length of event:
3 hours
Decant With Plants
Cooking Class
✓ Chef instructor fee
✓ Cooking equipment
✓ PDF of recipes
✓ Nutrition overview
✓ My favorite vegan resources
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Length of event:
3 hours
Decant With Plants
Cooking Class
✓ Chef instructor fee
✓ Cooking equipment
✓ PDF of recipes
✓ Nutrition overview
✓ My favorite vegan resources
Inquire
Length of event:
3 hours
Decant With Plants
Wine Tasting Class
✓ Wine educator fee
✓ Wine glasses
✓ Wine tasting sheet
✓ PDF of key notes from class
✓ 20% discount to another upcoming class
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Length of event:
2 hours + 30 min Q&A
Decant With Plants
Food & Wine Pairing Class
✓ Wine educator fee
✓ Wine tasting sheets
✓ Print-out of key points of the presentation
✓ Food and snacks for the class
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Length of event:
2 hours
Decant With Plants
Food & Wine Pairing Class
✓ Wine educator fee
✓ Wine tasting sheets
✓ Print-out of key points of the presentation
✓ Food and snacks for the class
Inquire
Length of event:
2 hours
Why Hire Sunny


Sunny Gandara, a native of Norway, has resided in New York for the past 20 years. A professionally trained chef through the Institute for Culinary Education in NYC and a wine professional, she is a Certified Wine and Spirits Educator through the Society of Wine Educators, and holds her Diploma in Wines & Spirits through the Wines & Spirits Education Trust. She also holds certifications through BIVB (Bourgougne Wine Board), Wines of Spain, Napa Valley Vintners, and the Center for Wine Origins.
Sunny has worked in many facets of the wine industry for importers, distributors and as a wine buyer in retail. She founded and ran her own catering company, Fork and Glass alongside her chef-husband, focusing on local and seasonal farm to table cooking. Sunny has experience working in high profile kitchens in NYC both front and back of house such as Aquavit (Marcus Samuelsson era) and Lupa (Mario Batali).
Sunny is certified in Plant-based Nutrition through eCornell, a trained Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and the author of the popular plant-based Norwegian food blog, Arctic Grub.
For several years, Sunny was the U.S. brand director for Querciabella, a world-renowned organic, vegan and biodynamic winery located in Tuscany, Italy.