Cooking Classes at Le Central

My wife and I mistakenly took my Mom here for her birthday on Tuesday 8/​27, for the cooking ‘demonstration’. The service was great, mind you. But the food was TERRIBLE! For the money spent, it was most disgusting meal I have ever had the displeasure of trying.
The flounder was nothing but a pile of mush and bones, the desert was a sad excuse for a lemon tart, and the appetizer was just as much of a joke. Le Central advertises itself as ‘affordable french cuisine’, but does that mean the food has to be such low quality crap? And trust me, crap it is.
I will NEVER be back at this place, and I will make sure all of my friends understand the same.
Shame on you Le Central for serving such awful food! I’ve had better meals at McDonalds!

Thomas, Dominique and Betrand were all quite delightful and taught us the how to create Croustade de St. Jacques a la Provencale (Hors d’Oeuvres), Poularde a la Forestiere (Le Plat Principal) and Tarte aux Poires (Le Dessert) and we even got to take home a liitle book with cooking instructions. The 3 adorable Frenchmen were stationed at demonstration tables strewn about the restaurant. Although they were opened for dinner like any other night, there is enough space here to allow these types of activites to carry on simultaneously.
Our wine glasses were kept full during our demonstration rotations (although they may have cut me off temproarily for some reason) and after 3 rounds of 20 minutes sessions we wre able to sit down and feast on a lovely 3 course dinner.
The first dish was a puff pastry topped with a cassolette of bay scallops, shrimp, tomatoes, garlic and Provence herbs. Then came the chicken breast poached in natural jus, accentuated with a forest mushroom demi glacé with a touch of cream and finally a pear tart with almond pastry crème and Grand Marnier reduction, served over crème anglaise topped with chantilly crème.
Deelish and did I mention the chefs were adorable?
Le central hosts cooking classes oonce a month. For less than $ 30/​pp one can learn how to cook a simple French meal and then enjoy it with good company. Last night about 25 people were in our «class» and they had room for another 10 or so. This is a great way to spend time with friends, family or co-​workers. We were here on a team buidling experience and it was just lovely. Everyone had a great time and all of us left stuffed.