Where Creativity Sprouts!
Cooking & Crafting Experiences
Upcoming Events
$50 per child | Duration: 60 minutes
Date: July 15th
Featuring Jamberry - join us for a reading & cooking adventure as we read & discuss this darling book. Kids, along with their adult chaperone, will participate in activities related to berries and jam. We will do a simple berry math activity, make fruit skewers, and make a simple jam. Kids will get to decorate their jars. Lemonade and jam thumbprint cookies will be served. Guests will take home their jar of jam to share at home!
Location: Taste on Elm - 227 Elm Street Ludlow, KY 41016
$60 | Date: July 31st 6:30-8:30
Join us for our inaugural event! Do you love cookbooks and maybe even… cooking? If so, this event is for you! We invite you to choose a recipe from this book (or any of Ottolonghi’s books) and bring it to this event to share potluck style! You will enjoy grazing on recipes from this book, batch cocktails, & candid discussion about the dishes. We will be highlighting tips & tricks, spices and more to host your own international inspired dinner party! You will also receive a lovely cookbook club tote that has been specifically curated for you. The tote will include next month’s featured hardback cookbook and other fun goodies to help you entertain at home.
Location: Villa Hills, KY - overlooking the beautiful Ohio River. Exact address provided at time of booking.
Mimosas & Mosaics (21+)
$100 | Duration: 3 hours
Date: July 20th
Grab some friends and join us! No experience necessary. Settle in to a day of eating, creating and drinking! Upon arrival, make yourself a mimosa (or two, or three…) from a beautiful DIY mimosa bar featuring fresh fruit juices and fun garnishes. We will then get you settled and started on creating a beautiful butterfly garden stone. You will use glass pieces and beads (feel free to bring your own treasures as well) to personalize your stone. This is a very casual day where we encourage sipping and noshing during the event. A sweet treat Charcuterie board will also be served.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email)
$200 | Duration: 3 hours
Date: July 21st and July 28th
This is a 2 week course, no prior experience is necessary. You will create your own freestyle design. Patterns will also be available. Learn to cut glass and mosaic a beautiful garden stone. During class help yourself to delicious homemade gazpacho. We will feature a different gazpacho recipe for each class. Water, tea, seasonal batch cocktails are included. Please note: This is not a kit class. You will be using real glass. If you have old costume jewelry, bring it and we will show you how to incorporate it into your special piece of art. Gazpacho recipes will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email)
Salads & Sangria Party (21+)
$90 | Duration: 2 hours
Date: July 24th
Celebrate summer by joining us for a delicious dinner where we will indulge in a buffet of salads including shrimp salad, curried chicken salad, lemon orzo salad, caprese salad and more! After you have enjoyed dinner you will participate in DIY salad stations where you will get to make and take three of the salads you enjoyed on the buffet: italian hoagie salad, southern coleslaw, and spaghetti salad! Sangria will be served. Recipes for salads and sangria made in class will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email)
Summer Limoncello Party (21+)
$150 | Duration: 2 hours
Date: August 7th
We will begin by each making a large batch of limoncello starter (enough for five 8 oz. bottles to take home & share or gift to family and friends). This is a no-waste class so we will use the juice of the lemons to make delicious lemon vinaigrette. This event includes a light summer meal of limoncello spritzes, summer salads and lemon desserts. Take home your homemade vinaigrette and limoncello starter in a beautiful 64 oz. glass container you will use for years to come! Recipes will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email)
NKY Cooking Experiences
These are private experiences that you book at a time that works for you. Pricing shown is per person. Please contact Nikki to book your event: thesweetelm@yahoo.com
KY Derby Charcuterie Board Making
1 person - $200, 2 or more $120/pp | Duration: 3 hours
Sip on bourbon slush or mint juleps as you learn to make Kentucky Derby classics! The menu is seasonal and may feature pimento cheese dip, Benedictine spread, pickled KY proud vegetables, bourbon pecans, candied bourbon bacon and more. Once we make the dips, spreads and appetizers we will show you tips & tricks for creating a beautiful southern style charcuterie board which we will all enjoy sampling! Recipes will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email) or we will come to you!
Goetta & Beer Cheese Making Class
1 person - $200, 2 or more $120/pp | Duration: 3 hours
In Northern KY, the breakfast meat of choice is goetta (pronounced “get-uh”) which is a “sausage” made with ground pork and beef, oats, onion and unusual spices. After it is cooked it is then sliced and fried. Come spend a few hours sipping bourbon slush while learning to make this unique dish along with goetta balls and ky beer cheese. Come hungry as this is a grazing experience with guests sampling what we are making along with other regional favorites. You will depart with homemade goetta and Ky beer cheese to enjoy with family and friends at home! Recipes will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email) or we will come to you!
1 person - $200, 2 or more $120/pp | Duration: 3 hours
Have you ever been to Keeneland or Churchill Downs? If so, you may have sampled this traditional Kentucky stew. This iconic dish is also the highlight of many derby parties across the beautiful bluegrass state. So join me as we sip on bourbon slush and learn how to make burgoo. After we make the burgoo, we will enjoy a burgoo lunch and make a batch of KY bourbon balls for you to take home and enjoy with your family and friends. Recipes will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email) or we will come to you!
KY Burgoo & Bourbon Balls
Bourbon & Bacon
1 person - $200, 2 or more $120/pp | Duration: 2-3 hours
Join me for a hands-on cooking class. You and your friends will sip on bourbon slush while you enjoy learning to make the traditional slush, tasty bbq/bacon meatballs and delicious bourbon graham cracker candy. Burgoo or another seasonal soup will be served to enjoy during your experience. Your treats will then be packaged up for you to take home & share with family & friends. Recipes will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email) or we will come to you!
Crockpot Cooking ~ KY Jambalaya
1 person - $200 / 2 or more $120/pp | Duration: 2-3 hours
Bring your crockpot & join me for a hands-on cooking class where you will sip on bourbon slush while preparing honey jalapeno cornbread and Kentucky jambalaya (yes - it’s a thing!). We will then enjoy our home cooked meal. You will leave with a crockpot full of jambalaya to serve as a meal for your family. This is perfect because Ky jambalaya is always better the next day! Recipes will be emailed after the event.
Location: Villa Hills, Covington or Ludlow (exact location provided in confirmation email) or we will come to you!
Local Tours / Day Trips
Coming soon!
Taste of Lebanon, Ohio
Kentucky Farm Tour
NKY - German Food Tour
International Trips
Coming soon!
Italy ~ Tuscany Food & Wine Experience
Spring 2026
Details coming soon!