Private Cooking Classes & Personal Coaching

Learn how to cook flavorful, satisfying meals without relying on a salt shaker—at a pace and schedule that works for you.

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What This Is

These are live, online cooking sessions designed for individuals, families, and private groups who want personalized instruction and practical, repeatable cooking skills.

Whether you're learning on your own or cooking with friends, family, coworkers, or a support group, every session is tailored to your goals. You choose the date, the time, and what you'd like to learn. Everyone can cook from their own kitchen or gather together in one location while I guide the entire experience live in real time.

These sessions work especially well for:

  • Individuals looking for one-on-one guidance
  • Families supporting a loved one who has been told to reduce sodium
  • Couples learning new cooking habits together
  • Parents helping adult children build confidence in the kitchen
  • Friends, coworkers, or support groups learning together

During the session, I guide everyone step by step while narrating a follow-along cooking video. You'll cook alongside me, stay on track, ask questions throughout the session, and finish with a complete meal you've prepared yourself.

A few days before your session, you'll receive a detailed ingredient list and prep guide so everything is ready before we begin.

It's a hands-on experience designed to make cooking practical, approachable, and repeatable in everyday life.

Why This Is Different

Most cooking classes are demonstrations or lectures.

These sessions are guided, hands-on experiences where you actively prepare the meal while learning how flavor is actually built.

The focus isn't on memorizing recipes. It's on understanding how to create satisfying meals using real ingredients and repeatable techniques you can use again and again.

What You'll Learn

  • How to build flavor using the ingredients WITHIN the meal
  • How to replace salt with technique, aromatics, and balance
  • How to cook meals that feel complete and satisfying
  • How to build confidence in the kitchen without overcomplicating the process

What You'll Walk Away With

A complete meal you cooked yourself, practical techniques you can use immediately, greater confidence in the kitchen, and a better understanding of how to create flavorful meals without relying on a salt shaker.

Many people also leave with new cooking habits and practical systems they can continue long after the session is over.

Choose the Experience That's Right for You

Private 1-on-1 Online Cooking Coaching

Perfect if you'd like individual guidance, have specific cooking questions, or want a lesson tailored entirely to your goals.

We'll meet live over Zoom, work at your pace, and customize the session to help you become a more confident cook.

Private Online Group Cooking Classes

Ideal for families, couples, friends, coworkers, and support groups who want to learn together.

These are live, interactive cooking classes conducted over Zoom. Participants can cook from their own kitchens and join the same Zoom session, or your group can gather together in one location and join from a single kitchen.

Everyone cooks the meal while I guide the group in real time, answer questions, and teach techniques you can use again and again.

In-Person Private Cooking Events

Looking for an in-person cooking experience for your family, group, organization, or special event?

I also offer custom in-person cooking sessions and events built around the noaddedsaltguy method. Depending on the setting, these can be hands-on cooking experiences, group demonstrations, or educational cooking events.

Tell me about your group, location, and what you'd like to accomplish, and we'll build an experience that works for your event.

In-person events are individually planned and priced based on the location, group size, length of the event, and type of cooking experience. Contact me for availability and a quote.

Not sure what to cook? Browse the Class Ideas & Menu page for ideas, or tell me what you're working on — reducing sodium, building confidence, meal prepping — and I'll recommend the right lesson.

Have a favorite dish you'd like to make lower in sodium? Bring it. I'll rebuild it using the noaddedsaltguy method.

Perfect For

  • Individuals who want personalized cooking guidance

  • Families supporting a loved one on a low-sodium diet

  • Couples learning new cooking habits together

  • Small group gatherings

  • Community and support groups

  • Organizations looking for a practical cooking event

  • Beginners who want support while learning

  • Anyone tired of bland "healthy" food

  • People looking for practical, repeatable cooking skills

Private Class & Event Pricing

Private 1-on-1 Zoom Cooking Coaching: Contact for pricing

Private Zoom Group Class (5–10 people): $99 total

Additional Zoom participants: $10 per person

In-Person Private Cooking Events: Custom pricing — contact for availability and a quote

Zoom pricing applies to live online cooking sessions. In-person event pricing varies based on location, group size, event length, kitchen setup, and the type of experience requested.

Private coaching sessions are individually tailored. Online group pricing remains approximately $10–$20 per person for most groups.

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Simple ingredients. Big flavor. No salt shaker required.

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Less salt. More flavor. Every day.