Happy Birthday Judy!

My father, sister, and I decided to surprise my mother with an interactive birthday cooking class at Don Coqui's in New Rochelle with a bunch of her friends. Basically you cook and then you eat what you cook. We did have a professional chef helping us so we didn't make too many mistakes.




My mom was very surprised to see everyone there.





Enjoying some wine before the cooking begins.

Aprons on and ready to cook.

This group was in charge of slicing the potatoes.








These guys took charge of slicing the onions for the onion soup.

Here's Alli supervising all her sous chefs.

Ben trimmed up the beef tenderloin just right.





Of course my mother a few others took charge of the lobster.



The beef tenderloin was cooked to perfection. It just melted in your mouth.

Jay and I were in charge of making choclate grand mariner souffle and crepes for dessert. We added some entertainment by playing around in the flour.

Alli then took charge of the desserts.

After two hours of cooking, we all sat down for a delicious meal.