Jan - Apr 2013 Class Calender is LIVE on At 19 Website

Our Jan to Apr 2013 Class Calender is LIVE on At 19 website. Go to www.at19culinary.com and click on "class calender" at the top bar. We are having Open Days all weekends in Jan & Feb.

You can buy a RM50 voucher to attend any of our 10 demo workshops happening on weekends in Jan & Feb. On our Open Days, you can use the RM50 voucher as a discount for any class that you sign up. For those of you who are not members yet, we are giving you a FREE one year membership worth RM50 too.

 

You can also opt to sign up for 3 classes and get 1 free OR better yet sign up 5 classes and get 2 free (free classes are the ones chosen with the cheapest class fee) AND that’s not all, members who book and pay on our Open Days get additional 10% discount on the 3+1 and 5+2 packages.

The RM50 cash voucher deal will be running in Groupon from 3 Jan 2013. You can either buy from Groupon or buy directly from us. Any enquiries, please call us at 016-377 8236. See you all soon.

 

Amazing Talent at our Christmas Cupcakes class – 15 Dec 2012

Wow!! We were surprised at the amazing talent and creativity at our recent Christmas Cupcakes class. Everyone was in a cheery Christmas mood and the fondant designs were just amazing. There was Santa, Snowman, Xmas stockings, Xmas tree, candy cane and all sorts of xmas fun designs.

In line with Christmas traditional colours of red and green, the class learnt how to bake red velvet cupcakes using natural colouring – juice from beetroot. The results was simply delicious red velvet cupcakes, then covered with fondant and topped with Christmas designs.

Needless to say, everyone had a super fun time. If you would like to join our classes, please check out our new class calendar for Jan-Apr 2013 which is out now on our website at www.at19culinary/schedule.html. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you in class soon!
 

Cake of the month - Dec 2012

It’s time again for us to feature our “Cake of the month” to showcase what we consider our best custom made order cake. The Cake of the month for Dec is a fondant Christmas Cake. The cake was our special Moist Chocolate cake decorated with fondant. There was Santa Claus in the centre of the cake surrounded by Christmas stockings full of all sorts of presents and gifts.

Have a special event coming up? Need a special cake? Take a peek at our Cake Creations Gallery: http://www.at19culinary.com/gallery_cake.html. For enquiries on our custom order designer cakes, please send us an e-mail: at19culinary [at] yahoo.com.

At 19 Culinary Studio at SKII event – 17 Nov and 8 Dec 2012

When SKII approached us to conduct a Gingerbread Decorating workshop for their Elite members, we were delighted. It was SKII’s annual appreciation party for their Elite members. This time, the 2 parties were held at I Utama and Sunway Pyramid. At 19 conducted a demonstration on how to decorate the gingerbreads with a Christmas theme. Elite members and their family had a whale of a time, especially the children, decorating the gingerbreads in the most creative way.

SKII held a “Best Decorated Christmas Gingerbread” contest and needless to say, Elite members were trying to outdo each other busy piping all sort of designs with royal icing of different colours. There were snowman, gingerbread boy, gingerbread girl and xmas tree. We even colour the fondant for snowman’s hat in SKII corporate red colour.

Everyone had a fun time including all of us At 19. If you are looking to do fun offsite culinary activities like SKII, do drop us an e-mail to enquire - at19culinary [at] yahoo.com. We will be more than happy to assist.

Baking classes with Celebrity Bakers - Nov & Dec 2012

At 19 Culinary Studio always strives to come up with interesting ideas for our customers. A bright idea come up one day during our brain storming sessions and we thought why not have well known local bakers come and teach our customers. That was how we conceived the idea of conducting a Celebrity Bakers series.

We contacted a few celebrity bakers in town and after a few e-mails, chit-chat, we signed on Nigel of Just Heavenly and Cheng Yi aka Fat Boy Bakes. For those who do not know (shame on you!), Just Heavenly is a very popular novelty cake shop in town and Fat Boy Bakes is synonymous with delicious cakes.

If you would like to join our Celebrity Bakers series, there are 3 more classes on 24 Nov (Fat Boy Bakes), 1 Dec (Fat Boy Bakes), 9 Dec (Just Heavenly). Log on to our website class calender at www.at19culinary.com/schedule.html for details. Seats are limited. Hurry and book. See ya soon!

Yipee! School Holiday Classes

Yipee! The school holidays are here again. To some mothers, this is a time to take time off work and spend some quality time with their children. To others, this is the time when they have to scout for fun activities for their children. Skills learning is often high on the wish list for parents looking for quality activities for their children to engaged in and at the same time learn some useful skills which they can apply to everyday life.

If you are looking for something different this school holiday season, why not let your children try out their skills at cooking and baking. Knowing how to cook or bake is a survival skill vital for children in their everyday life especially when they are older and go to study abroad. Many children nowadays are spoilt to bits, they have maids to do everything for them. Surely, they need not cook or bake. But hey, you may discover a hidden talent in your children. Cooking and baking helps to bring out a child’s curiosity and hidden creativity. It also helps as a stress reliever and the shy ones usually make new friends in a class with other children.

In every class, the children will learn to use all their five senses to see, hear, smell, touch and taste everything giving them a whole new learning experience in the art of cooking and baking. For school holiday fun, check out our class calendar at www.at19culinary.com/schedule.html.
 

Cake of the month - Nov 2012

It’s time again for us to feature our “Cake of the month” to showcase what we consider our best custom made order cake. The Cake of the month for Nov is a special Birthday cake for Chloe. The birthday girl loves chocolates and we made her our very special Moist Chocolate cake. The chocolate ganache was oooh… so deliciously smoothen over the cake as the base for the lovely string of flowers corsage running round the border of the cake.

Have a special event coming up? Need a special cake? Take a peek at our Cake Creations Gallery: www.at19culinary.com/gallery_cake.html. For enquiries on our custom order designer cakes, please send us an e-mail: at19culinary [at] yahoo.com.
 

At 19 - One of the 4 Top Notch Places to Whip up a Meal in Kuala Lumpur

At 19 Culinary Studio has been featured in a lifestyle magazine as one of the "Top Notch Places to Whip up a Meal" in Kuala Lumpur. We are humbled and proud to be one of the 4 cooking schools featured in the Oct issue of Kunang-Kunang magazine. We were featured together with top notch cooking schools like Lazat and Bayan Indah which are well established cooking schools in Kuala Lumpur. Thank you for making us your preferred cooking school to whip up a meal.

Check out our website class calender at www.at19culinary.com/schedule.html. You can also call us at 016-377 8236 for enquiries. See you soon!

Cake of the month - Oct 2012

It’s time again for us to feature our “Cake of the month” to showcase what we consider our best custom made order cake. The Cake of the month for Oct is a special 12pc set of Angry Bird cupcakes for Chiacena. Yes, Ms Chia ordered the M&M cake earlier in the month and she liked it so much that she ordered from us again a set of fondant cupcakes for Jian Jian and Bin’s birthday.

Well, Happy Birthday Jian Jian & Bin. Hope you both liked the cupcakes. If you have a special event coming up and need a special cake, call us at 016-377 8236 or e-mail us at19culinary [at] yahoo.com. You can also take a peek at our Cake Creations Gallery: http://www.at19culinary.com/gallery_cake.html.

Private class: Parent & Child Thomas the Train Cupcakes - 22 Sept 2012

What a way to spend a fun weekend afternoon with the kids. When Jovi approached us to conduct a parent & child cupcakes class for her family & friends, we were delighted. It was a mother and child afternoon with dad tagging along to take photos of course! Thomas the Train, Thomas the Train - the kids wanted Thomas the Train - their favourite cartoon character. So, we did Thomas the train and railway tracks on a lovely lawn with flowers for it to run on. The kids had a fun time baking the cupcakes and decorating them using fondant in various colours. The results were amazing!

If you would like to organise a private class for parent & child activity at our cooking school, do call us at 016-377 8236 or e-mail at19culinary [at] yahoo.com for enquiries.

Cake of the month - Sept 2012

It’s time again for us to feature our “Cake of the month” to showcase what we consider our best custom made order cake. The Cake of the month for Sept is a special Birthday cake for Chiacena. She wanted a birthday cake for her friend Wei Wei decorated with lots of M&Ms! Wei Wei is a fan of M&Ms and Chiacena was delighted when she got delivery of a yummy delicious chocolate butter cake decorated with fondant and lots of M&Ms. Well, another satisfied customer. We are happy when our customers are happy.

Take a peek at our Cake Creations Gallery: http://www.at19culinary.com/gallery_cake.html. For enquiries on our custom order designer cakes, please send us an e-mail: at19culinary [at] yahoo.com.

 

 

 

The Star Cookbook Launch: Food for your Eyes - 7 Sept 2012

The much awaited "Food For Your Eyes" Cookbook was launched at At 19 Culinary Studio on 7 Sept 2012. This special cookbook highlights basic facts about common eye diseases and how food can help prevent or reduce the risk of blindness. The cookbook is co-authored by husband and wife team, Dr Kenneth Fong and Ms Goo Chui Hoong. Dr Fong is an ophthalmologist and retinal surgeon whilst Ms Goo is a dietitian. The book published by The Star Publications (M) Bhd contains over 50 delicious asian based recipes created by Ms Goo herself.

Ms Goo is a freelance culinary intsructor with At 19 Culinary Studio and she conducts healthy cooking classes. Sample dishes from the cookbook was served to guests at the launch event and everyone gave the thumbs up especially for the Onde-Onde with walnut filing. So so Yummy!

Those interested can get a copy of "Food for Your Eyes" cookbook at At 19 Culinary Studio at a special discounted price of RM32 (normal price: RM39.90).

Fat Boy Bakes & Just Heavenly - Celebrity Bakers Workshops

Fat Boy Bakes and Just Heavenly are conducting Celebrity Bakers Workshop here in At 19 Culinary Studio. Come and join these Hands-on weekend workshops. There are only limited seats and the vouchers are on sale now on Groupon. Price at only RM180. Deal ends on 12 Sept. So, hurry and check it out at http://www.groupon.my/deals/klang-valley-kuala-lumpur/At-19-Culinary-Studio/716327297

LIKE us & WIN a Cake Contest - 1 Sept to 30 Nov 2012

Hey Everyone,

Our target for 30 Nov 2012 is to have 2,300 fans on our Facebook. If you help us get to our target, we will REWARD you. The reward is a Christmas Cake worth RM108 from At 19. What do you have to do?

Simply LIKE us on Facebook. Ask your family & friends to LIKE us on Facebook.

What is the target?

If we have 2,300 Facebook fans on 30 Nov 2012, EVERYONE who is our Facebook fan stand a chance to WIN a CHRISTMAS CAKE worth RM108. Hey, how GREAT is that!? So, if you are already our Facebook fan, ask your family and friends to LIKE us.

What do you have to do?

On 1 Dec, we will announce thru our blog and Facebook whether we have achieved the target of 2,300 Facebook fans. If we have achieved the target, we will give everyone, who is our Facebook fan, 2 weeks to submit a “At 19 Tagline” to us.

The TOP 5 Taglines which BEST describes or represents At 19 Culinary Studio WINS. A Tagline is a catchy phrase. Example of Tagline – “At 19 Culinary Studio – Best Way to Cook”.

So, just click to LIKE us. You don’t have to do anything until our announcement on 1 Dec. Wait for the announcement and wait for our instructions on submission of the “At 19 Tagline” on 1 Dec 2012.
 

Private Class: Lily Chow from Hong Kong - 23, 25 & 26 Aug 2012

When Malaysian Lily Chow currently residing in Hong Kong contacted us to do a private class for her on her holiday back to Malaysia, we were excited as she wanted to learn authentic cooking and baking using natural ingredients. She wanted to learn how to hand make her own cendol from scratch, popular nyonya appetizer pai tee and delicious favourite popiah.  She also wanted to learn local flavor chiffon cakes which must be “soft as the clouds” and the laborious pandan layer cake and kuih lapis Indonesia. Phew! That’s a lot to learn in 3 days.

We gotta give a cheer to Lily’s mum who drove her to/fro the 3 day classes and waited patiently for her daughter to finish class! Lily enjoyed her one to one classes and gained lots of tips and techniques as she did not stop asking questions! Lily said “I wanted to learn these recipes because they are my favourite food and not easily available in Hong Kong. When I was searching for a cooking school, my friends, some of whom are bakers, recommended At 19 Culinary Studio.”

Thanks Lily for the commendation. We hope you enjoyed the classes as much as we enjoyed having you for 3 days. Interested to enquire about private class or recipe development – call us at 016-377 8236.

Sept-Dec 2012 Class Calender is LIVE on At 19 Website

Our Sept to Dec 2012 Class Calender is LIVE on At 19 website. Go to www.at19culinary.com and click on “class calendar” at the top bar. We are also having our Open Days all weekends in Sept.

On our Open Days, you can sign up for 3 classes and get 1 free OR better yet sign up 5 classes and get 2 free (free classes are the ones chosen with the cheapest class fee) AND that’s not all, members who book and pay on our Open Days get additional 10% discount on the 3+1 and 5+2 packages.

The RM50 cash voucher deal that we ran on Groupon recently - we still have 20 vouchers left for the 2-hour demo workshop, free 1 year membership and RM50 cash voucher to redeem against any class of your choice. So, of you missed the deal, you can still have a chance to get the voucher from us directly. But you have to hurry before it runs out!

Any enquiries, please call us now at 016-377 8236. See you all soon.

LIKE us & WIN a Cake. Contest period 1 Sept - 30 Nov 2012

Our target for 30 Nov is to have 2,300 fans on our Facebook. If you help us get to our target, we will REWARD you. What do you have to stand a chance to WIN a Christmas Cake from At 19?

Simply LIKE us on Facebook. Ask your family & friends to LIKE us on Facebook.

What is the target?

If we have 2,300 Facebook fans on 30 Nov 2012, EVERYONE who is our Facebook fan stand a chance to WIN a CHRISTMAS CAKE. Hey, how GREAT is that!? So, if you are already our Facebook fan, ask your family and friends to LIKE us.

What do you have to do?

On 1 Dec, we will announce thru our blog and Facebook whether we have achieved the target of 2,300 Facebook fans. If we have achieved the target, we will give everyone, who is our Facebook fan, 2 weeks to submit a “At 19 Tagline” to us. The TOP 5 Taglines which BEST describes or represents At 19 Culinary Studio WINS. Example of Tagline – “At 19 Culinary Studio – Best Way to Cook”.

So, just click to LIKE us. You don’t have to do anything until our announcement on 1 Dec. Wait for the announcement and wait for our instructions on submission of the “At 19 Tagline” contest form on 1 Dec 2012.

Sept-Dec 2012 Promotions for Open Day

Hey everyone,

For those of you who are still not aware our Sept to Dec 2012 Open Day promotions is now ON in Groupon. You can choose to buy from Groupon or directly from us At 19. But You must Hurry as we have only 50 vouchers left.

It is a deal not to be missed as we celebrate our 2nd anniversary in the last quarter of 2012, this is At 19's way of rewarding our customers, members, subscribers and Groupon supporters.

You pay RM50 to buy the voucher and here's what you will get:-

• attend a 2 hour demo workshop of your choice on weekends in Sept (choose from 10 different baking or cooking workshops)
• a RM50 cash voucher to offset class fees for a class fo your choice from our Sept-Dec 2012 class calender (voucher to be redeemed on workshop day)
• a one year At 19 membership where amongst other benefits, you will be entitled to a 50% discount off class fees for any class of your choice on your birthday month (you can check out the Membership page on our website)

The deal is on until 21 Aug. Here's the link to Groupon for further deatils,

http://www.groupon.my/deals/klang-valley-kuala-lumpur/at-19-culinary-studio/716264926

Saudi Arabia Dates for Ramadhan

Selamat Berpuasa to all our muslim members, subsribers and fans,

For this Ramadhan, we are bringing you specially flown in dates from Saudi Arabia, in special designed packaging not found in any retail shop at RM25 (1 box) or RM45 (2 box). They come in two designs, either gold or silver apple container with an outer clear cover. Each apple contains 12pcs mix dates individually wrapped in silver or gold foil with a sticker to identify each date. These are seedless dates with almond, apricot or orange peel, mint or cinnamon flavoured.

To book your order, please complete our online redemption form on our website at www.at19culinary.com/form-redemption.html. How to complete the form? Simple - Just

1. Key in all your personal details as required.
2. Product type, choose "Mix Dates 1 box" or "Mix Dates 2 box"
3. Product description, key in "mix dates"
4. Voucher code, key in "19"
5. Security code, key in "19"
6. Collection date, key in your preferred collection date.
You may collect Wed to Sun (10am-5pm)
7. Click "Submit" and a confirmation will be given within 48 hours

We have limited stocks, so order early. For enquires, please call 016-377 8236.

IKEA's Swedecook Event - 1 July 2012

At 19 Culinary Studio was proud to be the host for the winners of IKEA’s Pretty Smart Kitchen Contest which ran in June. The winners were invited to a hands-on Swedecook event cooking up a storm under the guidance of Chef Khai in our kitchen. Of course all recipes were typically Swedish – Swedish Canapes (fish cakes on toast with salad and saffron mayonnaise), Jansson’s Temptations, Lindstromare (minced mutton with beetroot, capers & spices served with picked cabbage and onion sauce), Dark Chocolate Kladdkaka with raspberries.

Needless to say, all the winners had fun and fond memories of their cooking experience at At 19 Culinary Studio. Karen Ng of IKEA has this to say "Thanks and yes, we had fun. We're glad to also see the winners were all eager to learn and one of them even blogged about the event."

If you are looking for a culinary adventure, call us at 016-377 8236 or e-mail us at19culinary@yahoo.com.

Kids Birthday Party

Just look at all those smiling faces. We hosted a little girl's birthday party at our studio recently and she invited her friends over for an all girls' baking and cupcake decorating session. There were lots of chit chattering, fun, kids telling each other what to do - "do it this way, not that way", "teacher, teacher how do you....?" The girls created their animal zoo designs using fondant under the guidance of cake decorator Yee Laine. The girls' decorated their cupcakes with handmade hippo, elephant, snake and birds. Great stuff! Master little chefs in the making!

Interested to do a kids' birthday party with us, call us at 016-377 8236 or e-mail us at19culinary@yahoo.com

IKEA's Swedecook Class: Bloggers' session - 7 June 2012

 Hey, did you all know about the IKEA Pretty Smart Kitchen Contest which ended on 14 June 2012? Yes, yes, yes, all you had to do was to e-mail a photo of your fun kitchen moments to IKEA and 10 winners will be picked. Guess what is the prize?

Hurray! a free Swedish Cooking class at At 19 Culinary Studio. Yeap, what a prize it was. We conducted the first session for IKEA's brand ambassadors who are bloggers for a first hand experience of a cooking class in our At 19 kitchen studio. Blogjunkies, David Wang and wife Pei Chyi, Kak Ina, Abang Sop, Health Freak mommy Shireen, Bitter sweet Lemon Evelyn all arrived with gusto to prepare and savour a swedish 3-course meal.

Everyone had so much fun cooking up a storm of delicious swedish food - Janson’s Temptations (traditional Swedish casarole), Poached Salmon with dill and lemon sauce and Crepes with honeyed apples and vanilla ice-cream. Yummy! Even though not a swedish!, Chef Khai conducted the cooking class with ease and experience of a top notch swedish executive chef. Look at the presentation of the finished dishes - simply fantatstic.

The 10 winners of the IKEA contest will be picked this week for a Swedecook masterchef class with Chef Khai on 1 July at At 19 Culinary Studio. The recipes to be taught are being fine-tuned. Watch out for more suprises in our next post.

Private Class: Ana's Bridal Shower - 12 May 2012

When Tasha e-mailed us to host a cupcakes baking class as a bridal shower for her friend, Ana who was getting married in June, we were delighted. The theme was black and red. Tasha got each of the girls black t-shirts with their names printed in red - cool! We quickly put on our thinking caps and came up with the theme of Bride & Groom. The girls created designs of a bridal dress, a groom's suit, roses and ribbons, all on black and red fondant. A touch of glitter was added as the finishing touch and hey presto - 4 lovely decorated cupcakes. We even brought out our new red coloured kitchen aid mixer just for Ana!

What an event it was. All the girls changed into their black t-shirts and everyone looked fantastic in their cool jeans. Of course the bribe-to-be had a polka dot apron and everyone enjoyed themselves baking, chit chatting, chilling out without boyfriends and husbands. Great stuff. We wish you the very best Ana....Happliy Ever After from all of us At 19!