Fairway Opens Cooking School At UWS Supermarket

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Fairway Market is branching out from simply selling groceries by opening up a cooking school above its Upper West Side location, the company announced this week.

The school, named The Cooking Place, is located in a newly-renovated space above Fairway's store on Broadway between West 74th and 75th Streets, according to a press release. The school is helmed by chef Laura Licona and will offer more than 100 classes on a wide range of cooking skills.

Licona's work as a chef and "food anthropologist" has taken her around the world and landed her in kitchens where she learned from a number of different chefs, according to the cooking school's website. She also has experience as a restaurant owner and worked as executive chef at Giorgio’s of Gramercy in New York.

Classes offered at the school include: Baking, couples cooking, healthy dining, regional and ethnic cuisine, pairing wine with food, specific cooking skills and classes on specific dishes such as sushi and pizza making. Cooks of all skill levels are encouraged to sign up for classes, according to the school's website.

"If you’re a pretty good cook or just a novice, The Cooking Place can help you cook everything better. The curriculum created by executive chef, Laura Licona, is designed to teach you everything from the basics to some of the more complicated dishes you never thought you could master. So come cook with us at The Cooking Place. You never had this much fun learning," the school's website reads.