CINCINNATI — We’ve all had to get a little better in the kitchen over the past year as restaurants were shut down and we were eating at home more. One business owner started her cooking class business to do just that: sharpen up your skills and enjoy creating a meal. 

What You Need To Know

  • Jordan Hamons created Tablespoon Cooking Co. about five years ago

  • After starting in Findlay Kitchen, an incubator kitchen, she opened her own space just two months ago

  • Tablespoon Cooking Co. offers cooking classes for all types of meals and always incorporates basic kitchen skills too

  • Hamons said she's grateful for how much support she gets from the community; her classes typically book up quickly and about a month out

​​​It takes all afternoon for Jordan Hamons, the owner of Tablespoon Cooking Co., and her crew to set up for a cooking class.

“Some classes are easier than others to prep for but we try to have everything pretty much done and situated by the time the guests show up," Hamons said.

Between chopping, blending, and caramelizing, the staff at Tablespoon Cooking Co. makes sure everything is ready for you.

“We will have all of your equipment laid out," Hamons said. "Like in this class, it’s our taco class and the first thing we do is a margarita.”

For Hamons, her business started almost five years ago after she was working as a corporate chef.

“I just kind of wanted to interact with people and talk with people about cooking," she said. "So, a mentor of mine suggested teaching cooking classes.”

That’s where Tablespoon Cooking Co. was born, starting out at Findlay Kitchen, an incubator kitchen just down the street, before opening her own space just two months ago.

“We started really small, one class a month, one class every other month and then just gradually kind of build up to now, five, six classes a week along with private events and catering," Hamons said.

Hamons said that especially over the last year, more and more people have wanted to create and share memories with friends and family.

“People want to get out and do things," she said. "So we have a lot of people who do this instead of a gift or they do it for date night or they get this for everyone for a Christmas present so they can come and do something that’s not just an item, something that makes a memory.”

And as the preparations for each class come to a close and Hamons welcomes in guests and shows them what to do, she remembers where she came from, and that she’s not done just yet.

“It doesn’t happen overnight," she said. "It’s really a lot of little baby steps and then kind of as they accumulate, that’s what really makes the progress.”

Tablespoon Cooking Co. is located in Over-The-Rhine in Cincinnati. Classes book out a month in advance.