CL Woman’s Club to host Cooking Class

The Canyon Lake Woman’s Club is hosting its 3rd annual Cooking Class on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the senior center. Chef Louise Nielsen will be cooking a five-course meal. Recipes will be provided to attendees.

The cost is $45 per person. Seating is limited. To reserve a spot, contact Rose Marie Hand at 951-212-1946 or Jan May at 951-970-8333.

Chef Louise recently moved to Canyon Lake from Annapolis, Maryland. She was trained in the culinary field at the Culinary Institute of America, a private college and culinary school in Hyde Park, New York, that specializes in culinary, baking and pastry arts education.

Louise is a certified pastry chef with the American Culinary Federation, certified hospitality educator and member of Les Dames d’Escoffier. She spent years as a chef instructor at a Maryland Community College where she taught baking and pastry credit and personal enrichment classes. Prior to that, Louise spent many years in Washington, D.C., restaurants as a pastry chef.