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With restaurants ordered by the state to providetakeout only, and bars closed across metro Atlanta, chefs and bartenders are taking their skills virtual. Eater Atlanta rounded up a few regularly hosted digital cooking classes, cocktail demonstrations, virtual wine tastings, and chefs breaking down recipes to check out as Atlantans dine at home while sheltering in place.
Know of a regular virtual food or drink event on Instagram, Facebook, or Zoom hosted by an Atlanta restaurant, chef, bartender, or other food producer? Send Eater the details on thetipline. Check back for new weekly virtual classes and demos to watch.
Online Cooking Classes
“Running withRedbird” — hosted by Chef Zeb Stevenson
Redbird chef Zeb Stevensonis teaching people how to cook some of the restaurant’s dishes at home in a series of Instagram videos. Follow along as Stevenson breaks down how to make fresh strawberry jam, talks bread-making and music, and discusses the benefits of weighing ingredients. Videos pop up on Redbird’sInstagrampage weekly, and typically four to five minutes long.
“Quarantine Cafe” — hosted by Chef Jeffrey Gardner
The roving Atlanta chef and restaurant consultant has taken to his home kitchen, producing a video series providing recipes and cooking demonstrations of easy meals to whip up at home using what’s in the pantry or found at a local market. Learn how to make everything from lentil chili to spaghetti alla puttanesca. Follow along onYouTube.
Cooking classes— hosted byBellina AlimentariandAziza
Owner Tal Baum and crew host regularly scheduled cooking classes viaFacebooklive typically at 4 p.m. on Thursdays, like making pasta and pizza or creating fresh hummus and pita. Follow on Facebook to stay updated on new dates. Kits and recipes for classes can be purchased online atBellina’s market.
Cooking classes— hosted byThe Cook’s Warehouse
The Cook’s Warehouse is holding its cooking classes online via Zoom. Participants are provided a shopping list prior to class to purchase ingredients needed. Classes are $25 and include recipes and a recording of the course. Those interested should sign up atcookswarehouse.com/cooking-classes.
Cookbook giveaway — chef Virginia Willis
Georgia chef and cookbook authorVirginia Willis上線在Facebook上每星期五下午2點cookbook giveaways and other cooking tips. Follow onInstagram, too, for other virtual events and TV appearances to watch.
*Check out other virtual cooking classeshere.
Online Cocktail Demos
“Sippin’ at Home” — hosted byCold Beer/Gunshowbeverage director Mercedes O’Brien
Follow “Sippin at Home” on Instagram as Atlanta bartenderMercedes O’Brien的發展rates how to make a proper cocktail at home using what people have in the pantry, on the bar, and even in the garden. Episode One, entitled “Something Different Gimlet”, is already up on Instagram.
Daily virtual happy hour— hosted byLikewisebar
The bar insideCitizen SupplyatPonce City Marketgoes live onInstagramstories every day for happy hour at 5 p.m. with cocktail demonstrations and even cocktail-related trivia on Fridays.
“Mixing with Mixy” - hosted by Jasmyne Brooks ofMixy Chix
Jasymne Brooks, owner of Atlanta mobile bartending service Mixy Chix, is hosting cocktail demos and classes viaYouTube. Follow onInstagramto stay updated on dates and other online events.
Cocktail classeswith Krista Slater and Jerry Slater of the Expat
Krista and Jerry Slater, owners of the Expat in Athens, have teamed up with theSouthern Foodways Alliancefor a cocktail-making series onInstagramandFacebookLive. Follow along for the schedule and updates.
Virtual Wine Tastings
Virtual wine tasting — Perrine’s
Each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., the wine shop atWestside Provisions Districthosts its weekly wine tastings online. Virtual tastings are often lead by owner Perrine Prieur Gallardo or one of her knowledgable staff members, and includes special guest sommeliers from Atlanta restaurants and wine distributors, live music, and the chance to taste through three wines.Sign upand swing by to pick up wines prior to the tasting. Contact-free and curbside pickup only.
“The Wine Show” — hosted by Atlanta sommelier Tim Willard
Atlanta sommelier and director of education forEuropean Cellars, Tim Willard, hosts a wine and music variety show every Wednesday night via Zoom. Each tasting includes a musical guest and wines from Willard’s Atlanta retail shop partners, like3 Parks Wine,Perrine’s,Highland Fine Wine,Elemental Spirits, andVinoTeca. Keep updated by visiting European Cellar’s online events page for details on wines to purchase ahead of the themed Wednesday tastings. A Zoom link is provided with the exact time and the password to join each week.
Virtual wine tasting — 3 Parks Wine Shop
The wine shop in Glenwood Park, owned by Sarah Pierre, is now helping to supply wines for Willard’s virtual “Wine Show”. Call 678-349-7070 or email Cheers@3parkswine.com to find out more information and to order wines for the tastings for curbside pickup.
Virtual wine tasting— hosted byWahoo Wine & Provisions
The wine shop next door to sister restaurant Wahoo Grill offers online wine tastings every Thursday at 7 p.m. via Zoom andInstagramLive. Follow updates onFacebookand Instagram. Wines can be purchased and picked up at the shop on East College Avenue in Decatur.
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Several wineries in Dahlonega, Georgia, plan to host virtual wine tastings over the coming weeks. For schedules, check out thislist of wineriesor visitDahlonega’s Instagramaccount for updates.
Virtual Trivia
Weekly virtual trivia from Hampton + Hudson
Each Thursday at precisely 7:55 p.m., host Adam Greene goes live onInstagramwith questions viaCrowd Live link. Participants sign up to play prior to the game by making a $5donationto benefit the staff atHampton + Hudsonin Inman Park. Only 100 people can participate each game, with the two top teams winning prizes.
Other Virtual Restaurant Events
NakatoJapanese restaurant owner Sachi Nakato Takahara is conducting a weekly origami making class on the restaurant’sFacebook Page. The Facebook Live classes take place every Monday at 5 p.m., and simply requires participants to have foldable paper on hand.
Stay home if sick. Check theGeorgia Department of Public Healthwebsite for guidance and twice-daily updates on the latest number of reported COVID-19 cases.