Free Cooking Programs

Program Reviews-What's The Buzz?

UNEDITED OUTGOING STUDENT REVIEWS:


LEMONT PUBLIC LIBRARY 2/06/2010        GUMBO!

Fantastic Class - Incredibly Informative

Wonderful!  What A Great Gumbo!

Get Him More Often!  Loved It!

Awesome!  Great Presentation, Very Informative - Great Food! 

Please have more of these!  learned a lot.  Very enjoyable and patient chef.

Best Program yet! 

Very entertaining!  Bring Him Back. 

Very interesting and informative.



International Cheese Tasting Program

September 23 2009

Michael was wonderful and entertaining, the food was tasty and interesting.

Chef Michael-good speaker-keeps you interested all of the time.

Nice personality & speaker.

Love his knowledge of why you do things his way.  have him again please.

Chef was informative, sensible ideas.

Excellent program.

Great Ideas, Great food.

he was friendly and the food was great!

He kept the discussion light but offered a lot of useful information.He was very personable--humorous.

Chef Michael Niksic is a very funny, entertaining and knowledgeable chef.  Good presentation.

He was very informative and entertaining.

Starts ontime, Great presenter.  Food was delicious.

informative and animated.

Good conversation, good food.

Speaker was a real person and good.  People need to turn off their cell phones!



June 8th, 2009

Dear Mr. Niksic:

Thank you so much for offering, your “Summer Brunch” program at the library.    The program was both entertaining and educational.  You are a very gracious host and the audience was very engaged and appreciative.  The handouts were exceptional and the response was extremely positive.

Sincerely,  Laurel Casey

Adult  Program Coordinator

Grayslake Public Library


Healthier Eating Class 3/14/09

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I enjoyed [the presentation] very much.

This class was wonderful! Thank you.

I would definitely like to see this again.

Michael Niksic clarified lots of health questions in cooking and was very informative and entertaining. Excellent!

Excellent presentation!

Very excited and informative.

Super program.  Fun and informative!

Very entertaining and informativeThank you.  Great tips and good food!

Ask chef to return.

Fun and interesting.

Michael Niksic was very informative and entertaining.  I hope he comes back!

Great job! Keep up the good work!



Serious Chili  12/2008:


Did you enjoy the program?

Yes, excellent presentation.

Yes, Instructor was fun.  He made us relaxed.

Yes. very informative.

Chef has lots of knowledge, was very entertaining, lots of good cooking tips, excellent chili.

Excellent program.  Good Chef.  Good food. Very good information

Wonderful explanation of the science behind why he cooks the way he does.

Great patter, but even better chef!  Food was great.

Very much.  Excellent chili.

Very good, enjoyable, funny.  A lot of information about cooking.  I will come again.

Yes, very informative, funny, enjoyable and yummy!




Chocolate Overdose  Class   05/2008


Outstanding in all aspects!

It was great!

Fantastic!

Very informative – Great job!

Lots of fun!

Wonderful!

Fun!  Good sense of humor!  Wonderful treats!

This type of program is very worthwhile.

Very good program

Yum!  Michael is a lot of fun!           

Very informative

Interesting chef.  Good Food

Funny.  Sample sizes were wonderful.

Well organized and executed.  Entertaining.  

Shared his expertise in a personable way.  Fun.

Delicious program.  Chef really knows his stuff.  Very articulate

El Chef was very entertaining & knowledgeable.  His credentials were

Impressive.

liked his straightforward attitude

I did not know this was a cooking class.  I was here strictly for the

chocolate.  I loved his enthusiasm!

Great chocolate, great recipes

Fantastic personality – interesting presentation

Wonderful.  One of the better programs library has offered.

Great presentation.  Funny.  Knowledgeable

Michael was more entertaining than I expected.  His food was delicious.

      

QUESTION:  What did you enjoy about today's program?

Uber Cool Gingerbread House Program  - comments from 1 class 12/2007


Extremely funny, knowledgeable presenter

I truly enjoyed this program.  The chef was personable & funny & interesting, .

Yes, would not mind seeing it again next year! 

It was VERY good.   Informative, funny, and the right amount of time.

I will tell others about this fun library program & hope to see others like it at the library.

Good, easy ideas.

Very inspiring, speaker was motivated; overall well done, can't wait to start.

Included the children.

The presenter was informative and fun, included the kids in the group.

So friendly and very informative.

Very informative and fun.

Entertaining and Informative.

Nicely informal, fun.

Short and a lot of info.

His displays(very fun houses)

Recipes, templates & practical "pointers", very informative, loved the lighting!

New ideas, creative.

Engaging fun.  

Seems like he truly enjoys his work, glad I came!