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Big Easy and Elegant: Crab Crusted Redfish

Live from: 

New Orleans

Difficulty: 

Beginner to Intermediate

Class Duration: 

90 minutes

Language: 

English

LUMP CRAB CRUSTED RED FISH - group

United States

Beginner to Intermediate

90 minutes

American

New Orleans

Learn how to work with crab and fish in this elegant menu straight from the Big Easy

Join us for a special cooking class with Chef Gason, live from New Orleans, where seafood isn’t just food, it’s culture. In this elegant, approachable menu, you’ll learn how to prepare a stunning lump crab–crusted redfish paired with a bright Cajun apple and kale slaw. This cooking class is designed to demystify working with fresh crab and fish, showing you simple, chef-level techniques that deliver big flavor without complication.


Seafood has always been at the heart of New Orleans cooking, shaped by the city’s coastal waters, river trade, and deep Creole and Cajun roots. Whether you’re cooking for your loved one or elevating a weeknight meal, this is about learning how to make seafood feel effortless and refined. This team cooking experience is one that will bring new flavors and a lot of fun in your kitchen.

Highly accomplished chef video calling in from the country where the recipe originated

Professional Host to ensure your class is seamless and deeply interactive

24 hour White Glove Service from Kitchen Assistants who will assist your team with Shopping List questions and even help with event planning

The Chef & The Dish Certified Tested Class

Event Website Custom to your Company to register for their experience, complete with your logo

A beautiful Shopping List complete with Chef Bio and Keepsake Conversion Charts

Wine Pairings & Cocktail Recipes

Music Playlists featuring artists from your Chef’s country

A short Kitchen Prep video to get your team excited

Events add to your team's calendar and send reminders leading up to the event

Recipe Booklet

Option to continue the class after the cooking ends or have planned moments in the class specific to your team

Option to add Grocery Delivery

What You Get

Note: Our Kitchen Assistants are available 24/7 to discuss Global Class Series, Scheduling, and Dietary Preferences. If you'd like to schedule a call, simply submit your Booking Request and you will be prompted to schedule a call with a Kitchen Assistant to take care of your group. Please note, with the changing grocery landscape due to tariffs, we will provide the final grocery quote upon booking.

Meet The Chef

Chef Gason

Chef Gason

New Orleans, Louisiana

Private chef to A-list celebrities and athletes, contestant on Food Network, regular chef on TV, James Beard Scholar.

Chef Gason, a New Orleans native and two-time James Beard Scholar, has traveled the world, showcasing his extraordinary culinary talents to some of the most discerning palates, including Francis Ford Coppola, the Kardashians, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Matthew McConaughey, Swizz Beatz, Sinbad, Jairus Byrd, Paul Walker, Reggie Bush, and New Orleans Saints' tight end Ben Watson.


Chef Gason has been featured in Sports Illustrated, Business Insider, Reader's Digest, New Orleans Magazine, morning shows, and on the Food Network's "Chopped," where he made it to the final round. In 2017 and 2020, the American Culinary Federation, Louisiana Chapter, named him one of the "Best Chefs in Louisiana."


His passion for food and his hometown shines through in every detail. As Chef Gason says, "The state of being fully immersed in an activity is called 'flow.' Flow is my culinary code." And it's this flow that you’ll learn from him, without a doubt.


Known as the NOLA Chef, Chef Gason’s private chef and catering company, Full of Flavor, caters to events both intimate and grand, earning rave reviews. During your cooking class, his energy and vibrant spirit will leap from your screen, and by the end, you’ll have a new friend—and some of the best Creole food you’ve ever tasted. He can’t wait to teach you how to cook New Orleans-style in his classes with The Chef & The Dish.

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GROUP CLASS

The base price of this class is $799 USD which allows up to 10 households in the class. Each additional household is an additional $79 USD. Small Group and Multiple Class discounts are available. Please note, additional days and times may be available. Looking for private 1:1 classes? Explore here.

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From $79 USD/per device*

My team, ADVANTIS Global Services had an amazing time with The Chef & The Dish! Chef Gason Nelson took us on an amazing experience with Nola style BBQ Shrimp. Fun listening to his stories as a chef growing and learning his craft! Great for the team to bring families and loved ones together!

Bryan Geoffrey Mikolaitis

My husband, Richard, and I just spent the evening with Chef Gason cooking Creole dishes. The whole experience was beyond all expectations. Chef Gason is clearly passionate about Louisiana cuisine and it rubs off. He made the class fun, interesting and also a learning experience. We cooked fried shrimp - to die for, crab cakes - with a perfect consistency, both crispy on the outside but oh so moist inside and then Jambalaya with its rich blended flavors. We even made hurr… See More

Serena Jones

Great experience, to work with a chef from the country of the food you’re preparing, awesome!

Rob Pruett

Truly awesome experience without leaving the house. Chef Gason made us feel like we were in New Orleans and gave us stories, history and easy cooking tips to use at home. The organization and communication leading up to it made for a flawless 2 hour class. Thank you for a fun date night!

Jill Seifert

Client Reviews

We’ve had a lot of press coverage and we’re super happy to help people transport their kitchen for the day.

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