Jane Steele, an El Paso native, has a favorite thing: to make people happy with food. And through several career evolutions – personal chef, food stylist, event planner and caterer – Steele finally started doing her favorite thing via personal cooking classes.
At either a local restaurant or in her mother’s eclectically beautiful Westside home, Steele picks a food focus (Asian, BBQ, Italian) and prepares a five-course meal to include appetizers and dessert. One class is hands-on where you chop and mix and the other class is sit-and-watch with a glass of wine. Classes are $40 and can be booked by emailing Steele at simplygourmetelpaso@yahoo.com.
Most of the students in Steele’s class have been with her for years, collecting a binder’s worth of her unique recipes. Available here are photos from a recent class where Steele taught the class with her mother Anne’s help.
Steele is working on a children’s book and also teaches summer cooking camps for kids.
