GM Appliances startup Chibo brings the chef to your kitchen (virtually)

Learn to make a Valentine’s souffle with Chibo. (Photo courtesy of Chibo.)

One can learn a lot by watching a YouTube tutorial about how to properly marinate pork for carnitas or how to mix the perfect margarita, but it’s sort of like watching a cooking show on TV – it’s a decidedly passive experience.

A new start-up by GE Appliances called Chibo turns that sort of culinary learning on its head by offering live, streaming cooking demonstrations during which the user can follow along step by step and interact along the way in the process of making a dish.

Classes are opened for registration in advance, and participants will receive an e-mail about a week ahead of time with a list of needed ingredients so they will be prepared to make the dish or complete the exercise at hand. It might be cake decorating or making a keto-friendly dish.

Upcoming classes include a meal of reverse-seared steak with sides of pureed cauliflower and charred broccolini; preparing keto French onion skillet chicken; preparing seafood-stuffed peppers; cake decorating, and making French pastries.

Classes might be hosted by cooks or even enthusiastic foodies in any part of the country, but an upcoming course will be shot right here in Louisville with Lindsey McClave of the KET program “The Farmer and the Foodie” (Lindsey’s the foodie in the equation). The class will focus on making a Valentine’s Day souffle. The cost to participate in the class is $15. The class is Feb.11 at 6:30 p.m., and those interested can register here.

Chibo classes in general typically range between $15 and $30 and courses are designed to last 90 minutes or less. Recipes typically will yield four servings.