ABOUT STIR
Stir in Cleveland Scene!
Stir in Cleveland.com!
Stir on News 5!
Stir in The Cleveland Bucket List!
Stir in Akron Beacon Journal!
Stir on Fox 8 News!
Stir in Ignatius Magazine!
Stir didn't invent cooking classes, but we are reinventing them...
Cooking classes don't belong tucked into the back of big box stores. They shouldn't be just an afterthought of a restaurant or caterer. Kitchens should be chic and welcoming. The instruction should be as theatrical as it is educational. Customers shouldn't stress over constant upselling or a bill at the end of the night. Guests should make memories, not just meals.
Stir is founded and owned by Cleveland native Charlie Denk. A few years into an engineering career, Charlie saw an opportunity to create a cooking class focused solely on guest experience - not as a retail sales mechanism nor subsidiary of a caterer or restaurant. He quickly became disenchanted with corporate life. So in 2018, at the age of 25, Charlie set out to create Stir.
Stir hosted its first class in June 2019 at the Ohio City studio. The Chagrin Falls studio was added in the fall of 2020, and Hudson in 2022. More fun is further down the road.
Come along for the ride, and make some memories along the way.
TEAM
Charlie Denk
Founder + Owner
Madison Smith
Director of Operations
Owner/Operator of Marie Simplicity
Caitlin Fehr
General Manager - Ohio City