Hamburgers & Fries, Pizza, and Cajun Pasta & Focaccia (private class) - AR Baptist
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Class on Tuesday, June 9th, 2026:
It's time to get in the kitchen to learn how to make Hamburgers & Fries (Chef Marquis), or Fresh Pizza (Chef Kelli), or Cajun Chicken & Shrimp Pasta with Focaccia Bread (Chef Kim)! This is a private class through AR Baptist, for 45 High School students. Cost divides out to $95 per person as invoice for whole class was $4,275.
Client/point-of-contact is Michael Isaac: michael.isaac@arkansasbaptist.edu, 501-420-1276
- Age Requirements: Ages 14 and up (High School students and up)
Dietary Requests or Questions? Please e-mail kgustafson@uaptc.edu
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Community Education Cancellation Policy: A full refund will be issued if registration is canceled at least 7 days prior to the start of class. Cancellations made less than 7 days from the class date, will not receive a refund unless the class spot can be sold. In the chance that UA-PTC must cancel a class, registrants will have the choice of receiving a full refund or transferring to another Community Education class.
Kim Jeffers
Chef Kim Jeffers is a graduate of the Pastry program at UA-PTC and a current instructor. She is aso a current Culinary student at UA-PTC and has a keen interest in the sweet and savory. She has been cooking and baking since she could stand on a chair beside her mother and grandma in the kitchen. Her absolute favorite things to bake are pies and pastries. She is fascinated by the complexities of food and exploring the endless possibilities as a teacher and life-long learner. Her husband and 4 boys motivate and encourage her in the kitchen and make for excellent live-in taste testers and food critics to ensure her classes produce only the most delicious dishes and bakes.
Kelli Marks, CEPC
Kelli Marks, Certified Executive Pastry Chef, has been baking professionally for 20 years. Kelli learned her way around the kitchen as most Southern women do, under the tutelage of her grandmother. Many people might recognize Kelli from her bakery, Sweet Love, where she was well-known for her wedding cakes - of which she has made over 500. Kelli and creations have been featured in Southern Living, Southern Bride, Eat Smarter (a German food magazine), Weddings in Arkansas, Arkansas Bride, among others. In 2021, Kelli wrote her first cookbook, Easy One Bowl Baking: No-Fuss Recipes for Sweet and Savory Baked Goods. Kelli is the 2023 Central Arkansas ACF chapter Pastry Chef of the Year, the 2024 Central Region ACF Pastry Chef of the Year, and the second-place 2024 National ACF Pastry Chef of the Year and she’s ready to teach you everything she knows.