Create your own Home Plate
We offer multiple plans, so you get all the assistance you’re looking for at the right price.
Basic Plan: $2,000
- Introduction and Overview of Contents
- Organizational Advice, Guidelines, Suggestions and Tips
- Private Class Registration Form
- Group Class Registration Form
- Liability/Photo Release Form
- Class Menus and Pricing Guidelines
- Link to my book “Recipes, Menus and Memories from a Cooking School”; permission to use recipes.
- Knife Skills Video
- Knife Skills Class Shopping List and Handout
- Home Plate Logo with Your Name
- Safety and Procedure Video
- Safety and Procedure Notes for Your Introductions
- Class Set Up Videos
- One 30-Minute Zoom Organizational Call
- Contact Information for Help
- Certification and 1-year license to use Home Plate logo and recipes
Tier 2: $3,000
- All Basic Plan features PLUS:
- Two 30-minute Zoom Calls with Polly
- Homemade Pasta Class
- Two-Year Certification with License to use Home Plate
Tier 3: $4,500
- All Basic Plan features PLUS:
- Three 30-minute Zoom Calls with Polly
- Homemade Pasta Class
- Three-year Certification and License to use Home Plate
- Website Template
- Six Home Plate Aprons
Annual Renewal: $500
- One-Year Recertification and License to use Home Plate (Tier 2 includes 2 years, Tier 3 includes 3)
- Includes Two NEW Contemporary Classes
- One Zoom or phone call with Polly to brainstorm and discuss your progress, challenges and needs
A Passion for Cooking
Meet Polly Talbott
About Polly Talbott
Polly Talbott, CCP, started out baking with her grandmother as a child and continued this passion with a degree in Home Economics from Otterbein College. She has dedicated her life to the culinary arts through restaurant management, research and development, and food styling for photography in the New York Tri-State area; in 1999 she founded A la Carte Culinary Services in Lynbrook, New York. For 22 years, she owned and directed the successful cooking school, teaching people of all ages. Polly now enjoys teaching private classes and pursuing her passions, including ballroom dancing, biking, traveling, and spending time with her grandchildren, Leo and Emilia, who are budding chefs themselves.