Bring the Wok Home: 3 Quick & Healthy Asian Rice Bowls for Easy Dinners & Meal Prep

Skip the takeout and bring bold, homemade Asian flavors to your table in 30 minutes or less! In this hands-on cook-along experience, you’ll learn how to create three quick, scratch-made healthy chicken rice bowls inspired by Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cuisine.
Come make Chef Tess’ versions of Teriyaki Chicken, Honey Garlic Chicken, and Gochujang-glazed chicken using a simple, repeatable, and HEALTHY cooking method that makes weeknight meals fast and stress-free. You’ll also learn an easy, versatile approach to preparing vegetable sides as well as tips for marinating, seasoning, and building flavor. Perfect for busy nights and meal prep, these dishes are fresh, economical, and better than takeout.

Equipment Needs: Well-seasoned or non-stick wok optional.

The registration fee covers immediate family members living in the same household only. If children are participating, adult supervision is required.

The week of class, you will receive an email with an ingredient and supply list, prep packet, and Zoom video conferencing link. A few days after the class, you will receive an additional email with the recipes used during the class.

Tess Georgakopoulos

Instructor

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Tess Georgakopoulos, creator of Dish it up Good also known as “Chef Tess—Culinary Artist”, brings over four decades of cooking and baking experience to her work as a culinary educator and Community Education instructor.

Raised in a Greek Family where food was a central expression of love and connection, Tess developed her passion for cooking at a young age alongside her father, a trained chef. Those early experiences continue to shape her approach today—blending tradition, creativity, and deep appreciation for the role food plays in bringing people together.

As an accomplished cook, baker, and recipe developer, Tess is continually expanding her culinary repertoire through ongoing experimentation in her test kitchen. She is known for creating thoughtfully designed “gold standard” culinary experiences that combine technique, creativity, and approachability.

She currently partners with over 60 public school districts across Minnesota, and additional programs in Wisconsin, Missouri, New York and Oklahoma, and has taught over 5,000 participants. Through her teaching, Tess empowers home cooks of all skill levels to build confidence, expand their abilities, and experience the joy of creating meaningful meals in their own kitchens

Her guiding philosophy is simple: to make cooking approachable, enjoyable, and rewarding—helping others “make dishing simple and delicious”.

Tess is currently working on her first cookbook, with a food blog in development. Her work can be found on Facebook at Dish it up Good, and on Instagram.