Dumpling Duo! Homemade Pot Stickers, Viral Blanket Dumplings & Dipping Sauce

Bring the joy of Dim Sum into your own kitchen! In this hands-on cook-along, Chef Tess will guide you through making her famously delicious, restaurant-worthy pot stickers from scratch—complete with flavorful homemade filling, tender homemade wrappers, and a perfectly balanced dipping sauce.

Choose your favorite filling base of chicken or pork and join in the fun as we create a full-flavored, aromatic filling that is a textural dream. Then follow along step-by-step, learning the techniques for rolling, shaping, and cooking the dumplings to perfection with a golden, crispy bottom and tender, juicy filling. You’ll also use the same delicious filling to create the fun and viral “blanket dumplings” using store-bought wonton wrappers, giving this longtime favorite a fresh new twist. Freezing tips will also be shared.

With restaurant-worthy flavor and techniques you can recreate at home, these dumplings may just make store-bought pot stickers a thing of the past.

Several days before 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.

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

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.