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Staff wellness: Cheesemaking with Chef Tom Skold


Adult / Staff Wellness for Hopkins Public Schools Employees -
Adult W/S 2026

Learn the techniques for making fresh cheese at home. Chef Tom Skold will guide the process for making Fresh Mozzarella and Ricotta. Plan to create and sample during class. Please note that the class will meet in the new staff lounge, Room 156 (not the former staff lounge, Room 112).

As a graduate of Eisenhower High School, Tom challenges all Tanglen staff at this event to be prepared to share 1 fun, interesting, or obscure fact about LH Tanglen (not the school but the person the school was named for). He has his in mind already!

To pay with your Staff Wellness credit, follow these steps. 

  • Click the blue "Enroll Now" button to right
  • Once in Order Summary page, click on the Shopping Cart icon
  • Enter promo code $taff_26 on the Shopping Cart page
  • Checkout without paying money

Registration will close on Wednesday, April 15, a week before the class.

Tom Skold

Chef Tom Skold is a knowledgeable, dynamic instructor, who utilizes his lifelong culinary education and experience to engage students of all levels; he is dedicated to teaching his craft hands-on, in small teams.

During his career Chef Tom’s lively culinary curiosity has yielded a variety of leadership roles in fine-dining venues; The Harbor View Café (Pepin, WI), D’Amico Cucina, The New French Café, Leeann Chin Chinese Cuisine, as well as casual scratch operations like Cossetta’s and Pam Sherman’s.

Living in Greater Minnesota and teaching CE classes in Wabasha, Red Wing, Winona, and Rochester, Tom also enjoyed occasional teaching forays to Cooks of Crocus Hill, Byerly’s Kitchen, the Chef’s Gallery (Stillwater), and Chez Jude (Grand Marais). Now back in the metro, he is currently supervising on the production side at the Minneapolis Public Schools Nutrition Center. In all he does, Skold is committed to making guests feel nourished and welcome. 

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Tanglen Elementary School : 112 Staff Lounge
Wednesday, Apr 22
2:30 - 4:00 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

Full - waiting list


$ 25.00
Use your Staff Wellness credit!