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Holiday Cooking Show

Grits and Gouda Holiday Cooking Show

Holiday Cooking Show

Our 2025 8th Annual Holiday Cooking Show is set for November 3, 2025 at 6pm at Gardendale Civic Center.

Here is more detailed information about the Holiday Cooking Show . If you have any questions, feel free to email me at gritsandgouda@gmail.com

Tickets

Tickets are now LIVE! Get your Holiday Cooking Show tickets. Be sure to scroll down and read all the details about how our silent auction works, registration, etc. You will receive a confirmation letter within 24 hours of buying your tickets.

Get all the details!

Holiday Cooking Show is a fundraiser for Outdoor Ability Foundation, founded by Kathleen's husband and son.

It's perfect for date night, girls night out, ladies Bible study group outing, mother-daughter(s) night, and senior center outing.

ALL the Holiday Cooking Show DETAILS about tickets, silent auction ticket pre-orders and how it works! See pictures of past shows below.

Sponsorships

We couldn't do it without the help of businesses and donors!

Half page flyer Holiday Cooking Show 2025 with sponsors.

Scroll down to see our fun gallery of pictures from past shows! You will have loads of fun during this interactive show. It's more than a "cooking show"!

Holiday cooking show 2023 squad coordinators selfie station

2025 Holiday Cooking Show flyer

You can print this flyer and share with your friends, libraries, senior centers, etc.

2025 Holiday Cooking Show kathleen phillips flyer
Print Flyer

Get all the details about the 2025 Holiday Cooking Show.

Gallery of Pictures

Each year has a different theme. Check out some of the memories we've captured from past years of the Holiday Cooking Show!

large group of Bible study group of ladies at Christmas selfie station.
Man with beard in wheelchair next to little girl in wheelchair with man kneeling.
Woman on stage wearing headset talking. kathleen
Recipe booklet for first Holiday Cooking Show
Man and woman holding cookie jar. holly chris
two women on stage cooking.
Welcome sign among gourds and fall decor.
Man and woman laughing in a crowd.
Woman pouring coffee from portable Panera karafe.
Two women on stage with screen above them showing food on the table.
woman holding christmas earrings in a crowd.
man dressed in camo near Christmas tree.
Crowd smiling.
8 women wearing white aprons by Christmas tree holding fundraiser signs
2019
woman in white apron laughing while cooking
2018
Two women on stage one holding microphone and one clapping.
Janice Rogers, WBRC
woman behind Instant Pot with red curtains behind her
Crowd of ladies and few men in Gardendale civic center audience Holiday Cooking Show.
2022 crowd
Panera Bread Cookies
Man pointing to crowd on stage.
gift items on a table
Silent Auction 2019
Guests taking selfies
Kathleen Cooking on stage with Christmas tree in background.
2022
woman holding Ninja Foodi box
Wallace State Culinary Vols
4 boys in wheelchairs, man with mic
2018 chair giveaway
woman holding oxo pressure cooker sling
Tablescape decoration for Holiday Cooking Show
three ladies faces close together
Guests enjoying the Holiday Cooking Show
Crowd of women holding up hands smiling. 2023
man and woman sitting at round table decorated for Christmas
Two women square dancing on stage,
Guests holding up Grits and Gouda selfie signs at the Holiday Cooking Show
Man and woman holding signs with woman in green dress in middle.
Guests holding up Grits and Gouda banner by selfie station
1st holiday cooking show
Up close picture of chocolate cupcakes
Sharon holding door prize
Blonde lady excited looking at two women with backs to camera
woman talking to elderly lady in chairs
woman pulling ticket out of a snowman basket. kathy
Lady holding a golfing certificate
Mind Your Own Biscuits sign.
Older attractive lady leaning on wooden gift basket crate
Lady wearing red sweater looking down wearing decorated clear masks
Two women sitting at table on old fashioned phones pretending to be taking notes
2020 online cooking show
Man on stage with mic from outdoor ability foundation with hand on shoulder of man in wheelchair. scott grayson.
Blonde lady in screenshot holding can of peanuts
2020 virtual show
Ace silent auction grill.
Fun Date Night
Lady sitting down wearing green sweater holding hand up to ear
Group of six women wearing red and green and decorated clear face masks
2020

Get all the details about our 2025 Holiday Cooking Show.

Past Cooking Classes

To schedule a class at your library or organization email Kathleen:  kathleen@gritsandgouda.com. Scroll down for a list of cooking classes in 2024-2025            

Instant Pot and Air Fryer Classes

July 23, 2025 - Beginners Instant Pot Class.  What is an Instant Pot, how to use one and what model to choose for you. Alabaster Senior Center if you live in Alabaster area 12:30pm.

June, 2025 - Beginners Air Fryer Class.  How to use both the basket-style and oven style air fryers! Alabaster Senior Center if you live in Alabaster area12:30pm. 

January 7, 2025 - FREE! How to use an Air Fryer - Are you getting an air fryer for Christmas? I'll show you how to use both the basket-style and oven style air fryers! Join me at Gardendale Alabama Public Library, 995 Rocket Way, Gardendale AL, 10:30 am. No reservations needed.

Blount County Fair, Oneonta, AL, September 28, 2024, pm & 5pm - Air fryer classes: Apple Pie Bombs, Honey BBQ Chicken Wings. FREE!

Celebrate the Family Expo by Birmingham Christian Family, September 14, 2024, 12:30- Air Fryer demonstration. FREE!

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