Meet Our Team!

Director of Operations for Stir Cooking School & Stir Events

Jason Jones is a French trained chef with more than 30 years of professional culinary experience gained in hotels, independent fine dining restaurants, and by cooking privately for several well-known individuals, including George and Barbara Bush, and Muhammad Ali.

Now, Chef Jason is using his abundant culinary knowledge and wisdom to host a variety of unforgettable cooking classes and interactive culinary experiences.

Assistant Manager & Lead Chef Instructor at Stir Cooking Schoool

Drea has one true love - food! She was raised in a culinary family here in Colorado and at a young age was cooking for her parent’s catering company. Drea attended Culinary School of The Rockies in Boulder, where she graduated with honors.

Drea’s second love is traveling, with the intent of experiencing and enjoying local food. She has traveled the country on culinary excursions and spent leisurely time solo-traveling on nearly every continent. Drea has worked in restaurants up and down the front range, and her career has spanned everything from running the show at a popular brunch place to working in a funky family-owned restaurant with prix fixe dinners.

Combining her culinary knowledge with her love of improv, Drea’a passion for cooking really shines when teaching others.

Lead Chef Instructor & Kitchen Manager at Stir Events

Kate has always been fascinated with cooking ever since 6 years old when she would mash up ice cream and cake into a soup like consistency and call it her “secret recipe”. Luckily she has evolved from “Ice Cream Soup”, and has since graduated from The Institute of Culinary Education in New York City with a degree in Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management. After working in restaurants and being sick of the crazy hours, Kate eventually found her true passion as a Chef Instructor at a culinary school in Brooklyn. When the school closed due to the pandemic, her and her partner decided to pack up their furbabies and move across the country to Denver. Kate’s teaching style is as energetic as she is. If you want to geek about food, she is the person to do it with! When not in the kitchen, you can find Kate playing with her dog Buffy the Vampire Slayer, long boarding around the city, or just on the couch binge watching the Great British Bake Off!

Chef Instructor

Tamra moved to Chicago at 18 to attend DePaul University, then started baking while in college, continuing through her graduate studies in Journalism. She worked in numerous Chicago restaurants, including The Publican and Revolution Brewing, before relocating to Denver five years ago. Upon landing in the Mile High City Tamra became the lead chef and baker at Call in the Rino neighborhood and later its sister restaurant, Beckon, helping both restaurants land spots on Bon Appetit's Best New Restaurants list.

Tamra holds a certification in holistic nutrition through the American Fitness Professionals & Associates and is currently pursuing a Master Nutritional Therapist certification at the Nutritional Therapy Institute in Arvada, Colorado, hoping to help clients attain their health goals through food. When she is not cooking, Tamra enjoys hiking in the Rockies, jamming to Phish and researching the best ways to help her clients flourish nutritionally.

Mixology Instructor

Jeff has been with the Stir family since 2017 and took over the cocktail classes in 2019. He comes with lots of tips and tricks to help you create the perfect cocktail. Jeff loves being able to bring his creativity to the table when creating the cocktail classes and he believes having fun while also learning how to improve your home bar skills are the top priorities in his classes. When not at Stir, you can find Jeff enjoying classic films, going to the theater, and cuddling with his dog Levi. He has so much fun teaching the cocktail classes so check one out soon and join the fun!

Chef Instructor

Michael brings a little bit of food science, a lot of flavor, and a passion for pastry to every class he teaches at Stir. Originally from Seattle, he sliced, diced, and rough-chopped his way through restaurant, bakery, catering, and studio kitchens and is now a recipe developer and food photographer for Savory Spice in Denver. He loves to collect cookbooks and hike with his husband and their dog. His favorite foods? Cinnamon rolls and sushi, but not necessarily together. His favorite class to teach? French macarons! His greatest achievement? Winning 2nd place in a llama race!” 🦙