Like learning to juggle, learning to cook requires patience, a distraction-free environment, and the ability to handle multiple eggplants at once. Become the ringmaster of your kitchen with today's Groupon: for $65, you get a cooking class from celebrity chef David Adjey at St. Lawrence Market (a $300 value). Classes are held on the following dates:

• September 14, 7 p.m–9 p.m. or later
• November 3, 18, 22, 23, 24, and 29, 7 p.m–9 p.m. or later
• January 9, 16, 17, and 18, 7 p.m–9 p.m. or later
February 6, 7, 8, and 20, 7 p.m–9 p.m. or later

David Adjey, Food Network chef, star of Restaurant Makeover, and Iron Chef America contestant, imparts culinary knowledge to pupils using fresh ingredients from the St. Lawrence Market. Students may sip wine (available for purchase at an on-site bar) while drinking in Adjey’s demonstration of cooking techniques inspired by the day’s seasonal market offerings. The chef asks for four or five volunteers per class to assist in the lesson and prevent pie-throwing accidents, and the crowd munches samples handed out in three waves during the class.

A veteran of Food Network programs such as Restaurant Makeover, the chef is planning his own show on the network for the fall season, titled The Opener. As a former teenage dishwasher and personal chef to actor Dan Aykroyd, Adjey is also adept with sponges and making bass smoothies with a Bassomatic.