[Ed. note: We're publishing Friday's entry a little early so you can jump on your email to RSVP. These classes will sell out quickly.]

Even if you aren’t a crazy DFW foodie, you certainly know celebrity chef Kent Rathbun by reputation (Abacus, Jasper’s, Blue Plate, Zea Woodfire Grill) if not by name.

But if you are a crazy foodie, you should definitely learn about the “Dirty Dozen” cooking classes, offered from July through December by Rathbun and his top flight team.

This is not your average Central Market cooking seminar. This has all the glamour and performance and anxiety of a Food Network show.

And if you have an amateur chef at home, or a professional chef, or just a friend who really knows her way around the kitchen, this would be a very special and memorable gift.

The Dirty Dozen Cooking Class is an interactive cooking class. Students come to Abacus in Dallas at 2:00 P.M. on a Sunday afternoon and receive a personalized Kent Rathbun Concept chef’s jacket. The class is then divided into four teams. The teams are headed up by Executive Chef/Partner Kent Rathbun, Corporate Chef Aaron Staudenmaier, Abacus Sous Chef Omar Flores, and Abacus Pastry Chef Mark Menzie . Each team spends the day preparing one of four courses, which includes dessert or an impressive buffet. At the end of the day (around 5:30 P.M.), each student invites one guest for dinner, wine, and a great time. Instead of leaving with recipes, you will leave with the knowledge of “how to.”

The classes will include an Italian, French, seafood and holiday theme, along with a “chef’s choice” in December.

But you have to act quickly. The spots are filled by first-come, first-serve, and they will get thousands of emails. Get all the details here.

And, you know, if you need a friend to invite to the 5:30 service of your class… don’t forget your pals at Frisco Savvy!