This Goldbelly Cooking Class with Marcus Samuelsson is the Perfect Mother’s Day 2021 Gift

What to get the mom who has everything? Why, a live cooking class with Marcus Samuelsson, of course. Goldbelly, the gourmet food delivery service, is offering a cook-along with this James Beard Award-winning chef on its Goldbelly LIVE! series, and you can nab it for your foodie-forward momma if you act fast (these classes sell out quickly).

The limited-edition meal kit and Mother’s Day class is $199 and streams live on Friday, May 5 at 6pm ET. Samuelsson, known for his Harlem restaurant Red Rooster as well as a stint on Top Chef Masters, will be featuring a tomato and peach salad with okra, radish and benne seed dressing, tamarind-glazed salmon with coconut broken rice, and “leftover” spiced wine cake with cream and macerated berries. And, as an added bonus, each kit comes with the chef’s new cookbook, The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food, which celebrates his Black roots—tracing back to Africa, the Caribbean, the American South and beyond.

The class lasts an hour and 15 minutes and once you get your meal kit delivered, you’ll receive the Zoom details and instructions via email. And then Mom can get cooking.

Of course, if she’d rather sit back, relax and let someone else do the work, Goldbelly has plenty of fabulous meals, sweets and gifts you can order instead. Here are our favorite brunch, dessert and dinner options for Mother’s Day 2021. And, if you’re trying Goldbelly for the first time, you can use the code GetInMyBELLY for $15 off a $50 purchase.

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Ess-a-Bagel Dozen (BOGO), $59.95

New Yorkers know there are few better bagel joints than Ess-a Bagel, so why not give mom this carb-loaded treat for Mother’s Day brunch? And if you order now, you can get 24 NY bagels for the price of 12 in this limited time BOGO deal. Mix-and-match flavors to your hearts delight, and even add flavored cream cheese for a few extra bucks.

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Ms. Chi Potstickers and Dumplings Combo Pack, $99

Top Chef fans will delight in this dim sum variety pack of potstickers and dumplings from Chef Shirley Chung—which includes 20 chicken jiaozi dumplings, her winning dish from Season 14 of the Bravo cooking show. Mom will also be serenaded with giant cheeseburger potstickers, bacon tomato jam and two dipping sauces. Chung’s LA-based restaurant, Ms. Chi, has also been featured on Food Network’s Big Bucket List.

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Maine Lobsterman’s Catch, $154.70 (save $27)

Sometimes a girl just wants some lobster. So, why not order mom this all-encompassing catch of Maine seafood, including enough lobster tails, shrimp, mussels and scallops to feed four. You’ll also get four ears of corn and 20 baby potatoes to make it a full meal. And don’t worry, the herbed lemon butter sauce comes on the side for drizzling.

Buy Maine Lobsterman’s Catch, $154.70 at Goldbelly

Mother’s Day Floral Cake, $79

Let’s not mince words: we’re here to celebrate mom. So why not get her this funfetti filled cake with handpiped buttercream flowers from Aussie baker Debbie Sharpe’s The Goddess & Grocer bakery, based in Chicago. Sharpe is known for confections adored by famous other mothers Beyonce and Madonna, and this cake will serve six to eight people.

Buy the Mother’s Day Floral Cake at Goldbelly