Cooking Techniques Classes in San Francisco, CA

Cooking is far easier if you learn or bone up on how to select, use and maintain the most important tool in your kitchen--the knife! After a thorough review of knife fundamentals about how knives are made, how to select, store and maintain your knives, you'll learn various cutting techniques essential for building the confidence needed to slice,...

Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and learn how to create your own fresh sushi rolls like a pro? You are in for a special treat! In this highly interactive and hands-on class, the Chef will let you in on tips and tricks of making delicious sushi rolls, from preparing the perfect sushi rice, cutting the fresh ingredients properly, and the art...

Discover how to make restaurant-quality sushi from scratch in this cooking class with Chef Chung. You will learn expert tips and tricks to make a perfectly crafted roll, from prepping your rice to placing your nori to choosing the best fillings.  Start with a California roll filled with avocado, imitation crab and cucumber. Then, prepare a second...

Discover how to make restaurant-quality sushi from scratch in this cooking class with Chef Chung. You will learn expert tips and tricks to make a perfectly crafted roll, from prepping your rice to placing your nori to choosing the best fillings.  Start with a California roll filled with avocado, imitation crab and cucumber. Then, prepare a second...

In this workshop, Master Sommelier David Glancy guides students to be fast, fluid tasters. Students will continue to practice their improved blind tasting skills using various techniques and drills to sharpen their focus and improve their timing. Master Glancy will also teach students exam preparation and test-taking strategies to help students work...

In this workshop, our Industry Leading Instructors guide students to work the deductive tasting grid against the clock. Students will continue to practice their improved blind tasting skills and develop discipline to analyze every wine in the same manner every time. Students will also learn exam preparation and test-taking strategies to help students...

In this hands-on workshop with Eloise, chef and owner of San Francisco's beloved DeLise Café, you will focus on two things: recipes for moist and incredibly tasty cupcakes as well as techniques for decorating like a pro. Guests will learn to make two different types of cake batter from scratch. This will include basic skills such as measuring of...

At this Lunch & Learn session, your culinary instructor will prepare three crepes and with different fillings- savory  sweet gluten free and vegetarian This is a demonstration class full of delicious food, tips and techniques and runs about 90 minutes. You'll not only enjoy a complete lunch but will have recipes to take home, too.

Celebrate "Fat Tuesday" with an authentic New Orleans feast. Menu: A creamy seafood bisque,  Jambalaya,  Hushpuppies and  Beignets.   We'll find a sassy wine to go with your meal too.  This is a 3-hour hands-on cooking class with lots of tips and techniques, a full meal and take-home recipes. Please, no open-toe...

Been dreaming how to make those fancy french macarons you tasted but seem too intimidating for you to make? It's about time you challenge yourself to overcome this tiny, gluten-free delicacy. The class will teach you how to make french macarons from making the perfect shell to filling it with melt in your mouth ganache. Recipes, as well as tips,...

Its Mexican night! You'll prepare an approachable, fun, fresh menu that you'll easily use in your own home cooking time and time again. It's time to spice things up, so grab your friends and let's cook.  You will learn how to make salsas and tortillas from scratch and put together 3 kinds of Tacos- Fish tacos Chicken tacos Vegan Tacos You...

Simple, sumptuous, and not quite indulgent but seeming so. Upscale spa cuisine feeds the body in ways unlike most meals, with fresh ingredients that fill you up, not out. In this hands-on class, you'll make: Marinated goat cheese crostini with walnuts Arugula and spinach salad with prosciutto and a creamy mango dressing Coriander-crusted scallops...

This fun and hands-on class is all about the creation of some of the most delicious cookies you will ever make. Guests will learn to make two types of cookies from scratch (chocolate chip cookie and a shortbread cookie) with our very own recipes. Guests will take home some freshly baked cookies and cookie dough as well so you get to enjoy freshly...

Discover the multi-faceted nature of Beaujolais as expressed through its different soil types and vinification techniques. Learn how carbonic maceration and traditional fermentation changes the flavors in the glass. Find out how the granitic soils of the Crus Beaujolais create wines of different character and age-ability from the rest ofBeaujolais....

So how do you evaluate a glass of wine? Wine education begins with this fundamental question.  In this foundational class, you'll learn deductive blind tasting technique and wine analysis vocabulary that will aid your ability to communicate and understand wine descriptors and more easily understand wines of the world for years to come. ...