Beginner Cooking Classes in the Bay Area

Just learning to cook? Local chefs on Cozymeal are experienced with bringing beginners up to speed in the kitchen. You’ll learn to feel comfortable waltzing into a kitchen and whipping up your favorite snack. You’ll learn knife skills. You’ll impress your friends. The Bay Area has some of the best food in the word; isn’t it time you took advantage of it? Book a beginners cooking class today!
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A Night in Spain
$145
Cooking Class
$145
Journey to EspaГ±a with Chef James! Gather your friends and head over to Chef James' house for one of his most exciting and popular cooking class dinners: Paella. This experience will include a series of Spanish tapas, a beautiful paella, fresh salad and dessert.
This class is interactive and Chef James is happy...
Verified Chef
Chef James
San Francisco (Haight-Ashbury)
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Explore Latin American Cuisine
$125
Cooking Class
$125
Learn to make authentic Latin American fare, guided by a gourmet chef. Take a trip to the South in this Latin American cooking class. Learn to make authentic fare from a five-star professional chef in an engaging environment. Gain new skills in the kitchen while cooking through a multi-course menu.
Start with...
Verified Chef
Chef Oumar
Serving the Bay Area
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Cook Up a Grinchy Feast!
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Celebrate the holidays with a whimsical feast inspired by How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Get ready to whip up the ultimate Whoville feast in this wildly fun and festive cooking class! Sizzle up a juicy roast beast that'll make even the Grinch drool, alongside savory Who-hash loaded with caramelized onions, crispy...
Verified Chef
Chef on Cozymeal
Serving the Bay Area
CHEF’S PLACE
Great for Groups of 12-20
Culinary Creations
$110
Team Building Activity
$110
Fill the table with a stunning spread your team can create and enjoy together. Invite your team to an exciting team-building cooking class outside the office. They will discover how to elevate their culinary skills with traditional techniques and fresh ingredients as they work together to make four courses of elevated...
Verified Chef
Chef Andrea or Resident Chef
Palo Alto
CHEF’S PLACE
Great for Groups of 2-13
Dine Like Northern Indian Royalty
$129
Team Building Activity
$129
Join Chef Pooja for a lively team building class, blending ingredients and spices of Northern India. Chef Pooja will guide you in using lavish ingredients that created dishes the royal families in India's Mughal reign enjoyed. In this team building cooking class, you'll work together to create rich recipes fit for a...
Verified Chef
Chef Pooja
San Ramon
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Explore Latin American Cuisine
$125
Cooking Class
$125
Learn to make authentic Latin American fare, guided by a gourmet chef. Take a trip to the South in this Latin American cooking class. Learn to make authentic fare from a five-star professional chef in an engaging environment. Gain new skills in the kitchen while cooking through a multi-course menu.
Start with...
Verified Chef
Chef Oumar
Serving the Bay Area
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Cook Up a Grinchy Feast!
$99
Cooking Class
$99
Celebrate the holidays with a whimsical feast inspired by How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Get ready to whip up the ultimate Whoville feast in this wildly fun and festive cooking class! Sizzle up a juicy roast beast that'll make even the Grinch drool, alongside savory Who-hash loaded with caramelized onions, crispy...
Verified Chef
Chef on Cozymeal
Serving the Bay Area
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Oh honey, I'm Comb! Cookie Decoration
$115
Cooking Class
$115
Learn the secrets to making sugar cookies look as sweet as they taste. In this immersive 2-hour cooking class, Chef Lindsay will teach you the essential techniques for decorating show-stopping sugar cookies with an adorable honey theme. Practice piping royal icing to create bears, bees, honeycombs and more with...
Verified Chef
Chef Lindsay
Serving the Bay Area
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Taco Tuesday or Tacos Any Night
$139
Cooking Class
$139
Discover healthy and delicious ways to make fresh tacos from scratch in this inspired cooking class. Give Taco Tuesday — or Tacos Any Night — a new meaning in this interactive cooking class.
Join a master chef and create fresh-from-scratch homemade guacamole with fresh lime, fragrant cilantro and...
Verified Chef
Chef Mordechai
Serving the Bay Area
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American Classics With a Vegan Twist
$125
Cooking Class
$125
Make your favorite American dishes using plant-based ingredients. See how delicious vegan cuisine can be in this immersive cooking class. Chef Maggie will teach you how to make your favorite American meals vegan. First, make spicy cauliflower buffalo bites and a vegan ranch dressing for dipping. Fry up zucchini...
Verified Chef
Chef Maggie
Serving the Bay Area
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Learn Kimchi Three Ways
$95
Cooking Class
$95
Learn how to recreate Korea's most beloved Banchan in your own kitchen Learn how to make authentic and delicious Kimchi in this Kimchi cooking class. When you think of Korean food, most often you'll think of Kimchi. A classic Korean dish either pickled cabbage with radish and cucumber, it can be eaten plain, in stew...
Verified Chef
Chef Theresa
Serving the Bay Area
CHEF’S PLACE
Classic Korean Banchan
$125
Cooking Class
$125
Craft flavorful and authentic Korean banchan (side dishes). Learn how to make classic Korean banchan in this engaging cooking class. Chef Polly will teach you how to get the depth of flavors that Korean cuisine is known for. First, learn to make the famous Korean napa kimchi from scratch. Then delve into the many...
Verified Chef
Chef Polly
Alameda
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