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
$333
Cooking Class
$333
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...
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Verified Chef
Chef James
San Francisco (Haight-Ashbury)
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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...
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Chef Lindsay
Serving the Bay Area
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Taco Tuesday or Tacos Any Night
$125
Cooking Class
$125
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 spicy pimento dip with crispy patatas fritas. Then, enjoy...
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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...
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Chef Maggie
Serving the Bay Area
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Korean Street Food Favorites
$115
Cooking Class
$115
You'll feel transported as you discover your favorite Korean street foods. Discover the flavors of Korean street food in this immersive cooking class. Chef Polly will teach how to make bindeduk, kimchi mung bean pancakes with soy dipping sauce. Next, learn how to make pork steamed buns, jjimpong, from scratch. Explore...
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Chef Polly
Alameda
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Team Building Activity
Classic Italian Risotto
$149
Team Building Activity
$149
Bring the team together for a lesson in risotto that's sure to satisfy. Get the crew into the kitchen for a collaborative lesson in risotto in this team building cooking class with Chef Elham. Practice teamwork around cook stations while learning to make a traditional Italian favorite.
You'll first enjoy a cheese...
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Chef Elham
San Francisco (Fisherman's Wharf)
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A Taste of South India
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Discover the joys of crafting classic South Indian dosas and more with Chef Pooja. South Indian cuisine features many traditional dishes brimming with a variety of flavors and spices. In this hands-on cooking class with Chef Pooja, you'll learn how to create a regional feast focused on well-loved street food.
Begin...
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Chef Pooja
San Ramon
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Confident Knife Skills
$85
Cooking Class
$85
Chop, slice and dice your way to culinary excellence with Chef Mike. Knowing your way around a knife is essential to cooking and results not only in more efficiency, but accuracy as well. This class provides you with a comprehensive guide to expert knife utilization in a hands-on and engaging environment.
You'll...
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Chef Mike
San Francisco (Dog Patch)
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Totally Groovy Cookie Decorating
$115
Cooking Class
$115
Transform basic sugar cookies into groovy goodies. This interactive, 2-hour cooking class takes a deep dive into the fundamentals of cookie decorating with innovative tips and techniques from a talented chef instructor. Using sugar cookies as your canvas, you will learn the ins and outs of royal icing to decorate a...
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Verified Chef
Chef Lindsay
Serving the Bay Area
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A Feast by the Mediterranean Sea
$125
Cooking Class
$125
Enjoy the colors and flavors of the Mediterranean during this one-of-a-kind, gourmet private chef experience. You'll practically hear the waves of the Mediterranean while enjoying the upscale menu of this private chef experience.
Your five-star chef will deliver small plates to your table as you take in the aromas...
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Verified Chef
Chef Mordechai
Serving the Bay Area
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Vegetarian North Indian Cuisine
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Discover beloved and authentic vegetarian dishes of North India with Chef Pooja. Indian cuisine is as vibrant and diverse as its homeland with a long tradition of vegetarian fare. In this hands-on cooking class, Chef Pooja will guide you in creating three courses of regional dishes, from a favorite vegetable-filled...
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Verified Chef
Chef Pooja
San Ramon
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Mastering Mother Sauces
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Join Chef Mike and learn these absolutely essential components of French cuisine. You may have heard about the “Mother Sauces” in passing or perhaps you have always wanted to learn the ingredients and techniques behind them. Chef Mike invites you to join him for an introductory course covering the...
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Verified Chef
Chef Mike
San Francisco (Dog Patch)
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