Beginner Cooking Classes in East Bay
East Bay professional chefs love teaching beginner cooking classes! Everyone started somewhere, and these expert chefs are happiest working with newcomers in the kitchen. You’ll have the best time cooking for the first time. There’s no better way to learn to cook than with a professional chef! Book today for an unforgettably delicious culinary experience! Let this opportunity springboard your first dive into cooking.
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A Vegan Take on Italian
$129
Cooking Class
$129
Create an incredible Italian-inspired vegan meal that's packed with rich flavor and perfect texture. Classic Italian food becomes the source of vegan delight in this hands-on cooking class with Chef Daniel where you'll learn how to create an Italian meal from start to finish with all plant-based ingredients.
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Chef Daniel
San Francisco (Potrero Hill)
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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...
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Chef on Cozymeal
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...
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Chef Theresa
Serving the Bay Area
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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.
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Chef Pooja
San Ramon
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Candy Cane Magic & Mean Girls Fun!
$85
Cooking Class
$85
Bake cookies, create peppermint bark and sip hot peppermint mocha in a Candy Cane Wonderland! Step into a winter wonderland with this Mean Girls-inspired candy cane cooking class! Embrace your inner Gretchen Wieners as you bake and decorate candy cane sugar cookies, because “the limit does not exist” for...
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Chef on Cozymeal
Serving the Bay Area
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Master The Art of Banchan
$95
Cooking Class
$95
Learn how to recreate your favorite Korean side dishes Master of the art of cooking Banchan, Korean side dishes in this cooking class. Join top-rated Chef Theresa in a fun and interactive cooking class where you'll get to explore the bold and exciting flavors of Korean side dishes. In this class, you'll learn how to...
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Chef Theresa
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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Chef Pooja
San Ramon
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A Christmas Story Dinner
$115
Cooking Class
$115
Celebrate the holidays with a delicious peking duck feast inspired by A Christmas Story! Step into the holiday spirit with a A Christmas Story-inspired cooking class! Get ready to master the art of preparing Peking duck with perfectly crispy skin, tender meat and all the classic accompaniments, think Mandarin...
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Chef on Cozymeal
Serving the Bay Area
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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.
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Chef Elham
San Francisco (Fisherman's Wharf)
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Team Building Activity
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...
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Verified Chef
Chef Pooja
San Ramon
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