Cooking Class - Mexican Spices and Seasonings

11 reviews

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What You’ll Do

Learn how to spice up your home cooking in this exciting Mexican-inspired culinary experience!

In this hands-on class, Chef Jess will teach you all about the spices, seasonings and flavors of authentic Mexican cuisine, and show you how to incorporate them into your meals.

You'll make three dishes that are bursting with vibrant and colorful ingredients that work together to fuse Mexican and Californian cuisines. In addition to practicing knife skills and balancing flavors, this class will focus on two important culinary skills: browning meat and pan-frying vegetables. Chef Jess tops it off with a scrumptious spiced chocolate cake with a secret good-for-you ingredient!

Guests are welcome to bring wine and beer to enjoy during the class.

Your Menu

Cowboy Caviar Dip and Tortilla Chips

With black beans, bell peppers, tomatoes, spices, lime juice and cilantro

Mexican Spiced Beef

Served over pan-fried sweet plantains and topped with avocado

Spiced Chocolate Almond Butter Cake

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.

Details

Minimum Guests 4
Maximum Guests 6
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 3 hours
Labels Californian, Couples, Fusion, Group, Mexican

Meet your chef

Chef Jess

11 reviews

While working as a high profile event planner in Washington D.C., Chef Jess realized her true passion was food. She left her job and moved across the country to take a job teaching nutrition classes to kids with a company that makes healthy school lunches. Chef Jess has since built her own business and can be found teaching cooking classes of all sizes as well as hosting corporate team building events.

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What You’ll Do

Learn how to spice up your home cooking in this exciting Mexican-inspired culinary experience!

Your Menu

Cowboy Caviar Dip and Tortilla Chips

With black beans, bell peppers, tomatoes, spices, lime juice and cilantro

Mexican Spiced Beef

Served over pan-fried sweet plantains and topped with avocado

Spiced Chocolate Almond Butter Cake

Details

Minimum Guests 4
Maximum Guests 6
Meal Courses 3
Event Duration 3 hours
Labels Californian, Couples, Fusion, Group, Mexican

Reviews

Reviews guests left for other experiences with Chef Jess

Kenn

25 Oct 2018

"Healthy" food gets a bad reputation for being flavorless and boring but Chef Jess turns the table on that notion and teaches you how to make flavorful, tasty food that's also good for you! Her Reimagined Pad Thai is complex, fresh and tasty. I loves me my meats and noodles but you won't miss those at all in this dish! The Kale, Chickpea and Sun-dried Tomato Salad is both hearty and flavorful; and I could eat the Cowboy Caviar Dip with a side of chips all day! Finally, the Spiced Chocolate Almond Butter cake was super chocolaty, moist and dense; with hints of sweet potato and cayenne pepper. Delish! The best part is that they're all super simple to make! Chef Jess' apartment is a beautifully decorated space that's welcoming, warm and comfortable-- much like Chef Jess herself! Very personable, super friendly and a joy to be around. It's hard to come up with a better way to spend an afternoon!

Reviews Chef Jess received outside of Cozymeal

Christina T.

09 Nov 2018

I had such an amazing time joining Jess' cooking class with my colleagues! The apartment where the class took place was so cozy and well-decorated that created a warm and welcome atmosphere. The recipes were simple, easy to make and so yummy (+ vegetarian & healthy :)). Jess was great in managing all the people while preparing the food, providing instructions and cooking tips but also being discreet and letting us catch up, talk with each other and have fun. Of course, in the end, we enjoyed the delicious food with some lovely wine. I totally recommend this experience for private events with friends and colleagues!

Allison B.

09 Nov 2018

Jess did a cooking class for my friend and I over the summer and it was amazing! I literally make the meal we made together every two weeks or so - I am so happy I went! Jess is also super engaging and great at accommodating all ability levels. She is thoughtful in the menus she puts together. Highly highly recommend!!

Talia D.

09 Nov 2018

Don't think twice about booking a cooking class or event with Jess! Jess hosted my birthday party and put together a fantastic evening for 15 gals filled with delicious food, wine, snacks, and laughter. She customized the menu based on our preferences, accommodated various food allergies, and sent us home with a set of recipes and new skills. Jess is a joy and we all had a blast.

Craig d.

09 Nov 2018

Cooking lesson's with Jess are hard to put a price on. You can tell how much she believes in teaching others to cook and I especially like her style... cook with what you have, learn basics that can be repeated and improved upon. I've been cooking more since I met Jess than I have for the previous 10 years combined. Loving it! Highly recommended.

Amy A.

09 Nov 2018

We had such a GREAT afternoon cooking with Jess!! Everything was perfectly organized and easy to understand. Jess made us feel comfortable and provided helpful information from start-to-finish. The meal we made was delicious and is something I'll be able to accomplish on my own at home... mission accomplished! We will definitely be going back for another class. Five stars, highly recommend!!

Katie S.

09 Nov 2018

Me and my boyfriend took Jess' cooking class this week and it was completely fabulous!!!! I would highly recommend it. Her cooking class is in an intimate setting (which I preferred to a highly corporate commercial kitchen) and the food we cooked was delicious! I also learned a lot - especially refining my cutting skills - and Jess is a fun and energetic teacher! 5 stars for Garlic Press Jess!

Matt T

09 Nov 2018

Wow - what a fantastic experience it was doing a cooking class with Garlic Press Jess. I had been surprised at how hard it was to find a cooking class in San Francisco that would work as a date for my girlfriend and I - one that looked fun, was in a small-group or private setting, and was reasonably priced. Eventually I found Jess' website, and am so glad that we ended up booking a private cooking class (just the two of us!) with Jess. The things that made it amazing were: 1. Jess' energy and enthusiasm - you could feel Jess' passion for what she does and excitement to be sharing it with other people from the moment we walked in the door. She made the whole experience a lot of fun. 2. Ability to cater to what we were looking for - we wanted to focus on learning a couple easy, healthy recipes that we could recreate in our busy lives. Jess was willing to work with us to figure out what we hoped to get out of the experience and tailor the evening to that (whether that was the ambience, specific cooking knowledge, etc.). She also has some great core principles of cooking that she shared with us over the course of the night which we can apply to anything we cook in the future. 3. THE FOOD! The meal we had was incredible and healthy (avocado and endive bites, soccas with beef and salad, and a nice dessert), and there was plenty of it to go around. In summary, it was wonderful to spend an evening in a cooking class with Jess and we can't wait to do it again!

Samantha C.

09 Nov 2018

My boyfriend and I found Jess's cooking class on Eventbrite and read great reviews about it on Yelp. The class was so much fun. Jess's energy is unparalleled! She extremely knowledgeable, funny, friendly and so down to earth. She was able to teach our class some great cooking skills and techniques. She was also very accommodating of dietary restrictions and provided vegetarian options (which was so great). The atmosphere of the apartment was also very lovely. The group that attended the class was extremely fun and engaged. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to learn more about cooking, interested in trying new foods, or simply anyone looking for a fun night. Jess was an amazing teacher and host and made us feel very comfortable. This would be a great idea for a small corporate event, friend group event, girls night, or a date night. Overall, I would highly recommend this to anyone in SF!

Tyler A.

09 Nov 2018

Wow! What an amazing class. My fiancГ© and I have been to a few cooking classes in SF and this was by far the best. Garlic Press Jess (GPJ) was super engaging and got everyone involved in the cooking. We all had the opportunity to put our newly learned skills to work and we made a great meal. This class is not only for those looking to learn more about cooking but for people interested in a fun party with new people from the city. After eating our delicious food we got to take home the recipes we made that night along with a calendar full of GPJ favorites. Highly recommend this to anyone!

Margaret M.

09 Nov 2018

Yum yum yum is all I have to say! Not only was Jess amazing but the food was spectacular! I am not a great cook but have been wanting to learn some basic skills to improve and this is exactly what I learned. She hosted the class in her home (which is so warm and inviting) and we made three dishes that were phenomenal. She provides the class with so much cooking knowledge! This would be a great team building event or even just a group of 10 (friends, couples, family) to have fun cook and enjoy each other's company! Thanks so much Jess! 10/22/2018