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Private Chef - Gourmet Goes Vegetarian
starting at
$ 139 Per person
All inclusive: 4-course meal, ingredients, cooking, service & clean up.
This private chef experience does not have any dates.
Gift card can be used for any experience or cookware
What You'll Do
Create an indulgent vegetarian dinner party for friends and family.
Discover the gourmet side of vegetarian cuisine with this private chef experience. A world-class chef arrives at your location ready to prepare and serve a delicious menu for you and your guests. They even clean up after the meal. Begin with a creamy butternut squash soup with crème fraîche and nutmeg. Next, enjoy a roasted beet salad with goat cheese and pomegranate vinaigrette. Your main entrée is a hearty vegetable lasagna with mushrooms, spinach, ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Dessert is a sweet apple crumble with vanilla ice cream. Treat yourselves to this refined vegetarian private chef experience today.
Guests are welcome to provide wine and beer to accompany the menu, and may request pairing recommendations from the chef upon booking.
Your Menu
Butternut Squash Soup
With crème fraîche and nutmeg
Roasted Beet Salad
With Goat Cheese and pomegranate vinaigrette
Vegetable Lasagna
With mushrooms, spinach, Ricotta, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses
Apple Crumble
With vanilla ice cream
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 cannot be made during the event.
Details
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 30
- Meal Courses 4
- Event Duration 2.5 hours
- Chef Arrival Time 1 hour & 30 minutes prior to the selected serving time
- Labels Healthy, Holiday, Italian, Pescatarian, Vegan, Vegetarian
What's included
The ingredients
The cooking
The service
The washing up
Meet your chef
Chef Elham
Verified Chef Food safety certified
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Chef Elham has been teaching her unique style of elegant cuisine for the past 16 years. She nurtured her gift as a teacher with Sur La Table as the manager of the culinary program. Her specialties include classic French dishes as well as beloved Asian favorites that entice the palate. Chef Elham is thorough, patient and loves to see her students making great food and having fun while doing it.
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Cancellation Policy
Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.
This experience is not refundable as it includes a meal kit.
Chef Elham will travel to guests within the Bay Area for this experience.
What You'll Do
Create an indulgent vegetarian dinner party for friends and family.
Discover the gourmet side of vegetarian cuisine with this private chef experience. A world-class chef arrives at your location ready to prepare and serve a delicious menu for you and your guests. They even clean up after the meal. Begin with a creamy butternut squash soup with crème fraîche and nutmeg. Next, enjoy a roasted beet salad with goat cheese and pomegranate vinaigrette. Your main entrée is a hearty vegetable lasagna with mushrooms, spinach, ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Dessert is a sweet apple crumble with vanilla ice cream. Treat yourselves to this refined vegetarian private chef experience today.
Guests are welcome to provide wine and beer to accompany the menu, and may request pairing recommendations from the chef upon booking.
Your Menu
Butternut Squash Soup
With crème fraîche and nutmeg
Roasted Beet Salad
With Goat Cheese and pomegranate vinaigrette
Vegetable Lasagna
With mushrooms, spinach, Ricotta, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses
Apple Crumble
With vanilla ice cream
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 cannot be made during the event.
Details
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 30
- Meal Courses 4
- Event Duration 2.5 hours
- Chef Arrival Time 1 hour & 30 minutes prior to the selected serving time
- Labels Healthy, Holiday, Italian, Pescatarian, Vegan, Vegetarian
What's included
The ingredients
The cooking
The service
The washing up
Reviews
Verified guest reviews for other experiences with Chef Elham
Georg v.
03/16/2025
Excellent recipes and excellent preparation: everything was ready for us, neatly assembled on trays for each recipe. Good instructions, lots of insights, and everybody had a great time. The resulting dinner was amazing. Thank you so much for making this a memorable experience!
Nini P.
03/02/2025
We signed up for the Thai cooking class with Chef Elham and had an incredible time. We’ve taken Cozymeal classes before- this by far was our favorite. Apart from the food being absolutely delicious, what stood out were the conversations with Chef Elham. We also walked away from the class with more confidence in the kitchen as a bonus. Thanks chef Elham for a great night, can’t wait to recreate the recipes at home!
Edward L.
02/23/2025
Fun and instructional. Chef Elham made us feel right at home. Making delicious Thai food seemed out of reach for me, but now I am confident I can do it in my own kitchen.
Tony F.
02/17/2025
We had a great time. The food was delicious, and we really enjoyed the other guests who attended the class. Chef Elham was exceptionally prepared and gave us some great ideas. Thank you for a wonderful time.
Mom .
02/10/2025
This was a personalized class in the chef's kitchen. She gave us lots of good tips, the soups were all delicious and we had a very nice time.
I would definitely take more classes from her.
Kalee T.
06/22/2024
Chef Elham was wonderful! She was super-helpful and personal, and she really listened to all of us and make our experience a treat! Thank you!!
Lilian L.
05/22/2024
Good chef
Paula B.
04/08/2024
I really enjoyed the Thai Cooking Class from Chef Elham. The instruction was great and the dishes that we cooked were really tasty. It was a fun night.
Andrew Byrnes .
04/07/2024
A wonderful experience making three delicious types of chocolate confections! Chef Elham was engaging, informative, and helpful. Highly recommend.
Tony Azzopardi .
03/27/2024
She was great and we all had a great time. Would definitely recommend.
Tyson Marks .
03/26/2024
Experience was great, I'd do it again.
Kathy Grant .
03/25/2024
Everything was expertly prepared, and Chef Elham taught our team a lot about sushi essentials. We had a great time!
Kanako Chow .
02/25/2024
My kid and I had a fun time!!
Jeanette Gerlomes .
02/25/2024
We had a wonderful evening! It was relaxed, informative and delicious!! We’ll definitely take more classes. A great way to spend an evening and meet new people. Thank you.
Mayra G.
01/28/2024
I had a great time and learned a lot!
Anita K.
01/21/2024
My husband and I had a great time in Chef Elham’s cooking class makiung & then eating delicious Thai food. Chef Elham shared lots of tips on cooking, ingredients & acceptable substitutions, and we look forward to making some of these dishes again at home with the recipes she shared.
Sandra F.
11/27/2023
We took the adventures in Thai Cooking with Chef Elham. Loved it. Small class--3 couples so each worked on a separate recipe. Chef went over ingredients, how to prepare them, shared with us many of the unique ingredients and how to get them. The food was amazing, I left feeling like I could make any of these dishes at home, and cant wait to try them.
Wendy C.
09/01/2023
This was a fun experience!
Tri N.
07/24/2023
A++++++++++++
Very fun and easy to learn. Enjoyed listening to her stories and knowledge.
Darrell K.
07/23/2023
Chef Elham hosted a wonderful experience. The instruction was helpful and the recipes were easy to follow, and led to a successful event and a very tasty meal.
Talin S.
06/26/2023
This class was great! Very friendly and informative, we had a great time, and learned quite a bit about working with chocolate - and the resulting dishes were delicious.
Christopher P.
04/22/2023
Great and fun cooking experience with Chef Elham and my wife on her birthday.
Will be sure to do again!
Yuan .
04/02/2023
This is great!!
Malissa M.
02/16/2023
This was a fun gathering, especially as an outing for my husband and I that was surprisingly very close to our house. It was nice to converse with other participants where we all had varying levels of cooking experience. I appreciate Chef Elham's conversational instruction that wasn't heavily demonstrative. It was a great dinner and I look forward to trying one of the recipes at home.
Loritta L.
02/15/2023
We had a great time! Chef Elham opened up her home to us, had all the ingredients ready and provided a nice set up. There were 8 people in the class which made it a lot more fun. Such a great experience.
The downside to it (nothing to do with the chef) the app needs to be more clear on the area that you’re booking the class in… And… There needs to be more communication before they take your money.
This is legit class and the company is real. The way they book the class makes you feel like it is a scam. Other than that, Chef Elham made it a positive and fun experience.
Minli Xie .
02/12/2023
It was a nice experience Chef Elham created in her warm home.we had fun cooking and eating with the class. The recipes are easy to follow and can be made at home.
Robert W.
02/11/2023
It was awesome. The food was great, chef great, other students great! Thanks!
Jennifer A.
02/11/2023
I had such a fun night learning to cook Thai food. Chef Elham was a great teacher - she was well-organized, knowledgeable and friendly. Definitely planning to attend her other classes.
Ashley C.
07/24/2022
Great tips and tricks in the kitchen! Had a great evening
Tracee C.
05/01/2022
This was my second time attending a class with Chef Elham and it was again a great learning experience and as much fun as the first class. I will definitely attend more!
Edward F.
04/30/2022
We really enjoyed our experience. It was fun and very informative. We picked up lots of geat cooking tips and got to sample four delicious appetizers.
Debby G.
04/10/2022
Steve and I had a fun experience with Chef Elham and the others in the group. The recipes we prepared were made easy by her explanations beforehand and her walking around checking in on what we were doing. The food was delicious!
Tracee C.
03/05/2022
I attended the "Handmade Soups" cooking class with Chef Elham and both the evening and Chef Elham were outstanding - what a great way to spend an evening! Chef Elham was very welcoming and provided a wonderful space in her kitchen set up with cooking stations well-organized with all ingredients and tools needed for each recipe. She was very informative and knowledgeable, taught us various techniques we would be using and then guided us through preparing our various soups. Once completed, we all sat down together and enjoyed each other's company and creations. And the soups ... each one was AMAZING!!!! Thank you, Chef Elham!
Norly G.
02/21/2022
In addition to showing us how to prepare delicious meals, Chef Elham took time to answer all of our questions & provided suggestions, tips & tricks. Thank you Chef!
Sylvia D.
02/16/2022
Would highly recommend attending one of Chef Elham's classes. We had a great time, learned new recipes and techniques, and tasted delicious food! Chef Elham is very professional and organized (had stations all set up and prepared for each recipe), all while making you feel comfortable no matter what your experience. We all look forward to taking another class again soon!
Eloise S.
02/04/2022
We loved our chocolate confections class with Chef Elham! She was so knowledgeable and made the experience really fun.
Anne K.
01/30/2022
We had a great time cooking with Elham
Jack G.
01/22/2022
We had so much fun. It was great to learn the Chef offers so many types of classes.
Katie G.
12/12/2021
Chef Elham was really well-organized and generous with her advice, even about cooking techniques that weren't explicitly related to the class. (For example, she gave really good tips on knife skills, pans to use, and other tips). I was impressed that the class got to do and learn so much.
Amy L.
12/04/2021
Very personable and knowledgeable! Thank you Chef Elham!
Sherry D.
11/22/2021
Chef Elham was a wonderful host and a fantastic chef. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and look forward to making the soups we learned to make at our session.
Andres P.
11/21/2021
Chef Elham exceeded all expectations for our first time experience. She was kind, patient, and happy to talk about about more than just what was on her menu. This was a birthday gift for my niece and she said it was “one of the best birthday gifts she ever hadâ€.
cyndi g.
10/16/2021
Elham is so personable and the sushi was delicious!
Maisie C.
09/15/2021
My family loves Chef Elham. She is an experienced and great chef that we got to work on our dishes all by ourselves with her close supervision. Love it! Having the dinner at her beautiful backyard was really a treat for us!!!
Justin W.
08/30/2021
Chef Elham's Sushi Class was fantastic! She kindly invited us to her home and prepared everything needed for the various sushi. Gave us great guidance to make delicious sushi. Very enjoyable and comfortable experience that felt like going over to a friend's house and prepping a dinner together.
Munir .
07/25/2021
Chef Elham was so wonderful to work with! We didn't know too much about cooking but she made sure we were comfortable and relaxed in here. She made the whole experience light and fun! I definitely would go back again!
Aubyn R.
07/12/2021
Thank you Chef Elham! We enjoyed our time learning from you and cooking our new favorite dishes, crepes & soufflé’s!
Galli B.
04/21/2017
Chef Elham was great. The recipes were delicious, we learned a lot, and had a fun night. The class is very hands on.
Kimber P.
04/18/2017
She was great! We had a lot of fun learning how to make sushi. It was so nice of her to do the dishes afterwards too!
Nikka C.
02/17/2017
We had a wonderful time with Chef Elham. She was so accomodating to us and really easy to talk with. We learned a lot of different techniques in cutting and cooking!
Samantha B.
01/14/2017
Fun, light- hearted spirit with a love for hosting and food. We Highly recommend Chef Elham!
Louis R.
01/13/2017
Enjoyable, fun, informative and tasty evening. Highly recommended.
Jennifer N.
01/07/2017
I participated in this class with my daughter as a birthday gift for her. We had a great time, learned several great tips, ate way too much sushi, met people from all over the world, and left with recipes and a few gifts. I would definitely recommend this experience.
Faith L.
12/30/2016
My 12 year old daughter and I took the Taste of Thailand class with Chef Elham and had a great time. She was able to make dietary modifications for us, and she presented information in a manner appropriate for both a preteen and an adult. She included my daughter in all aspects of the experience. We definitely plan to take another of her classes!
Dayna P.
11/20/2016
Chef Elham and her assistant, Karen, we're wonderful! The class was informative, her home was warm and inviting. I had a lovely evening.
Angela B.
11/20/2016
Thank you for a lovely evening!
James S.
11/08/2016
Chef Elham has a gorgeous home and it was a great place for a cooking class. She has been teaching for sixteen years and has a wide range of styles and expertise to pull from. I loved her version of souffle which also was much easier to make than I had previously thought. I’d love to take another class from her.
Kelly N.
10/22/2024
My first experience with Cozymeal was very disappointing. I took a friend for their birthday. It was very overpriced for what was actually offered ($250 for 2 people for 1 hour) The sushi tasted fine but the only thing we learned was how to roll and cut 2 sushi rolls. The first course was eliminated without mention and “class†that was suppose to be 2 hours was barely over 1 hour. There was no prep of food included and recipes were very limited.
Reejima A.
09/08/2024
I was not very happy with the experience for several reasons. The class mentioned that we would get to make a 4 course meal; however, we only made 3 as the dessert crepes were never made. Not only that we could only cook 1 item each. We were not able choose what we wanted to work on. It was first come first serve.
The chef said there can only be 3 people assigned to make crepes and if you didn't speak fast enough then you had to make something else. The crepes were already made ahead of time. The folks were working on just making the filling. One of my group members just worked on chopping shallots, adding thyme, and rolling the crepes.
One of the people in my group was not interested at all in making a souffle, so she was told to make a sauce for the dessert souffles. The chef took the sauce from her at some point and she was relegated to rolling crepes.
Also when I would ask any questions to the teacher, most of the time she just told me to refer to my instructions. If I wanted to look at a piece of paper I would have stayed home.
She mentioned also that cooking souffles is not that hard; however, the savory souffles that were made by the group were undercooked and under spiced.Â
I have taken multiple cooking classes and in all of them I have been able to cook all the recipes that they agreed to teach us and recreate it at home. I cannot say after paying $95 that I would be able to do that.
This class was a major disappointment and I will never book a class with this chef again. She either needs a better space so everyone can cook everything or she needs to only have a handful of students.Â
Maryanna B.
07/18/2021
The teacher was nice but the class was not at all what I expected. All items we used were premade we did make anything from scratch. The class description was mis-leading. I was expecting to learn at least how to make dessert sauces. The materials provided were low quality. One of the desserts offered to be used was a pudding snack pack. I was extremely disappointed the presentation and lesson was a 5 min discussion. Not worth the 85.00. I was interested in talking more classes but now I feel mislead and not sure if the class description is true to my explanation. I also invited two friends and I few bad and embarrassed that they were invited to a bad experience. My friend even ask the chef to show her something and was dismissed by our instructor. The instructor response was just cut the cake and layer. For the price we paid I think she could of showed her student how the layer a truffle. This class was elementary level something for a classroom project.
Jenny K.
04/04/2017
Chef Elham taught us some very delicious dishes. Now I know how to make thinner crepes and the Grand Marneir souffle is the best I've had, better than the one I got from a restaurant. Everything was good and we had a great time.
Laura C.
01/10/2017
Chef Elham is a very nice lady! I definitely feel a lot more confident making sushi now, but I feel the class could have been a bit more strategical and organized. It was hard to move around in the space to get to some needed items. I also was a bit overloaded with all of the demos being completed at once and trying to remember everything once it was our turn. I could have taken notes though as I understand this is typical for a cooking class. We got to meet her dog who is wonderful, but he was barking for a long time in the back room and even though she was very apologetic, I couldn't help but still be irritated by it. I know it was only her 3rd class so I'm sure there will be much improvement as she continues her teaching endeavors.
