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Learn essential cooking techniques including knife skills, sautéing, and braising in San Francisco's beginner-friendly cooking classes. Master the art of making mouthwatering dishes from scratch and elevate your culinary skills.

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Mother's Day Cake Decorating

Pans on Fire @ 3059 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA

Make this Mother's Day a truly special one with our Cake Decorating class. Moms can bring one child (age 5 - 17) to help you decorate your cake. Each pair will receive a pre-made chocolate cake. Our expert instructors will teach you the frosting techniques and a variety of decorations, including chocolate dipped strawberries. You'll have everything you need to create a custom cake you love. You will take your masterpiece home to enjoy with your...

(9) All levels 8 and older
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$96.90
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Class in a Flash: Introduction to Pressure Cooking

Pans on Fire @ 3059 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA

Modern pressure cookers are a safe, speedy tool for the kitchen. Useful for more than just soups and stews, they can rehydrate dry beans in minutes and put a ready-to-eat risotto on the table in under 10 minutes. Even cheesecake comes out wonderfully moist in about 30 minutes. We'll show you the ins and outs of stovetop and electric pressure cookers ("multicookers") and then prepare a few fast, easy dishes, all focused on the summertime table. ...

(9) Beginner 18 and older
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Lunch & Learn: 30-min Meals

Pans on Fire

Lunch and Learn series are back! At this Lunch & Learn session, your culinary instructor will prepare two meals in one hour to help you quickly fix meals during the week. We will cook- 1. Tortilla soup with quesadilla 2. Broccoli cheese and rice casserole This is a demonstration class full of delicious food, tips and techniques and runs about 60 minutes. You'll not only take home a complete lunch for yourself, but will have recipes to take home...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Lunch & Learn: Pies

Pans on Fire

Lunch and Learn series are back! At this Lunch & Learn session, your culinary instructor will prepare two pies that will help you plan your holidays. We will cook one savory and one sweet pie.  This is a demonstration class full of delicious food, tips and techniques and runs about 60 minutes. You'll not only take home a complete lunch for yourself, but will have recipes to take home too. Class will be limited to max 6 participants. Participants...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Cooking Demo & Tasting: Seared Halibut, Steak w/ Mushroom Sauce, and more

Pans on Fire @ 3059 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA

Join Chef Bernard at Pans on Fire for a presentation dinner where he will demonstrate how to prepare a variety of dishes and provide essential tips for improving your cooking skills. Discover the art of choosing the right cookware and reducing food waste while enjoying a delectable menu featuring seared halibut, sous vide steak, and a refreshing red berry salad.

(9) All levels 18 and older
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$15.30
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Handmade Ricotta Ravioli

CocuSocial Cooking Classes @ 1500 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA

Hey ravioli, you’re beautiful inside and out.  Learn to make pasta dough from scratch, then fill your ravioli and finish it off with a quick brown butter sage sauce. We source the freshest ingredients to let the flavors shine through in this simple yet impressive dish. We'll also go over our favorite resources in Bay Area to find the ingredients and basic equipment you'll need for making your own pasta at home.  No experience is required!...

(1742) Beginner 21 and older
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$43.40
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Italian Date Night: Hand-made Ravioli & Prosecco Tiramisu for Two People

CocuSocial Cooking Classes

Experience a delightful evening of authentic Italian cuisine in this hand-made ravioli class, then top the evening off wpaired wwth a decadent Prosecco tiramisu.

(1742) All levels 21 and older
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$100
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Valentine's Day Special - Decorative Sushi Making

Nombe

Prepare homemade sushi like a Japanese Chef  For Valentine's Day, you can attend a fun class of learning how to make Sushi and have them when you are done!  In this class, we will be making a variety of rolls (you and your partner will make different things so you can enjoy double the variety) with high-end ingredients. We will also serve you a Chocolate Souffle.  You can bring any drinks you like to create a special night with...

(6) All levels 10 and older
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Become a Japanese Chef: Homemade Sushi

Nombe @ 1760 Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco, CA

For over the past decade, this class has taught how to make delicious sushi to thousands of people from all over the world, from kids to adults in different classes from Nombe, Learning Annex, Home Chef, to Sprouts (kids)! This class is fun, full of energy, and information that a person who grew up eating sushi would know.  You will learn sushi from A - Z: The history and types of sushi How to make perfect sushi rice (washing, cooking,...

(6) All levels 10 and older
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$105
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Authentic Asian Dumplings

CocuSocial Cooking Classes @ 1500 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA

Discover the flavor-packed world of dumplings! Follow Chef Huong to make the easy version of Chinese dumplings from scratch. In this session, Chef Huong will be showing you how to make dumpling wrappers from scratch and also using a stored bought wrappers so you can experience with the 2 different textures. You will be making 2 types of dumplings: Chef’s version of pork, chives and shrimps dumplings Vegetarian tofu dumplings No experience...

(1742) All levels 21 and older
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Chinese Dumplings

CocuSocial Cooking Classes @ 1500 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA

Discover the flavor-packed world of dumplings! Master the basics of dumpling wrapping in different shapes including triangular, half-moon, and pleated gyoza style. You’ll get a chance to work with high-quality store-bought dumpling wrappers. You’ll also get to practice your knife skills and learn how to make two different fillings of pork & chive and vegetables. Find out about our favorite resources in San Francisco for sourcing ingredients...

(1742) Beginner 21 and older
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$45.50
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Advanced Sushi

Nombe @ 1501 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA

In this class, you will learn how to choose the fish, filet the fish, and make Nigiri. You need to know how to cook perfect rice to be able to take this class.  We will not review any basic skills. Note: Wear closed toe shoes and clothes that can get dirty. Bring bento boxes (take out containers) to take food home. 

(6) Advanced 10 and older
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$150
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Lunch & Learn: Winter Soups

Pans on Fire @ 3059 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA

Bring winter flavors to your table. At this Lunch & Learn session, your culinary instructor will prepare 2 wintertime soups to stave off the cold and warm you through and through. Fresh baked bread and a fruit salad accompanies your soup buffet. Planned Menu: Tuscan Bean Soup Smoked Turkey/chicken Corn Chowder Fresh baked bread Fresh Fruit salad This is a demonstration class full of delicious food, tips and techniques and runs about 90 minutes....

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Lunch & Learn: Winter Salads

Pans on Fire

New Years resolutions mean that many of us struggle with finding dishes that are filling yet nutritionally balanced to carry us through the day. Our main course winter salads will do just that.  Planned Menu: Winter Salad with Apples, Dried Cherries and a Creamy Maple Vinaigrette Whole Grain Bulgar Salad with Olive Dressing and Feta Cheese Wilted Chicken Salad with Pomegranate Dressing This is a demonstration class full of delicious...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Fall Harvest Vegetarian Lunch

Pans on Fire

Fall Harvest Vegetarian Pizza & Soup: Demonstration with Full Lunch Join us for this seasonal 1.5 hour class to cook and create a delicious vegetarian meal using pumpkins! You will create a velvety pumpkin soup and a roasted pumpkin pizza.

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Hearty Fall Soup -Demonstration with Lunch

Pans on Fire

Join us for this seasonal 1.5 hour class to cook and create a delicious hearty soup of chorizo, chickpeas and vegetables with saffron.  Enjoy a bowl of warm soup with a side of crusty bread.  

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Mexican Fiesta- Online Live

Pans on Fire @ Online, San Francisco, CA

It's Cinco de Mayo time!! You'll prepare a fun, fresh menu that you'll learn in this LIVE class with our chef, and use in your own home again n again. It's time to spice things up and learn how to make Fresh Mango salsa and Guacamole Homemade tortillas Chicken tacos We will send you list of ingredients Wednesday night before the class, so you can shop early and cook with us on Saturday; or you can watch us and cook later. You will get full...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Mother's Day Brunch - Online Live

Pans on Fire @ Online, San Francisco, CA

Even though we are closed, you are invited to participate in annual tradition at Pans on Fire: Celebrate mom this Mother's Day with a online LIVE cooking class brunch. You will learn how to make-  Almond Ciabatta French Toast with Honeyed Syrup Tater Tot Omelette Bites Fruit salad with maple lime dressing We will send you list of ingredients Wednesday night before the class, so you can shop early and cook with us on Saturday; or you can watch...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Team Building with Sushi

Nombe @ 1501 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA

Sushi Team-Building is a fun activity that achieves 3 goals for off-site corporate events: build the team  everyone can learn the sushi making technique to take home  they get dinner! Besides, weather can’t affect the event and it can also be done at your office! Or we can arrange an outside location with fee. We have been teaching how to make Sushi for 12 years, as highlighted in Sunset Magazine. With our experience working in...

(6) All levels 10 and older
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$2,080
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Italian: Fettuccine Alfredo & More

Pans on Fire @ 3059 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA

Fettuccini Alfredo, Mixed Green Salad with Candied Walnuts, Tiramisu Cups Fresh pasta is so much more satisfying than store bought, and it only requires knowledge of a few simple techniques. In this class, we'll make handmade pasta. We'll then create delicious alfredo sauce that is so quick and easy to recreate at home. We'll also prepare a delightful salad with candied walnuts and tiramisu for dessert. This is a hand-on class. Once the food is...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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