There is nothing so delicious as fresh pasta, and this private class makes it the center of a fun pasta making team building experience in San Francisco. With only a few simple ingredients, your group makes pasta by hand, cooks two homemade sauces and sits down to a restaurant-style dish it made together. It is a crowd-pleasing choice for Bay Area teams and celebrations.
The class runs two hours and is priced at $119 per guest for private groups of 14 to 36 guests. No experience is necessary; the only requirement is a fun attitude and a love of good food. Expect to get your hands full of flour as a chef instructor shows the group how to make hand cut pappardelle from scratch.
What's Included
There is nothing so delicious as fresh pasta, and this private class makes it the center of a fun pasta making team building experience in San Francisco. With only a few simple ingredients, your group makes pasta by hand, cooks two homemade sauces and sits down to a restaurant-style dish it made together. It is a crowd-pleasing choice for Bay Area teams and celebrations.
The class runs two hours and is priced at $119 per guest for private groups of 14 to 36 guests. No experience is necessary; the only requirement is a fun attitude and a love of good food. Expect to get your hands full of flour as a chef instructor shows the group how to make hand cut pappardelle from scratch.
What's Included
- Two hours of hands-on pasta instruction from a chef instructor
- All the equipment and ingredients for the pasta and both sauces
- Fresh homemade pasta, made by your group
- A seasonal salad from the chef to complement your pasta
What You Will Make
- Hand cut pappardelle made from scratch
- A fresh Pomodoro sauce
- A butter and sage sauce with squash
- A restaurant-style pasta dish to enjoy with the seasonal salad
The class is casual and meant to be fun and instructive. You are seated with your booking party, and guests in the same party work together throughout the class by sharing ingredients and equipment. The ingredients are easy to find at local markets if you do not already have them in your home kitchen, so the recipes are simple to repeat at home. The venue also offers cocktails and wines for sale that pair well with the dinner you and your group prepare.
Why It Works for Groups
Pasta is a natural group project. Someone kneads, someone rolls, someone cuts the ribbons and someone watches the sauce, and every step depends on the one before it. That is cooking as a team building exercise at its most practical: the group plans, adjusts and celebrates together, then shares a meal that proves it worked.
The class suits a department outing, a holiday party, a birthday, a reunion or a milestone celebration. Because the chef brings all the equipment and ingredients, organizers only need a date and a headcount. For groups that want culinary team building with a sit-down dinner at the end, fresh pasta is hard to beat.
About Your Host
Your host is a social cooking company built on a simple idea: great food is even better when it is made together. Its name means cooking socially in Latin, and its classes run in more than 15 cities with local chefs and partner restaurants and hotels. The mission is to make cooking classes affordable, accessible and genuinely fun, whatever your skill level.
The team hosts private events of every kind, from birthday parties and bridal showers to corporate team building, and its chefs aim to teach real kitchen skills while keeping the room entertained. Guests from past team events describe instructors who move from table to table to check in with every group, and an activity that lets coworkers talk and work together instead of sitting stuck at one end of a restaurant table.
How the Class Runs
- Check in 15 minutes early and settle in with your party
- Mix and knead fresh pasta dough by hand
- Roll the dough and hand cut your pappardelle
- Cook a Pomodoro sauce and a butter and sage sauce with squash
- Sit down together to your pasta and a seasonal salad
Good to Know
- No experience is necessary; complete beginners are very welcome
- Share any dietary needs before the class so the chef can plan ahead
- Drinks are not included; a bar at the venue sells cocktails, wine and non-alcoholic drinks
- Alcohol is for guests 21 and over only, and outside food and drinks are not allowed
- Please arrive 15 minutes early to check in, especially with a large group
Plan Your Pasta Class
Share your preferred date and group size to check availability. At $119 per guest with equipment, ingredients and a seasonal salad included, this is a hands-on cooking class team building option and one of the most satisfying forms of cooking team building, finished around a shared table.
