Cook a tapas feast and a perfect paella together, then sit down and share it, in a cooking class team building experience that a professionally trained chef brings to your own kitchen in the Bay Area. The chef travels to a venue of your choice within 15 miles of Japantown in San Francisco and brings every ingredient and supply your group needs.
The class runs two hours and is priced at $125 per guest for groups of 6 to 25 guests. A travel surcharge of $240 is added to each booking after it is paid and confirmed. The class is great for beginners: the chef guides the group at every step so everyone learns to cook the Spanish way.
What's Included
- Two hours of hands-on Spanish cooking instruction from a
Cook a tapas feast and a perfect paella together, then sit down and share it, in a cooking class team building experience that a professionally trained chef brings to your own kitchen in the Bay Area. The chef travels to a venue of your choice within 15 miles of Japantown in San Francisco and brings every ingredient and supply your group needs.
The class runs two hours and is priced at $125 per guest for groups of 6 to 25 guests. A travel surcharge of $240 is added to each booking after it is paid and confirmed. The class is great for beginners: the chef guides the group at every step so everyone learns to cook the Spanish way.
What's Included
- Two hours of hands-on Spanish cooking instruction from a professionally trained chef
- All ingredients and supplies needed to cook and enjoy the meal, brought to your venue
- Step-by-step guidance as the group prepares a spread of tapas and a paella
- A sit-down meal at the end, when everyone enjoys the feast they cooked together
What You Will Cook
The menu centers on paella and tapas, with bold flavors, vivid colors and fresh seasonal ingredients inspired by Spanish cuisine. On the chef's sample menus, paella is made with saffron bomba rice and fresh seafood, chicken or chorizo, and it can be made vegetarian or without seafood. Every menu the chef creates can be customized to your taste, event style and dietary restrictions, so share any needs when you book.
Guests who have cooked with the chef single out her paella, and say she takes the time to explain her ingredients, her method and her process. Expect to roll up your sleeves, get chopping and learn a few new dishes you can make again at home.
Why It Works for Groups
A shared meal is one of the oldest ways to build a team, and this class turns it into an activity everyone takes part in. Colleagues split up the prep, coordinate around the stove and then sit down together, which makes it one of the more natural in person team building activities for a group that wants real conversation rather than a lecture. It is a great way to bond with friends, family and coworkers alike.
For companies, it slots in alongside other corporate team building cooking classes with one difference: nobody has to travel to a studio, because the chef comes to your office kitchen, home or event space. That makes it easy to plan as culinary team building for a department, as part of a run of team building cooking events, or as a seasonal christmas team building lunch or dinner. It also works for a birthday party or a bachelorette party.
About the Chef
Your instructor is a professionally trained and certified chef who graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Miami and has more than seven years of experience. She provides personal dining, private cooking instruction and catering throughout the Bay Area, including corporate and team building cooking classes and kids' workshops, with an emphasis on quality fresh ingredients and stunning presentation customized for every event.
She holds a 5.0-star average across more than 30 client reviews, and clients describe her as warm, responsive and accommodating. One host held an executive team dinner and planned to book her again for another team dinner, and several note that she left the kitchen spotless at the end of the night.
How the Session Runs
- The chef arrives at your venue with all ingredients and supplies
- The group gathers in the kitchen and divides up the prep
- Cook a spread of tapas with step-by-step guidance
- Build and cook the paella together
- Sit down and enjoy the feast as a group
Good to Know
- You provide a venue with a kitchen where the group can cook and share a meal
- The venue must be within 15 miles of Japantown in San Francisco
- A $240 travel surcharge is added after the booking is paid and confirmed
- Beginners are welcome; no cooking experience is needed
- You can add guests later with at least 3 business days of notice; the guest count generally cannot be reduced
- Groups of 6 to 25 guests at $125 per guest
Plan Your Paella Class
Share your preferred date, venue and group size to check availability. With the chef, ingredients and supplies all brought to you and a shared Spanish feast at the end, this is an easy way to give your team a memorable afternoon or evening together.
