Learn Indian dishes that are quick to make and still taste delicious in one of the most practical team building cooking activities in San Francisco. Your group cooks a simple feast that makes an ideal weeknight dinner, then sits down together to eat it.
The class runs three hours and is priced at $250 per guest for private groups of 4 to 10 guests. It is beginner-friendly and all you need to bring is yourself. Your teacher introduces the aromatic spices of India and helps the group prepare a few easy dishes, so you leave ready to recreate them at home on a night when you are short on time.
What's Included
- Three hours of hands-on Indian cooking instruction in a home kitchen
- All supplies and ingredients you need to
Learn Indian dishes that are quick to make and still taste delicious in one of the most practical team building cooking activities in San Francisco. Your group cooks a simple feast that makes an ideal weeknight dinner, then sits down together to eat it.
The class runs three hours and is priced at $250 per guest for private groups of 4 to 10 guests. It is beginner-friendly and all you need to bring is yourself. Your teacher introduces the aromatic spices of India and helps the group prepare a few easy dishes, so you leave ready to recreate them at home on a night when you are short on time.
What's Included
- Three hours of hands-on Indian cooking instruction in a home kitchen
- All supplies and ingredients you need to make every dish
- A light, traditional snack to start the class
- Plenty of beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages
- Naans to go with your meal
- A sit-down meal of the dishes your group made
Sample Menu
- Vegetable Pakoras: crispy vegetables in a gluten-free batter
- Aloo Gobi: spiced potatoes and cauliflower
- Chicken kebabs
- Paneer Tikka
- Cucumber Raita: a refreshing yogurt side dish
- Pulao: a traditional rice dish flavored with whole spices sauteed in ghee
It is a warm and encouraging atmosphere: you work in an everyday home kitchen rather than a commercial one, which makes it easier to picture cooking these dishes in your own. You get stuck in, cook up a storm and learn more about Indian cookery along the way, from how to bloom spices to how to keep a batter crisp.
Why It Works for Groups
Cooking team building works because everyone has a part to play. One person tends the pakoras, another threads kebabs, someone keeps the rice on track, and the whole group comes together for the meal at the end. With 4 to 10 guests per private class, this is one of the easiest team building activities for small groups to plan, and it suits mixed skill levels without anyone feeling left behind.
The class also fits a unique birthday party, a bachelorette party or a festive outing; as christmas team building ideas go, a shared Indian meal with drinks is a welcome change from a restaurant booking. It is a class that will feed your stomach and your soul.
About Your Host
The host is a women-owned Indian cooking school run by a home cook and teacher who grew up between two food traditions. Her father's side comes from Lucknow, a city whose cooking is refined and layered, and her mother's side from Bihar, where the food is earthy and bold. After moving to the United States she started cooking for friends, then for their friends, and those shared meals around her kitchen table grew into the school. She has taught as a guest instructor at several respected Bay Area culinary schools and also caters private events on special request.
Classes take place in her home kitchen in San Francisco and are intimate by design, never more than 12 people. The menus draw on dishes from across India's thirty states, and the stories behind each dish are as much a part of the class as the cooking. Guests regularly mention a beautiful, well-appointed kitchen, a warm and knowledgeable host and how much they learned about spices.
How the Class Runs
- Arrive and enjoy a light, traditional snack
- Meet the spices behind the menu and learn what each one does
- Follow the demonstration, then cook the dishes hands-on as a group
- Sit down together with naans to enjoy what you made
- Take home the know-how for fast, flavorful weeknight dinners
Good to Know
- Beginner-friendly; complete beginners and seasoned home cooks are both welcome
- Classes are held in the host's home kitchen in San Francisco; street parking is available nearby
- The space is wheelchair accessible
- The menu includes chicken and paneer; share any dietary needs before the class
- Pakoras are made in a gluten-free batter
Plan Your Cooking Class
Share your preferred date and group size to check availability. At $250 per guest with ingredients, drinks and naans included, this is a relaxed, hands-on take on culinary team building that ends with everyone around the table.
