Learn to make a traditional Indian feast at home in one of the more personal corporate team building cooking classes in San Francisco. Your group cooks a classic restaurant-style menu by hand, hears the history behind regional Indian cooking and ends the evening around the table.
The class runs three and a half hours and is priced at $250 per guest for private groups of 4 to 12 guests. Even complete beginners feel at ease because all levels are welcome, and all you need to bring is yourselves. If there is a curry you have always wanted to make, or a side dish from your favorite restaurant you want to replicate, this is the place to learn it.
What's Included
- Three and a half hours of hands-on Indian cooking
Learn to make a traditional Indian feast at home in one of the more personal corporate team building cooking classes in San Francisco. Your group cooks a classic restaurant-style menu by hand, hears the history behind regional Indian cooking and ends the evening around the table.
The class runs three and a half hours and is priced at $250 per guest for private groups of 4 to 12 guests. Even complete beginners feel at ease because all levels are welcome, and all you need to bring is yourselves. If there is a curry you have always wanted to make, or a side dish from your favorite restaurant you want to replicate, this is the place to learn it.
What's Included
- Three and a half hours of hands-on Indian cooking instruction in a home kitchen
- All ingredients and equipment for the full menu
- Drinks and naan with your meal
- A spice lesson covering how each spice is used
- A sit-down Indian feast of everything your group cooked
Sample Menu
- Paneer Tikka: Indian cheese marinated in spices and yogurt
- Shahi Korma: a creamy chicken curry
- Gobi Fry: sauteed cauliflower
- Cucumber Raita: a refreshing yogurt side dish
- Pulao: a traditional rice dish flavored with whole spices sauteed in ghee
Your teacher leads you through tips and tricks for traditional Indian food, shares the rich history of regional cooking and helps everyone sharpen their kitchen skills. Guests describe hands-on prep of every ingredient, clear explanations of the spices and a class where everyone got to make a dish or two. By the end you have a delicious feast to tuck into and new techniques under your chef hat.
Why It Works for Groups
This menu has several moving parts, from marinating paneer to building a creamy korma, which makes team building through cooking feel natural: people pair up, take ownership of a dish and bring it to the shared table. With 4 to 12 guests per private class, it is one of the most rewarding team building activities for small groups and a good fit for a larger team as well.
It also suits a Christmas party, a birthday, a bachelorette party or a date, and it makes a unique gift for a parent or friend who loves Indian food. As holiday team building activities go, cooking a full traditional feast together is a memorable way to celebrate the season. An optional spice box can be added for $65 so guests can keep cooking at home.
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, meet your teacher and get a hands-on spice lesson
- Prep the ingredients together and learn the history behind each dish
- Cook the full menu side by side, with tips and tricks along the way
- Sit down together to enjoy your Indian feast
- Head home ready to recreate your favorite dishes
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
- An optional spice box add-on is available for $65
Plan Your Cooking Class
Share your preferred date and group size to check availability. At $250 per guest with ingredients, equipment, drinks and naan included, this is a generous, hands-on take on cooking class team building for groups of up to 12.
