Discover how to make vegan cheese and craft a variety of plant-based pizzas in this private corporate team cooking class in San Francisco, where your group makes vegan mozzarella, ricotta and mascarpone from cashews and puts them to work on fresh pizzas.
The class runs three hours and is priced at $135 per guest for private groups of 8 to 15 guests. It is beginner-friendly. Along with the cheeses, you whip up a flavorful vegan pesto and a creamy bechamel, and the chef shares tips on working with cashews and creating mouthwatering plant-based alternatives.
What's Included
- Three hours of hands-on vegan cheese and pizza making with the chef
- All ingredients, including toppings like pickled asparagus and olive tapenade
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Discover how to make vegan cheese and craft a variety of plant-based pizzas in this private corporate team cooking class in San Francisco, where your group makes vegan mozzarella, ricotta and mascarpone from cashews and puts them to work on fresh pizzas.
The class runs three hours and is priced at $135 per guest for private groups of 8 to 15 guests. It is beginner-friendly. Along with the cheeses, you whip up a flavorful vegan pesto and a creamy bechamel, and the chef shares tips on working with cashews and creating mouthwatering plant-based alternatives.
What's Included
- Three hours of hands-on vegan cheese and pizza making with the chef
- All ingredients, including toppings like pickled asparagus and olive tapenade
- Homemade vegan pizzas to taste throughout the class
- Leftovers to take home
- Non-alcoholic drinks, filtered water and ice, plus wine glasses and corkscrews
On the Menu
- Vegan mozzarella, ricotta and mascarpone made from cashews
- Vegan pesto and vegan bechamel
- Fresh New York-style pizza dough
- Long-fermented Neapolitan dough, prepped in advance for the perfect crust
- Toppings such as pickled asparagus and olive tapenade
You prepare fresh New York-style pizza dough and also work with a long-fermented Neapolitan dough prepped ahead of time, so the group can compare two styles of crust. Pizzas come out of the oven throughout the workshop, and everyone tastes their creations alongside fellow food lovers. There are always leftovers to take home.
Why It Works for Groups
Turning cashews into something that melts and stretches like cheese surprises almost everyone, and that shared surprise is a great icebreaker. Guests rotate between cheese making, dough and toppings, which keeps cooking team bonding active from start to finish. Because the whole menu is plant-based, vegan and non-vegan colleagues eat the same food, which makes it one of the more unique team building events for a mixed group.
With 8 to 15 guests per private class, it sits comfortably among team building activities for small groups, and it is also a fun pick for a birthday, a bachelorette party or a Christmas party.
About Your Host
Your class is guided by the chef who founded the school in 2016 as a place to gather, cook together and connect in the kitchen. His cooking was shaped by his roots in Argentina and by decades of living in California, where a wide range of cuisines lets him borrow ingredients and techniques from one another. After years of cooking on instinct, he went to culinary school to add formal technical discipline, and today he teaches the fundamentals and the why behind each step so guests can cook with confidence instead of leaning on a recipe.
Classes take place in a light-filled industrial loft in Potrero Hill with an open kitchen and a 20-seat capacity, centrally located just off the 280. Beyond classes, the school also offers private dinners and catering.
The approach is simple: learn basic techniques, organize your procedures so cooking feels effortless, and build the confidence to improvise with what is in your own pantry. Events are designed to be engaging and social, with clear, step-by-step instruction throughout and plenty of time for interaction, so the ideas that make a great cook come across naturally.
How the Class Runs
- Arrive at the loft and learn how cashews become vegan cheese
- Make the vegan mozzarella, ricotta and mascarpone
- Whip up the vegan pesto and bechamel
- Stretch the New York-style and Neapolitan doughs and top your pizzas
- Bake and taste the pizzas together, then pack up the leftovers
Good to Know
- Beginner-friendly; no previous cooking experience is needed
- All ingredients, non-alcoholic drinks, filtered water and ice are provided, along with a fully equipped kitchen
- BYOB with no corkage fee; wine glasses and corkscrews are provided
- Every event ends with the group enjoying the food made together
- The menu is vegan and built on cashews; guests with tree nut allergies should check with the chef first
Plan Your Vegan Pizza Class
Share your preferred date and group size to check availability. At $135 per guest with ingredients, pizzas, leftovers and non-alcoholic drinks included, this is a fun, interactive way to explore the world of vegan cooking.
