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Private Cooking Classes for Individuals or Small Groups
Compassionate Cooks believes you are more likely to preapare healthful and delicious meals for yourself and your family if you feel comfortable and confident in the kitchen. From basic knife skills and meal-planning to sophisticated techniques such as braising, blanching and sauteing, we will teach you the cooking tricks that will empower you to make nutrient-dense, plant-based meals for yourself and your family for every occasion from a weeknight supper to holiday dinner parties.
Classes are custom-designed to suit your specific lifestyle and interests. All classes emphasize locally grown, seasonal and organic products as much as possible.
Our cooking instructors come to your home in the San Francisco Bay Area to cook with you in your kitchen, or we invite you to learn in a lovely space we rent in San Francisco. If you're interested in any type of private cooking class, please drop us a line and tell us what you're looking for:
For our totally customized 2-hour cooking class based on your needs (usually preparing 3 dishes together), our rates include:
-Basic knife skills
-Customized menu
-Printed recipes
-Helpful handouts
-Cost of food/ingredients
-Cost of instructor's time for shopping, prepping, planning
-Cost of instructor's time for teaching
-Cost of instructor's transportation
-Cost of rental fee (when applicable)
-Set-up and clean-up
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