My wife and I took a cooking class with Douglas last night to celebrate our anniversary. We…read moreattended a class that had 6 people; all good friends of ours. Everyone attending had different levels of cooking skills, and all of us walked away with insightful learnings! Douglas taught us everything from essential kitchen tools to own; the importance and techniques of toasting spices; how to stage and time the preparation of an incredible dinner menu; how to prepare and cook restaurant worthy meats, and more! As a group, we were involved in all stages of cooking an incredible meal: pork tenderloin with peppered apples, creamy mashed potatoes, brocolini, green salad, and ginger cake with caramel sauce. With the wine that we all brought, this was an amazing feast! If you are looking to improve your cooking and entertaining skills, one of Douglas's cooking classes is a must attend! In less than 24 hours, I have spoken to numerous friends about this, and everyone wants to check out his classes now. This is a win-win for everyone; the idea of hosting an incredible dinner party is no longer an intimidating thought -- Douglas, you will be seeing us again! Thanks for a great class.

We just enjoyed a wonderful evening with Douglas at his home, learning to cook some delicious food!…read more I was given this cooking class as a birthday gift and really wasn't sure what to expect (I tend to see cooking as a bit of a chore) but the evening was just so easy and fun that we had a great time in this beautiful space! Douglas is a very knowledgeable and laid-back chef who can easily move between instruction, casual conversation, and describing the intricacies of why it's always best to do this or that in the kitchen. Plus the others who cooked/dined with us were a lively bunch we're glad to have met! I would highly recommend working with Douglas in any capacity, maybe even as a birthday gift as was my experience ;-)

This was everything I could have asked for in a cooking class…read more The Mama Thai experience was a birthday present from my family for the four of us to do together. I have a decent amount of Thai cooking experience, while the rest of my family had none. Still, we all learned quite a bit, and had fun doing it! Jirayu has a beautiful home, and we immediately felt welcome and at ease. She's been doing this for more than 20 years. She and her daughter Saorise had stations set up for us, each with their own propane burner, tools, wok, and ingredients. We chose to make green papaya salad, red curry fried rice, and green curry eggplant with bamboo and rice noodles. After settling in, we started on the first of our dishes. We worked at a good pace, and Jirayu kept an eye on how we were doing, providing feedback where necessary. We made and ate each dish one at a time. It is an understatement to say that they turned out absolutely delicious! By the end of the first dish, we knew that we wanted to come back and do a few more menu items. Through each menu item, Jirayu talked about the brands she uses that have a more authentic Thai flavor. We talked about coconut milk, fish sauce, bamboo shoots, and palm sugar to name a few, and surprisingly some of the best brands were not Thai! She has also done her research on more healthy cooking, finding ways to omit MSG and unnecessary additives, and to make recipes more vegetarian-friendly. She herself is a pescatarian like me! One really neat trick that we learned is to use a juicer to make curry paste from scratch! If you've ever tried to make curry paste, it can be a long process with a mortar and pestle. I've take around 45 minutes to do it myself, and it makes for sore arm and hand muscles, for sure. For green curry paste, we spent probably five minutes using the juicer technique, and the results were amazing! We had plenty of extras to take home. Jirayu was also very generous with her time and answered so many of our questions. We even got to play with her dog, Ziggy!

When I heard we were doing another cooking class for a team activity in my mind I wanted to say not…read moreagain. But, Jirayu proved me wrong. Not only was her cooking class engaging, but she was knowledgeable, friendly, well prepared, had an awesome Chef's kitchen, and cleanliness was as important to her as it was to us. We came here for an off-site to do some team building like cooking. This is not my first cooking class, nor will it be my last, but this is definitely the best cooking class I've ever taken. And I've taken them all. I've taken Italian food cooking classes, dessert cooking classes, and your good old-fashioned American Cooking Class, but this one blew me away. I'm not going to lie, we had a busy group that had to take business calls and work inbetween cooking, and Jirayu took it all in stride. She even had a sense of humor saying we were the only group should have ordered three entrees without any dessert or appetizers LOL. Our first dish was spicy crab which was prepared fresh by us, but was chopped up and cleaned by her. Our next dish was the pad thai. Our third dish was chicken Pumpkin Curry. We were broken out in two teams of two, and each team would prepare its own meal. Not to brag or anything but we had the best Pad Thai, even the instructor said that. I also liked how the instructor accommodated a vegetarian in our class, and was able to accommodate people who liked Spicy Thai food on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being wild and 10 being flaming hot. For those who wanted flaming hot our instructor was nice enough to take out some Chili's to make the dish extra extra spicy. She told us she does this as her full-time job, and I support her 100%. She's an awesome cook and a great instructor. Take her class you won't regret it!

Exceptional DIning Experience with Chef Hans!…read more We recently hired Chef Hans for a family dinner at our vacation rental. From start to finish, he was incredible to work with and extremely collaborate during the menu planning process. Navigating our group's dietary needs was no small feat: we had a vegan, a pescatarian, two guests with severe shellfish allergies, and several enthusiastic carnivores. Chef Hans handled it all effortlessly, crafting a creative menu where every single guest felt fully catered to without compromising on flavor or presentation. The food was nothing short of amazing and we would use Chef Hans again if we lived in the area.

Chef Hans was absolutely amazing! He was so nice and an exceptional teacher to all 9 of us. He was…read morepatient with each of us too. He not only taught us how to make amazing sushi rolls, he also set everything up himself and cleaned up himself. He provided the fish and all the ingredients too, which were all very good quality. He drove to our Airbnb and we loved the private cooking class experience. We ate soooo much sushi and we even had leftovers from our rolls we made! He was so generous with the portions. So reasonably priced and excellent choice for your next private event.

Great recipes and helpful instruction. The chef is very knowledgeable and kind. The group is small…read moreenough to have individual attention.

My girlfriend and I did a Paella class with Chef Daniel…read more We learned how to make 2 different types of Tapas as well. The space was clean,Chef Daniel was super friendly, and was great at teaching us new recipes. It's a super fun way to learn more about cooking in a space with all the equipment you'll need. Last but not least, the we got treated to a batch of home-made ice cream.

Ayako was wonderful. She is very nice and answered all our questions. I went to the Japanese lunch…read moreclass, there were 3 of us in the class. The food was very homey, and I mean it in a good way. Prepping/cooking runs for ~2 hours and we ate for the 3rd hour. Food was delicious and healthy. Also prices are half what Le Cordon Bleu charges and she graduated from there. So it's like taking a Le Cordon Bleu, but paying half the amount. When it comes to food, I've been told that I have high standards and I say it's good. I'm going to see if I can attend her Brazilian and French classes. Highly recommend!

I recently had the pleasure of attending Ayako's Brazilian cooking class while I was visiting San…read moreFransisco with my husband during a work conference. I wanted to fill my days with some fun activities during the days my husband was away at the conference. I found Ayako's cooking class and knew it would be something fun and different from anything I have back home. Ayako was incredibly nice and inviting! She offered me slippers, an apron, and printed copies of the recipes we prepared. We cooked together and chatted along the way about different things to do in the city and food, of course. I learned some simple techniques for cutting vegetables I hadn't known before and I cook quite frequently at home. The food, conversation, and atmosphere could be beat! I would love to attend another one of Ayako's classes when I return to the city.

Kenji is such an amazing teacher. He's super professional, calm, and funny. His kitchen is equipped…read morewith everything you need to make these dishes successfully, and you'll get recipes to replicate them at home. We took the udon class and it was super fun. The entire group had an amazing time and we were stuffed with so much yummy food. Arigato, Kenji!

I took an online Japanese souffle pancake cooking class taught by Kenji with my coworkers. Kenji…read morewas an incredible teacher, the class was delightful, I learned a lot and the pancakes were delicious! I've taken other online cooking classes, and Kenji's was by far the best organized, and he repeated instructions and measurements so that everyone could follow along and be successful. I would highly recommend his classes and hope to take another one!

What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo than taking a cooking class with Tiny Kitchen Club! It…read morewas really fun and food we made was good. Anja Lee hosts all the classes on Zoom and I had a blast! Anja regularly hosts cooking classes a couple times a week. We made carnitas/chicken, mushroom tacos and spicy margaritas and they were delicious. Anja provided us with the ingredient list and directions ahead of time. It was easy to shop for the ingredients and it was easy to hop onto Zoom. The directions she provided was also very easy to follow. I also loved her personality, she was so friendly and outgoing!

Anja and her team created really unique virtual experiences for my company's recent virtual Summer…read moreappreciation day. The particular one I was in involved wine tasting, 3 small bottles sent to the home ahead of the date, and I learned a lot, had fun, and tasted some great unique wines. Anja herself has a great personality and she was good at dialogue and interacting with a diverse group of people and with varying experiences with wine.

My kid wanted to have a cooking party for his birthday. Both my kids are fans of Master Chef and…read moreall those cooking competition shows on tv. I found Junior Chef Stars on Yelp. We considered the competition in Ghiradelli Square but decided not to pursue it because it's located in a tourist trap and parking is horrible down there (I'm not schlepping all my food for adults on the bus). Initially it was difficult trying to schedule the party because most of the staff was running cooking summer camp. After I finally connected with someone, the planning was easy peasy. You select a class from their catalog online. They do everything for you. All you need to do is make sure the kids show up and you have food for the adults to eat. Brian and the team are great with the kids. A lot of them came away excited about cooking. They practiced knife skills, cooking on a portable electric stove plus making their own pasta from scratch. The staff is friendly and they didn't rush everyone to finish. Shop is located in a mall but it is inside the mall, not any of the stores facing the street. We circled the lot twice before we saw the signage. The kitchen was clean and bright. Free parking in the lot! We would definitely use Junior Chef Stars again.

It is very fun, you learn how to coooooook, it's very useful in life,workers are kind!read more