Hosted a company team building activity with Cultivate Culinary at it was amazing! The staff were…read moreso helpful and friendly, and the food was amazing! My team can't stop raving about it. Will definitely be coming here for their date night cooking classes and booking future team events.

This venue specializes in interactive culinary experiences for all ages, making it an ideal…read morelocation for small team gatherings and delicious food. We recently visited to celebrate the completion of a project with a group of about ten people, and it proved to be a perfect setting for our celebration. The venue offers various team-building programs, such as the bake-off challenge, which we chose. With wine and other beverages available, the experience culminates in enjoying a full meal together. I particularly enjoyed the bake-off challenge, as it emphasized teamwork rather than individual effort, and was well-organized. At the end of the challenge, the chef judged the results and selected a winner, making the experience both interesting and fun. I highly recommend this place for anyone looking to engage in small team-building activities followed by a meal.

love this place! Belinda the manager is super professional kind and so good with the kids! my son…read morehas been attending a few camps and enjoys it immensely. camps are around 9-12pm and everything is so well organized and they know how to keep kids engaged!

I took a cooking class here focused on Spanish paella, and it was such a fun experience! The…read moreinstructor and assistants were clearly knowledgeable, attentive, and made the evening really enjoyable. I went with friends and we had a great time cooking together. The portion sizes were super generous; we made tons of baked chorizo croquetas, devoured our entire paella, and still had plenty of lemon ricotta cheesecake left over to take home. Just a heads-up: the class ran from 7:30 to 9:30, so dinner ends up being on the later side. That said, it's totally in line with Spanish dining culture, so no complaints there, just something to keep in mind if you're coming hungry!

tl;dr Came here for a corporate team event making fettuccini pasta with marinara sauce with at…read moreleast 30 people and had a blast! Two Cucina Bambini staff led our function, and it was one of the most memorable holiday celebrations I've had. For our fettuccini pasta making class, they had us set up with half the group focusing on making the pasta from scratch and the other half chopping ingredients to make the pasta sauce. All instructions were provided verbally without amplification but the staff really know how to project well so hearing wasn't an issue if the team knew someone was talking. Instructions were clear and the staff walked around to provide guidance while letting you still make the pasta/cook the sauce. Given how many people we had, it took about 2 hours to prep everything. In addition to the pasta and sauce, for our lunch, the staff brought out simple salads that were premade. Since this was a corporate event, I can only say how the experience was vs. value for money. But if prices were reasonable, I would consider coming back for a personal event since it was a lot of fun!

We hosted my daughter's 8th birthday and she had a wonderful time making pizza from scratch with…read moreher buddies. The staff were very accommodating and helped a lot for the event to be enjoyable and a great one to cherish.

I have been wanting to take my kiddo to a caregiver and me cooking class for a while now. She is…read morefinally old enough and I felt like she was ready. I booked a Tuesday evening class during winter break. You get a confirmation email and that's it. I was worried about prep but they prepare everything for you and thought up everything as well. Small parking lot. They had us wash our hands when we arrived and then each kiddo had a color sheet with crayons. Nice touch but defeats the purpose of washing our hands first. The two of us shared a table with another mom with their toddler. Each toddler had their own set up to make 6 cookies. Everything was pre measured and it wasn't too messy. We were able to bake 6 cookies and use whatever toppings - she got to choose between chocolate chips, m&ms, white chocolate chips and these dried fruits. They read a book to the kids and then made milk shakes as a group. Each kid got a small cup and to place chocolate chips/m&Ms in. The cookies were really delicious and my child loved the milk shake. One thing is that you can't stop other kiddos from touching your items/food. Would return.

Great experience for people watching/interacting, and cooking without having to prep or clean!…read more Booked a shared table for 2 (4 people at a table) for an adult cooking class on a Saturday night. Pros: The shared table experience was great for meeting new people and having extra sets of brains for multitasking. Cons: Seating is random and the experience is shared; ie: one burner for 4, and the end products are shared. Our dish ended up being over-salted, and our experience was halved in interactive-ness due to the luck of the draw of seating. Never have I had a spoon or spatula taken away from my hands so fast before. And most certainly never have I had someone critique the knives and actively give the duller knife to us. This shared table experience was essentially a fight for all (for us). BUT this is just dependent on the attendees and who you're seated with. The other shared tables didn't seem to have such issues. For a more interactive learning experience, I recommend the private table to avoid the risk of randomization. On the bright side, we got to see how other couples interact, whether it was actively taking items from their partner's hands because they were doing the task wrong (ie: mixing eggs wrong??) or the couple next to us taking cute photos of each other and sharing drinks while enjoying their time together. The structure of the class was decent, organized, and well-paced. All ingredients were measured and prepared. Baking, cleaning, and chilling items were taken care of by staff. Prepping the dish (ie: battering items, mixing ingredients) and active cooking were the only things needed to be done. The instructor would explain the ingredients provided and the instructions during the instruction period for the dish at hand. Following the instructions, prep/cooking occurs while the instructor supervises and provides aid or guidance as needed. All in all, I had a great experience. The staff was nice, especially the instructor, and I felt taken care of during my cooking class experience. Would return for pasta night-- most definitely for the private table experience.

Hands down a bomb ass cooking class with a bomb ass chef (Tani-San). Will go back because it's so…read morecheap and everyone learned a lot! Few things to know though to make your experience smooth 1) go to his store and choose out your appetizers, entree, and dessert beforehand. The pictures make a difference 2) tell him in advance that you want to actually learn how to cook and tell him you want to help with prep. He told me that a lotta people just come and drink wine so he's gotten used to assuming to do most of the cooking. I guess people go to his class and don't want to get too dirty ? 3) bring your own drinking water and drinks 4) if someone is familiar with Japanese it helps a lot 5) he'll make the lesson private if you have more than 5-6 people. 6) his prices changes depending on what you guys cook. We paid 45 but still totally worth it 7) ask him to teach you how to present the food and he'll teach you that as well. Have everyone do their own and ask him to rank them. I lost. Some courtesies he was really thankful for 1) he doesn't ask to but CLEAN ALL THE DISHES. It's 45 dollars for a cooking class and otherwise you're leaving him to do it himself. 2) leave a tip! 3) ask him to join you for the food you guys made! Tani-San is hella cool. He's a old guy doing this for fun after working at various French restaurants.

Here are the basic things to know if you would like to host a private event with Chef Tani:…read more1) $39 per person 2) bring your own beverage and music (he has wine glasses) 3) his store front is just around the corner of the UPS store. I hosted a private corporate team building for the ten of us and we had a lot of fun. We brought our own beverages and music. The ambience is cozy and feels like you are just chatting away at a friends house while dashing in and out of the kitchen. Chef Tani is Japanese who specialize in French techniques. While speaking to him over the phone we had trouble understanding one another, we had no problem in person. I did 4-5 pricing quotes around the southbay area and no one comes close to chef tani's 39 dollars per person price. You need to schedule an appointment with him, and pick out what you want to cook for your appetizer, main entree and dessert. We had crab and avocado stack, roasted wild rice stuffed Cornish hen, and blancmanger. Chef Tani has done all the prep work so we just came so for the "fun" part. Everything was delicious and we had a blast team building, learning and just chatting away. I would come back to chef Tani again for another team building exercise or any of his private cooking lessons.

Knowledgeable staff and a wide variety of charcoal options…read more If you own a Big Green Egg or want to broaden your BBQ horizons, I recommend checking them out. It's nice to support a local business when I can, and it saves me the trouble of going to multiple hardware stores/ bbq stores to look for certain types of lump charcoal. I'm willing to pay a premium for the convenience of having the specific type of lump charcoal that I feel like using on any given week.

Excellent source for BGE grills, accessories and general information. The classes are amazing and…read morethe chili cook off should not be missed! Smitty is awesome. If you have your eye on an Egg, talk to these guys!

Love me some Berkeley! These cute little storefronts are definitely part of the reason. This place…read morehad sushi, coffee, Tibetan jewelry and organic ice cream with a cooking school upstairs we all wandered around and really enjoyed our time spent here... We all got a scoop of Serotonin ice cream and tasted a few of their exotic flavors like saffron and lavender a few nostalgic flavors like butterscotch & pistachio they were all delicious.

The pizza making class with Chef Olive was a fun learning experience. The ingredients in the…read morekitchen were of fantastic quality. We will definitely take another class here.

I really wanted to like this place, but it was disappointing. I saw their food truck at the…read moreEvergreen farmer's market and it looked good so I ordered the empanadas, chilaquiles, chips, and Mexican wedding cookies. I was so excited to try it all because I love chilaquiles and empanadas, but both were pretty bland. The "empanadas" look more like quesadillas, but a lot less flavorful and the texture was eh. The chilaquiles looked good, but the sauce was so bland and runny, it made everything soggy. The only thing I liked were the chips and Mexican wedding cookies. I would get those again if I see it at the farmers market, but will skip everything else.

I had the worst experience at Zaida's kitchen. For lunch, my friend and I ordered and unfortunately…read morehis bowl had a bug in it. Additionally, I have been trying to come to Zaida's for dinner but they always close earlier than scheduled. I even showed them the time which was before 6, and they still refused service. Unfortunately, I will not be back.