Want to learn how to cook like a pro and make it look easy? Let me show you how! I am a professional chef who has worked at some of the finest restaurants in San Francisco. You need no prior cooking knowledge and will have a completely hands-on experience. Classes will be small and tailored to your specific level of skill. Here are some of the things you will learn: > Create a four-course menu and execute it. - Learn how to design and execute a menu and look good doing it. > Knife …

The Iron Cupcake SF Challenge is a local Bay Area meetup group where any local bakers, friends, and food enthusiasts can join for a monthly cupcake face off. Each month a new ingredient will be presented, and all participants will bake their interpretation of the ingredient in cupcake fashion. All bakers will meetup on the last Monday of each month where the live challenge will begin. Friends, family, and other contestants will take part in the taste testing as well as voting for the winner. By …

Let's meet over tea or a hot chocolate and discuss our favorite French dessert recipes. You'll polish (or brush up on) your French language skills at the same time! A bientot :-)

We are the Organizers of theInternational Cooking Dinner Parties meetup. Since we test out a lot of recipes, we thought it would be a great idea to create a Potluck Meetup where we share and explore new recipes.  A potluck is a kind of meal where each guest brings a prepared dish to be shared amoung the group. It's such a fun way to have a get together without the host going into the trouble of having to make a seven course meal! The most unique aspect of a potluck party is that there is an elem …

In the Mood for Food a local vegan catering and personal chef business has been hosting classes and other events for several years. Currently hosting at least one event each week in the bay area.

What food inspires passion and excitement in your? If you say, "chocolate," then this is the Meetup group for you. Meet with people who love chocolate? eating it, tasting it, trying it, cooking with it, and living with really great chocolate. Come to chocolate salons, chocolate tastings, wine events, cooking classes, chef demos, book signings (The Chocolate Guide, 2008), and other tasty stuff.

We love making good foods at home, especially cultured or fermented foods, such as: yogurt, kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, pickles, cheese, and sourdough. And we love to preserve foods, too, like fruits and vegetables, maybe even sausage. And then there's always dehydration, sprouting and herb-growing to discuss. If you also enjoy this sort of kitchen alchemy, please join us to exchange tips and tricks, teach each other techniques, share our latest culinary triumphs and tragedies, and trade reci …

This group is for happy, social, bay area women looking to have fun while meeting new people and building friendships! - Happy Hours - Volunteering - Dining Out - Movie Night - Exercise/ Yoga / Fitness Classes - Book Clubs...   This group evolves with the interest and participation of our members, so you get out of it what you are willing to put in. If you have an idea for something fun to do, suggest it along with #1-date and #2-location. Most of our events will take place …

This is the Bay Area alliance of cupcakes take the cake originally started by Cheryl of http://cupcakeblog.com. Bake-and-Taste Meetups The first meetup was great. A bunch of us met in a park with our homemade cupcakes and tasted away. We caused quite a scene! The plan is to have one of these meet-ups every season or 4 times a year - two in San Francisco, one on the Peninsula or San Jose, and one in the East Bay. These meetups will be hosted in areas that can accommodate an unlimited (or at least …