Chef Joe's Culinary Salon

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The Best Little Cooking Classes In San Francisco!
16-B Sanchez Street, 94114

415-640-4017

Celebrating 18 Amazing Years!

Awarded Best Cooking School in San Francisco!

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April 2026:
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Knife Skills Class/ Saturday, April 11th/ 11am to 2pm/ Essentials (125.) per person/ 1 opening available
Learn to hone, sharpen, position, slice, dice, chiffonade, mince, and julienne just like a pro! Plus, a whole chicken breakdown demonstration at the end of class. Also included, tasty noshes, such as delicious veggie, cured meat and cheese flatbreads and our class made mushroom, and tomato-basil bruschetta!

The Fisherman’s Wharf/ North Beach Favorites! Wednesday, April 15th/ 6pm to 9pm/ Customer Favorite/ Special! (135.) per person/ 4 openings available

Enjoy a cozy evening creating this amazing, tantalizingly delicious, Fisherman's Wharf/ North Beach Favorites menu! Featuring: Classic Caesar Salad (Crisp romaine lettuce, garlic croutons, parmesan cheese and a homemade tangy Caeser dressing) Fresh Seafood Cioppino (Fresh crab, shrimp, mussels, cod, and salmon simmered in a rich hearty broth of crushed tomatoes, white wine, aromatic vegetables, lemon juice and fresh herbs), Char-Grilled Asparagus and Cannoli Siciliani (Cannoli shells filled with sweet ricotta, chopped chocolate, orange zest, Amarena cherries and chopped pistachios).

Handmade Pasta Making Workshop/ Saturday, April 18th/ 11am to 2pm/ Popular Pick! (125.) per person/ sold out/ please email if you'd like to be put on the waitlist
Learn to make fresh, scratch made egg pasta dough, rolled out into sheets, and fashioned into stuffed, handcrafted tortellini as well as mountains of fresh cut fettuccine all with a combination of savory sauces: Fettuccine with Basil-Arugula-Spinach Pesto (Fresh cut, homemade egg fettuccine with basil-arugula-spinach-garlic-walnut pesto)
Tortellini ai Quattro Formaggi con Sugo di Pomodoro (Cheese Ravioli with Tomato-Basil-Oregano Sauce) Fresh, handmade Tortellini stuffed with ricotta, parmesan, asiago, and mozzarella cheeses, finished in a savory, tomato-oregano-basil sauce. Also included, Insalata Mista.

The Spanish Tapas Bar/ -A Sojourn to Seville- Thursday, April 23rd/ 6pm to 9pm/ Chef's Pick/ Special! (125.) per person/ sold out/ please email if you'd like to be put on the waitlist

In this super fun class, we’ll create a bounty of tantalizingly delicious Spanish tapas! Featuring: Albóndigas (meatballs in a smoky chili-chipotle-tomato sauce), Pimientos Rojos Asados (flame roasted bell peppers, rosemary, garlic, olive oil, sherry vinegar and olives served with baguette slices) Mejillones al Vapor (steamed mussels in white wine, shallot, ginger, garlic, and fresh herb broth) and Manchego Buñuelos (light and airy, delectable, Manchego cheese choux puffs)

May 2026:
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Knife Skills Class/ Tuesday, May 5th/ 6pm to 9pm/ / Essentials (125.) per person/ open
Learn to hone, sharpen, position, slice, dice, chiffonade, mince, and julienne just like a pro! Plus, a whole chicken breakdown demonstration at the end of class. Also included, tasty noshes, such as delicious veggie, cured meat and cheese flatbreads and our class made mushroom, and tomato-basil bruschetta!

The Saturday Morning Bake Shop/ Saturday, May 9th /11am to 2pm/ Customer Favorite! (125.) per person/ open
Learn to make this amazing array of tantalizingly delicious morning bake shop goodies. Flaky Scones w/ Orange Zest and Currants, New York-Streusel Crumb Cake, Lemon Curd-Raspberry Puff Pastry Tarts and *Bonus Recipe* Palmiers aka French Hearts or Elephant Ears. Perfect as stand-alone morning bake goods or awesome embellishments to a sumptuous breakfast or brunch buffet!

Treasures of Turkish Cuisine/ Wednesday, May 13th/ 6pm to 9pm/ Chef's Pick! (135.) per person/ open

Learn to create this amazing, flavor packed bounty of tantalizingly delicious Turkish dishes with a bouquet of exotic spices. Imam Bayildi (Stuffed roast eggplants, split and filled w/ caramelized onions, tomatoes, sauteed peppers, and olives), Sarimsakli Yoğurt (garlicky yogurt sauce) Peynirli Tepsi Böreği (Layered phyllo cheese börek casserole) Adana Kebabi (Grilled ground lamb kebobs seasoned with za'atar and Aleppo pepper and served with warm pita) and Piyaz Salad (Roma tomato, red onion, white bean, sumac, and parsley salad tossed with fresh lemon juice and olive oil)

Dim Sum Favorites/ Tuesday, May 19th/ 6pm to 9pm/ Popular Pick! (125.) per person/ open
In this super fun class, we’ll create a tasty bounty of mouthwateringly delicious dim-sum. Featuring: steamed Siu Mai with pork-shrimp-shitake mushroom filling and chili crisp, Chinese Pot Stickers (Jiǎozi) with ground chicken- ginger-scallion-cabbage filling and Crab Rangoon with crabmeat-cream cheese-cheddar-green onion filling. Plus, a bonus Sour Spicy-Chinese Cabbage Salad and Ultimate Chili Crisp Recipe.

The Ultimate! Pasta Sauces Class/ Saturday, May 23rd / 11am to 2pm/ *Special* (125.) per person/ open
In this class we will create 4 incredibly delicious, savory, homemade pasta sauces that will sure to be your go to weeknight or anytime favorites. All of these delicious sauces will be paired with cooked to order “al dente” durum wheat-semolina pasta.Spaghetti Carbonara, Penne alla Puttanesca, Gemelli w/ Arugula-Basil-Spinach-Garlic-Almond Pesto and Rigatoni Rigate w/ Rich and Meaty Bolognese Sauce. Plenty of good eats in this class!

Dates are available for Private Group Classes and Team Buildings!