Chef Joe's Culinary Salon

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

San Francisco, CA 94114

Celebrating 15 Amazing Years!

Awarded Best Cooking School in San Francisco!

🖐All Classes Are Hands-On🖐



April 2023:
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Knife Skills Class/ Tuesday, April 4th / 6pm to 9pm/ Essentials (95.) per person/  update! 2 openings available!

An essential for home cooks, chefs, novices and culinary wizards alike. 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 delicious noshes such as veggie/meat/cheese flatbreads and our class made salsa with chips.

Chicken Cookery Class/ La Cuisine du Poulet/ Thursday, April 6th/ 6pm to 9pm/ Customer Favorite (125.) per person/ 1 opening available

An easy approach to the essential methods and techniques of chicken cookery (braising, roasting and sautéing). In this class, you’ll surely gain an air of confidence and the most incredible, palate pleasing results! Coq au Vin (Chicken fricassee braised in a luscious red wine sauce of mushrooms, pearl onions and lardons), Poulet Rôti (The perfect, whole roasted chicken w/ fresh herbs, lemons and aromatics), Sauté de Poulet au Citron et aux Câpres (Sautéed boneless, skinless chicken breast paillards w/ lemon, caper, parsley and butter sauce) Accompanied with tomato Provençal, roasted creamer potatoes and seasonal vegetable.


The Aquitaine to Brittany Connection/ Thursday, April 13th / 6pm to 9pm/ Chef’s Pick! (125.) per person/ sold out

Embark on a culinary sojourn through the inner regions of the Aquitaine to the shores of Brittany. In this class, we’ll indulge in the sumptuous delights of creating this amazing, gourmet French Bistro menu! Gratin de Fruits de Mer (Seafood gratin w/ sauce Velouté, prawns, cod and scallops), Salade Frisée au Fromage de Chèvre, Pommes Duchesse and Pastis Gascon w/ Berry Coulis  


Café Ma Maison/ Saturday, April 15th/ 11am to 2pm *Special* (110.) per person/ 6 openings available

Incredibly delicious and fabulously fun to make, French Café Favorites! Onion Soup Gratin (with melty Gruyère Cheese), Deluxe Salade Niçoise (Composed Salad of Butter Lettuce, Skipjack Tuna, Green Beans, Tomatoes, Potato, Anchovy, Hard Boiled Eggs and Sauce Vinaigrette) Champignons au Beurre d'Ail (Button Mushrooms Sautéed and Roasted with Oodles of Garlic-Herb Butter and Crusty French Bread) and Biscuits au Citron (Lemon Cardamom Crackle Cookies) 😋


The French Pastry Shop/ Tuesday, April 25th/ 6pm to 9pm *Tuesday Night Fun* (110.) per person/ 2 openings available

Delicious and fun to make French baking and pastry essentials! Pâte à choux dough, Profiteroles, crème patissière (pastry cream), Fresh Fruit Tarts, sauce au chocolat, lemon curd, pâte sucrée (sweet pie dough), Palmiers (crispy sweet puff pastry hearts) and more. A wealth of tasty methods and baking techniques that will last a lifetime!


Classic French Sauces/ Saturday, April 29th/ 11am to 2:30pm/ Popular Pick! Chef's Pick! (135.) per person-Inclusive! / 4 openings available

Learn to make a full array of Classic French sauces just like you’d create in a professional kitchen! This class is an essential for cooks of all levels and combines the most important aspects of both sauce I and II, in one comprehensive 3.5-hour workshop. In this very approachable “hands on” class, we will focus on the methods and techniques in creating the basic French “mother” sauces and a variety of their derivative sauces. We will also pair sauces with appropriate proteins, starch and vegetable. Plenty to learn and plenty of good eats in this class! Sauce Espagnole, Chasseur, Velouté, Béchamel, Mornay, Crevette, Poivre Verte, Marsala, Piccata and much more! 


May 2023:
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Knife Skills Class/ Tuesday, May 2nd / 6pm to 9pm/ Essentials (95.) per person/ sold out

An essential for home cooks, chefs, novices and culinary wizards alike. 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 delicious noshes such as veggie/meat/cheese flatbreads and our class made salsa with chips.


Lighthouse Bay Café/ Coastal Favorites! Thursday, May 11th / 6pm to 9pm/ Chef's Pick! (125.) per person/ open

What an awesome time we’ll have creating this flavor packed, mouthwateringly delicious “Lighthouse Bay Café” Menu! Featuring: Monterey Clam Chowder, Baked Stuffed Jumbo Prawns, Wedge Salad w/ Thousand Island Dressing and Eureka Lemon Skillet Soufflé w/ Mixed Berry Coulis! Yum! 


The Spanish Tapas Bar/ Andalusian Nights/ Saturday, May 13th/ 5pm to 8pm *Private Group Class* / sold out

A tantalizing Spanish Tapas Bar extravaganza! Buñuelos (manchego cheese puffs), Espárragos con salsa Romesco (char-griddled asparagus w/ romesco sauce), Tortillitas de Gambas (prawn fritters), Piquillos Rellenos con Queso de Cabra (piquillo peppers stuffed w/ herbed goat cheese) Mejillones al Vapor (steamed mussels with ginger, garlic, turmeric and white wine) 


Southern Comfort/ Wednesday, May 17th / 6pm to 9pm *special* (110.) per person/ open 

We'll have a blast creating this incredibly delicious, soulful, down home southern comfort menu! Featuring: A tangy, shredded Broccoli-Cabbage-Carrot Slaw, Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey BBQ Chicken with smoky homemade Bourbon-BB-Q sauce, Souffléed Spoon-Corn Pudding and Strawberry Shortcake w/ Whipped Cream😋


The Paella Festival! Saturday, May 20th/ 11am to 2pm/ Customer Favorite! (110.) per person/ Gluten Free/ open

Learn the skill and finesse in mastering these delightfully sumptuous Spanish Paella dishes from the coastal region of Valencia and beyond! Paella de Marisco (seafood), Paella con Pollo y Linguiça (chicken and linguiça sausage) and Paella Vegetariana (vegan-vegetarian). All made with authentic Bomba Rice (arroz de Valencia) and naturally gluten free! 


Handmade Pasta Making Workshop/ Tuesday Night, May 23rd/ 6pm to 9pm (110.) per person/ 3 openings

Learn to make fresh, scratch made egg pasta dough, rolled out into sheets, and fashioned into stuffed, handcrafted ravioli as well as mountains of fresh cut fettuccine all with a combination of savory sauces: Ravioli di Zucca con Salsa di Salvia (handmade ravioli with a roast butternut squash-parmesan cheese filling, finished in a brown butter-lemon-sage sauce)

Fettuccine con salsa di Pomodoro e Basilico (handmade egg fettuccine with a tomato sauce, parmesan cheese and fresh basil) also included Insalata Mista


Bistro Américain/ San Francisco/ Thursday, May 25th/ 6pm to 9pm/ Popular Pick! (125.) per person/ open

In this fun to make, popular pick, we’ll cook up an amazing array of palate pleasing, mouthwateringly delicious dishes, that are sure to be your go to favorites! Creamed Spinach au Gratin, Grilled Flat Iron Steak w/ Sauce Marchand de Vin (brown sauce with red wine and shallot reduction), Hasselback Potatoes (sliced, intact, roasted potatoes, basted in thyme-garlic duck fat) and Profiteroles (petit cream puffs filled with vanilla ice cream and draped in chocolate sauce) Lots of great tips and techniques in this class so you to easily re-create these dishes in your home kitchen!

June 2023:
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The Pizza Party Class! Saturday, June 3rd/ 11am to 2pm (110.) per person/ open
In this class we’ll make quality, handcrafted, scratch made pizza doughs fashioned into beautiful thin crust style pizzas w/ tomato and white sauces and an endless variety of tasty toppings: Margherita Pizza, Potato-Apple-Rosemary, Roast Veggie, Cured Meats, Cheeses the Kitchen Sink and more!


Knife Skills Class/ Tuesday, June 2nd / 6pm to 9pm/ Essentials (95.) per person/ 3 openings available

An essential for home cooks, chefs, novices and culinary wizards alike. 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 delicious noshes such as veggie/meat/cheese flatbreads and our class made salsa with chips.