Culinary Arts programs

Discover new tastes.
Hone your skills.
Inspire creativity in the kitchen and at the market.

The launch of Cavallo Point’s Culinary Arts programs is an unprecedented collection of adventures and experiences that blend cooking classes, presentations, tastings and feasts. Cavallo Point sits at an amazing culinary crossroads. Rugged coasts, green pastures and picturesque farms, and lush orchards and vineyards offer a multitude of local ingredients whatever the season. Gifted artisans and vintners transform these raw materials into the finest wines, cheeses, preserves and more. These ingredients fill the pantries of our cooking school. Our kitchen is charming and comfortable, filled with natural light and beautifully equipped with the best tools of the trade. Each of our distinctive offerings gathers an intimate group together.

The Culinary Bon Vivant series offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the creative talent of noteworthy chefs, taste rare wines and dine on lavish meals cooked from the season’s bounty. Choose from one of our impressive pairings of top chefs and vintners to enjoy, with a small group of fellow bon vivants, three nights and two days of intimate cooking demonstrations, wine tastings and gala multi-course feasts.

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• Chef Joseph Humphrey of Cavallo Point and Chef Craig von Foerster of Post Ranch Inn with Delia and Janet Viader of VIADER
• Chef Traci Des Jardins of Jardinière Restaurant with Akiko and Ken Freeman of Freeman Vineyard and Winery
• Chef Michael Tusk of Quince Restaurant and Andy Peay of Peay Vineyards
• Dan Barber of Blue Hill Restaurant and Wells Guthrie of Copain Wine Cellars

Choose a Culinary Adventure and embark on an exciting five nights and four days of behind-the-scenes tours, hands-on cooking classes, and memorable meals made together with your kitchen colleagues. Our award-winning presenters and hands-on instructors will infuse you with their passion while sharing stories and tips to take home and savor. Each adventure is limited to a small group. You might tour a Marin County organic farm, visit the 'real' San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf for the morning catch or lend a hand in the local olive oil crush.

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• Harvesting and Preserving with Cannard Farm and June Taylor Jams
• All About Fish with Paul Johnson and Tom Worthington of Monterey Fish Market
• Olive Oil 101 with Frantoio Olive Mill and McEvoy Ranch
• Holiday Entertaining at Cavallo Point: Cocktails, Chocolate and Sweet & Savory Hors d'Oeuvres

Plunge into a Culinary Immersion and learn first-hand from a master instructor. A festive dinner starts the experience, followed by four days of hands-on cooking classes in our state-of-the art cooking school. Celebrated vintners and artisan producers present tastings and seminars to complement each class. Lunch is a feast made with your fellow students. Your evenings are free to enjoy all that Cavallo Point and the surrounding Bay Area have to offer.

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• A Culinary Immersion: Wine Country Cooking with Joanne Weir