Private Group Events

If you’d like to host a private cooking class in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Cooking School at Cavallo Point is an inviting place to gather, learn, and indulge the senses.

Filled with natural light and state-of-the-art culinary equipment, it celebrates the love of food, taste, and cooking’s simple pleasures. The educational experiences explore relationships among local agriculture, farmers, ranchers, fishmongers, and artisan producers. With classes that focus on classic culinary techniques, seasonality, and sustainability, our mission is to inspire people to create, share, and eat!

The Cooking School offers several different formats for classes, and is able to accommodate up to 125 guests. Here are just a few examples of available formats.

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Hands-On Cooking Classes

The Cooking School team has developed over 95 class curriculums on different culinary subjects; popular subjects include Cooking from the Farmers’ Market, Fresh Pasta Made Easy, Small Bites & Hors d’Oeuvres, and Taco Utopia. Prior to class, your group will be welcomed with seasonal nibbles and bites. Then, you’ll cook using organic ingredients grown within miles of Cavallo Point. All hands-on classes are 3 hours, feature local and seasonal products whenever possible, and conclude with a family-style meal that the class has prepared, with wines to match.

  • Participants: 25 people maximum
  • $175 per person
  • $500 facility fee
  • Please add 26% hotel admin fee & 8.5% tax
Chef Preparing Food

Dine & Desserts!

Designed especially for groups of up to 12 guests who want to experience a hands-on class in the Cooking School, but have a tighter budget for activities. This unique event format combines both a meal for your guests served right as you arrive, prepared with seasonal and local ingredients by the Cooking School staff, followed by a hands-on class focusing on seasonal desserts that are able to be replicated with ease at home! A perfect option for those who have spent the morning in meetings and need to fuel up on lunch before getting their hands dirty. 

  • Participants: 12 people maximum
  • $155 per person
  • Please add 26% hotel admin fee & 8.5% tax

This class format is only available Monday through Friday and only during AM sessions. 

Cavallo Point Cooking School

Tasting Classes

Let our instructors guide your exploration into the nuances of a subject in the best way: by tasting! Depending on the subject matter, small bites relating to the class are offered to break up palate fatigue, ensure that no one leaves hungry, and to have the subject matter showcased in great tastings that will make their mark. Popular tasting classes include Chocolate Tastings, California Artisan Cheese Tastings, Olive Oil Tastings, Bourbon Tastings, and more.

  • Participants: 40 people maximum
  • Starting at $125 per person
  • Bartender and server fees may apply
  • Please add 26% hotel admin fee & 8.5% tax
Fresh Pasta

Demo Class

As close as you can get to being a guest on an actual television cooking show set, this class, offered for groups up to 20 guests, features a chef instructor demonstrating how to put together the dishes for a three-course meal step-by-step. Your guests will interact by being able to watch the chef as they work through the steps that they can re-create at home. Some of the guests may even get called up to assist with a quick job or two! The group is always excited when they then transition from demo to dinner, getting to enjoy the three courses as prepared by the cooking school staff, in a meal meant to maximize their learning and their taste buds! Perfect after a day of meetings or activities where the guests may be a bit too drained to do the cooking, but still want to learn and be entertained, the Demo Class is perfect for any mixed group that is looking for a unique experience. While most classes are based upon the local and seasonal ingredients available at the farmers' markets, Class subjects can be customized upon guest request.

  • Participants: Up to 20 guests
  • Duration: 2.5 hours
  • Starts at $145 per person (plus admin fee, room rental, adjacent room Mariposa Borracha room rental (due to Covid), and sales tax)
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Chef's Counter

This exclusive, chef-driven experience begins with hors d’oeuvres and Champagne, followed by an exquisite meal of four courses along with wine pairings from our Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning wine cellar. Seated at the Cooking School’s intimate counter, up to 6 guests enjoy curated, high-end dining, interacting with and learning from the chef as each dish is prepared right before them. This special event blends the best elements of an evening at an acclaimed restaurant and a private chef experience in your home.


Chef’s Counter classes start at $3,198 and includes base wine pairings, taxes, fees, and gratuities for any size group up to 6 guests. Guests are also allowed to supplement from our wine list to make the event even more special.

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Iron Chef-Style Competition Class

Not Currently Available

In this Iron Chef-style, 3-hour class, everyone wins when the food starts with great ingredients! Choosing items from our kitchen—stocked with fresh produce from the farmers’ markets, beautiful seafood and meats, and fresh herbs—each team must prepare a delicious meal. The instructors will then judge the teams in 5 different categories to determine which team performed best. We can even supply winning gift bags from our selection of hand-curated kitchen items, available for purchase in class.

  • Participants: 22 people maximum
  • Starting at $185 per person
  • Bartender and server fees may apply
  • Please add 26% hotel admin fee & 8.5% tax
Chef's Counter Dining Experience

The Culinary Social Hour

Not Currently Available

This cooking class allows guests to mingle, graze, and watch a staff instructor create small plates and easy appetizers around 4 – 5 different food stations. This 2.5-hour event is held in the Cooking School, where a separate bar will be set up and a server will also be available. For groups larger than 30 guests, the use of the adjacent, private board room, La Mariposa Borracha, is also required. In addition to the menu of 4 – 6 small bites offered, hosts may opt to include supplemented platters of canapés, hors d’oeuvres, salads, charcuterie, or entrees if desired.

  • Participants: 125 people maximum
  • $135 per person
  • Bartender and server fees may apply
  • Please add 26% hotel admin fee & 8.5% tax