Chef Community

Past Classes for The Cooking Project

2018

July 17 with NAHC and Sheera Duerigen. Corn mush/porridge. Food + Community.
July 16 with JCYC and Mayo Buenafe-Ze. Pasta with sausage and seasonal veggies (@$10 to feed four people). Food Shopping + Budgeting.
July 11 with JCYC and Mayo Buenafe-Ze. Eggs 5 different ways (boiled, sunny-side up, over-easy, scrambled, and omelette). Using Heat/Temperature Controlled Cooking.
July 09 with JCYC and Mayo Buenafe-Ze. Flavor Balance.
July 02 with NAHC and Joshua Hoyt. Duck with strawberry coulis and pinole gravy. Food as Medicine.
July 02 with JCYC and Mayo Buenafe-Ze. Massaged/rubbed kale salad with orange vinaigrette. Health and Safety + Knife Skills. 
June 26 with NAHC and Mira D’Souza of Queen Pickle. Acorn Quick Bread. Food Shopping + Budgeting.
June 19 with NAHC and Mayo Buenafe-Ze. Lemon Chia Cupcakes with Blackberries. Food, Family + Ethnicity.
May 16 with PE Class @ Lowell High School. Final Potluck!
May 09 with PE Class @ Lowell High School. Roasted Cauliflower with Mac n’ Cheese with Michael Kalish of Cheese Twins. Food Trends. 
May 02 with PE Class @ Lowell High School. Chickpea + turmeric fritter with ginger garlic aioli with Chef Eric Tucker of Millennium Restaurant. Food as Medicine. 
April 27 with Japanese Community Youth Council – Upward Bound Program @ JCYC. Grits and Grillades with Chef Sicily Johnson of La Cocina (Pinky and Red’s). Food + Community. 
April 25 with PE Class @ Lowell High School. Empanadas with sweet plantains and queso with Natalie Muñoz. Food + Community. 
April 23 with SFSU + Skyline College GSP @ SF Cooking School. Pasta with sausage and seasonal veggies with Sasha Bernstein-Skon. Food Shopping + Budgeting.
April 19 with PE Class @ Lowell High School. Fried rice made 3 ways (white, brown, and riced cauliflower) with Sharon Chan. Sustainability, Versatility + Leftovers.
April 12 with PE Class @ Lowell High School. Veggie and Shanghai (Pork) Lumpias with Mayo Buenafe-Ze + Liza Buenafe (Mayo’s mom). Family + Ethnicity.
April 09 with Skyline College GSP @ SF Cooking School. Dumplings with Windy Chen of FoodInno Institute. Food Trends.
April 04 with PE class@ Lowell High School. Seasonal salad + boiled eggs with Mayo Buenafe-Ze + Sasha Bernstein-Skon. Food Shopping + Budgeting.
March 30 with Oasis for Girls @ Hotel Isabel.  Rice, lentils + seasonal veggies (Farmer’s market theme) with Chef Mira D’Souza of Queen Pickle. Versatility + leftovers.
March 12 with SFSU + Skyline College GSP @ SF Cooking School. Bibingka and Calamansi Juice with Chef Ervin Lopez of Ervin Bakes Bibingka. Family + Ethnicity. 
February 26 with SFSU + Skyline College Guardian Scholars Program @ SF Cooking School. Salmon Sinigang with Mayo and Sasha. Food Studies Program Intro.

2017

December 13 @ Dewey Academy in Oakland
December 11 @ SF Cooking School
November 29 @ Oasis For Girls with Michelle Pusateri
November 20 @ SF Cooking School with Rachelle Bouchard
November 15 @ Dewey Academy in Oakland
October Garden Visit with Sarah Skinker, TNDC
October 30 @ SF Cooking School
October 25 @ Dewey Academy in Oakland
October 23 @ SF Cooking School
October 22 @ Alta with Daniel Patterson (*Adult Class*)
September 11, Armelle Futterman
August 28 Rachelle Bouchard, Miele, at San Francisco Cooking School
July 21 Lia Hillman, Biblio Bistro, at Garden Project
June 29 Vanessa Silva, Culinary Artistas, at Oasis for Girls
June 28 Jessica Lioon, Garlic Press Jess, at Garden Project
June 13 Fernay McPherson, Minnie Bells, at Larkin Street Youth
June 5 Richie NaKano, Chef’s Feed
May 19 Jessic Lioon, Garlic Press Jess, at SF International High School
May 17 Sally Rogers, Nibble, at Lowell High School
May 16 Preeti Mistry, Juhu Beach Club, at Oakland Tech High School
May 16 Vanessa Silva, Culinary Artistas, at SF International High School
May 8 Armin Chan, Arsicault Bakery
May 3 Sally Rogers, Nibble, at Lowell High School
May 1 Christopher Wang, Gypsy Fish Co., at Larkin Street Youth
April 19 Mayo Buenafe-Ze, USF Food Anthropologist, at Youth Radio
April 18, Sally Rogers, Nibble, at Lowell High School
April 17 Eric Ehler, Black Sands, at Youth Radio
April 5, Sally Rogers, Nibble, at Lowell High School
April 3 Rachelle Boucher, at Larkin Street Youth
March 29 Jessica Lioon, at Oasis for Girls
March 27 Lia Hillman, Biblio Bistro
March 6 Reem Assil, Reem’s California, at Youth Radio
February 27 Lia Hillman, Biblio Bistro
January 30 Pesha Perlsweig, Salvage Supperclub

2016

November 14 Lia Hillman, Biblio Bistro
November 7 Preeti Mistry, Juhu Beach Club, at Youth Radio
October 10 Lia Hillman, Biblio Bistro
October 3 Daniel PattersonLocol
July 18 Rachelle Boucher, Miele, at San Francisco Cooking School
May 3 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
April 19 Rachelle Boucher, Miele, at Lowell High School
April 12 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
March 30 Shannon Waters, at Oasis for Girls
March 30 Natalie Nguyn, at Oasis for Girls
March 22 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
March 11 Natalie Nguyn, at The Boys and Girls Club
March 8 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
February 23 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
February 9 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
February 8 Rachelle Boucher, Miele, at San Francisco Cooking School
January 26 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
January 25 Jacqueline Bruno culinary educator, at San Francisco Cooking School
January 20 Natalie Nguyn, at Larkin Street Youth
January 15 Natalie Nguyn, at The Boys and Girls Club
January 12 Natalie Nguyn, at Lowell High School
January 11 Armelle Futterman, at San Francisco Cooking School

2015

December 7 David Bazirgan, Dirty Habit
November 23 Philippe Routhier, Twitter
November 9 Eric Ehler, Black Sands Brewery
October 19 Kim Alter, Nightbird
September 14 Jacqueline Bruno culinary educator
July 6 Mark Davis, International Culinary School, The Art Institute
June 15 Jacqueline Bruno culinary educator
May 18 Kim Alter, Nightbird
May 4 Rachelle Boucher,  Miele
April 20 Telmo Faria, Tacolicious and Chino
April 6 Michaela Hug-Nelsen, Piccino
March 23 Kim Laidlaw, San Francisco Cooking School
March 9 Chef David Suarez with Breé Theriault, Rosa Mexicano
February 23 Rachelle Boucher
February 9 Rachelle Boucher
January 26 Daniel Patterson, Coi and DPGrp restaurants
January 12 Donna Shin

2014

December 1 Alejandro Morgan, Lolinda
November 17 Armelle Futterman
November 3 Diana Sheng, San Francisco Cooking School
October 20 Yoni Levy, Alta
October 6 David Goody, Alta
September 22 Soul-Warming Matzo Ball Soup Meesha Halm
September 8 Benjamin Nelsen, Larkin Street Youth Services
August 25 Charlie Parker, Haven
August 11 Fresh Pasta with Robin Song, Hog & Rocks
July 25 Special Class for TNDC with Eric Ehler, Luke’s Local
July 21 Private class for Oasis for Girls with Chef Suzette Gresham, Acquerello
June 30 Private class for College Track with Chef Suzette Gresham, Acquerello
June 9 Larry Finn, Scala’s Bistro
May 16 Eric Ehler, Luke’s Local
April 28 Pie-Making with Anna Derivi-Castellanos, Three Babes Bakeshop and Elianna Friedman, Bay Leaf Kitchen
April 7 Alison Mountford, Square Meals
March 31 Mushrooms with Bruce Cole, Edible San Francisco
March 17 Suzette Gresham and Mark Pensa, Acquerello
February 10 Leslie Jonath, Feed Your People
February 3 Recipes from India with Elianna Friedman, Bay Leaf Kitchen
January 27 Winter vegetables with Anthony Strong, Locanda

2013

December 16 Butchery class with John Hogeland
December 2 Bruce Cole, Edible San Francisco
November 18 Cooking with Bi-Rite!
November 4 Tara Duggan, Author of Root to Stalk Cooking: The Art of Using the Whole Vegetable
October 21 Brandon Jew
October 7 Alexander Ong, chef and educator
September 23 Hollie GreeneJOYFOODLY and Shakira Simley, Bi-Rite Market
September 9 Elianna Friedman, CUESA and Anna Derivi-Castellanos, Three Babes Bakeshop
August 19 Matt Tinder, Coi
August 12 Bill CorbettAbsinthe Group
July 29 Leif Hedendal
July 15 Matthew Dolan, 25 Lusk
July 1 Adam Tortosa, 1760
June 17 Kim Alter, Plum
June 3  Richie Nakano, Hapa Ramen
May Laurence Jossel, Nopa
April Mourad Lahlou, Aziza
March Daniel Patterson, Coi
 

Other Classes:

Summer 2013 Series with Up On Top
Fall 2013 Series with Lowell High School
October 2013 with Help for the Homeless
Spring 2014 with Lowell High School
Fall 2014 with Boys & Girls Club
Fall 2014 with Lowell High School
Winter 2015 with the Pomeroy Center
Spring 2015 with Lowell High School
April 2015 with Oasis for Girls
May 2015 with the Pomeroy Center
Summer 2015 with TAY
Summer 2015 with Oasis for Girls
Fall 2015 with Lowell High School
Summer 2016 with Oasis for Girls
Fall 2016 with Oasis for Girls