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Cooking Class: Dumpling Dinner Party

Learn how to make dumplings from scratch at this San Francisco cooking class.

Eddie Lo

5.0 (26)

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3 hours - 3 hours 15 mins

1 to 7 (public classes), 5 to 10 (private) (private classes)

$118 Now $98 - $108 (price varies across dates)

San Francisco

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Food and Drink

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Cooking

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Chinese Cooking

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Kid Friendly

What you'll do

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Order on or before Jun 4, for a discounted price of $108 per guest (usually $118).

Do you love eating Chinese dumplings at your favorite restaurant? Why not learn how to make them yourself? In this San Francisco cooking class, you'll learn how to make classic Shanghaineese dumplings from scratch and eat at a three course meal in the ultimate dumpling dinner party!

From scratch means from scratch: No pre-bought or pre-made dumpling skins, but instead kneading flour + water, rolling out to 10-12 dumpling skins, and pleating: By the end of the night, you'll be a pro unleashing the secrets soy sauce that you can combine with everyday, simple ingredients.

The night will start with a brief overview of Shanghaineese cuisine and flavor profiles, with a brief tasting of my favorite soy sauces. Next, we'll put those ideas to use in a demonstration of a 1-hour braised soy sauce pork belly (红烧肉), a classic dish that will combine principles of slow cooking and balanced flavors. Then onto the main part of the experience: Making your own chili dumpling dish (红油水餃) from scratch. This includes kneading dough, rolling out 10-12 skins, learning the art of pleating dumplings with your own stuffing and sauces. We'll end this delicious cooking class with a tang yuan red bean dessert... you will be in a food coma at the end of the experience!

You'll also receive a dumplings recipe guide after the experience, where I'll describe how you can extend the techniques we talked about to similar dishes in French and Italian cuisine.

As seen on TimeOut SF’s Best Cooking Classes in San Francisco list!

More to know:

Organic fresh produce and pork will be sourced from the local farmer's market.
This experience can be made with vegetarian stuffing upon request with 48h notice. A tofu-braise subsitute of the pork belly braise is available for non-pork / meat eaters.
New! The "Dumpling Brunch" offering is shorter with dumpling and sauce making, and eaten with seasonal organic Chinese vegetables.

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Knowledge required

Beginner-friendly, and all skills welcome! You'll also get to do a soy sauce tasting to better understand umami.

What you'll get

Three course dinner: You'll make 10-12 of your own handmade dumplings from scratch and dipping sauces made with organic, aged soy sauce from Taiwan. We will also make soy sauce braised pork belly using locally sourced organic pork; organic white rice, and organic bok choy. A traditional dessert, tangyuan, follows. You'll take home a recipe guide.

The "Dumpling Brunch" offering is shorter with dumpling and sauce making, and eaten with seasonal organic Chinese vegetables.

What to bring

Just yourself! I will provide all materials including an apron.

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a team building activity, birthday or bachelorette party.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 16 years old). An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mom, anniversary gift, Father's Day gift or birthday gift.

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Location

SF, CA

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Your teacher

Eddie Lo

5.0 (26)

Whenever I sat in my mom's kitchen growing up, she’d make dumplings while sharing memories of her own mom and grandma. I soon realized my generation was missing something important: The handmade techniques and traditions passed down through the ages. She went on to open a Chinese restaurant with my dad, where I was raised and where I learned how to make dishes featured in this class!

I'm passionate about food, cooking, and experiences, and can't wait to share with you. I’ve trained at French and Italian cooking schools, as well as locally with Chef Olivia Wu, who I’ve partnered with to teach her “Ultimate Umami” course in Half Moon Bay.

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Simran Mhatre • May 2023

I had an amazing time learning how to make dumplings with Eddie! He's a fantastic teacher, and the venue was cute and clean. The materials he provided were top-notch, and the class was definitely worth the money. Eddie taught us a lot about dumplings, from making the wrappers from scratch to different pleating techniques. It was a super helpful and fun experience. I highly recommend it to others!

Janet Reid • May 2023

Eddie is phenomenal! His patient teaching and delicious food blew our group away! We highly recommend this class and will take any of Eddie’s future classes too!

Cooking Class: Dumpling Dinner Party review by Janet Reid - San Francisco

Ganeshram Chockalingam • May 2023

This was one of the best experiences I've had. Eddie was welcoming and friendly and worked with us patiently throughout the session. We learned a lot about his experiences and he was very prepared with the ingredients and additional dishes for all of us besides the dumplings we were making during the class. We had the full experience of making the dumplings and having a dinner party with the those and the rest of the dishes Eddie had for us. Eddie was very thoughtful and had a lot of great insights to tell us about food and otherwise. My friends and I really enjoyed it and I can't recommend this experience enough to others.

Madison Denus • May 2023

Eddie was super great! He was a very patient teacher, and we left knowing exactly how to make dumplings from scratch! We also learned about taste at the beginning, which helped shape the rest of our experience!

The food was so good, Eddie was very knowledgeable, and it was great to meet everyone else in the group! It was an excellent experience, and we'd do it again!

Lorain Golson • May 2023

Eddie Lo is fantastic! He is warm, friendly and highly skilled and successfully imparted a few techniques that helped the class make delicious dumplings from SCRATCH! Myself and another guest were celebrating birthdays. I highly recommend that you book. The experience will be fondly remembered.

Cooking class review by Lorain Golson - San Francisco

Calvin Chen • May 2023

2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews

The best cooking class I have ever taken! Not only because we learned so many new things, but also because Eddie was the perfect host and teacher. He used very high quality ingredients and was mindful of allergies/dietary restrictions. The final meal was delicious and it was very cosy to sit down in his beautiful apartment and share the meal together. Already making a shopping list to make my own dumpling party!

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Michelle Santos • May 2023

This was such a fun class, I highly recommend! Eddie is an awesome teacher - very patient, personable and encouraging, which made the process very fun! And of course, the food and ingredients were top tier quality! Thank you for such a lovely experience, Eddie

Natalia Gurevich • May 2023

Would 10/10 recommend. Eddie was an informative and patient teacher, the elements of the class were really interesting—especially the soy sauce tasting. And of course, the food was excellent. Will definitely be trying to make dumplings at home now!

Cooking class review by Natalia Gurevich - San Francisco

Halli Dobson • May 2023

Eddie was absolutely fantastic! We had an incredible time learning how to properly make dumpling skins and then fill and fold them (turns out my sister is a pleating queen!). It was fun for the whole family and we were active and hands-on the whole class. We spent the rest of the day talking about how much fun we had and how perfect of an activity it was.

My parents have been inspired to make their own dumplings from scratch :)

Highly recommend if you're looking for something fun and interactive to do in SF - Eddie's the best!

Clare Abram • May 2023

We had a lovely evening at this class. Eddie was welcoming, professional, thoughtful, knowledgeable and patient. The location was great and the class fun and well organized.

Ryan Scher • Apr 2023

Eddie is absolutely incredible. I booked five dumpling parties for a set of smaller group events on behalf of my company, and our employees had such a fabulous time. Eddie was kind, easy to work with, and communicative. Our company happened to be working through a backbreaking sprint at the time of these parties, and this experience was the respite that everyone needed (including myself!). I cannot say enough great things about Eddie and this experience. This experience worked well as a set of smaller group experiences for employees, but of course it would be incredible to do with friends and family. Thank you thank you thank you for taking such outstanding care of us Eddie! We appreciate you!

Michael Ducker • Apr 2023

This is a great class to learn about dumplings and have a great night out. Eddie is funny, a consummate host and most importantly passionate about food! We are absolutely ready to host our own dumpling dinner party!

Rolfe Berge • Apr 2023

If you love eating dumplings, this is the class for you. Eddie takes you step by step in the journey to making delicious, mouthwateringly good dumplings. From the explaining how each ingredient and step of the process contributes to the flavor and texture of creating the dumpling to experimenting with combining ingredients to make your favorite dipping sauce. Eddie demystifies the entire process and provides constant hands on support and encouragement and is a fantastic and very passionate, energetic teacher and host. Take his class before the world discovers his talents, is offered his own cooking TV show, gets famous, and has to stop teaching this class.

Trevor Farella • Mar 2023

Eddie is phenomenal! An amazing event and well worth every penny. Eddie is a great teacher - very helpful and kind. It’s apparent how much Eddie cares about not only putting on a great event, but also genuinely taking the time to teach in the group, along with spending time with each individual. Can’t say enough amazing things about Eddie and the experience - must attend! Also noteworthy to add that the food/ingredients were all top tier quality. Lastly, the atmosphere was stellar - very clean and welcoming. Great date night, too!

Isha Uttamchandani • Mar 2023

Eddie’s class was awesome! He was personable, patient, and made the class fun. The class size was intimate and it was really fun making dumplings and then enjoying them eating with the other attendees. Would highly recommend the experience! Thanks for an awesome time, Eddie!

Megan Cihak • Mar 2023

Eddie was kind, accommodating, vibrant, and knowledgeable! The class was an absolute delight from start to finish and I can’t recommend it enough! The food was incredible which was the cherry on top!

Delia Devine • Feb 2023

SO fun Eddie as such a great, warm teacher and he made the experience so wonderful! The food was incredible and the whole experience was so thoughtful and well organized. Such a fun date idea or class to do with your friends!

Julian Sourivongs • Feb 2023

Such a fun class Eddie was a terrific host and a natural instructor. He taught us every part of the dumpling making process in a way that was super easy to understand and they turned out deliciously. This even included making and rolling out the dumpling skins from scratch which we were really interested in doing when looking for classes like this. I highly recommend taking this class, it’s fun and a good value for everything you learn. Plus the meal at the end is super satisfying!

Cooking class review by Julian Sourivongs - San Francisco

Max Conley • Jan 2023

Eddie is a great teacher! My partner and I both enjoyed learning how to make dumplings, including the dough, from scratch. Would recommend this class to anyone looking for a date night activity.

Zack Thompson • Jan 2023

2 ClassBento workshops attended

My husband and I loved Eddie's class! It was the perfect date night. We learned new skills and ate delicious food.

Kyra Powers • Jan 2023

Absolutely fantastic experience cooking with Eddie. He was extremely prepared not only with ingredients and instructions but also with great stories and insight to cooking and flavors. Would highly recommend this class :)

Amanda McCoy • Jan 2023

Eddie was warm and welcoming and super encouraging as we learned new skills in his kitchen. The food was really delicious and it was great to learn about his family history and get to know the other participants over a shared dinner at the end. Thanks Eddie!

Jennifer Sarkodie • Jan 2023

The class was so informative and fun! Super hands on, and Eddie knew a lot about all of the ingredients. Everything was delicious and you make a lot of food and will not go hungry. Definitely worth the money!

Nick Kalave • Jan 2023

We had a fantastic time at this class! Eddie was so kind and welcoming and was an excellent host as well as teacher. He started us out talking about flavors and trying some different soy sauces while one of the dishes got started. Then we started the dumpling making and he made sure everyone had a great view of his demonstration and helped out individually as well. He even had a plan for us to practice the assembly a bit first without wasting dough so we could get a feel for it. His timings were very well planned too, so there was almost no gap time waiting for things to cook.
Our class had both experienced cooks and people who don't cook much, and it was great for everyone!

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