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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
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What you'll do
Calling all pizza lovers! Come and join Chef James for an authentic pizza-making experience in San Francisco and learn how to make a mouth-watering Neapolitan-style Italian pizza.
Using fresh ingredients, you will be shown how to make this classic pizza style. You'll make your own pizza dough from scratch, stretch and shape it into rounds and top it with the flavors of Italy.
The Neapolitan pizza style is simple but sophisticated, there are no pizza toppings out there that are more authentically Italian than these ones. However, additional toppings will be available for you to try out some other pizza combinations.
At the end of this Italian cooking class, sit down to enjoy your meal with sides and a dessert made by Chef James. You are welcome to bring along your own wine and beer to accompany your delicious meal.
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Knowledge required
Beginners welcome.
What you'll get
Your pizza creations to enjoy with sides and a dessert.
What to bring
You are welcome to bring your own wine or beer.
Suitable for
This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a team building activity, Christmas party, birthday, bachelorette party or bachelor party.
This would also be a lovely gift for her, gift for mom or Xmas gift.
Cook With James is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and adheres to COVID-19 government guidelines.
Your teacher
James grew up on a 50 acre horse farm near the Salinas Valley. His great grandfather emigrated from Yugoslavia into the Central Valley and started an apple farm. His grandfather later moved to the very fertile Salinas Valley and started one of the first produce companies. It was called Sun Harvest. My mother raised us mostly on local fruits and vegetables though there was still the occasional cooking “out of a can” given the generation. Canned beets! The one thing we always had was a bowl of fresh fruit, cut up and put into a bowl for us before we went to bed.
James earned a masters in Spanish literature and linguistics through Middlebury College and lived in Spain for two years. He later entered into the technology business and worked at various advertising agencies in San Francisco over a 12 year period. Along the way he started cooking as "therapy" for his corporate day job. CookWithJames was created 15 years ago as an underground supper club. James would prepare multiple course regional Italian and Spanish dinners in his home for guests and friends. James staged at Quince restaurant after they opened in 2004, and has also lived and cooked in both Italy and Spain. After leaving his day job in advertising in 2009 James launched CookWithJames as a full-time business, offering private sit-down dinners as well as cooking class parties for all occasions.
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Lorenzo Calvani • Dec 2021
We had a great time making pizza with James. He is extremely knowledgeable and he's an amazing teacher. Love his passion! A+
Aileen Appe • Dec 2021
The class was fun and Chef James was very personable, knowledgeable, and made everyone feel included. He also prepped a delicious spread for us to start the evening, a really nice touch!
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