Korean Cooking Classes in the Bay Area

Step into the basic techniques of building Korean fare in this interactive cooking class. World-class and inspirationally fun Chef Theresa will guide you step-by-step through the process of turning fresh ingredients into flavorful dishes. Start your journey with pajeon, a savory Korean pancake made with bean paste, flour, green onion, sugar, vegetable oil and water. Continue through this lush temperate climate to craft beef bulgogi with mushrooms and japch...

Korean street food is all about understanding how to delicately balance bold flavors and in this interactive cooking class, Chef Poly will show you how. Begin by making kimchi mung bean pancakes, bindeduk, with a rich soy dipping sauce. Next, learn how to make noodles from scratch to assemble jimpong, a classed steamed buns dish before you delve into the world of Korean spices to make tteobokki. Finally, craft dalgona, a popular toffee dessert made even mo...

Banchan, a Korean side dish, is the main course in this enticing cooking class with Chef Theresa. Uplevel your Korean culinary skills as you work with fresh ingredients. Discover the secrets to preparing kimchi pajeon with a variety of herbs and spices such as garlic and onion. Continue your journey with bibimbap, a variety of banchan ingredients and egg, which is an optional addition. Finish with a sweet and spicy sujjeonggwa, which is a punch involving c...

Discover a passion for vegan food during this immersive gourmet Korean cooking class. A world-class chef will guide you through the authentic and contemporary techniques of building a menu of Korean-style dishes with plant-based ingredients. Begin your adventure with vegetable pancakes known as bindaetteok involving mung beans and kimchi. Continue down the path with rice, soup and banchan side dishes. Design a main course of acorn starch cakes tossed with...

There are many ways to create authentic and flavorful Kimchi, three of which you'll learn in this interactive cooking class. Kimchi is a favorite dish of Korean origin. Let world-class Chef Theresa guide you through a playful lesson on crafting classic kimchi banchan, kimchi jjigae (a type of stew), kimchi fried rice and a sweet rice punch called sikhye. Work with fresh ingredients like cucumber, radish, garlic, napa cabbage, chili paste, onion, soy sauce...

Sharing is at the heart of Korean cuisine and in this hands-on cooking class, Chef Polly will explore the communal dimension of Korean dining by sharing in the creation of a show-stopping menu. Chef Poly emphasizes some of Korea’s most famous dishes, guiding you through their creation while delving into their cultural significance. Familiarize yourself with traditional seasonings and ingredients from fish sauce to sesame and fernbraken to daikon. From pi...

This hands-on cooking class with renowned Chef Polly spotlights fresh and fermented ingredients to build a menu full of flavor. Learn all there is to love about the sweet, savory, spicy and umami flavors of Korean cuisine. First, you will pair a mung bean pancake dish with a rich soy dipping sauce. Next, learn how to assemble a seaweed soup with kelp and seafood broth to serve alongside stemmed purple rice with barley and quinoa. For the main dish, you’l...