Spring Food & Wine Pairing
$175 per person
Instructor
What You'll Learn
By the end of the class, you will:
- Build a show-stopper dinner party menu for you and your friends
- Understand how to pair each course with a different wine
- Leave with make-ahead tips that let you host (and enjoy) your own Spring Food & Wine Pairing party
About This Class
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!'” – Robin Williams
See ya next year, root vegetables. We have spring fever and are ready to party. April breathes new life into the farmer’s markets with young, tender, and fresh produce at its peak.
Our garden-fresh menu features the best local and seasonal ingredients with wine pairings for each course. Together as a class, we’ll make an appetizer, first course, entrée, and dessert, each paired by Sommelier Eugenio Jardim, who will walk you through pairing wine with food for each course. The best thing about it? You’ll leave with a step-by-step game plan for throwing this spring fling dinner party at home – timeline and all.
Menu
Salt Cod Croquettes with Meyer Lemon Aioli; Crisp Spring Vegetable Salad: Lamb Loin Skewers with Pistachio Tahini; Sticky Toffee Pudding with Blood Orange, Tangerine, and Whipped Crème Fraîche.
Details
- Wine included
- Full meal served in class
- Work in teams
- Ages 21+
FAQ
The average duration of our current cooking classes is 2 hours, which is predominately hands-on work. You will be standing for the majority of class, cooking at your work station as your instructor demonstrates techniques and walks around providing individual feedback.
Due to COVID-19 regulations, we can not have students congregate in the building before class starts. Doors will open 5 minutes prior to class starting and we will begin promptly on time. Students will be asked to queue up outside the door of the school, safely distanced (sidewalks are clearly marked) and will be let in the school just before class begins.
Please arrive at the school with your own mask on. You will be given a new, disposable mask to wear in class to ensure what you have on hasn’t been contaminated prior to entering SFCS. We will have extras available should you need one while at school.
Wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes (remember, you’ll be on your feet cooking). The kitchens at SFCS are fully equipped with everything else you need, including clean aprons.
Due to COVID-19 regulations, we will not be serving food or drinks during class, We will, however, be sending you home with both ingredients and finished food items so you can enjoy them later, and practice as well.
Wear casual clothing you can easily move around in, and comfortable close-toed shoes. Long hair must be pulled back and masks, provided by SFCS, are required while in the building.
Cancellation Policy
David Groff
After graduating from both the California Culinary Academy and Tante Marie’s Cooking School, David spent time teaching cooking classes and working as a line cook at Zuni Cafe and Gioia in San Francisco. He has worked as a personal chef and volunteered with the Bay Area’s largest fish supplier before joining SFCS as Lead Recreational Cooking Instructor. David believes cooking is about bringing people together to have a good (and delicious) time.
Eugenio Jardim
In 1988, Eugenio moved to San Francisco from Brazil, and while working as an Assistant Wine Buyer at a local wine shop, he successfully completed the Foundation and Advanced Courses at Sterling’s School of Service and Hospitality in Napa Valley, led by Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein.
He opened Eos Restaurant and Wine Bar in San Francisco in 1995- one of the most famous cutting edge wine programs in the country. Jardim became Wine Director at Eos Restaurant in 1999, propelling his career in the wine business to new heights.
In 2001 he took over as Wine Director at Jardinière, one of San Francisco’s top restaurants, where he and his team earned the highest four-star rating from the San Francisco Chronicle Food and Wine Editor Michael Bauer and Eugenio was named the 2010 Sunset Magazine’s Sommelier of the Year.
In addition, Eugenio has established critically acclaimed Wine Programs for Chef Traci Des Jardins’s Acme Chophouse, Chef Loretta Keller’s Coco 500, Chef Elizabeth Faulkner’s Citizen Cake and Orson, Manzanita at the Ritz-Carlton Highlands Resort in Tahoe, and for SF Magazine’s Rising Star Chef Jessica Boncutter’s Bar Jules.