Cooking Class - Colorful Homemade Pasta

A warm, welcoming and wonderful experience! Chef Valerie made us feel right at home and encouraged us to dive right in per our comfort level. Learned a lot and made great pasta! Highly recommend.

I was very, very pleased with our experience with Chef Valerie and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to others. She shared some tips that I’m sure we will use over and over again. She is very knowledgeable and gracious. We would surely take another class of hers when time permits.

Chef Valerie is excellent. She provides a welcoming environment, beautiful kitchen and awesome playlist of music during her class. She shows patience and makes the learning experience fun. She explains and answers your questions. I took away from this class the details you may miss trying to find on a YouTube video. Overall, my son and I had a great time and will definitely use her services again.

Everything about this experience was absolutely wonderful. From Chef Valerie's cute, cozy home, to her warm and welcoming personality, to the fantastically delicious food. By the end of the experience, my partner and I felt like we were at a lovely dinner party, enjoying the company of friends, except we were leaving having learned so many great pro cooking tips. As people who love food but don't really cook, we left this experience inspired to start!

Top-notch! We learned some great recipes, e.g., linguini and ravioli from home-made pasta, bruschetta, and an apple galette as a birthday party and cooking lesson. Valerie was great fun, and we learned lots.

Chef Valerie was awesome! She really knows her technique and was able to give us great hands on instructions and tips. We will definitely do another class with her.

Had a great experience with Chef Valerie. She answered our questions and was encouraging even when our empanadas looked a little sad.

Valerie is knowledgeable, informative, kind and fun. Her kitchen is welcoming and warm. After taking her class, I feel totally prepared to tackle home-made pizzas with confidence and inspiration.

Chef Valerie was professional, patient and very kind. We put our session to use by making empanadas the following week for Thanksgiving and it was a hit! Thanks for putting this cautious very new cook at ease.

Absolutely loved our first time experience with Valerie. My husband and I were celebrating our anniversary and Valerie welcomed us with a beautiful orchid plant! So sweet and thoughtful. Not only did we learn a lot of helpful cooking tips along the way, but the food was delish! This was a great experience. Will will definitely be back!

Some really great recipe education opportunities in a nice intimate setting. In my one class so far, I learned how to cook salmon properly and a great lentil dish. Both are regular additions to menus at home that my kids love. Definitely enjoyed the class and the recipes and would recommend!

Valerie's cooking classes are a ball! She is so personable and really makes learning to cook a dish just as much fun as eating her delicious creations. I took her pizza making class and picked up pointers like pouring a little olive oil into the bowl the dough rises in, and using goat cheese for a fabulous pizza bianca. Valerie's deep culinary knowledge and obvious love for cooking really make her classes a joy!!!

Chef Valerie was an amazing and warm person to spend an afternoon with! Her knowledge of Argentinean cuisine, history and heritage is inspiring. She clearly loves what she does, cares about her ingredients and it all shows in her food! Two of my favorite dishes that Chef Valerie demonstrated were her Argentinean corn and cheese empanadas and her Goat cheese & caramelized onions pizza! I think her empandas might be some of the BEST tasting empanadas I've ever had! The corn and cheese Argentinean empanadas was and amazing balance of sweet and savory, all with a delicious, flaky crust and perfectly moist filling! I could eat 20 of those! The goat cheese pizza with caramelized onions and olives were also a unique balance of flavors-- sweet and salty! Chef Valerie mentioned that this pizza was her Mom's favorite and I can easily see why! The crust was crunchy on the outside and soft inside. Just simply divine! Seriously, just go for the empanadas! They're to die for!

Valerie provided high-quality ingredients, delicious recipes, clear instructions.

I used to attend the cooking classes regularly when they were in San Francisco. I enjoyed them greatly. I was always interested in the ideal of cooking but did not get around to it for lack of confidence. Attending Valerie's classes allowed me to build the confidence I lacked. I also picked up some signature dishes Alfajores, Lamb Racks etc, that are my goto dishes when taking to pot lucks. The classes were more like a get together party where some participated actively and others were there just to socialize. Everything worked. Hoping the classes will return to SF at some point in the future so that I can start attending them again.

Truly enjoyed the cooking classes with Valerie and if we were still in the Bay area we would be attending them. The freedom of being hands on or off, the little tips to make the cooking experience easy, the recipes and finally being able to sit down and enjoy the meal made the whole experience such fun.

In her earlier kitchen, I attended many cooking classes because they were the right balance of learning, doing, watching & eating (and no washing up!). The recipes were interesting, the class size was small, and the people who came were relaxed and interested in learning. I still use some of the recipes we were taught, and I'm eager to get more.