Cozymeal in San Francisco runs hands-on classes hosted by individual local chefs in their own studios, with menus from sushi to handmade ravioli to a Bay Area vegan night.
Tip: Read the chef profile before booking; quality is per-chef rather than per-platform.
Address: Various, host-chef studios citywide, San Francisco
18 Reasons in San Francisco is the Mission community kitchen and cooking school, with seasonal hands-on classes, knife skills nights and a strong fermentation programme.
Tip: Pay-what-you-can class slots open the first Friday of each month; sign up to the newsletter for the alert.
The Civic Kitchen in San Francisco is the Valencia Street cooking school from Christopher and Jodi Liang Bonomo, with knife-skills, pasta and pastry classes, 12 to a class.
Tip: The pasta class includes a takeaway portion; bring a cool bag if you are catching BART home after.