Thank you for your interest in cooking classes! I am working towards hosting classes at our current restaurant location beginning in November and December 2025 through online registration portals, and am also offering private in home cooking classes for those interested! I envision a community kitchen space where learning, entertainment, and social interaction are at the heart of hands-on experiences, while appealing to a wide spectrum of ages and skill levels.
To address some of the most frequently asked questions, I have provided a bit of information about initial programming, expected costs, and expected time frames for classes. Please keep in mind that Mashita provides the equipment, location, ingredients, takeout boxes, utensils, as well as professional instruction, which influences the per person cost for the launch of our cooking class programs. Classes are appropriate for teenagers and adults, but I am also designing classes that are best suited for younger children with the intention of building foundational cooking skills, introductory knowledge, and the confidence to cook independently and creatively. Let’s cook together!
- Kimbap: 2 hour class: $40-60 per person – students will be introduced to kimbap, a Korean style seaweed roll with sesame oiled rice, egg, veggies, and a protein that is often not seafood, that is rolled, sliced, and presented like sushi. Students typically roll 1-2 kimbap rolls that are 8 slices each to enjoy at the end of the class, or to take home with them. Pricing can be influenced by protein choice, or choice of no protein.
- Japchae: 2 hour class: $50-70 per person – students will be introduced to a famous Korean stir fried noodle dish, and will boil noodles, cut vegetables, prepare a marinade and prep a protein for the dish. Students will then be able to stir fry their own dish, or can have an instructor/chaperone assist. Pricing influenced by choice of protein.
- Bibimbap: 2 hour class: $50-70 per person – students will be introduced to Korean rice bowls, will learn how to prepare rice, veggies, protein, sauce, and egg, and will finish the class with an assembled rice bowl that can be enjoyed on site or taken home. Pricing influenced by choice of protein.
- Katsu: 2 hour class: $60-70 per person – students will be introduced to Katsu – a pounded, battered, and fried cutlet served with rice, shredded cabbage, and sweet and spicy katsu sauce. Students will learn how to tenderize meat, learn the basics of breading, employ knife skills, create sauce, and finish the class by frying their cutlets, slicing them, and presenting a finished dish to enjoy on site or to take home. Pricing influenced by choice of protein.
- Non Korean Classes are also available: such classes could include knife skills classes, introduction to meal planning, toddler food prep, specific styles of cooking like sauteeing, roasting, braising, frying, sauce making, pickling, canning, fermentation, etc.