Kitchen on Fire - Oakland Kitchen — Local services in Oakland

Wow, what a wonderful night! We had a party for my husband's birthday last night at the Oakland location of Kitchen on Fire, and it was perfection from start to finish. The booking was easy and the communication between booking and the event was perfect. I went early to take some wine and decorations and they were there 2 hours before to meet and greet me. Once the party started, we were given some cheese and cold cuts to take the edge off the hunger while we were prepping. Chef Anthony was superb. He was flexible to how we conducted the event, letting us do as much as possible on our own, while imparting his extensive experience to make us better cooks! We came away with many little tips and tricks to make cooking at home easier, safer and more fun. We chose to make 4 small plates which were Asian themed. We make Thai larb, Fresh Spring Rolls, Fried rice with Shrimp, and Chicken pot stickers. All the ingredients were set out on the work tables and we broke into groups to do the final chopping and prep with Chef hopping from group to group to make sure we didn't goof anything up. Finally time to go to the "fire" to make perfect browned but tender pot stickers, spicy and flavorful larb, and tasty fresh fried rice. We ate the dishes as we cooked and it was plenty of food to satisfy us all. We brought our own beer/wine, but quickly realized we needed all our senses to do the "work" and not cut off any fingers! I cannot say enough about what an enjoyable and fun evening this was for all the guests and my husband on his special birthday. I highly recommend this venue for your next event or party - you will have a great time while learning some new...

This review is long overdue - I can’t say enough wonderful things about Kitchen on Fire. I’ve had the pleasure of attending both their in-person and online offerings, and both were wonderful. Chef Mat guided us through Kitchen on Fire’s Night in Florence about a year ago, and we still make recipes from that evening to this day. He was a great teacher, and did a wonderful job of making everyone at every skill level (read: I’m a beginner and my partner is more advanced) feel welcome and excited about what they were contributing to our group’s meal. More recently, my partner and I attended Michael Cecconi’s Cocktails for the Holidays course and we had a blast. We learned so much about making stellar cocktails from Michael, and appreciated both the notes/ingredient list sent to prepare for the course’s online version as well as the on-the-fly substitution suggestions Michael was able to provide. All in all, we had a ton of fun with both of these courses, and can’t recommend them highly enough. Hats off to Chef Mat, Michael, and all the folks at Kitchen on Fire who...

We used to love taking classes at this place but the last few times we have attended, we’ve had a diminished experience. Our first two classes were amazing and we learned so much.

The classes began with a mini lesson and explanation of all we’d do, some background on the food itself, including quality and sourcing. The instructor explained each table activity and the recipes were on the table, and laminated All people were actively doing intricate things. I even learned to shuck oysters!

Yesterday’s class was too full so each person did very little. I can chop green onions and peel eggs at home and not spend $175. The teacher barely instructed and when she included the participants it was stir food she’d already placed in the pot and seasoned. Overall ver disappointing and we won’t likely return. And no dessert for that...