{"id":441810,"date":"2026-08-24T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441810\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:00:09","slug":"good-taste-sf-confectioner-opens-a-sweet-and-affordable-cooking-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441810\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Taste: SF confectioner opens a sweet (and affordable) cooking school"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Taste<\/a> tells you where to stick your fork in the Bay! This week, an update on a San Francisco candy atelier that is transforming into an international cooking school.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been just over a year since I visited Shekoh Moossavi of the delightful Shekoh Confections<\/a> in her new San Francisco commercial kitchen for a confection tasting<\/a>. She told me then that she wanted to teach more chefs about this art\u2014and now, hurray, she\u2019s opening the Shekoh Culinary Institute<\/a> in the space. She\u2019ll be teaching a wide range of one-day classes that tackle global cuisines and fundamental kitchen training.<\/p>\n

Two-hour in-person workshops start on September 9 with the first of two sessions focused on Persian Cooking: Moossavi was born and raised in Iran. (She\u2019s also lived in Europe). She\u2019s currently accepting students for classes in French and Italian Cuisine and weekend Chocolate Workshops as well during the rest of the month, and has more planned for October. In-person classes currently range from $120-150.<\/p>\n

\"\"Confectioner Shekoh Moossavi with her Persian Rose bonbon. Photo by Brianna Danner<\/p>\n

Added to all that: There\u2019s a robust course catalog of online classes<\/a> for $35, including Knife Skills and Stocks, French Mother Sauces, Breakfast and Brunch, and Signature Cocktails for beginner and intermediate-level students. Learning to cook in your jammies without being seen or judged is still a wanted option in 2026, and the price point is appreciated.<\/p>\n

The elegant Moossavi formerly operated caf\u00e9s in Palo Alto before moving to San Francisco. Her products are now available in her online store<\/a>. I\u2019m partial to her items that are closest to her roots: Persian rose and saffron bonbons, as well as her Persian nougat and rosewater marshmallows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She studied at the Valrhona \u00c9cole du Grand Chocolat in France and uses Valrhona brand chocolate and couvertures, which are innovative, luscious, and luxurious. It\u2019s a bold choice that few colleagues have made around here. <\/p>\n

\"\"More Shekoh delights<\/p>\n

Her confections have been served at The Ritz-Carlton hotels in San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and Lake Tahoe. And her blog<\/a> offers brilliant food for thought on topics including the preservation of Persian culinary traditions and the pleasure ethics and cultural significance of chocolate.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m excited to see the Shekoh Culinary Institute take shape just a year after moving her whole business from Palo Alto to San Francisco. Moossavi\u2019s space is clean and inviting, and the quality, no-shortcuts nature of her sweets makes me want to learn about savory cooking from her as well. <\/p>\n

There haven\u2019t been very many in-person cooking classes in the city since the San Francisco Cooking School closed in 2022, and hers is going to be a welcome addition. Her business model is set to serve people who want to learn in a small, in-person environment as well as those who prefer to play in their own kitchens in the Bay Area and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good Taste tells you where to stick your fork in the Bay! This week, an update on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-441810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}