Fresh Starts Chef Events / Cooking Classes at The Key Room

Fresh Starts Chef Events / Cooking Classes at The Key Room offers Fresh Starts Chef Events, which include celebrity chef demonstrations and culinary presentations by professionals with a passion for cooking. It also offers hands-on, interactive cooking classes where participants cook, learn, connect, and share.

Programs

• Fresh Starts Chef Events — Offers a changing roster of celebrity chef demonstrations and culinary presentations by professionals with a passion for cooking.
• Cooking classes — Hands-on, interactive classes where you cook, learn, connect and share at the Community Teaching Kitchen.

At a glance

• Current session: Public Class: Everything Bagels with Chef Nick Abrams (Oct 17–Oct 17, 2026); Public Class: Step-by-Step Sushi with Richard Keating (Oct 23–Oct 23, 2026); Public Class: Perfecting Ramen at Home with Chef Marco Soto (Nov 6–Nov 6, 2026); Public Class: A Whole Latke Love with Chef Matt Shapiro (Nov 13–Nov 13, 2026); Public Class: Holiday Cookie Kick-Off with Chef Dave Leyva (Nov 21–Nov 21, 2026); Public Class: Create a Classic Bûche de Noël with Chef Dave Leyva (Dec 5–Dec 5, 2026); Public Class: Holiday Tamales with Chef Luis Realpozo (Dec 11–Dec 11, 2026); Public Class: Creative Main Course Salads with Chef Mark Bjerke (Jan 15–Jan 15, 2027)
• General schedule: Public classes and chef events are listed on a calendar. Reservations are open for hands-on, interactive events at the Community Teaching Kitchen. Fresh Starts Chef Events showcase celebrity chef demonstrations and culinary presentations, and cooking classes are offered as hands-on, interactive classes.

About the provider

The Key Room was founded in 2008 and is operated by Homeward Bound of Marin. It serves as an extension of Homeward Bound of Marin, helping fulfill its mission of moving people from crises to stability to thriving. It earns revenue and builds employment skills for people facing barriers to work and housing. Every event provides work experience for graduates of Fresh Starts Culinary Academy who work alongside chefs and event planners.

What families say

“Every event I have been to The Key Room for an event, the organization is superb, the food delicious, the staff is so gracious and polite. With your help and guidance, everything went smoothly and without a hitch. We can’t thank you enough.” — Susan Drager, Marin Master Gardeners

“Once again, the Key Room team came through with terrific support for our event, greatly contributing to the success of the event. The food was tasty as always, the service staff was professional and efficient.” — Chris Anderson, Alzheimer’s Association – North Bay

“The whole evening went so smoothly. Everyone raved about the food and the service. You have created a fabulous establishment on so many different levels.” — Emily Wikman, San Rafael

Last updated October 15, 2026.