Location:Computer Room, Valen­cia Gardens

3 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.

Pre­sen­ter Bio: Matt Skov

Matt over­sees the kitchen to ensure that the pro­gram par­tic­i­pants are work­ing in opti­mum con­di­tions. With exten­sive expe­ri­ence as a chef, gen­eral man­ager and restau­rant owner, he pro­vides kitchen guid­ance and tech­ni­cal assis­tance to La Cocina’s many busi­nesses and com­mer­cial users alike. Matt also works with La Cocina’s cater­ers to fine tune their oper­a­tions. He helps guide our culi­nary cur­ricu­lum and makes sure that every­thing is work­ing prop­erly in our spa­cious com­mer­cial kitchen.

After receiv­ing degrees from UC Davis and the Cal­i­for­nia Culi­nary Acad­emy, Matt spent time work­ing his way up the cook­ing ranks at Miss Pearls Jam House and Silks before spend­ing five years at Camp­ton Place Hotel. Next stop was Col­orado, where he was exec­u­tive chef and gen­eral man­ager of an award win­ning South­west­ern restau­rant. Miss­ing his native San Fran­cisco, he returned home to become a part­ner in Ella’s Restau­rant and Blue Fog Mar­ket, arti­san cor­ner stores which carry prod­ucts from some of La Cocina’s busi­nesses. Matt is also a part­ner in a street food busi­ness in Guadala­jara, Mex­ico and is pas­sion­ate about for­mal­iz­ing street food busi­nesses in San Francisco.

Matt is almost flu­ent in Span­ish and loves work­ing with entre­pre­neurs with a pas­sion for turn­ing their love of food into suc­cess­ful businesses.

Price: This work­shop is free for pro­gram par­tic­i­pants and clients of part­ner orga­ni­za­tions,$15 each ses­sion for com­mer­cial users and $25 each ses­sion for the gen­eral pub­lic. 

Class Out­line:

Class #1: An Intro­duc­tion to Cater­ing, Menus and Cost­ing 

Class #2: Job Intake: Pro­fes­sional, Cour­te­ous and Orga­nized 

Class #3: Bids, Pro­pos­als and Tast­ings 

Class #4: Main­tain­ing Qual­ity Through­out the Process and Putting It All Together 

Class #5: Mar­ket­ing and Up-Selling your Cater­ing Com­pany — Wed­dings, Large Cor­po­rate Events and Fes­ti­vals 

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The work­shop is made pos­si­ble thanks to gen­er­ous sup­port from Chevron.