Community driven culinary workshops, hosted here in our Sonoma County farmhouse kitchen

We invite you to experience culinary classes in the company of friends, guided by acclaimed chefs and artisans. With a shared love for food and community, our classes and farm dinners are a chance to create and connect.

Join us for our spring Bakery Day!

March 30th | noon - 2pm

Wind & Rye Kitchen — 4615 Acacia Way Penngrove

Wind & Rye Bakery Days offer our Chef Instructors the chance to get in the kitchen and bake! The menu will include delicious seasonal cakes, tarts and cookies beautifully packaged and ready to bring to your spring party or gift to loved ones. Hand crafted ceramics from MG Pottery and floral bouquets from Tamara Apple will also be available for purchase.

Profits from our seasonal bakery days will go towards funding the new tuition assistance program at Wind & Rye. We look forward to sharing the details of this program with you all soon. The goal is to broaden and strengthen our community by making classes and events at the kitchen more accessible to all.

Learn more about this new program here!

Community, sustainability, celebration

EXPERIENCE A CLASS AT WIND & RYE NOW BOOKING THROUGH JUNE 2024

Kids Cake Decorating
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with Laci Sandoval

Do you have a creative young one in your life that loves to bake? This class is for them!

  • This course is four hours in total. Parents are asked to drop their students off and return ready to take home a fully decorated cake masterpiece!

  • All of our classes are intimate by design. We limit this class to 8 students.

    $225 a person

  • Laci Sandoval has nearly two decades of experience baking and decorating cakes. She loves teaching kids and can’t wait to host this class. Read her full bio here.

Cooking with Mushrooms: BRUNCH
+ with Chef Daniel Kedan

We are combining our love for the mid morning meal with the bounty of Northern California’s rainy season for a truly magical mushroom brunch!

  • This class is a full 4 hours long. We will enjoy a delicious brunch during class with drinks and snacks throughout.

  • All of our classes are intimate by design. 10 people

    This course is $225 a person.

  • Chef Daniel Kedan was the owner of beloved Backyard Restaurant in Forestville and is now a lead instructor at the CIA. Read his full bio here.

Secrets of Pan Pizza
+ with Chef Leah Scurto

Chef Leah Scurto is back in the kitchen to teach all about gourmet pan pizza techniques. You’ll learn the historic differences between pan pizza varieties, secrets to Leah’s award winning dough and topping flavor combinations to elevate your pizza making to the next level.

  • This course is four hours in total. We enjoy a family style meal with wine pairing at the end of class.

  • All of our classes are intimate by design. 10 people

    $225 a person

  • Chef Leah Scurto is owner and executive chef of PizzaLeah in Windsor. Read her full bio here.

Intro to Herbalism: Spring Awakening
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with Colleen Bingham Solis

Embark on a journey where you sync your well-being with the changing seasons! Join us for an enriching in-person class series that celebrates the magic of herbs and the wisdom of nature.

  • This course is four hours in total. We enjoy a family style meal with wine pairing at the end of class.

  • All of our classes are intimate by design. 10 people

    $225 a person

  • Certified Herbalist Colleen Solis is an educator and consultant for companies nation wide. Her skin care line Poppy Botanicals is hand crafted here in Sonoma County. Read her full bio here.

Baking for The Holidays
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with Chef Nicole Plue

The holidays wouldn’t be complete with beautifully decorated and mouth waveringly delicious sweets. This class will cover a variety of new and nostalgic desserts, perfect for gift giving or as a show stopping centerpiece for this years holiday celebration.

  • This course is four hours in total. We enjoy a family style meal with wine pairing at the end of class.

  • All of our classes are intimate by design. 10 people

    $225 a person

  • Chef Nicole Plue is considered by many to be one of America’s greatest pastry chefs of the last 30 years. Read her full bio here.

Mastering Fried Chicken
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with Chef Daniel Kedan

This hands on class will teach you how to make the tastiest fried chicken right at home. Perfect for your next party or weeknight meal.

  • This course is four hours in total. We enjoy a family style meal with wine pairing at the end of class.

  • All of our classes are intimate by design. 10 people

    $225 a person

  • Chef Daniel Kedan was the owner of beloved Backyard Restaurant in Forestville and is now a lead instructor at the CIA. Read his full bio here.

Laci Sandoval in the garden picking peppers

Learn about what we do at Wind & Rye

Community and sustainability are the heart of what we do

So much of how we connect is food-driven. It’s why the kitchen is the heart of the home and sharing a meal bonds us. We invite you to participate in this special ritual through our many upcoming farm-to-table dinners, cooking classes, food growing lessons, nutritional information sessions, and more. Our events and meals will be experiences meant to rekindle our sense of community and share a love of food.

From our kitchen to yours

Laci Sandoval created Wind & Rye to celebrate her personal relationship with food through the ritual of eating on special occasions and in our daily lives