The Key Room

The Key Room

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The Key Room is a dedicated event venue for business meetings, private parties and nonprofit events. Our staff can provides on-site catering with fresh and delicious food from coffee and pastries to a full-service seated banquet. We have a showcase kitchen for chef demonstrations and private cooking parties or can arrange culinary team building activities.

01/27/2026

🍞 Learn to Make Sourdough Bread!

There’s nothing quite like the magic of sourdough. Join us in the Community Teaching Kitchen on Saturday, February 21st for our Sourdough 101 hands-on class, where you’ll learn the fundamentals of sourdough—from caring for a starter to shaping, baking, and understanding that perfect crust and crumb.

Guests will make and take home 1 loaf of class-baked sourdough bread, chocolate chip cookies made with sourdough and a mini-kit with starter and guidance for baking at home.

Slow, intentional, and deeply satisfying, this class is perfect for anyone ready to build confidence with bread and bring a timeless skill into their home kitchen.

Hands-on classes are limited to just 15 seats. Click the link in our bio to purchase your tickets today.
All proceeds benefit the shelter, housing and training programs .

Check out our full list of upcoming Hands-On Cooking Classes:

🥄Jan. 30 - Ukrainian Baking with Anna Voloshyna

🥄Feb. 10 - California Winter Mushrooms with Chef Matt Shapiro

🥄Feb. 21 - Sourdough 101 with Sarah Owens

🥄Feb. 25 - Handmade Artisan Pasta with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 8 - Irish Tea Party with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 18 - Broth Talk with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 25 - The Art of Fermentation with Sarah Owens

01/23/2026

Join us on Tuesday, February 10th, for our Hands-On Class: California Winter Mushrooms with Chef Matt Shapiro! In this deep-dive class, you'll cook alongside Chef Matt, a passionate mushroom forager, to explore cooking with California’s winter mushrooms. You’ll cook with Black Trumpet, Hedgehog and Yellowfoot mushrooms, taking home three delicious recipes: two that highlight a single mushroom’s unique flavor and one that blends all three into a harmonious dish. Matt will share his top tips on foraging, flavor and technique while creating and sharing unforgettable mushroom dishes.

Classes are limited to just 15 seats. Click the link in our bio to purchase your tickets today.
All proceeds benefit the shelter, housing and training programs@homewardboundmarin.

Check out our full list of upcoming Hands-On Cooking Classes:

🥄Jan. 30 - Ukrainian Baking with Anna Voloshyna

🥄Feb. 10 - California Winter Mushrooms with Chef Matt Shapiro

🥄Feb. 21 - Sourdough 101 with Sarah Owens

🥄Feb. 25 - Handmade Artisan Pasta with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 8 - Irish Tea Party with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 18 - Broth Talk with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 25 - The Art of Fermentation with Sarah Owens

01/20/2026

🧀 Happy National Cheese Lovers Day!

From soft and creamy to bold and crumbly, today we celebrate the magic that makes everything better: CHEESE! Whether it’s on a board, melted into something delicious or enjoyed one perfect bite at a time, this is your official excuse to indulge in all things cheese.

What's your favorite cheese?

01/15/2026

Warm the kitchen and your soul in our Ukrainian Baking hands-on class with Chef on Friday, January 30th. Chef Anna will guide you step-by-step through making a Ukrainian Honey Cake, crafting tender layers of honey biscuit, and finishing them with a rich frosting made with sweet and tangy sour cream. Along the way, she'll share her passion for Ukrainian and Eastern European flavors, showing how timeless recipes can be reimagined with contemporary techniques. Each guest will create and take home a finished honey cake!

Classes are limited to just 15 seats. Click the link in our bio to purchase your tickets today.
All proceeds benefit the shelter, housing and training programs .

Check out our full list of upcoming Hands-On Cooking Classes:

🥄Jan. 22 - Marmalade 101 with Sarah Owens

🥄Jan. 30 - Ukrainian Baking with Anna Voloshyna

🥄Feb. 10 - California Winter Mushrooms with Chef Matt Shapiro

🥄Feb. 21 - Sourdough 101 with Sarah Owens

🥄Feb. 25 - Handmade Artisan Pasta with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 8 - Irish Tea Party with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 18 - Broth Talk with Honey Grace Lopez

🥄Mar. 25 - The Art of Fermentation with Sarah Owens

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The Key Room, 1385 N. Hamilton Pkway
Novato, CA
94949