Terry Paulding

Teaching people to cook, and cook well, is where Paulding & Company had it’s beginnings. Terry Paulding, a former restaurant cook and culinary school grad, taught adult education classes for many years. As time passed, her students wanted more–to bring their office groups into the kitchen to play and build team spirit, to have parties where everyone cooked, and to have Terry cater their weddings and parties with the same great food they were learning in classes.

The business grew organically. With the encouragement of friends and family, the Emeryville kitchen was created. Opened in January of 2004, the kitchen is a warm, friendly, clean space that combines lots of room for group work and dining, with a professional catering kitchen set-up.