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Culinary Cooking Classes..in your area
..and for your lifestyle

tiramisu It's exciting to know culinary cooking classes are available at career culinary cooking schools as well as smaller independent ones. They are for those not wanting to make a full-time career but just wanting to improve their skills or just have fun. Imagine learning how to cook your favorite recipes as well as finding new ones.

There are culinary classes for children and adults. Cooking schools are getting more creative with theme classes like cooking classes for couples or Italian cooking classes. Find them here.

These culinary cooking classes go by different names such as recreational cooking classes, non-professional culinary classes or public cooking classes.

Washington, DC. Area

Academie de Cuisine In Gaithersburg Maryland in the DC metropolitan area - they have a full schedule of non-professional culinary cooking classes for culinary, wine, baking and more as part of their professional school. The names of the classes are tempting and they say they have hundreds to select from. They also have many "types" of classes such as demonstration, dinner, tasting, and participation. See their excellent Calendar. Academie de Cuisine Calendar of Recreational Cooking Classes

Atlanta, Georgia Area

Ursula Cooks In Atlanta since l966 - independent cooking school - classes start in each of 3 seasons - 4 weeks or 8 weeks - International cooking classes and couples classes - Good for beginning or advanced cooks - For adults age 21-101 Ursula Cooks

School of Sugar Arts in Atlanta by Nicholas Lodge - All levels of sugar art and cakes decorating - Unique cupcake class for Girl Scouts School of Sugar Arts

Viking Cooking School Atlanta - Fun classes for kids, teens and adults - Types of classes are hands-on, demonstration and Chef's Table - School has locations in other states. Viking Cooking School

Other Locations for Viking Cooking School:
From 3 hr workshops to series: kids also(several cities: Culinary Basics: anchorage AK ; Destin FL Lakewood Ranch FL; (sarasota coming soon); Atlanta GA; Glenview Illinois; Greenwood MS; Atlantic City Harrahs Resort; Fairfield NJ ; Natirar Peapack-Gladstone NJ ; Garden City New York; Cleveland OH; Lyndhurst; Philadelpia PA (Bryn mawr); Memphis TN; Nashville TN; Dallas TX; The Woodlands Houston TX; Salt Lake City, Utah.

St. Louis, Missouri Area

L'Ecole Academy St. Louis - Intensive courses reasonably priced about all things culinary. In addition, there are classes in wine/beer, cake decorating and nutrition. L'Ecole Academy

Cincinnati, Ohio

Midwest Culinary Institute Cincinnati - Creations culinary cooking classes for beginners and advanced sponsored by Kroger at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College - some unique classes in vegetarian, vegan and international included. Couples "Date Night." Midwest Culinary Institute

California

New School of Cooking In Culver City, California, near Los Angeles - This professional cooking school also has hands-on culinary cooking classes for recreation. Learn new cuisines. One of few with vegetarian classes. New School of Cooking

Lilliput Village Bakery Paradise, California in Northern California - Bread baking and other culinary Lilliput Village Bakery Paradise CA

Bay Area Culinary Cooking Classes

The Bay Area is lucky to have 2 very prestigious cooking schools located there for public cooking classes--one in San Fran and the other in Silicon Valley.

Le Cordon Bleu San Francisco - Learn to Cook with a Pro - One class for $99 or a Series for $479. Also available sign up for a year of classes. (verify prices as they can change) Le Cordon Bleu Recreation Cooking Classes in San Francisco

The French Culinary InstituteCampbell, California (Silicon Valley) This well-respected culinary school now has a variety of recreational cooking classes for fun or for the "serious amateur." Also in New York. The French Culinary Institute Recreational Cooking Classes

Other Locations for Le Cordon Bleu Recreational Cooking Classes:

Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Orlando, Florida; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Seattle, Washington; St. Louis, Mo.

Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Cooking Classes for Non-Professionals

Publix Alpharetta near Atlanta Publix

Florida

Publix Apron's Cooking School Several locations in Florida: Boca Raton; Jacksonville; Plantation; Sarasota; Tallahassee; Tampa - The popular grocery store offers culinary cooking classes for kids, teens and adults. Sign up from their website. Many seasonal offerings. They often have celebrity chefs as guests. Publix Apron's Cooking School

Texas

All in One Bake Shop Austin, Texas - Kids above age 6 can attend - cakes, pastries, sweets All in One Bake Shop Also online cooking classes

Colorado

School of Natural Cookery Boulder, Colorado - professional and Home Cook classes School of Natural Cookery

Connecticut

Mystic Cooking Mystic - See special rate at The Inn at Mystic if you stay overnight and take a class on Monday night - Wonderful array of tempting classes - many for the season you are inMystic Cooking School

Oregon

Le Cordon Bleu Portland - Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Cooking Classes for Non-Professionals

International school of baking Bend, Oregon - nice inland area - not foggy rainy weather as is on the Coast - personal consultation cooking classes for beginners through advanced International School of Baking

Chicago, Illinois Area

Kendall College Chicago - has a great reputation for its culinary programs - Spice Up public cooking classes -

Also, see their Summer Camps for kids 13-18 Kendall College Spice Up Cooking Classes

Wilton school of cake decorating Darien, Illinois - You have your choice of a comprehensive class schedule at their main vocational school in Illinois or a local class in areas across the U.S. See if there is a school near you. A leader specializing in cake decorating for 80 years. For beginners through advanced. Wilton School of Cake Decorating

Vermont

Vermont Culinary Resort (kids classes too) - also spa and accommodations Vermont Culinary Resort

King Arthur Flour Norwich, Vermont - For professional or non-professionals and kids classes. Wonderful assortment of classes. Find one that fits your needs. Held at The Baking Education Center in Also online classes King Arthur Flour baking classes

Culinary Cooking Classes in New York City and Area

Natural Gourmet Institute public classes and restaurant for public Natural Gourmet Institute

ICE Culinary New York City - This professional cooking school also has a large selection of recreational cooking classes. ICE Culinary Recreation Cooking Classes

New York Wine & Culinary Center Canandaigua upstate New York - Huge variety of classes on all subjects and culinary themes.New York Wine & Culinary Center

Carol's Cafe Staten Island - Well known restaurant and cooking school - Carol's Cafe

Sur la Table New York City - Many other locations also throughout U.S. Short classes for adults, teens and kids. Hands-on and Demonstration types. Sur la Table Cooking Classes

The French Culinary Institute New York City - This well-respected culinary school now has a variety of recreational cooking classes for fun or for the "serious amateur." Also in California. The French Culinary Institute Recreational Cooking Classes in New York

International Culinary Center - Located in Soho, NYC 40-hour Essentials personal enrichment evening classes in Italian cooking. International Culinary Center Italian Studies

Arkansas

Arkansas Extended Learning Center Little Rock - a variety of community classes includes wine tasting and gourmet cooking (verify classes as they can change). Arkansas Extended Learning Center

La Villa CucinaLa Villa Cucina

Pennsylvania

Christine Pirello School of Natural Cooking Philadelphia - classes held at The Restaurant School. Christina Cooks

Clemson U Kids Cooking Camp Held on campus of Penn State. Cook Like a Chef for ages 10-14 - week long study of healthy cooking. Clemson U Healthy Eating Guide

South Carolina

Clemson University Extension Clemson, South Carolina - For youth to learn how to prepare foods, fun kitchen experiments and more. 4 H Healthy Lifestyles program at Clemson University in South Carolina

Iowa

Cooks' Emporium Ames - Saturday and weekday classes - demos at small fee - classes cost more Cooks' Emporium

Cooking with Allesandra Des Moines - Italian cooking classes and vacation tours also available - Cooking with Allesandra

Culinary Cooking Classes in Michigan

Bake With Zing Ann Arbor - Rachael Ray recommends these classes as affordable and some of the "best" - for homemakers and also kids - breads, pastries, cakes - also families classes Bake With Zing

International

It used to be that there were a few culinary cooking schools in Tuscany that had Italian culinary classes that Americans frequented for vacations and recreation, such as Marcella Hazan's school, but today you have more choices as cooking classes expand to other regions of Italy.

Other popular international areas are Switzerland and France.

International Culinary Center Italy and New York City - Choose a class or a full course in Italian culture and cooking from 4-hour amateur courses to over 1000+ hours of total immersion in Italian cookery and culture, partly in NYC and partly in Italy (verify) - classes are for enrichment. International Culinary Center - Italian Experience

International Cooking School Cooking class vacations in Italy International Cooking School- Italy

International Academy of Italian Cuisine Lucca - In Tuscany: a school and a hotel for accommodations. The courses are short ones or the full 2-month course for learning more about the culture and cooking. There is also a vegetarian class. Contact them for more information. International Academy of Italian Cuisine

Ecco la Cucina Siena - Italian vacations Siena Ecco la Cucina

See this article from Food and Wine magazine on more Italian Cooking Schools and classes

Please verify all information and do your own thorough checking of culinary cooking schools. We do not endorse or recommend any schools. This is an information only website.

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