Cooking classes with local chefs
416 cooking classes in 87 places, and 12 cooking schools you can stay at for a few days or a week. Who teaches, what you cook, how long, how much and how to book.
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A week at a cooking school
Stay, cook every day, eat what you made: Tuscany, Sicily, Puglia, Provence, Ikaria, Cork, Cornwall, Fes and Marrakech. Dates, prices and what's included come from each school's own pages.
Europe
France
Cooking school · Mouriès, Provence
- Who teaches
- Joanne Weir
- You cook
- soupe au pistou, bouillabaisse, aïoli provençal, pan bagnat, goat cheese galettes, pear and frangipane galette
- How long
- 6 nights
- How much
- $7,250 pp (single +$2,000)
- Included
- Six nights at an 18th-century bastide in the Alpilles, nearly every meal with wine, hands-on and demonstration classes, guided outings, transfers from Avignon TGV.
- When
- October
- Coming dates
- Oct 4, 2027
- How to book
- Email journeys@joanneweir.com or call +1 415 503 8791; $2,000 deposit.
Greece
Cooking school · Armenistis, Ikaria
- Who teaches
- Diane Kochilas and Vassilis
- You cook
- dolmades, giant beans with herbs and honey, stuffed eggplant, homemade phyllo, Ikarian fish soup, galaktoboureko
- How long
- 6 nights
- How much
- From $4,900 pp (single +$300)
- Included
- Six nights in Armenistis, breakfast daily, five lunches and four dinners with wine, a 3 to 4 hour lesson every day, island outings (a cheese maker, herb foraging, a beekeeper).
- When
- Late May to June, and September
- Coming dates
- May 31, 2027; Jun 6, 2027; Jun 13, 2027; Jun 20, 2027
- How to book
- Book through The International Kitchen; 30% deposit.
Ireland
Cooking school · Shanagarry, County Cork · We can book the stay
- Who teaches
- Rachel Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School
- You cook
- the school's seasonal demonstration menu
- How long
- 4 nights
- How much
- €4,800
- Included
- A stay at Ballymaloe House with its seasonal meals, a class at Ballymaloe Cookery School, visits to local food producers, coastal foraging, a day in West Cork.
- When
- October and November
- Coming dates
- Nov 3, 2026
- How to book
- Book with Ballymaloe House.
Italy
Cooking school · Lecce, Puglia
- Who teaches
- Silvestro Silvestori, sommelier and the school's founder
- You cook
- fresh pasta in seven shapes, Salento side dishes, legumes and wild greens in clay pots
- How long
- 5 days, Monday to Friday
- How much
- €2,295 pp (a non-cooking partner pays half)
- Included
- Ten meals with at least 16 wines, market visits, olive oil and amaro tastings, all recipes. Lodging is not included; the school suggests places in Lecce.
- When
- Week-long classes November to March; summer weeks too
- How to book
- Book on the school's calendar, or info@awaitingtable.com.
Cooking school · Case Vecchie, Sicily
- Who teaches
- Guest cooks each week (Autumn Harvest is taught by Emiko Davies)
- You cook
- schiacciata with fresh grapes, fresh pasta, Sicilian dishes from the estate's garden
- How long
- 5 nights
- How much
- €4,100 single room, €7,500 double room (Autumn Harvest)
- Included
- Five nights at Case Vecchie on the Regaleali wine estate, all meals with Tasca d'Almerita wines, the week's classes and excursions, a shuttle from Roccapalumba station on request.
- When
- Spring to autumn, themed weeks
- Coming dates
- Apr 26, 2027 (Sweet Lemons, Bitter Honey with Letitia Clark); May 10, 2027 (Fava Feast!); May 17, 2027 (Baking and Preserving Sicily with Sarah Owens); Jun 21, 2027 (More Than Cake with Natasha Pickowicz)
- How to book
- Book on the school's site.
Cooking school · Certaldo, Tuscany
- Who teaches
- Serenella and Arturo, at their family villa
- You cook
- Tuscan home cooking from the family's recipes
- How long
- 7 nights
- How much
- €2,500 pp (non-cooking guest €1,900; single room +€900)
- Included
- Seven nights in a 19th-century villa near San Gimignano, breakfast daily, four hands-on classes in English with the meal after each, welcome and farewell dinners, an organic winery with lunch, a guided walk in Florence, wine and olive oil tastings.
- When
- May to early October, Saturday to Saturday
- Coming dates
- May 8, 2027; May 15, 2027; May 22, 2027; May 29, 2027
- How to book
- Pick a week on the school's site; 25% deposit.
Cooking school · Gaiole in Chianti, Tuscany · We can book the stay
- Who teaches
- The cooks of Badia a Coltibuono
- You cook
- handmade pasta, Tuscan meats, vegetables, classic desserts
- How long
- Two-day advanced course, or a half day
- Included
- Hands-on lessons with the estate's own wine and olive oil tastings, in a thousand-year-old abbey that is also a winery and guesthouse. Rooms at the abbey are booked separately.
- How to book
- Book on the estate's site, or reception@coltibuono.com, +39 0577 74481.
Cooking school · Montefollonico, Tuscany
- Who teaches
- Local nonne (grandmothers), hosted by Coleen Kirnan
- You cook
- family recipes from the village's grandmothers
- How long
- One week
- Included
- A week in the hilltop village of Montefollonico at the I Castagni hotel, daily cooking classes for a group of up to 16, wine tasting, trips to nearby Tuscan towns, dinner every evening.
- When
- May, June, September and October
- How to book
- Enquire on the program's site.
Cooking school · Poppi, Tuscany
- Who teaches
- Local Tuscan chefs (Paola and Franco)
- You cook
- Tuscan and Italian dishes, four lessons a week
- How long
- 7 nights (or 3)
- How much
- From $4,950 pp for 7 nights; $3,150 for 3 nights
- Included
- Seven nights in a Tuscan villa (Casa Ombuto, Torre del Tartufo, Bellorcia or Bellancino), breakfast daily, lunches and dinners on the itinerary, about four 4-hour hands-on lessons, a full day out with lunch and dinner, wine at dinner.
- When
- April to November, Saturday to Saturday
- How to book
- Book on the school's site.
United Kingdom
Cooking school · Padstow, Cornwall
Cookery courses at Rick Stein's school on the harbour in Padstow, Cornwall.
- Who teaches
- The school's chefs
- How long
- Four days (or two)
- How much
- £895 for four days, £400 for two
- Included
- Hands-on days at the Padstow cookery school by the harbour.
- How to book
- Book on the school's site.
Africa and the Middle East
Morocco
Cooking school · Fes
- Who teaches
- Lahcen Beqqi
- You cook
- tagine, pastilla, harira, couscous, zaalouk
- How long
- 6 nights
- Included
- Six nights in a riad in the Fes medina with breakfast, airport or station transfers, three cooking classes, day trips to Azrou and Meknes with lunch, a guided walk through the medina, welcome and farewell dinners.
- When
- Year round
- How to book
- Enquire on the site, or lahcenbeqqi@gmail.com.
Cooking school · Marrakech · We can book the stay
- Who teaches
- The hotel's cooks
- You cook
- traditional Moroccan dishes
- How long
- 5 days
- Included
- Daily cooking workshops, a tour of Jemaa el-Fna market, a day trip to Essaouira, a visit to an argan oil cooperative.
- When
- Year round
- How to book
- Book with the hotel: reservation@lamaisonarabe.com.
Europe
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