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The Best Cooking Classes in Toronto
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Posted Jan 07, 2025
The Best Cooking Classes in Toronto
Written By
Posted Jan 07, 2025
Discover the Best Cooking Classes in Toronto
Toronto’s vibrant food scene has something for every taste—from delicious brunch spots to exquisite dinner experiences, cozy cafes, and mouthwatering pastries. However, dining out can sometimes be time-consuming (especially with TTC delays) and pricey once tips are added. That’s where cooking at home becomes an appealing and budget-friendly alternative.
Looking to sharpen your culinary skills? Whether you’re a beginner eager to master the basics or an experienced cook ready to elevate your expertise, Toronto offers an array of top-tier cooking classes tailored to every skill level.
Explore hands-on workshops, group cooking experiences, and specialized courses that teach everything from classic techniques to international cuisines. Start your journey toward creating restaurant-quality meals in your own kitchen!
Kensington Market
52 Henry St
Viva Tastings
At Viva Tastings cooking classes, you leave knowing how to experience a dish and how to approach your curious appetite. You’ll walk away knowing the most important technique to cooking - “the tasting and adjusting of a recipe.”
Viva Tastings
Kensington Market
52 Henry St
At Viva Tastings cooking classes, you leave knowing how to experience a dish and how to approach your curious appetite. You’ll walk away knowing the most important technique to cooking - “the tasting and adjusting of a recipe.”
The Junction
12 Sousa Mendes St
Le Dolci Culinary Classroom
With over 15 culinary classes to choose from, this pastry-dedicated classroom will take you on a sweet tour from buttercream and cakes, to dough and chocolate.
Le Dolci Culinary Classroom
The Junction
12 Sousa Mendes St
With over 15 culinary classes to choose from, this pastry-dedicated classroom will take you on a sweet tour from buttercream and cakes, to dough and chocolate.
St Lawrence
125 The Esplanade
My Place For Dinner
Located at the St.Lawrence Market, My Place For Dinner offers themed dinner classes with cuisines that range from Thailand to Morocco – meaning your tastebuds can travel without leaving the country. They also offer large cooking classes for corporate groups and private parties or intimate classes in the comfort of your own home.
My Place For Dinner
St Lawrence
125 The Esplanade
Located at the St.Lawrence Market, My Place For Dinner offers themed dinner classes with cuisines that range from Thailand to Morocco – meaning your tastebuds can travel without leaving the country. They also offer large cooking classes for corporate groups and private parties or intimate classes in the comfort of your own home.
Riverdale
14 Logan Ave
Roll This Way
Roll This Way provides enough ingredients to make 28 pieces of sushi, covering 4 types: Maki, Uramaki, Temaki and Nigiri. Feeling like your sushi spirals are perfect? You might just win a Sushi Making Toolkit if your rolls impress the chefs.
Roll This Way
Riverdale
14 Logan Ave
Roll This Way provides enough ingredients to make 28 pieces of sushi, covering 4 types: Maki, Uramaki, Temaki and Nigiri. Feeling like your sushi spirals are perfect? You might just win a Sushi Making Toolkit if your rolls impress the chefs.
Dovercourt Village
672 Dupont St
Faema
Ranging from enthusiast to professional, classes at Faema Culinary Academy break down the technical science of recipes. Learn to pour espresso, stretch pizza dough, prepare pastries and achieve the smoothest gelato.
Faema
Dovercourt Village
672 Dupont St
Ranging from enthusiast to professional, classes at Faema Culinary Academy break down the technical science of recipes. Learn to pour espresso, stretch pizza dough, prepare pastries and achieve the smoothest gelato.
Moss Park
320 Richmond St E #105
The Edible Studio
Dishes described as “harmonious and vibrant” are what Toronto chefs Alanna Fleicher and Brian Cheng are bringing to their one-of-a-kind menu at The Edible Studio. Even if you aren’t harmonious in the kitchen, the studio's cooking classes will show you how to blend taste and health for the perfect plate.
The Edible Studio
Moss Park
320 Richmond St E #105
Dishes described as “harmonious and vibrant” are what Toronto chefs Alanna Fleicher and Brian Cheng are bringing to their one-of-a-kind menu at The Edible Studio. Even if you aren’t harmonious in the kitchen, the studio's cooking classes will show you how to blend taste and health for the perfect plate.
Trinity-Bellwoods
587 College St
Dish Cooking Studio
Dish Cooking Studio has workshops in the 3-4 hour range that focus on fundamental techniques, all the elements of a great dish, multi-course dinners and how to really understand why a bottle of wine tastes ‘floral’. What do they suggest you bring? Your appetite.
Dish Cooking Studio
Trinity-Bellwoods
587 College St
Dish Cooking Studio has workshops in the 3-4 hour range that focus on fundamental techniques, all the elements of a great dish, multi-course dinners and how to really understand why a bottle of wine tastes ‘floral’. What do they suggest you bring? Your appetite.
St Lawrence
118 The Esplanade
Cirillo’s Academy
Have you been dreaming about hosting a dinner party and flexing your cooking? Cirillo’s Academy offers a range of classes from introducing different culinary skills and how to cook in twos to the best techniques in combining food and drink for the ultimate dinner party that will impress your in-laws.
Cirillo’s Academy
St Lawrence
118 The Esplanade
Have you been dreaming about hosting a dinner party and flexing your cooking? Cirillo’s Academy offers a range of classes from introducing different culinary skills and how to cook in twos to the best techniques in combining food and drink for the ultimate dinner party that will impress your in-laws.
The Annex
876 Bathurst St
Nella Cucina
Opt for a demonstration class or get your hands dirty with one of Nella Cucina's more interactive offerings. Whichever you choose, you'll learn a range of skills and techniques that will inspire your own cooking at home.
Nella Cucina
The Annex
876 Bathurst St
Opt for a demonstration class or get your hands dirty with one of Nella Cucina's more interactive offerings. Whichever you choose, you'll learn a range of skills and techniques that will inspire your own cooking at home.
Leslieville
888 Queen St E
Hooked
If you've ever wanted to master fish cookery, you'll want to sign up for one of Hooked's über-popular classes. Learn to pan-fry, salt roast, grill and more, receive recipes to take home and then relax with a 3-course meal.
Hooked
Leslieville
888 Queen St E
If you've ever wanted to master fish cookery, you'll want to sign up for one of Hooked's über-popular classes. Learn to pan-fry, salt roast, grill and more, receive recipes to take home and then relax with a 3-course meal.
St Lawrence
George Brown College - Culinary School
George Brown College Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts
Even if you're not ready for a full-time course, you can gain experience in one of George Brown College's wide range of continuing education classes in the culinary arts.
George Brown College Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts
St Lawrence
George Brown College - Culinary School
Even if you're not ready for a full-time course, you can gain experience in one of George Brown College's wide range of continuing education classes in the culinary arts.
Yorkville
Manulife Centre
Eataly Toronto
Italian
Eataly is perhaps the most authentic place in town to learn everything you ever wanted to know about Italian cuisine. From shaping pizza and pasta to making risotto and tiramisu, classes in La Scuola cover it all.
Eataly Toronto
Yorkville
Manulife Centre
Eataly is perhaps the most authentic place in town to learn everything you ever wanted to know about Italian cuisine. From shaping pizza and pasta to making risotto and tiramisu, classes in La Scuola cover it all.
Italian
Little Italy
587 College St
Dish Cooking Studio
One of Toronto's go-to spots for classes, private events and more, Dish Cooking Studio offers hands-on classes as well as new, multi-day culinary camps for kids.
Dish Cooking Studio
Little Italy
587 College St
One of Toronto's go-to spots for classes, private events and more, Dish Cooking Studio offers hands-on classes as well as new, multi-day culinary camps for kids.
Little Italy
1033 College St
The Depanneur
Billed as a place where, "interesting food things happen," there is no shortage of fascinating classes, workshops, drop-in dinners, lunch and learns, and more at the Depanneur. Past events have covered topics like natural fermentation, advanced plating techniques and how to make authentic Mexican tamales.
The Depanneur
Little Italy
1033 College St
Billed as a place where, "interesting food things happen," there is no shortage of fascinating classes, workshops, drop-in dinners, lunch and learns, and more at the Depanneur. Past events have covered topics like natural fermentation, advanced plating techniques and how to make authentic Mexican tamales.
Roncesvalles
303 Roncesvalles Ave
Cookery - Roncesvalles
A beloved kitchenware store, Cookery is also known for popular cooking classes at its Roncesvalles and Yonge St. locations. The studio's broad selection of classes includes a popular "Cook the Book" series featuring recipes from trendy new cookbooks.
Cookery - Roncesvalles
Roncesvalles
303 Roncesvalles Ave
A beloved kitchenware store, Cookery is also known for popular cooking classes at its Roncesvalles and Yonge St. locations. The studio's broad selection of classes includes a popular "Cook the Book" series featuring recipes from trendy new cookbooks.
Vaughan
516 Mt Pleasant Rd
The Chef Upstairs
The Chef Upstairs has two 100% peanut and nut-free locations offering classes and camps for kids and teens as well as individual classes for adults. Choose from a variety of topics, with classes featuring seasonal menus and trendy dishes.
The Chef Upstairs
Vaughan
516 Mt Pleasant Rd
The Chef Upstairs has two 100% peanut and nut-free locations offering classes and camps for kids and teens as well as individual classes for adults. Choose from a variety of topics, with classes featuring seasonal menus and trendy dishes.
Etobicoke
37 Advance Rd
Aphrodite Cooks
Owned by chef Vanessa Yeung, Aphrodite Cooks aims to bring people with a passion for food together in a range of classes for singles and couples that teach everything from knife skills to the ins-and-outs of vegan cookery.
Aphrodite Cooks
Etobicoke
37 Advance Rd
Owned by chef Vanessa Yeung, Aphrodite Cooks aims to bring people with a passion for food together in a range of classes for singles and couples that teach everything from knife skills to the ins-and-outs of vegan cookery.