Affordable £ cookery schools
Smart Raspberry Cookery School
Smart Raspberry runs cookery classes for 5-16 year olds in South East England (from Reading to Milton Keynes) with the aim of teaching the “valuable … More
Thaikhun Cookery Schools
Region: Central England, North-West England, Scotland, South-East England
Type: Thai
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: UK restaurant group Thaikhun (pronounced “tycoon”) has a mission: to introduce the nation to authentic Thai street food. It plans to do this via cookery classes, which “ensure … More
Teen Cooks summer cookery courses in France
Region: France
Type: Chocolate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Pastry cakes and puddings, Residential, Students, Summer camps
Cost: Affordable £
These week-long, residential cookery courses for 15 to 18 year olds are held between late July and early September in an attractive 200-year-old … More
The Avenue Cookery School
Region: London
Type: Baking, Breadmaking, Canapes, Chalet hosting, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Health and nutrition, Knife skills, Students, Vegan, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
This family-run cookery school has recently moved to new premises in Wandsworth, south-west London, and expanded its repertoire to include a range of … More
Cutting the Curd, cheese making classes
Cutting the Curd class tutor Louise Talbot is a big cheese. Membership of the Specialist Cheese Makers Association, judge for the Global Cheese … More
Caboodle Food Cookery School
Region: South-East England
Type: Children, Chocolate, Dinner party, Students, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
With its background in nutrition and food safety courses, Caboodle Cook School has been training cooks for the past decade. Now home economist … More
Red Lodge Cooking Courses
Region: East of England
Type: Advanced chef skills, Aga, Breadmaking, Butchery, Cajun, Dinner party, Italian, Men, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
A newly opened venture by experienced chef Peter Bunting, Red Lodge offers half or full-day cookery courses in a converted barn and shoot … More
The Chefs’ Academy Newcastle
Region: North-East England
Cost: Affordable £
Making good use of its expertise and top-notch facilities, the Chefs’ Academy fine dining restaurant at Newcastle College has launched a new cookery … More
Cakeydora Baking Academy
Region: Central England
Type: Breadmaking, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles
Cost: Affordable £
Mother-and-daughter team Pauline and Julie run Cakeydora from their pristine kitchen in Lichfield, Staffordshire. What started over 20 years ago with baking for family and friends, alongside … More
Vanessa Kimbell Sourdough Breadmaking Courses
Baker Vanessa Kimbell is a BBC radio broadcaster and author who specialises in baking with wild yeast. Those keen to learn about the pedigree of super trendy sourdough … More
Prepare2Cook
Wooden spoons at the ready and Prepare2Cook is the message delivered to children and young adults via two-hour, half-term classes taught at schools and … More
Courses for Cooks
Region: Scotland
Type: Breadmaking, British, Canapes, Christmas, Cupcakes, Fish and seafood, Game, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Leiths’ trained Jenny Thomson boasts 20 years of experience as a globe-trotting, private cook and former head chef. She now runs a wide range … More
Chequers Kitchen Cookery School
Region: South-East England
Type: Advanced chef skills, Children, Corporate, Foraging, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Home smoking, Indian, Knife skills, Students
Cost: Affordable £
New premises herald a new venture in the Chequers kitchen where the skills of the Swiss-trained South African head chef Pieter van Zyl combined with … More
Corinne’s Creative Kitchen
Basic ingredients: Corinne Goodman has been running cookery classes inspired by her mum’s creative South East Indian cuisine since August 2008, having learned to cook with the … More
Bake with Maria
Region: London
Type: Baking, Breadmaking, French, Italian, Macarons, Pastry cakes and puddings, Scandinavian
Cost: Affordable £
There is pretty much the full range on offer here for budding bakers, from an introduction to baking, French, Italian and Scandinavian classes … More
Let Us Cook
Region: London, South-East England
Type: Breadmaking, Children, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students
Cost: Affordable £
Married mum of three and Leiths graduate, Earleen Taylor, kick-started Let us Cook in July 2013 at Overton Grange School in Sutton. Driven … More
BKD KIDS baking classes
Baking classes at BKD let kids have fun, be messy and nurture their creativity all at once. BKD is run by chorister and Welsh … More
Miele cooking courses
Region: Central England, London, South-East England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Indian, Italian, Pastry cakes and puddings, Tapas, Thai
Cost: Affordable £
The Miele Creative Living concept showcases its range of kitchen products via cookery courses, demonstrations and appliance schools, in Abingdon, London and Sutton Coldfield. Not … More
The CiCi CoCo Kitchen and Cookery School
CiCi CoCo comes from a famous Italian nursery rhyme and means things that go perfectly together, which aptly describes the inspiration for this … More
Central Street Cookery School
Region: London
Type: Breadmaking, British, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Corporate, Cupcakes, Full range, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Men, Mexican, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
In a relatively short span of time, Central Street Cookery School has become a vital hub for Londoners living and working in and around … More
The Kids’ Kitchen
The chief ingredient at The Kids’ Kitchen is fun. The team knows that its playful approach to cooking is the best way to … More
The Culbone Cookery School
Region: South-West England
Type: British, Butchery, Children, Chinese, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Game, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Residential, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
The Culbone Cookery School celebrates the best seasonal produce from Exmoor both in its home-style teaching kitchen and in its award-winning restaurant. Beautifully sited … More
Fun Kitchen
Region: South-West England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Corporate, Cupcakes, Full range, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Men, Mexican, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Double award-winning cookery teacher Joe Mann established the Fun Kitchen experience in response to students’ demands for extra fun hands-on cookery classes in … More
Let’s Cook Scotland!
Region: Scotland
Type: Breadmaking, British, Cheese, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Indian, Italian, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Students, Tapas, Thai
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: Let’s Cook started in December 2009 when owner and head tutor, Sarah Mellersh, returned to her native Scotland to fulfil a burgeoning desire to … More
The WI Cookery School at Denman
Region: Central England
Type: Advanced chef skills, Breadmaking, British, Celebrity chef, Cheese, Children, Chocolate, Christmas, Corporate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Foraging, French, Full range, Health and nutrition, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Men, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Residential, Spanish, Students, Tapas
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: It’s more than simply preserves on the jam-packed roster of cookery classes run by the WI at Denman near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Students can … More
Welsh Cookery School of Artisan Food
Region: Wales
Type: Breadmaking, Celebrity chef, Cheese, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Home smoking
Cost: Affordable £
The team at the Welsh Cookery School of Artisan Food is on a “real food” journey that introduces students to experts in beer, … More
Jace Catering and Training Cookery School
Region: South-East England
Type: Baking, British, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Pastry cakes and puddings
Cost: Affordable £
A brand new venue in Wallington heralds the arrival of short cookery courses from March 2013, courtesy of Surrey’s Jace Catering and Training … More
The Vegi Table
Region: North-West England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Christmas, Health and nutrition, Knife skills, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Mexican, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: Run by vegetarian chefs and nutritionists Mo Hall and Sarah Kearns, this cookery school based in a working kitchen in the Wirral offers informal … More
Padmaja Kochera Cookery Classes
Padmaja Kochera is a qualified civil engineer but a passionate and devoted Indian chef, food writer and all round enthusiast. She won BBC2’s … More
Absolute Indian
Sheba Promod has been a cookery tutor and freelance writer since July 2011 after she left a secondary school teaching post to pursue … More
Smoky Jo’s food smoking courses
Region: North-West England
Type: Cheese, Fish and seafood, Home smoking, Residential, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
When Smoky Jo’s tutors Jo Hampson and Georgina Perkins sold their previous business, the renowned Old Smokehouse, established customers included Fortnum & Mason, … More
Rachel’s Kitchen
Region: London
Type: Breadmaking, British, Canapes, Corporate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Japanese, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: Anyone daunted by the prospect of cooking a meal from scratch but keen to learn would no doubt be inspired by Rachel Davies’ … More
Blackfriars Restaurant and Cookery School
Region: North-East England
Type: Breadmaking, British, Children, Chocolate, Dinner party
Cost: Affordable £
Described as the cornerstone of Newcastle’s historic past, the banquet hall here is a nod to the restaurant’s medieval roots and origin as … More
School of Wok
Region: London
Type: Asian, Chinese, Corporate, Fish and seafood, Hen parties, Indian, Japanese, Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese
Cost: Affordable £
The brainwave of chefs and Oriental and Asian cookery experts Neville Leaning and Jeremy Pang, this new, pared down cookery school in the … More
No.7 Cooking Academy
Region: South-East England
Type: Advanced chef skills, Celebrity chef, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Full range, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Michelin star, Pastry cakes and puddings, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: Located at No.7 the High Street in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, the No. 7 Cooking Academy is run by globetrotting chef, Dennis Van Golberdinge and his … More
Priceless Nutrition
Stephen Billingham cooks with his three-year old, Archie, every week and believes it has led to his son’s enhanced appreciation of food. It … More
Pukka Paki cookery classes
Region: London, South-East England, South-West England
Type: Indian, Pakistani, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Passionate cook and serious food lover, Sumayya Jamil, aka Pukka Paki, quit her full-time job as a commercial lawyer in 2012 in pursuit … More
Colstoun Cookery School
Region: Scotland
Type: British, Dinner party, Eco-friendly, Game, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Organic, Residential, Students, Thai
Cost: Affordable £
Scotland’s first sustainable, organic cookery school is based in the beautiful grounds of Colstoun Estate, just 30 minutes from central Edinburgh. Courses take … More
Hartingtons Of Bakewell: A School of Food and Drink
Region: Central England
Type: Breadmaking, Cheese, Fish and seafood, Preserves and pickles, Students, Tapas, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: Despite its familiar location there isn’t a tart in sight at this Peak District school. A wealth of expert cooks provide tuition from the … More
Beverley Glock Cookery School
Children’s food expert Beverley Glock established her culinary enterprise in response to her daughter’s demand for a cooking party as a fifth birthday celebration. Now … More
Jamie’s Ministry of Food
Region: London, North-East England, North-West England
Type: Health and nutrition, Knife skills, Students
Cost: Affordable £
Based in Leeds’ historic Kirkgate Market this community-focused cookery school offers two ten-week courses, ‘Beginners’ and ‘Continuing’. It’s open to people of all … More
Abbey Home Farm
Region: South-West England
Type: Health and nutrition, Mexican, Organic, Pastry cakes and puddings, Residential, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
The cookery courses at the award-winning Organic Farm Shop in Cirencester are co-managed by Will and Hilary Chester-Master on their 650-acre, Soil Association … More
The Organic Cookery School
On an ethical crusade to spread the word about healthy food to families and children, this not-for-profit social enterprise could easily be the … More
The Cookery School, Isle of Wight College
Region: South-East England
Type: British, Children, Dinner party, Diploma, Fish and seafood, Indian, Italian, Men, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Thai
Cost: Affordable £
This cookery school has been closed and there are currently no plans to relocate it. This brand-new cookery school based in Newport is … More
The Cookery School at Laverstoke Park Farm
Please note: As far as we are aware Laverstoke Park is no longer running cookery courses. Basic ingredients: Run by science-centric chef Paul Blake and located … More
Harts Barn Cookery School
Region: South-West England
Type: Breadmaking, Children, Chocolate, Corporate, Cupcakes, Foraging, Hen parties, Home smoking, Italian, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Vietnamese
Cost: Affordable £
Basic Ingredients Gloucestershire’ s Forest of Dean provides the historical hillside setting for this new cook school (opened June 2011) at the Hart’s Barn Rural Enterprise … More
Fairyhouse Food and Wine School
Region: Republic of Ireland
Type: Breadmaking, Children, Christmas, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Health and nutrition, Italian, Men, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Basic Ingredients: Owner Billie O’Shea trained at the excellent Ballymaloe cookery school before establishing Fairyhouse Food and Wine, a few miles north of Dublin in Co … More
Dishy Cookery School
Region: South-East England
Type: Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Pastry cakes and puddings, Sausage making, Tapas, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Basic Ingredients: With good links from London Waterloo, this Surrey based cook school offers five-hour day courses from its homely but smartly equipped kitchen in the … More
Preston Cookery School
Region: North-West England
Cost: Affordable £
There is plenty of shared catering expertise on offer from the four chefs who run the well-facilitated Preston Cookery School. In an industrial-style … More
SuJoCo Cookery School
Region: South-East England
Type: British, Butchery, Children, Italian, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Tapas, Thai
Cost: Affordable £
Local chefs Sue Van Zwanenberg and Jo Oomen run this cookery school from converted stables in the foodie Parish of Lodsworth beneath the South Downs National … More
The Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School
Region: North-East England
Type: British, Canapes, Celebrity chef, Children, Chocolate, Dinner party, Game, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Men, Michelin star, Pastry cakes and puddings, Preserves and pickles, Residential, Students
Cost: Affordable £
This new cookery academy is on a working pig farm but is kitted out with a smart modern teaching kitchen. There’s a healthy … More
Brian Mellor Cookery School
Region: North-West England
Type: Breadmaking, Chocolate, Fish and seafood, Game, Health and nutrition, Malaysian, Pastry cakes and puddings, Pizza making
Cost: Affordable £
Out in the sticks, the eponymous Mellor offers an informal approach to some formal and sophisticated techniques in the kitchens of the grade … More
Blackheath Cooks
Region: London
Type: Butchery, Children, Chocolate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Men, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Students, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
The lovely website for this new cookery school and cook shop in South-East London promises a smart up-to-date culinary experience. Joy Neal set up … More
The Chef’s Room Fish and Cookery School
Region: Wales
Type: British, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Knife skills, Lebanese, Moroccan, Preserves and pickles, Thai
Cost: Affordable £
Set in a modern kitchen in the World Heritage listed town of Blaenavon, the Chef’s Room adjoins long-standing fishmongers and food shop, Vin … More
Webbe’s Cookery School
Region: South-East England
Type: Breadmaking, Canapes, Fish and seafood, Foraging, Game, Tapas
Cost: Affordable £
Based in Rye, on England’s south coast in historic 1066 Country, the cookery school is a natural extension of Paul Webbe’s passion and knowledge … More
York Cookery School
Region: North-East England
Type: Children, Chocolate, French, Full range, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Spanish, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
A cookery school set up as a social enterprise offering accessible courses for local people for the price of little more than a … More
Shires Cookery School
Region: Central England
Type: Breadmaking, Children, Chocolate, Corporate, Fish and seafood, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Thai
Cost: Affordable £
Recently moved to a new teaching kitchen in East Haddon, Northamptonshire, in the grounds of The Red Lion. There’s a full range of courses … More
Loaf Cookery School
The aptly named Tom Baker has been branded the “culinary Robin Hood” of Birmingham for his community cookery school that he runs from … More
Harmony House Cookery School
Region: North-East England
Type: Children, Chocolate, Corporate, Fish and seafood, Men, Pastry cakes and puddings, Residential, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Local chef Hilary Finney (right) runs this neat school from her home/B&B in the pretty village of Stillingfleet, five miles south of York. … More
The Smart School of Cookery
Region: South-East England
Type: Chocolate, Corporate, Fish and seafood, Full range, Indian, Italian, Mediterranean
Cost: Affordable £
This Essex-based cookery school was started in 2008 by Ann Hood, an ex-MasterChef contestant. The varied expertise of her and an assortment of … More
Books for Cooks
Eclectic ethnic cuisine workshops take place in a custom-built kitchen upstairs above London’s only bookshop dedicated to cookery books. The £40 price includes a … More
L’Atelier des Chefs
Region: London
Type: British, Corporate, Dinner party, French, Full range, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Macaroons, Mediterranean, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish
Cost: Affordable £
Parisian brand L’Atelier des Chefs has been in London since 2008. It has a modern, hands-on philosophy that aims to get time-crunched town … More
Bunratty Cookery School
Region: Republic of Ireland
Type: Breadmaking, Fish and seafood, Full range, Pastry cakes and puddings, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
As far as we are aware Bunratty Cookery School is now closed. Basic ingredients: Flying the flag for County Clare and the surrounding region, Donnagh Gregson (pictured, … More
Jamie Oliver’s Recipease
Region: London, South-East England
Type: Fish and seafood, Full range, Italian, Knife skills
Cost: Affordable £
Book the session online, arrive, get stuck in, enjoy! Easy-to-learn “buzzing little community hub” courses focusing on specific dishes. Reserve a place for … More
Marika’s Kitchen
Kooky cook Marika Gauki is an Anglo-Greek former punk whose band enjoyed brief success in the US. Now she runs a morning cookery … More
Ballyknocken Cookery School
Region: Republic of Ireland
Type: Breadmaking, Celebrity chef, Full range, Italian, Pastry cakes and puddings, Residential
Cost: Affordable £
Located in a country house on a 350-acre farm only a short drive from Dublin city centre, this award-winning cookery schools is run … More
The Little Cornish Curry Company
Led by curry enthusiasts Louis and Nick Lewis, courses happen twice a month, last between 5-6 hours, and take place in a ‘light-filled’ … More
Square Food Foundation
Formerly based at Bordeaux Quay this community-driven and sustainably minded cookery school founded by Barny Haughton has shifted across town to Knowle West. There … More
Ballymaloe Cookery School
Region: Republic of Ireland
Cost: Affordable £
Ireland’s food queen Darina Allen oversees 12-week courses at a school that opened in 1983 and is located in the middle of a … More