Cookery schools in London
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
Waterhouse Cookery School
Region: London
Type: Breadmaking, Corporate, Fish and seafood, Health and nutrition, Knife skills
Cost: Mid-range ££
Basic ingredients: This well-intentioned cookery school offers bespoke classes, tailoring tuition towards staff away days, client entertainment and private parties. Ambitious cooks can arrange a dinner party, chez … 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
B&H Kitchen
Region: London
Type: Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Health and nutrition, Knife skills, Vegetarian
Cost: Mid-range ££
London institution and lifestyle company, Bourne & Hollingsworth, has scaled the heights of creative endeavour – and its Clerkenwell buildings – to bring us … 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
Enrica Rocca Venetian Cookery Classes
Pronounced “chi-KET-tee”, this is actually the plural of the word cicchetto – the tapas-style finger foods found in abundance in Venetian bars – … More
Jenius Social Cookery School
Region: London
Type: Baking, Barbecues, Brazilian, Breadmaking, Butchery, Cheese, Children, Corporate, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, French, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Mediterranean, Mexican, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Tapas, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
“Making connections through food” is the Jenius Social motto and it is inscribed on the glass door of their bright, modern venue in … More
Food at 52
Region: London
Type: Basic cookery skills, Dinner party, Fish and seafood, Indian, Italian, Moroccan, Spanish, Tapas, Thai, Vietnamese
Cost: Mid-range ££
Basic Ingredients: Food at 52’s new premises are just down the road from their original school in Clerkenwell. The new school is equally cool, with an … 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
Konditor & Cook Cake School
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Region: London
Type: Baking, Corporate, Cupcakes, Hen parties, Pastry cakes and puddings
Cost: Mid-range ££
The doyens of London cake-making, Konditor & Cook operates two Cake School sites in Borough Market and on Stamford Street. Classes such as … 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
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
Absolute Indian
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Sheba Promod has been a cookery tutor and freelance writer since July 2011 after she left a secondary school teaching post to pursue … More
Rachel’s Kitchen
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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
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
Pukka Paki cookery classes
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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
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
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
Young kitchen cadets
Region: London
It won’t be long before the summer holidays are upon us. Following grown-up footsteps and palates, children’s cookery clubs and classes are springing up all … More
Divertimenti Cookery School
Region: London
Type: Aga, Barbecues, Breadmaking, British, Butchery, Canapes, Celebrity chef, Children, Chinese, Christmas, Corporate, Dinner party, Eco-friendly, Fish and seafood, Full range, Greek, Health and nutrition, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Knife skills, Macaroons, marmalades and chutney, Mediterranean, Moroccan, Pastry cakes and puddings, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Affordable £
Basic ingredients: Based in South Kensington, the original kitchenware shop, Divertimenti, offers several classes and demonstrations a day run by some of the best in the … More
Cookery School at Little Portland Street
Region: London
Type: Advanced chef skills, Baking, Breadmaking, British, Celebrity chef, Chocolate, Corporate, Cupcakes, Dinner party, Diploma, Eco-friendly, Fish and seafood, French, Full range, Game, Gluten-free, Greek, Health and nutrition, Hen parties, Indian, Italian, Knife skills, Middle Eastern, Organic, Pastry cakes and puddings, Picnic, Pie making, Preserves and pickles, Spanish, Thai, Vegetarian
Cost: Mid-range ££
Rosalind Rathouse is the professional chef and self-confessed food obsessive who runs, with great success, the Cookery School. Situated two minutes from Oxford … More
Ginger Pig
This popular London butchers of rare breeds reared on the North Yorkshire Moors started out at Borough Market in the late 1990s and … More
Fair Cake
Cup cake course specialists that have inspired dozens of domestic bakers to set up shop. Run by Shikhita Singh, classes are held in … More
The Underground Cookery School
Informal hands-on classes for corporate groups, hen nights and private parties held on the edge of the City of London. Classes are run … More
Ren’s Kitchen
Group and tailor-made Indian cookery classes held in a modern cookhouse in the garden of Renuka Patel’s suburban house in North London. Groups … More
Hampstead Cuisine School
Region: London
Type: Dinner party, French, Full range, Italian, Lebanese, Mediterranean, Men, Moroccan, Thai
Cost: Premium £££
Please note this cookery school is now closed and its website directs to London Cuisine school in south-east London A quirky, well established … More
Le Cordon Bleu
Classic, world-renowned cook school whose diploma is recognised in the industry as being one of the best. With campuses all over the world, … More
Cake Boy Cookery School
Master patissier Eric Lanlard runs cookery classes in the modern open kitchen at his coffee and cake boutique. Classes usually have a maximum of … More
Leiths School of Food and Wine
Region: London
Type: Advanced chef skills, Breadmaking, Chocolate, Diploma, Full range, Knife skills
Cost: Premium £££
Established by chef and food writer Prue Leith in 1975, Leiths offers courses for professionals and amateurs including a unique year-long diploma course. … 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
Authentic Ethnic Cookery School
Region: London
Type: Corporate, Indian, Lebanese, Mexican, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese
Cost: Mid-range ££
Canadian born Tertia Goodwin runs London’s first cookery school focused on international cuisines. A drab main road doorway leads to a spacious all-white ultra-cool … 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
Billingsgate Seafood Training School
Classes for up to 16 people take place in a kitchen above the market with a resident fish expert. Morning courses, a combination … More
La Cucina Caldesi Cookery School
Run out of the Marylebone kitchens of the husband and wife team from Return to Tuscany TV fame, this is the only Italian … More
Waitrose Cookery School
Based above the handsome Art Deco Waitrose store in Finchley Road, the first Waitrose cookery school has ash blonde wooden floors and is … More
Venturi’s Table
Region: London
Type: British, Chocolate, Corporate, French, Hen parties, Indian, Italian, Thai
Cost: Premium £££
Opened in 2005 but taken over by new owners in 2015, the mission of London’s first corporate cookery centre is to provide fun … More
Mosimann’s Academy
Set in a converted Victorian School in Battersea, the Academy was established by internationally renowned chef Anton Mosimann in 1996 and is run … More
