1. Leiths School of Food and Wine
Leiths trains cooking professionals and enthusiasts and you can do evening, weekend or short courses. I took a one-day enthusiast class on 'Healthy and Delicious Entertaining' and fell in love with this place. Read my review...More »
2. Divertimenti
Divertimenti have a cookery school in Marylebone and in South Kensington. There are masterclasses and demonstrations for all skill levels. They even have a 'Growing Gourmet's program for junior chefs. Read my review...More »
3. Sutra Kitchen
Sutra Kitchen is a vegetarian and vegan cookery school in central London where you will learn to create food that is so delicious you won't even notice you're missing out on the meat. The lunch and dinner classes are particularly brilliant as you create a meal and then sit down to eat with the other students making an instant dinner party. Read my review...More »
4. Cookery School at Little Portland Street
The Cookery School are a really friendly team and offer classes on a wide variety of cuisines. They have courses and one-off sessions, and the ingredients are locally sourced. Read my review...More »
5. Le Cordon Bleu
Courses at Le Cordon Bleu are most definitely expensive but they train many of the best chefs in the world. For the "enthusiastic home cooks" they offer short gourmet courses from 1 to 10 days.More »
6. School of Wok
As you would expect, School of Wok is an Oriental and Asian cookery school teaching Eastern cuisine in Covent Garden.More »
7. L'atelier des Chefs
The London cookery classes from L'atelier des Chefs can be as short as 30 minutes or a full masterclass. Plus there are children's cookery classes during the school holidays.More »
8. School of Food - London's Travelling Cookery School
Here's an idea if you've rented a home while in London, why not have the cookery class come to you? School of Food offer a good choice of classes for all skill levels. I think this would be great for friends or family to try together.
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9. Ginger Pig - Butchery
Throwing a slight curveball at the end, how about learning butchery? The Ginger Pig sell quality meat cuts and became aware their customers wanted to understand their skills. There are small class sizes and you can learn beef, pork, lamb or sausage-making. More »