Whether you already have the title of your family’s personal chef or you haven’t touched a pan or pot once in your life, these cooking classes will be perfect for you. Online, in-person, for the whole family, just you and your partner, or just yourself, these places offer something for everyone. So, tighten up your apron strings and check out these exciting classes that are sure to make you a better home cook.
Zwilling Cooking Studio
270 Marble Ave, Pleasantville; 914.385.3499
From steak dinners and Asian street food to Mexican fiestas and Middle Eastern flavors, Zwilling offers a variety of interactive cooking classes at its Pleasantville studio that are sure to satisfy your every craving and how-to need. These detailed, hands-on sessions will leave you and those you cook for feeling both full and fulfilled. Prices vary, and children 10 and older can join with a parent- or guardian-signed waiver.
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Williams Sonoma
The Westchester, 125 Westchester Ave, White Plains; 914.644.8360
Learn to cook like the best of ‘em; Williams Sonoma offers an online series of classes covering everything from specialty coffee to baking skills with Bake From Scratch magazine. Also, the location in The Westchester mall occasionally offers in-person, cast-iron-focused cooking classes featuring Le Creuset, so keep an eye out.
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Kids Cookery
914.564.6931
Although virtual cooking classes are most often offered for adults, it’s really the kids who should be encouraged to take their taste buds on an adventure. Through Kids Cookery, school districts can sign up for their own individualized and interactive Zoom sessions focusing on sweets, savories, or both. There are also classes for “grown up kids” and birthday party packages.
Fiddleheads Cooking Studio
Varying area locations; 646.853.6046
Need a break and want the kids to do the cooking for a change? Fiddleheads is a child-focused platform that offers cooking classes to children as young as 2.5 years up to 18. Owner Renana Shvil-Tobi is dedicated to teaching kids how to make healthy choices while cooking creative and delicious kid- and adult-friendly meals. Fiddleheads instructors teach at Crawford Mansion in Rye and Chappaqua Community Center, as well as at farms, public libraries, museums, farmers’ markets, and private homes in New York and Connecticut.
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Sur La Table
The Westchester, 125 Westchester Ave, White Plains; 914.546.7148
Sur La Table’s White Plains location frequently hosts innovative and delicious cooking classes for all types of home chefs. Nighttime classes include themes such as Asian Steakhouse and Savoring Spain, and during the weekend the store hosts Date Night classes for the couple who prefers a luxury home-cooked meal. The cooking store and studio also offers weekend morning classes for people who want to learn to make decadent breakfast goodies like croissants (two ways: sweet and savory) or homemade filled donuts. Classes are available on Zoom in real time as well.
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Teaching Table
12 Noel Dr, Ossining; laura@teachingtable.net
Teaching Table is an Ossining-based company with cooking expertise stretching across all of Westchester. There is a wide variety of services offered here to meet any home-chef’s needs. Along with traditional cooking classes at different locations in the county as well as online, Teaching Table offers services such as private lessons, corporate classes, special event group cooking courses, birthday parties for all ages, and more. Expect mouth-watering dishes such as butter chicken (or tofu) and cast-iron naan or big soft pretzels and dips.
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Gather Culinary
79 Verona Ave, Yonkers; 914.533.1717
Gather Culinary’s mission is to teach cooking students (of all ages) confidence, creativity, and calm in the kitchen. By instructing with an emphasis on mindfulness, the goal is to make the kitchen into a welcoming space for all home chefs, no matter their skill level. Gather Culinary boasts a plethora of classes, including adult cooking classes, kids’ after-school classes, camp experiences, private classes, and virtual classes.
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