15 schools · Updated October 2026
We list 15 places in and around Austin that teach cooking to the public. The classes you'll find most often are knife skills, baking and Italian.
Of those, 6 host private parties, 7 teach kids and 3 run date-night classes.
A typical class costs $59 to $69 a person, going by the schools that publish prices.
The list is ordered by our quality score, so The Prickly Pear Cooking School sits near the top with 5.0 stars from 183 Google reviews.
Ordered by our quality score. Ratings are from Google, with the review count beside each one.
Cooking school · Austin
Communal three-course cooking nights in a pop-art East Austin kitchen
Cooking school · Austin
Hands-on pasta, sushi and cocktail classes in a Windsor Park home
Kids’ cooking school · Austin
Weekly kids cooking classes, camps and parties on US-290 in Southwest Austin
Community kitchen · Austin
Austin food nonprofit with six-week cooking and nutrition courses
Kids’ cooking school · Austin
Austin's kids cooking school, with weekly classes, camps and parties
Kids’ cooking school · Austin
A baking school for kids ages 7 to 17 in Central East Austin
Kitchen store with classes · Austin
Sur La Table's Domain Northside kitchen store with public and private classes
Cooking school · Austin
Cooking school in Austin.
Kitchen store with classes · Austin
A cake supply store in north Austin with decorating and baking classes
Cooking school · Austin
Sticky Fingers Cooking provides fun, healthy cooking classes for kids.
Kids’ cooking school · Austin
Weeklong summer cooking camp for teens ages 12 to 17 in professional kitchens
Chef’s studio · Austin
Private in-home cooking classes, team events and kids parties led by chefs
Cooking school · Austin
Non-credit home cook classes taught by chef instructors at a culinary school
Cooking school · Austin
Cooking school in Austin.
Culinary college · Austin
Culinary and pastry degree and diploma school with a student-run farm
These platforms book independent chefs into restaurants, wineries and rented kitchens around town. Handy for choice, but the chef and the venue change from class to class, so we list them apart from the schools above.
Pop-up class marketplace · Austin
Austin booking platform for chef-led classes at a chef's venue or in your home
4.9on Google, 432 reviewsBy our quality score (rating, number of reviews and how complete and current the listing is), the top 3 are The Prickly Pear Cooking School (5.0 stars, 183 reviews), Let's Eat Austin (5.0 stars, 113 reviews) and Young Chefs Academy - Austin Southwest TX (5.0 stars, 40 reviews).
How we rank schoolsMost published prices start around $59 a person and go up to about $69. Multi-week courses and private events cost more.
Compare prices across AustinThe Prickly Pear Cooking School, Let's Eat Austin and Sur La Table run couples’ or date-night classes.
All date-night classes in AustinYes. Young Chefs Academy - Austin Southwest TX, Foodie Kids and Bake Austin / Kids Culinary School teach kids or teens, and 7 schools in the area do in total.
All kids’ classes in Austin6 schools take private bookings for birthdays, team events and parties, including The Prickly Pear Cooking School, Let's Eat Austin and Young Chefs Academy - Austin Southwest TX.
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