Baking and pastry classes in Chicago

The Chopping Block

Cooking school · Lincoln Square, Chicago

Lincoln Square recreational cooking school, open since 1997, with five-day boot camps

Bettie's Chicago

Cooking school · River North, Chicago

Baker Bettie's 1950s diner-styled River North studio for bread, pastry and baking science

Oui Chef

Chef’s studio · Lincoln Park, Chicago

Small kids' cooking classes from 18 months up, run by a French Pastry School alum

Junior Chefs Kitchen

Kids’ cooking school · Greektown, Chicago

Kids' cooking classes, camps and parties in Lincoln Park and the West Loop

Wicker Park kids' cooking school on North Avenue, with teen camps and parties

Wilton Sweet Studio

Cooking school · Naperville, IL

Wilton's baking and cake-decorating school at its Naperville headquarters

Chicago Botanic Garden Cooking Classes

Community kitchen · Glencoe, IL

Chef-led cooking and baking classes in the Chicago Botanic Garden's ITW Kitchen

Marcel's Culinary Experience

Kitchen store with classes · Glen Ellyn, IL

Glen Ellyn kitchenware store running 350 classes a year, with wine and beer included

Kidz Can Cook

Kids’ cooking school · Chicago

Edison Park kids' cooking storefront with themed evening classes and day-off camps

Cook Au Vin

Cooking school · Bucktown, Chicago

French cooking and bread classes with Chef Vincent, booked as private groups of 8 to 12 or team-building groups of 14 to 20.

Give Me Some Sugar

Cooking school · Roscoe Village, Chicago

Roscoe Village baking school for cake decorating, macarons, donuts and pies

Taste Buds Kitchen Bannockburn

Cooking school · Bannockburn, IL

North Shore kitchen studio for kids, caregiver-and-me, family and BYOB adult classes

Oak Park kids' and teens' cooking school with after-school classes and break camps