13 schools · Updated October 2026
Fresh pasta, gnocchi, pizza and regional Italian dinners, rolled and cut by hand. We found 13 schools in and around Chicago for this, with classes from about $60 a person.
Cooking school · Roscoe Village, Chicago

Teaches Italian and sushi, good for date night and birthdays.
Cooking school · West Town, Chicago

Chef Dean Zanella's hands-on Italian cooking school on Grand Avenue, strong on fresh pasta
Cooking school · Wicker Park, Chicago
Wicker Park kids' cooking school on North Avenue, with teen camps and parties
Cooking school · River North, Chicago

A private-chef events company with team cooking classes in pasta, dumplings and pizza, plus a competitive cook-off, booked by proposal.
Cooking school · Andersonville, Chicago
Andersonville kitchen store with a BYOB teaching kitchen and a wood-fired patio oven
Kitchen store with classes · Skokie, IL

Sur La Table's in-store teaching kitchen at Old Orchard Mall in Skokie
Cooking school · Streeterville, Chicago
Eataly Chicago's regional Italian cooking school, from pasta to mozzarella to wine dinners
Cooking school · Lisle, IL

Lisle pizza school with Chicago-style classes and Italian pizzaiolo certification
Kitchen store with classes · Gold Coast, Chicago

Sur La Table's teaching kitchen inside its 900 North Michigan store in the Gold Coast
Kitchen store with classes · Naperville, IL

Sur La Table's downtown Naperville teaching kitchen, with several classes most days
Cooking school · Itasca, IL

BYOB hands-on dinner classes in Itasca, with steakhouse, sushi and Italian menus
Cooking school · Bannockburn, IL

North Shore kitchen studio for kids, caregiver-and-me, family and BYOB adult classes
Cooking school · Oak Park, IL
Oak Park kids' and teens' cooking school with after-school classes and break camps
Our top picks are Spice Girl on Tour, Tutore - Italian Cooking School and Schoolhouse Kitchen + Studio Wicker Park. All 13 are listed above, best first.
Published prices at these schools start from $49 a person. Check each school’s page for its current classes.
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