Chef’s studio · Lincoln Park, Chicago
Small kids' cooking classes from 18 months up, run by a French Pastry School alum
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Oui Chef is a kids' cooking school at 2622 N Halsted Street in Lincoln Park. Owner Chef Laura Ragano graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and the French Pastry School, then taught at the pastry school for ten years. Classes stay small, and each child works on their own recipe.
Weekly classes run 75 minutes for ages 18 months to 15 and follow a core theme that changes every 8 to 12 weeks. Children 18 months to 4 come with a caregiver, and kids 5 and up are dropped off. This fall's theme is All Things Fall, with French onion soup, savory galette and baked apple cider doughnuts. Families who can't commit weekly can book one-hour one-off classes for ages 2 to 5, such as monkey bread or steamed wontons. Winter break camps for ages 6 to 12 run in three-hour sessions.
Written from Oui Chef’s own site and class listings, October 2026. How we write these
Read from their own listings and checked weekly. Prices are per person.
$38 per person · Hands-on
Next: Wed 4 Nov
$38 per person · Hands-on
Next: Wed 11 Nov
$38 per person · Hands-on
Next: Wed 18 Nov
$38 per person · Hands-on
Next: Wed 25 Nov
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Mon 21 Dec, 9am
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Mon 21 Dec, 1pm
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Tue 22 Dec, 9am
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Wed 23 Dec, 9am
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Mon 28 Dec, 9am
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Mon 28 Dec, 1pm
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Tue 29 Dec, 9am
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Tue 29 Dec, 1pm
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Wed 30 Dec, 9am
$80 per person · 3 hours · Hands-on
Next: Thu 31 Dec, 9am
One-Off Class: Chocolate Ghost Sheet Cake · One-Off Class: Fall Confetti Cookies
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Yes. Children from 18 months to 4 take weekly classes with a caregiver, who joins in. Oui Chef allows up to two children per caregiver.
No. Weekly classes enroll at any time and are billed monthly, so you are committed for one month. Cancel with one week's notice before the billing date on the 1st.
Yes. Hour-long one-off classes for ages 2 to 5 cost $38 and need 24 hours' notice to book. Payment is non-refundable but can be moved to another class.
Camps are for ages 6 to 12 and cost $80 per 3-hour session. Registration opens October 28. Kids in a morning and an afternoon session can stay between them at no charge, with a nut-free snack or lunch from home.
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