8 schools · Updated November 2026
We list 8 places in and around Indianapolis that teach cooking to the public. The classes you'll find most often are sushi, French and Italian.
Of those, 4 host private parties, 1 teach kids and 3 run date-night classes.
The list is ordered by our quality score, so A Cut Above | Catering | Classes | Events sits near the top with 4.9 stars from 60 Google reviews.
Ordered by our quality score. Ratings are from Google, with the review count beside each one.
Chef’s studio · Indianapolis
Carmel caterer's teaching kitchen with themed dinner classes and a Chopped-style team contest
Cooking school · Beech Grove, IN
Japanese homestyle cooking taught by Mori Lemau, who learned from her mother and grandmother
Baking school · Indianapolis
French pastry bakery at 16 Tech teaching macarons, croissants and croquembouche
Culinary college · Indianapolis
Culinary college in Indianapolis.
Cooking school · Indianapolis
Japanese homestyle cooking in Beech Grove, taught by half-Japanese founder Mori Lemau
Kitchen store with classes · Indianapolis
Kitchen store with classes in Indianapolis.
Comes to you · Indianapolis
Indianapolis caterer offering private group cooking classes for up to 10 and youth programs
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 · Indianapolis
Cozymeal's Indianapolis page lists 98 hands-on cooking classes, mostly taught at a chef's studio in Carmel or Greenwood, with some at-home options.
4.9on Google, 41 reviewsBy our quality score (rating, number of reviews and how complete and current the listing is), the top 3 are A Cut Above | Catering | Classes | Events (4.9 stars, 60 reviews), Katsumi's Teaching Kitchen (4.7 stars, 59 reviews) and Circle City Sweets (4.5 stars, 93 reviews).
How we rank schoolsKatsumi's Teaching Kitchen, Circle City Sweets and Katsumi's Teaching Kitchen run couples’ or date-night classes.
All date-night classes in IndianapolisYes. Stargazer Inc. teaches kids or teens, and 1 schools in the area do in total.
4 schools take private bookings for birthdays, team events and parties, including A Cut Above | Catering | Classes | Events, Katsumi's Teaching Kitchen and Katsumi's Teaching Kitchen.
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