25 schools · Updated November 2026
We list 25 places in and around Los Angeles that teach cooking to the public. The classes you'll find most often are knife skills, baking and sushi.
Of those, 15 host private parties, 8 teach kids and 5 run date-night classes.
A typical class costs $125 to $134 a person, going by the schools that publish prices.
The list is ordered by our quality score, so The King's Roost sits near the top with 4.9 stars from 66 Google reviews.
Ordered by our quality score. Ratings are from Google, with the review count beside each one.
Kitchen store with classes · Los Angeles
Glassell Park flour shop where you mill your own grain in a sourdough class
Cooking school · Long Beach, CA
Long Beach chef-owned school with a 10-class Sunday technique series and kids programs
Kids’ cooking school · Los Angeles
Montessori-style kids' cooking school in Westfield Century City for ages 2 to 18
Cooking school · Los Angeles
Culver City studio teaching pasta, Thai, sushi, tacos and dumplings to beginners
Cooking school · Los Angeles
Hands-on, dinner-party-style classes on Pico Boulevard with wine and cocktails included
Kids’ cooking school · Los Angeles
Los Angeles kids' cooking studio with classes from preschool to teens, plus adult classes
Chef’s studio · Los Angeles
South LA kitchen studio for hands-on cooking events, plus food photography and styling
Cooking school · Seal Beach, CA
Family-owned Seal Beach school and kitchen store with hands-on classes and a Zoom club
Culinary college · Los Angeles
Free, union-backed culinary job training and line cook apprenticeships in Los Angeles
Cooking school · Lakewood, CA
Cooking school in Lakewood, CA.
Chef’s studio · Los Angeles
Japanese cooking studio in Downtown LA run by founder Yoko Isassi, currently paused
Baking school · Culver City, CA
Teaches baking.
Cooking school · Torrance, CA
Licensed Torrance vocational school training sushi chefs in a two-month intensive course
Culinary college · Norwalk, CA
Norwalk community college culinary program with a student-run cafe and fine dining room
Cooking school · Culver City, CA
Culver City school built around a 20-week cooking series and chef-led private events
Cooking school · Los Angeles
Hipcooks is a Los Angeles cooking school that, to my knowledge, runs public hands-on cooking classes.
Cooking school · Santa Monica, CA
Downtown Santa Monica school for hands-on baking, technique classes and date nights
Cooking school · Long Beach, CA
Cooking school in Long Beach, CA.
Cooking school · Long Beach, CA
Cooking school in Long Beach, CA.
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 · Los Angeles
A booking platform for 235 chef-led LA classes, strongest on handmade pasta
4.9on Google, 672 reviewsBy our quality score (rating, number of reviews and how complete and current the listing is), the top 3 are The King's Roost (4.9 stars, 66 reviews), Chef Tech Cooking School (4.8 stars, 80 reviews) and Little Kitchen Academy Los Angeles Westfield Century City (4.8 stars, 138 reviews).
How we rank schoolsMost published prices start around $125 a person and go up to about $134. Multi-week courses and private events cost more.
Compare prices across Los AngelesBiteUnite Cooking Classes Los Angeles, Green Haus kitchen studio and PREP Cooking Classes run couples’ or date-night classes.
All date-night classes in Los AngelesYes. The King's Roost, Chef Tech Cooking School and Little Kitchen Academy Los Angeles Westfield Century City teach kids or teens, and 8 schools in the area do in total.
All kids’ classes in Los Angeles15 schools take private bookings for birthdays, team events and parties, including The King's Roost, Chef Tech Cooking School and Little Kitchen Academy Los Angeles Westfield Century City.
Group and birthday classes in Los AngelesMissing a school, or run one of these? Tell us and we’ll add or fix it, usually within a week.