18 schools · Updated November 2026
We list 18 places in and around Seattle that teach cooking to the public. The classes you'll find most often are baking, sushi and Italian.
Of those, 13 host private parties, 8 teach kids and 4 run date-night classes.
A typical class costs $95 to $165 a person, going by the schools that publish prices.
The list is ordered by our quality score, so Dash of Soy Culinary School sits near the top with 5.0 stars from 195 Google reviews.
Ordered by our quality score. Ratings are from Google, with the review count beside each one.
Cooking school · Seattle
Six-seat Asian cooking school in Georgetown run by an all-women, all-Asian chef team
Cooking school · Seattle
Korean cooking classes on Aurora Ave N, from kimchi and gochujang to makgeolli
Chef’s studio · Seattle
Chef Traci Calderon's hands-on kitchen in Pike Place Market, with market tour classes
Chef’s studio · Seattle
A home-style Seattle kitchen built on Diane's decades of Pike Place Market vendor ties
Cooking school · Seattle
Tom Douglas's downtown Seattle cooking school, with hands-on and demo-and-taste classes
Kitchen store with classes · Bellevue, WA
Teaches baking and Italian, good for birthdays and team events.
Chef’s studio · Seattle
Small hands-on Thai classes with Phuket-born chef Pranee in her Seattle studio
Cooking school · Seattle
Waterfront Seattle kitchen known for Iron Chef team building and private dinner parties
Cooking school · Seattle
North Seattle caterer's teaching kitchen for private parties and team cook-off competitions
Chef’s studio · Seattle
Fumiko's Seattle studio for hands-on Asian home cooking, teaching since 2011
Kids’ cooking school · Seattle
Queen Anne kids cooking school where students bring home dinner for 4 to 6
Kitchen store with classes · Seattle
ChefShop is an online retailer of gourmet and hard-to-find pantry ingredients, with recipe posts and newsletters but no visible cooking class listings.
Kids’ cooking school · Seattle
Week-long cooking and baking camp for teens 12 to 17 at the University of Washington
Culinary college · Seattle
Seattle Central College's career cooking and pastry school, with student-run restaurants
Cooking school · Seattle
Ballard community kitchen with three-hour hands-on classes that end in a shared meal
Cooking school · Seattle
Teaches sushi and Mediterranean, good for team events and birthdays.
Home kitchen · Seattle
Private classes for up to four in a Beacon Hill home kitchen, with Pike Place shopping
Online classes · Seattle
Free hour-long livestream cooking classes that began in a West Seattle garage
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 · Seattle
Booking platform for chef-led Seattle classes, heavy on pasta, Japanese food and baking
4.9on Google, 356 reviewsBy our quality score (rating, number of reviews and how complete and current the listing is), the top 3 are Dash of Soy Culinary School (5.0 stars, 195 reviews), NaNoom Korean Cooking Class (5.0 stars, 100 reviews) and Atrium Kitchen (4.9 stars, 88 reviews).
How we rank schoolsMost published prices start around $95 a person and go up to about $165. Multi-week courses and private events cost more.
Compare prices across SeattleDash of Soy Culinary School, Atrium Kitchen and Hot Stove Society run couples’ or date-night classes.
All date-night classes in SeattleYes. Dash of Soy Culinary School, Whisk and Blue Ribbon Cooking teach kids or teens, and 8 schools in the area do in total.
All kids’ classes in Seattle13 schools take private bookings for birthdays, team events and parties, including Dash of Soy Culinary School, NaNoom Korean Cooking Class and Atrium Kitchen.
Group and birthday classes in SeattleMissing a school, or run one of these? Tell us and we’ll add or fix it, usually within a week.