Kitchen store with classes · Bellingham
Bellingham's member-owned grocery co-op runs chef-led demo and hands-on classes
Community Food Co-op is Bellingham's member-owned grocery, founded by neighbors in 1970. It runs its cooking classes with Whatcom Community College, and local chefs, restaurateurs and food producers teach them. Every class includes tastings of the dishes made.
Most sessions are demonstrations, where you watch, learn and ask questions. A few are hands-on, like Emma Le Dû's Breton buckwheat galettes and sweet crêpes. She learned them from her mother, who learned from hers. Karina Davidson has spent nearly 50 years teaching home cooking. Here she teaches winter soups and a classic French dinner of boeuf bourguignon and pavlova. Robert Fong teams up with Lummi Island Wild for a seafood night with sashimi and seared scallops.
The lineup leans local and a little nerdy. Tim Shenkin of Makeworth Coffee Roasters teaches coffee cupping. Tera Richardson of Elk Street Tavern teaches mocktails. Genevieve Bardwell bakes salt-rising bread alongside sourdough. Kids ages 7 to 12 have a Third Thursday club with Annalee Dunn, founder of Tiny Onion Cooking School.
Beginners
No experience needed
Kids & families
Classes and camps for young cooks
Written from Community Food Co-op Cooking Classes’s own site and class listings, November 2026. How we write these
Read from their own listings and checked weekly. Prices are per person.
$99 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Wed 4 Nov, 6:30pm
$69 per person · 2 hours · Demo
Next: Tue 10 Nov, 6pm
$89 per person · 2.5 hours · Hands-on
Next: Thu 12 Nov, 6:30pm
$89 per person · 2.5 hours · Hands-on
Next: Fri 13 Nov, 6:30pm
$79 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Wed 18 Nov, 6:30pm
$49 per person · 2 hours · Hands-on
Next: Thu 19 Nov, 2pm
$79 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Tue 1 Dec, 6:30pm
$89 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Wed 2 Dec, 6:30pm
$89 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Thu 3 Dec, 6:30pm
$89 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Mon 7 Dec, 6:30pm
$79 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Tue 8 Dec, 6:30pm
$89 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Thu 10 Dec, 6:30pm
$39 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Tue 15 Dec, 6:30pm
$69 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Wed 16 Dec, 6:30pm
$79 per person · 2.5 hours · Demo
Next: Thu 17 Dec, 6:30pm
Guest reviews on Cooking Class Finder
None yet. Be the first.
It depends on the class. Each one is labeled demonstration (observe, learn and ask questions) or hands-on (interactive preparation and cooking). Most are demonstrations. The crêpe classes, coffee workshop and kids' club are hands-on.
Yes. All classes include tastings of the dishes prepared in class.
Adult classes range from $39 for The Art of the Mocktail to $99 for the Seafood Feast. Most cost $69 to $89. The kids' club is $49.
Yes. The Third Thursday Kids' Cooking Club with Annalee Dunn is for ages 7 to 12. It opens with an hour-long demo, and then kids finish and personalize each dish by hand before eating together.
Some classes include take-homes. The kombucha class sends you home with a SCOBY starter and recipes. The coffee workshop includes a bag of Makeworth Coffee. The bread class includes mini sourdough loaves, an 1890s sourdough starter and recipes.
Home kitchen · Bellingham
Tiny Onion runs hands-on cooking, art, writing, and gardening classes and camps for kids and adults, plus virtual classes and occasional pop-up catered events.
No ratings yet