Cooking school · Culver City, CA
Culver City school built around a 20-week cooking series and chef-led private events
Los Angeles Cooking School is a small, hands-on cooking school in the Arts District of Culver City. It has 26 years of teaching behind it and was once known as the New School of Cooking. Its main draw is the 20-Week Cooking Series, a course that builds week by week for home cooks who want real skills. Upcoming start dates include weekday mornings, weekday evenings and weekend mornings, and payment plans are available.
The instructors have real professional experience. Culinary program director Jess Hilton first came as a 20-week student in 2003. Pastry chef Richard Ruskell trained at the French Culinary Institute and ran hotel dessert programs. Chef Jamie Colboth-MacLeod learned biscuits in her grandmother's East Tennessee kitchen.
Private events run 2.5 to 3 hours in a commercial kitchen. Menus include Trattoria Italiano, Korean Street Food, Dinner with Julia Child and The Bear Experience, a fast-paced class built around restaurant-style teamwork. One reviewer noted each pair of guests had its own stocked station. The school holds a 4.4 Google rating from 49 reviews.
Serious cooks
Multi-week courses and boot camps
Beginners
No experience needed
Date night
Evening classes for two, and it’s BYOB
Team events
Team building with a chef running the room
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It is a long-form course for dedicated home cooks that builds skills session by session. Start dates are offered on several days and times, and payment plans are available.
Private classes start at $2,500 for up to 16 guests, plus $125 per additional person. That covers a 2.5 to 3 hour chef-led class, a seasonal menu, aprons, music, spa water and a chef-prepared dessert.
Yes. Private event guests are welcome to BYOB.
No. Once a series begins, tuition is non-refundable, though the school may offer credit toward a future class or series.
Yes. The school says classes suit beginners learning the fundamentals as well as experienced home cooks refining technique.
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