Whether you’re an avid home cook, love mixing it up behind the bar at home, enjoy wine tastings, or simply want to learn something new before the next dinner party, these classes from Atlanta chefs, bakeries, and cooking schools will help keep your skills sharp.
From the art of Neapolitan pizza-making and the basics of butchery to the importance of knife sharpening and baking batches of brioche doughnuts, here’s where to start your culinary learning journey in Atlanta.
Cook a new dish
Head to Cook’s Warehouse at Ansley Mall for lessons on everything from how to make Thai dishes and cake decorating to baking gluten-free desserts and creating a spread for a seasonal dinner party. Check out the monthly class calendar here. Classes cost between $99 and $110 per person for a hands-on cooking experience and instruction from local chefs and bakers.
Over in Virginia-Highland, consider a pasta-making class at Italian market Tuscany at Your Table. With limited availability, these classes are super popular and fill up fast. Classes cost $95 per person and include a wine tasting.
Pizza-making with a pro
Emory Village Italian restaurant and pizzeria Double Zero regularly offers pizza-making classes. Learn the craft behind making and baking Neapolitan pies, including producing dough and firing pizzas in the Stefano Ferrara Forni ovens imported from Naples. Classes cost $55 per person and include instruction from the restaurant’s pizza chef and a glass of wine.
Bake bread, then break bread
South Atlanta micobakery Osono Bread offers both sourdough and brioche doughnut-making classes. Owned and operated by baker Betsy Gonzalez, the sourdough class sees students feeding starters, mixing dough, and baking bread together. You’ll take home your starter and loaf, along with locally-milled flour and proofing basket. Held at Little Tart Bakeshop in Grant Park, you can also learn to mix, shape, proof, and fry brioche doughnuts and create fillings. Osono Bread classes average around $135 per person.
Fans of Atlanta baker Sarah Dodge can take classes at Colette Bread and Bakeshop in Poncey-Highland, including classes on sourdough and making her wildly popular biscuits.
For wine afficiandos
Dunwoody wine bar and restaurant Vino Venue features weekly wine classes via its Atlanta Wine School. Learn which wines to pair with cheese or how to choose the best wines to complement any meal. Taste your way through wines from France, Oregon, or Italy. For people serious about taking their wine skills to the next level, Atlanta Wine School offers programs for becoming a Certified Specialist of Wine (WSET) and Italian Wine Professional. Classes range from $65 to $75, with certification classes starting at $300. Cooking classes, from kitchen basics to creating family dinners, are also available at Vino Venue.
Learn to brew beer
Schoolhouse Beer in Marietta offers regular beer-making classes, part of its Homebrew University operation. Kick off your beer-making education as a Sophmore with how-to instruction for creating the perfect brewing recipe. Then, level up to Junior and Senior classes where your put your knowledge to work using brewing equipment and techniques from previous classes. Finally, the Graduate Studies course will see instruction from Schoolhouse’s head and assistant brewers to include inside brewing intel, handy tips, and more. Classes begin at $270 per person and include a brewing kit.
Whole animal butchery
Avondale Estates butcher shop Pine Street Market hosts butchery classes monthly. Owner and butcher Rusty Bowers will teach you how to use the proper knives and tools to break down a whole hog or to produce several cuts of steak. Classes cost $160 per person or $225 per person, which includes a whetstone for sharpening. Butchery classes are held at The Lost Druid Brewery in Avondale Estates.
Sharpen your knives
Take a one-on-one knife-sharpening class from the sharpener to the chefs, Moshi Moshi’s Michael Behn. This two-hour session with Behn deep dives into the importance of keeping your kitchen knifes sharp, properly cleaned, and primed for slicing, dicing, and chopping. Behn will instruct you on how to properly use a whetstone and teach you the functionality of specific knives in the kitchen and why each blade needs something a little different when it comes to sharpening. Classes are $150 per person. Make sure to bring two to three knives for instruction. Lessons are typically held on Friday afternoons. Message Behn on Instagram for more information and to sign up for a sharpening session.
