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Welcome to our recreational cooking section, for those who just love to cook. You might also wish to explore The Guide to Career Cooking Schools, with 563 listings for the culinary professional to be.

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Auberge du Vin Wine Weekends
Live in a French farmhouse surrounded by vineyards during weekly Thursday to Sunday courses that include teaching sessions, visits to producers, and tasting numerous wines.

France

The Mast Farm Inn School Of Cooking
Monthly Sunday-Wednesday hands-on culinary vacation programs emphasizing fresh, seasonal foods & the Slow Food philosophy.

NC

Rundles Cooking Classes
Hands-on weekend classes in Rundles Restaurant include discussions of new ingredients, menu-specific techniques. Private & corporate classes available.

Canada

La Maison Depollier
Provençal cooking classes tailored to the participants. Emphasis is on freshness, vegetables, herbs & seasonability.

France

Circle of Friends Folk School
Creativity vacations offering a variety of workshops including cooking with herbs, cake decorating, writing, painting, drawing, felting, bookmaking, mini furniture, personal...

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Culinary Quests
Culinary travel program that includes cooking classes, market visits, local excursions.

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Creating Culinary Opportunities Creating Culinary Opportunities
Hands-on Italian cooking intensives taught by well-known chefs and cookbook authors, assisted by culinary professional Ann Iverson. Houston, Texas. Featuring Giuliano Hazan.

Rhode School of Cuisine Rhode School of Cuisine
Indulge your passion for food, wine and culture in beautiful surroundings and stunning locations. One-week luxury cooking vacations for the gourmet traveler. Tuscany and Morocco.

Umbria Cooks 4U Umbria Cooks 4U
One-day Italian cooking classes and traditional private dinners at Nonie and Tita's elegant hillside home in Umbria. Private lessons at your villa rental also available.

Muy Sabrosa at the Inn on the Alameda Muy Sabrosa at the Inn on the Alameda
Muy Sabrosa! The perfect way to discover the unique cuisine and traditions of Santa Fe and enjoy the warm hospitality of an enchanting small hotel.

Marguerite's Elegant Home Cooking - Paris Marguerite's Elegant Home Cooking - Paris
Marguerite's Paris cooking school offers half-day programs featuring a market visit, a hands-on cooking course, and a gourmet lunch in an old renovated farm house.

Le Cordon Bleu Paris Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute Le Cordon Bleu Paris Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute
Le Cordon Bleu Paris Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute offers a complete and intensive French culinary training experience! Learn from the masters and discover the true meaning of l'Art de vivre.

Le Cordon Bleu - Sydney Le Cordon Bleu - Sydney
As a Le Cordon Bleu graduate you will have earned a diploma that will differentiate you from the rest in a demanding and ever-changing industry.

Le Cordon Bleu - London Le Cordon Bleu - London
A wide variety of demonstrations and workshops with world-renowned Master Chefs. Specialized courses on topics such as Cake Decorating, Chocolate, Contemporary Classics and Vegetarian Cuisine.

Le Cordon Bleu - Japan Le Cordon Bleu - Japan
Half-day to 1-year courses, daily demonstrations, gourmet sessions, cuisine and pastry courses, flower arranging, and Introduction to Cuisine, Pastry, Catering and Bread Baking.

Good Tastes of Tuscany Good Tastes of Tuscany
Experience our single and multi-day classes and 7-day Gastronomical Adventure. All classes are conducted by English speaking Italian chefs at the beautiful, 14thC Villa Pandolfini.

Cooking With Giuliano Hazan At Villa Giona Cooking With Giuliano Hazan At Villa Giona
A week of total immersion in Italian food, wine, and life at the stately Renaissance Villa Giona in Verona with award-winning cookbook author Giuliano Hazan.

Le Cordon Bleu - Paris Le Cordon Bleu - Paris
Classes for gourmet enthusiasts who want to spend a few hours or days improving their skills under the tutelage of our world-renowned Master Chefs.

Arte Culinaria Arte Culinaria
Courses in the cuisine of the Veneto, a beautifully restored old farmhouse, Venice and the Dolomites close by, cultural vacations tailored for groups of 2-6.

Terence Janericco Cooking Classes Terence Janericco Cooking Classes
Demonstration and participation courses dedicated to providing you with the tools to create appetizing, fresh, healthy meals easily and efficiently. Boston, Massachusetts, and Brooklin, Maine.

Tasty Tuscany - Mediterranean & Vegetarian Italian Family Cooking Tasty Tuscany - Mediterranean & Vegetarian Italian Family Cooking
Hands-on culinary adventure, unique opportunity to experience life in a Tuscan home, learning authentic Italian organic recipes, feeling comfortable in the kitchen, enjoying Tuscan Art.

International Cooking School Of Italian Food And Wine International Cooking School Of Italian Food And Wine
Join award-winning Mary Beth Clark for delicious hands-on cooking in palazzo in Bologna, Piedmont, Tuscany. Recommended by Forbes, Bon Appetit & Food Network. Video.

Provencal Cooking at Les Tuillières Provencal Cooking at Les Tuillières
Learn new skills in Provençale cooking at Hermann and Susan Jenny's Les Tuillières, a 17th-century farmhouse with large pool, nature trail, and herb-vegetable garden.

Cooking with Friends in France Cooking with Friends in France
Soak up culinary history while you're learning, cooking, and dining in a foodie's paradise - Julia Child's former house in Provence, just 35 minutes from Nice.

The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE)
Over 25,000 students a year enjoy 1,500 hands-on cooking, baking and wine classes. Learn alongside acclaimed chefs at "the" award-winning New York City school!

A Week in Provence with Sarah and Michael Brown A Week in Provence with Sarah and Michael Brown
A Week in Provence: Experience seven days of history, art and food through the markets of Provence with an historian and food and wine expert.

Deborah Krasner's Culinary Vacations Deborah Krasner's Culinary Vacations
Join James Beard Award-winner Deborah Krasner in Vermont or Italy for six days of cooking, exploring and learning, designed for the pleasures of the table.

Seasons of My Heart Cooking School Seasons of My Heart Cooking School
Hands-on classes and tours to regions of Mexico that focus on pre-Hispanic foods, herb usage, and Spanish influences on the contemporary Oaxacan kitchen. Oaxaca, Mexico.

The French Culinary Institute The French Culinary Institute
Get the skills that transform serious amateurs into accomplished cooks with the skill, ease and confidence to make cooking a joy. Located in NYC.

Famous Provence Famous Provence
Patrick Payet and his team present "Discovering the Heart of the Luberon", a one-week immersion in the cuisine and culture of Provence.

Active Gourmet Holidays Active Gourmet Holidays
Active Gourmet Holidays offers appetizing tours of European kitchens, countrysides and vineyards, featuring culinary lessons, food/wine tours, hiking/biking/yoga in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Peru and Mexico.

A Food & Wine Lovers Tour A Food & Wine Lovers Tour
Our personal touch, one-of-a-kind boutique vacations are designed to provide high value at a "reasonable" cost. Carefully researched agendas, insider visits, exceptional accommodations, exquisite dining.

Aolmaia Tuscany Society Aolmaia Tuscany Society
Hands-on cooking classes in Tuscany. Individuals, small groups, customized. Variety: each day a cooking class by a different cook in a different place. Also gourmet cuisine and wine tours.

Blair House Cooking School Blair House Cooking School
One of "10 great places to put Mom into the kitchen"--USA Today, hands-on informative and fun classes focusing on many cuisines. Wimberley, Texas.

Catacurian Catacurian
Teaching gourmet Catalan cooking and the appreciation of Priorat/Monstant wines and olive oils in casual elegance.

Chef Paolo Monti's Cucina Italiana Chef Paolo Monti's Cucina Italiana
Wonderful 7-day all-inclusive culinary programs focusing on specialties of each region. ~10 recipes/class! Day-courses also available. Tuscany and Sicily, Italy. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Cooking Class Paris France Cooking Class Paris France
While on vacation in Paris, learn to prepare full course French meals in a relaxed atmosphere with an experienced chef.

The Depot Hotel Cooking School-Scuola Rustica The Depot Hotel Cooking School-Scuola Rustica
The Depot Hotel Cooking School, Scuola Rustica, offers individual cooking classes as well as private group cooking classes for team-building and special events.

Swannanoa School of Culinary Arts Swannanoa School of Culinary Arts
An intensive week of hands-on culinary adventure from the garden to the table, surrounded by mountains and music in a joyful salute to the senses.

Convivio Rome Italian Cooking Holidays Convivio Rome Italian Cooking Holidays
We share our love for Italian cuisine in a relaxed and enjoyable environment while you stay within a beautiful, unspoiled medieval hilltop village, near Rome.

Camilla in Cucina - Silvia Maccari Camilla in Cucina - Silvia Maccari
Visit Florence’s San Lorenzo market with Silvia Maccari, food expert for Marriott’s chefs, and prepare a complete Italian menu with her in her home kitchen.

Gourmet Retreats at CasaLana Gourmet Retreats at CasaLana
Culinary Learning Vacations & Tours, Gourmet Weekend Retreats, Wine Country Classes - hands-on classes for all levels are offered at CasaLana B&B in Napa Valley.

Gastronomicom Gastronomicom
One-month Gourmet program, four-day Sugar Decoration and Chocolate programs, two-week Bio and Low Calorie Gastronomic Cooking programs. Saint Loup in Cap d'Agde, South of France.

Epicurean Ways - Culinary Destinations in Spain Epicurean Ways - Culinary Destinations in Spain
Explore Spain’s kitchens, markets, olive oil mills, vineyards, and restaurants. Small-group food & wine tours and cooking vacations led by experienced Spanish chefs and culinary guides.

Auberge du Vin Wine Weekends Auberge du Vin Wine Weekends
Live in a French farmhouse surrounded by vineyards during weekly Thursday to Sunday courses that include teaching sessions, visits to producers, and tasting numerous wines.

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