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Best Cooking Classes for Kids in Connecticut 2025

Connecticut cooking classes for kids get you child some hands-on enrichment with delicious results! Photo courtesy of Foodology Cooking School
Connecticut cooking classes for kids get you child some hands-on enrichment with delicious results! Photo courtesy of Foodology Cooking School
8/17/25 - By Michael Del Llano

The best cooking classes in Connecticut are closer than you think! A great activity for kids, cooking classes provide healthy enrichment, giving kids hands-on experience in the kitchen, while teaching them about healthy ingredients. Kid-friendly culinary schools all over the state teach preschoolers, kids and teens about safe cooking and new foods and offer them the chance to create their own meals while exposing them to foods from around the world, new recipes and new flavors.

You can find more cooking classes for kids, and even book a class online, in Mommy' Poppins' directory of classes and listings. Check our Connecticut Classes for Kids Guide for more kids’ activities and classes for kids of all ages and interests.

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Kids of all ages get involved with cooking classes. Photo courtesy of Foodology Cooking School
Kids of all ages get involved with cooking classes. Photo courtesy of Foodology Cooking School

Cooking Classes for Kids in Connecticut: Hartford

Foodology Cooking School

Plainville
Children as young as 2 can put on their chef's hats here and bake cookies (adult-and-me classes are designed for ages 2 to 5), while more sophisticated fare such as Super Bowl menu, French macarons, and an Irish dinner, are offered for ages 6 and up. Chef Christina uses her "sugar-coated imagination" to whip up delicious goods on a daily basis and loves to share her secret recipes with budding culinary stars.  READ MORE

Cookshop Plus Kitchen

Hartford
The Koolinary Kids classes offered At Cookshop Plus teach aspiring young chefs (ages 10 to 18) in a fun, hands-on environment. Students will learn techniques of good cooking. Class sizes are limited to ensure quality of instruction. Each child takes home a selection of the dishes prepared at the class. READ MORE

Sur La Table

Canton
Sur La Table's business is cooking! Treat yourself or your child to one of their cooking classes like their Family Fun Cooking Classes (can you say DECADENT chocolate treats?). Yum! Classes run about 2 hours and are limited to about 14 students and are available for kids as young as 7. During the summer, kids can sign up for one of Sur La Table's 5-day cooking camps where they will learn cooking and baking basics and always come out with not one, not two but THREE delicious plates every day. READ MORE
The best part of cooking classes for kids is the taste test! Photo courtesy of Sprout Chef Cooking School
The best part of cooking classes for kids is the taste test! Photo courtesy of Sprout Chef Cooking School

Cooking Classes for Kids in Connecticut: Fairfield County

Aux Delices - Children's Cooking Classes

Westport
Hands-on cooking lessons focus on teaching easy, interesting, and seasonal food preparation, utilizing a variety of cooking techniques. Classes include a variety of recipes, such as mini frittatas, tortilla roll-ups, and funfetti cookies. Other dishes include savory foods such as meatballs and hearty soup, holiday treats, fruit smoothies, and more. Classes are for kids ages 8 and up. READ MORE

Sprout Chefs

Darien
Introduce sprouting chefs to the pleasures and benefits of preparing healthy food from fresh and seasonal ingredients. Participants may follow a recipe or create their own , depending on the lesson of the day. Classes are designed for children in grades kindergarten through 5. Especially fun is the course "Cooking Around the World," which takes little chefs on a culinary adventure to Mexico, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kenya, and more.  READ MORE

Cook & Grow

Bridgeport
Designed for junior chefs ages 8 to 13, Cook & Grow teaches food preparation, cooking, kitchen safety, nutrition, and how kids can be more informed consumers. The program focusses on healthy food and growing fresh ingredients. READ MORE

AMG Catering

Wilton
AMG Catering is located in Wilton and offerrs kids cooking camp every summer. Each week is a unique four-day, hands-on kids cooking camp. They plan our menus according to what’s in season and available and like to collaborate with the campers on what they want to learn each day. This camp is for kids 12-15 and at the end of camp, the kids participate in a cooking competition! READ MORE

A Pinch of Salt

Fairfield County
A Pinch of Salt offers cooking at-home classes, team building events, catering, or as a private chef for dinner parties. POS offers kids up to 12 years old 2-hour, hands-on cooking classes with children where they learn to work with ingredients and prepare a delicious, healthy, and balanced meal.  READ MORE

Deb's Healthy Plate

Shelton
Deb's Healthy Plate is run by Personal Chef, Deb Barbiero. She offers both adult and children's cooking classes and camps for kids. Deb's classes for kids are focused on healthy foods but also child-friendly recipes that they will have fun with (like snowman shaped pizzas!). She teaches them to measure ingredients, follow recipes and even set the table! The cost for her kids classes is affordable. She offers classes mostly out of Fairfield County. READ MORE

Cooking Classes for Kids in Connecticut: New Haven

Mary's Culinary Classes

Guilford
Mary's Culinary Classes teach kids as young as preschoolers the fun and fundamentals of cooking. Classes include most supplies. Older kids are dropped off for 2-hour classes; caregivers stay with younger children. Mary's also hosts birthday parties for young chefs. READ MORE

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