7 French Cooking Classes Worth the Apron

1.Paris Cooking Class and Lunch with Wine plus Market Visit Option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,024 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $240Our pick

Spend 4.5 or 6 hours at Le Foodist, a central Paris cooking school. The longer option adds a market walk, croissant, coffee, and cheese tasting before you cook. With instructors such as Fred, Luc, Luke, or Paolo, you prepare a three-course lunch, taste red and white wine, and take home electronic recipes.

“I highly recommend this experience. The environment is absolutely charming and the facilities are top notch. Our chef/instructor was amazing! From the farmers market visit to the the preparation and the cooking to the final course of our meal, Chef Luc was engaging, professional, funny, and extremely efficient. I will definitely schedule another session when I return to Paris! Thank you Luc!!”

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2.Paris Croissant Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 910 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $157

Join Maison Fleuret in Paris’s Marais for a 2.5-hour, English-language pastry class with a professional chef. You’ll make croissants, pain au chocolat, and pain au raisin, then eat some fresh from the oven and take the rest home. Guides have included Clara, Felix, Milly, Prisca, Ines, Lizzy, and Delphine.

“What an amazing experience—from start to finish, and especially the moment we all enjoyed our croissants fresh from the oven. Absolutely magnificent!”

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3.French Croissant Baking Class with a Chef

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 712 reviews · 2h 30m · from $159

At Maison Fleuret on Paris’s Left Bank, you’ll spend 150 minutes learning laminated dough, shaping croissants, and making pain au chocolat and cinnamon swirls. English-speaking chefs such as Felix, Guillaume, Alice, and Erika lead the small classes. You’ll work in pairs, bake your pastries, and take plenty home.

“Absolutely amazing experience. Loved every second of it. Left us with such wonderful memories of our trip to Paris. Little touches like other things to do whilst in Paris which included cafes and restaurants etc were such a thoughtful idea to help the visitors to the city. One of the best experiences I’ve had”

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4.Paris Cooking Class: Learn How to Make Macarons

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 634 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $156

At Le Foodist near the Latin Quarter, you’ll spend about three hours making French macarons from scratch in an English-language class. Expect close help in a small group, tips from chefs such as Stéphane, Luc, or Paulo, a tea or coffee tasting, and 20 to 30 macarons to take home.

“This class was excellent. Lots of useful tips and clear instructions. Macarons looked beautiful and were delicious. And we made them!!!”

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5.French Macaron Culinary Class with a Chef

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 591 reviews · 2h 30m

At Maison Fleuret School, a chef guides you through French macaron-making in English during a 150-minute class for up to six people. You will practice meringue, ganache, shell shaping, colors, and flavors, then take home a box of your finished macarons. Guides including Alice, Amélie, Delphine, and Matthieu are praised for clear, friendly instruction.

“Nice experience, but for more advanced info not enough. Other to add last part was to loud .”

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6.Toulouse Food & History Tour with a Chef (in English)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 503 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $133Best value

Join chef Alejandro, also called Alex, for a four-hour English-language walk through central Toulouse. At seven landmarks, he serves fresh sweet and savory bites tied to local history, including Toulouse sausage, cheese and wine, pastries, charcuterie, and a famed regional cake. Expect plenty of standing and walking, with no seating.

“Alex was incredible! I do a lot of food tours, usually one in every new city I visit, and this was the best one I’ve ever done. Absolutely wonderful!”

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7.Paris Evening Cooking Class French Dinner and Market Visit Option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 430 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $252

Spend 4.5 or 6 hours learning French cooking in English with chefs such as Luc, Paolo, or Frédéric. Choose the longer option for a Latin Quarter market visit, then prepare a three-course dinner, taste cheese, and share white and red wine in a group of up to 12.

“We enjoyed our evening cooking with Frede--it was one of the highlights of our trip to Paris. He was informative, genuine, and entertaining.”

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