Become a Master Chef at Home with These Online Cooking Classes
Become a Master Chef at Home with These Online Cooking Classes
Many people have taken up a new hobby while quarantining, from puzzling to painting to, notably, cooking. Given all the time inside, individuals have turned to their kitchens for comfort, even spurring a bread-baking craze (and a nationwide yeast shortage). With many of our favorite restaurant closed for in-house dining for the time being, we've been left to our devices to recreate our favorite meals. For those of us ready to take our experimentation up a notch, there are now a plethora of online cooking classes awaiting your perusal.
Whether you just want to learn the basics—roasting, knife skills—or are ready to dive into something advanced—a full French dinner—there's a course for you. From Instagram Lives to Zoom courses, find a class that strikes your fancy and let the cooking begin. Perhaps you'll get so skilled, you'll continue cooking even when we can leave our homes again. Either way, keep reading for our favorite virtual culinary classes.
Thomas Keller Teaches Cooking Techniques
Fire up your stove. Keller, whose restaurant empire includes The French Laundry and Per Se, was one of the first big culinary names to team up with MasterClass, meaning he now has multiple culinary courses available with classes covering everything from classic French techniques for stock making, perfectly roasting meats, and just about everything you could ever want to do with an egg.
Sur La Table
If you want a more interactive experience, Sur La Table offers a Zoom cooking class, with a new recipe each week. Ed Kernan, a chef with thirteen years of experience at Sur La Table, teaches the courses, with attendees able to ask questions along the way. You can also book a private event, for an even more intimate session.
Cost: $29/class
Udemy Essential Cooking Skills
Cooking
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$12.99
The online course website offers over 100,000 classes, including cooking options. Start with their Essential Cooking Skills series (an hour and a half of content) to master the basics, and then move on to more advanced options like French macarons and Indian food.
Cost: dependent upon series/ Essential Cooking at $11.99
Christina Tosi's #BakingClub
For a free baking class turn to Christina Tosi's Instagram account. The founder of New York's famed Momofuku Milk Bar (known for their birthday cake truffles) posts a new, inventive baking recipe every day. From gooey chocolate chip cookies to popovers to chocolate cheesecake bars, it's hard to go wrong with Tosi's rich recipes.
Cost: Free
Flour Bakery Instagram Series
To making baking easy, order a kit from Boston's Flour Bakery. On the bakery's website, you can get all the ingredients for a given recipe shipped directly to you in one convenient package. Then, follow along with founder Joanne Chang on her Instagram to learn exactly how to piece together a perfect multigrain loaf, a lowfat vegan chocolate cake, or double chocolate rye cookies.
Cost: Instagram classes are free/kits range in price
America's Test Kitchen
Ready to get back to basics? In joining America's Test Kitchen's online platform, you'll have access to over 320 courses, with 5,000 photos and 200 videos. ATK will give you clear, step-by-step instructions for all of your favorite dishes, from dumplings to risotto.
Cost: $19.95/month
The Farm Cooking School
Impress your friends and family by learning to make full and elaborate meals. The Farm Cooking School's Zoom classes each focus on a theme like "Paris Bistro" or "Turkish Cooking," where you'll learn how to make multiple dishes from that genre. They also are offering a virtual kid's cooking camp this summer, if you want to get the whole family involved.
Cost: $60/class.
Kitchn
If you're starting from scratch, immerse yourself in the culinary arts with Kitchn Cooking School. There are twenty lessons for twenty days, beginning with knife skills and ending with everything you need to throw a dinner party.
Cost: Free
Whether you're a cooking novice or just looking to brush up on your knife skills, here are our favorite online culinary courses.