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The Best Cooking Classes in Glasgow

Freelance Journalist

Updated: 11 November 2017

If you are looking to tap into your culinary skills in Glasgow there is no shortage of cooking classes that you can take to learn some new tricks and impress your friends when they come round for dinner! Whether you yearn to cook the perfect Indian curry or you want to learn how to make Michelin-star quality Scottish delights, you’ll find a class to suit. Glasgow is a multicultural city with plenty to see and do, but if the rain is putting you off, an indoor cooking class may be the ideal thing.

The Cook School Scotland

This innovative cooking school is based in Kilmarnock, Glasgow and offers classes for both adults and children. You can choose from a range of sessions from Asian street food, home baking and Scottish fish and seafood, and there is a choice of full-day half-day or evening sessions. If you’d rather watch an expert cook it all for you, there are the ‘Demo and Dine’ options, where a chef will make your dinner while you relax with a drink and watch them do all the hard work. There is so much choice and variety in the classes that this school offers, you will certainly be kept busy!

The Cook School Scotland, Moorfield Park, B7081, Kilmarnock KA2 0FE, Scotland, +1563 550008

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Tennent’s Training Academy

Tennent’s Training Academy offers a range of cookery classes, whether you want to learn how to make chocolates, sensational seafood or want to try your hand at the pizza masterclass. This academy is run by professionals in the industry and you can even get involved in a professional cookery masterclass. Located in the heart of Glasgow, this award-winning cooking school offers over 40 cookery classes and regularly updates its calendar to reflect the diverse range of cuisines on offer.

Tennent’s Training Academy, 161 Duke Street, Glasgow, Scotland, +845 166 6060

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Ashoka Cook School

If you are looking to learn how to make a mean curry, then Ashoka Cook School based in central Glasgow offers a range of classes to spice up your skills in creating signature dishes such as chicken tikka masala or chapatti flatbreads. For good-quality, restaurant-style Indian food, this is the place that can teach you how to make your favourite curries from scratch and impress your friends and family.

Ashoka Cook School, 23 Crow Road, Glasgow G11 7RT, +141 342 5200

The Cocoa Bean Company

If you are a chocolate-lover (and let’s be honest, who isn’t?), then you may want to try out one of these innovative chocolate workshops and learn how to make delicious chocolates. The Cocoa Bean Company runs chocolate classes for both adults and children. This is a great place to learn how to make chocolates and have fun with the family at the same time!

The Cocoa Bean Company, intu Braehead. Kings Inch Road, Glasgow G51 4BN, Scotland, +141 885 1441

Glasgow Clyde College – Italian Cookery

This innovative cookery class can help you to become a pro in Italian cooking. Learn how to make the tasty classic dessert of tiramisu, fresh pasta, meatballs, lasagna and many other speciality signature Italian dishes. The college offers evening and weekend classes and there is also an eight-week course that you can enrol on, that teaches an array of different dishes to tempt your taste buds.

Glasgow Clyde College, 19 Hatfield Dr, Glasgow G12 0YE, Scotland, +141 272 3331