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Whether you’re a beginner cook or a keen chef, cookery classes are a great way to practice some new skills in the kitchen. From learning to cook a new cuisine to mastering the basics, there are a host of cookery classes in and around Manchester that are perfect for special occasions, such as date nights, team-building events, birthdays, stag dos, and hen parties. We’ve rounded up some of the best cookery classes in Manchester and its surrounding areas where you can showcase your culinary prowess.
1. Food Sorcery 
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Food Sorcery has not one but two locations in the Manchester area – Deansgate Square and Didsbury – meaning you have an even greater choice of cookery classes to choose from. From Middle Eastern to Mexican, Japanese to Indian, Vietnamese to Spanish, sushi-making to cake decorating, Food Sorcery offers a multitude of cookery classes specialising in different cuisines or skills for you to master – plus some offer a drink on arrival and food to eat after or take home. The cookery school has classes for couples or pairs and adults with children, too.
📍Food Sorcery, Deansgate Square, West Tower, 1 Owen Street, Manchester, M15 4YB | Adjacent to Waterside Hotel, Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, M20 5WZ.
🪙 Cookery classes start from £95.
🎟️ Book a cookery class here.
2. COOK! with The Vegetarian Society 
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Located in Ancoats, The Vegetarian Society opened its cookery school in early 2025, and here you’ll find a vibrant selection of vegetarian and vegan workshops, supper clubs, half-day and full-day sessions. Whether you want to become a pro at vegetarian cookery or learn how to make delicious vegan street food, The Vegetarian Society offers a host of flavour-filled, plant-based experiences. Cookery class options include mastering the basics of vegetarian and vegan cooking, curry club, global street food favourites, Indian feast nights, and chopping like a chef.
📍COOK! with The Vegetarian Society, 15 Jersey Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6EZ.
🪙 Cookery classes start from £50.
🎟️ Book a cookery class here.
3. Chapattis n Curries
If you ever wanted to master making a top-notch homemade curry, then this is the cookery class for you – and after this course, it might be quicker for you to whip up one at home than to order a takeaway. Held at Chorlton High School, the courses with Chappattis and Curries are structured, informal, and fun – plus, each class is run at a pace that suits you, and no prior cooking experience is necessary. Plus, curries are best eaten with chapattis, so at this cookery class you’ll also learn how to make round, soft and light chapattis on a live flame to dip into your perfectly-made curry. There are also cookery classes available where you can learn to make pakoras and samosas too. All ingredients and equipment are provided, but be warned that it can get quite hot and spicy in this class!
📍Chapattis n Curries, Chorlton High School, Nell Ln, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, M21 7SL.
🪙 Cookery classes start from £75.
🎟️ Book a cookery class here.
4. The Foodie Kitchen 
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Based in the Greater Manchester area of Rochdale, The Foodie Kitchen also offers cookery classes, but mainly with a focus on curries and authentic Asian cuisine. From preparing a meat feast including juicy chicken kebabs and a fabulous lamb chop curry with fluffy naan to mastering curry classics like chicken tikka, tarka daal, and saag paneer, and sensational starters such as pakoras, samosas, and more – you’ll walk away with a few new recipes in your cooking repertoire. And if you can’t decide which one, The Foodie Kitchen offers two 2-hour sessions over the course of four weeks so you can take your pick.
📍The Foodie Kitchen, Unit 5, Princess Street, Rochdale, OL12 OHA.
🪙 Cookery classes start from £75.
🎟️ Book a cookery class here.
5. The Cheshire Cookery School 
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Run by Rob Owen Brown, who has worked at several Manchester and North West dining establishments such as the Brasserie, St Pierre, The Angel, Mark Addy, and most recently The Hinchcliffe, you’re sure to learn a thing or two from this talented chef. At The Cheshire Cookery School in the Greater Manchester area of Altrincham, there are cookery classes to suit all skill sets and culinary specialisms. Here you can make essential dishes suitable for beginners; knife skills, chef tips, and mother sauces; Italian dishes and fresh pasta-making; French patisserie and macarons; bread baking; seasonal pies, puddings, and tarts, to name a few.
📍The Cheshire Cookery School, Norman Road, Altrincham, WA14 4EP.
🪙 Cookery classes start from £130.
🎟️ Book a cookery class here.