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Best Cooking Classes for Kids in Orlando

Kids Cooking Connection offers young chefs to learn about food, including nutrition, preparation, and creativity. Photo courtesy of Kids Cooking Connection
Kids Cooking Connection offers young chefs to learn about food, including nutrition, preparation, and creativity. Photo courtesy of Kids Cooking Connection
8/14/22 - By Charlotte B

Do your kids love helping out in the kitchen? Sign them up for one of these fun and delicious Orlando cooking classes! Cooking and baking are great activities for kids —including kids in meal preparation can help boost their confidence, improve math and reading skills, and encourage creativity. Even picky eaters can develop a more adventurous palate since they are more likely to eat foods they have prepared. We have rounded up several businesses around Central Florida offering baking and cooking classes for kids of all ages, from toddler to teen.

Find more great classes for your kiddos around Orlando, including art classes, dance classes, and even FREE classes, visit our Guide to Classes for Kids Near Orlando.

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Kids get an edible education at Edible Education. Photo courtesy of Edible Education
Kids get an edible education at Edible Education. Photo courtesy of Edible Education

Downtown Orlando Cooking Classes for Kids

Confectionery Academy

Orlando
The Confectionery Academy hosts a variety of hands-on confectionery classes, featuring subjects such as dimensional cookies, gourmet caramel apples, cakesicles, chocolate bombs, and more. Classes are instructed by world-class chefs, chocolatiers, and sugar artists. Minimum age requirement varies by class. READ MORE

Edible Education Experience

Orlando
Housed within the Emeril Lagasse Foundation Kitchen House & Culinary Garden, Edible Education Experience offers programs for all ages. Seed-to-Table summer and holiday camps are open to ages 7 to 15. Monthly classes are available to kids as young as 11 years old (with accompanying adult participant). Edible Education Experience's flagship program, Orlando Junior Academy, is an 18-week program during the school day, integrating cooking and gardening into the academic curriculum. READ MORE

Truffles & Trifles

College Park
This cooking school in College Park offers cooking classes throughout the year, as well as summer cooking camps. A variety of baking and cooking classes are offered for ages 14 and up, however ages 16 and under must be accompanied by a paying adult. Kids cooking camps are offered for ages 7-13, as well as teen cooking camp for ages 14-18. READ MORE

Kids Cooking Classes in North Orlando

The Sweet Chalet Shoppe Academy

Sanford
The Sweet Chalet Shoppe offers baking classes for adults and teens, with topics such as cupcake baking, cookie decorating, and more. READ MORE

The Taste of Curiosity

Oviedo
The Taste of Curiosity hosts cooking classes for kids (ages 3 and up) and adults. Kids cooking classes focus on supporting a child's natural curiousity by allowing them to prep and taste a variety of new foods. READ MORE
Celebration's own U Can Cook teaches children how to cook and bake in classes and parties. Photo courtesy of U Can Cook
Celebration's own U Can Cook teaches children how to cook and bake in classes and parties. Photo courtesy of U Can Cook

Cooking Classes for Kids Near Theme Parks

Terralina Crafted Italian

Lake Buena Vista
Located within the Disney Springs entertainment district, Terralina Crafted Italian hosts kids cooking classes, where kids ages 5-12 can create their own pizza with fresh ingredients. READ MORE

U Can Cook Celebration

Celebration
U Can Cook is a cooking school for children and adults and is located in the beautiful town of Celebration. U Can Cook offers a variety of cooking classes as well as private parties.   READ MORE

More Kids Cooking Classes Around Orlando

The Kids Cooking Connection

Winter Garden
The Kids Cooking Connection provides afterschool programs, monthly clinics, and summer camps for kids and teens ages 3-17. Classes and camps focus on nutrition and cooking. READ MORE

Publix Aprons Cooking School

Dr. Phillips & Winter Park
With locations in both Winter Park and Dr. Phillips, Publix Aprons Cooking School offers parent and child cooking classes where families can make memories while learning new kitchen skills. Choose from Big and Little Chef for kids ages 5-12 and their adult caregivers, or Big and Teen Chef for teens age 13-17 and their adult caregivers. READ MORE

OCLS Cuisine Corner

Multiple Locations
The Orange County Library System provides FREE kids cooking classes, both virtual and in person, at libraries across the county. Minimum age requirements vary per class. Registration is required and in-person classes fill up quickly. READ MORE

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