Is your new year’s resolution to eat better? Well, there’s no better way to ensure you’re getting exactly what you need than by preparing your meals yourself. Thankfully there are plenty of opportunities throughout the Lower Mainland to learn from the best. Check out these cooking classes for foodies in 2025.
The Dirty Apron – Vancouver
You’ll find your one-top-shop for cooking classes at The Dirty Apron in downtown Vancouver. This delicatessen-slash-cooking school offers a jam-packed hands-on class schedule
featuring countless different menus and cuisines, from 3-course Italian to brunch to full vegan. Best yet, when class is over, you’ll sit at a communal table with your classmates to enjoy the fruits of your labours.

Posh Pantry – Burnaby
How do you like your cooking classes? Apron covered in flour? Or sitting back with a glass of wine? You can get both at posh Pantry Kitchen in Burnaby. Weekends offer more hands-on classes like pasta-making, or you can pull up a stool at the island in their kitchen and watch, sip and sample—perfect for a fun night out with friends.

Well Seasoned – Langley
Well Seasoned is a meal service kitchen in Langley that also offers cooking classes so you can make their most popular dishes at home. Join Chef Deniz as he guides you through masterclasses on dishes like Beef Wellington, Dumplings and Bao or how to bake the perfect sourdough.
Little Kitchen Academy – Richmond
This one’s for the mini-chefs! Little Kitchen Academy is a Montessori-inspired cooking academy in Richmond for kids aged 3-18. Small classes ensure each child gets their own individual workstation for hands-on learning and empowerment. Picky eaters can feel safe to explore new foods, while learning life-skills in math, science and self-confidence.

Kitchen Therapy – Surrey
Food just feels good— and cooking it yourself feels even better. Find your happy place at Kitchen Therapy in Surrey. You’ll learn a 3-course meal from featured chefs, and then you’ll get to eat it! Enjoy varied cuisines, from their Soul Food Feast to Moroccan Memories.

The History of the Martini – North Vancouver
Who says all cooking classes have to involve a stove? Join lauded Vancouver mixologists Tarquin Melynk and Robyn Gray at Copperpenny Distillery on Vancouver’s North Shore to explore the storied world of the Martini. From its origins as the Martinez cocktail through to iterations like the Tuxedo and the Old Hickory, history never went down so smooth.

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