Top Paris Cooking Classes

Paris Croissant Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef

Learning French cooking techniques can feel intimidating without hands-on guidance from an expert. Build your skills in a small-group class led by a chef-tutor from renowned culinary school Ferrandi Paris at Galeries Lafayette. Prepare classic French dishes like curry roasted cauliflower or chicken cordon bleu while learning professional techniques you can use at home, with personalized instruction suitable for all skill levels.

Paris Cooking Class with Ferrandi chef at Galeries Lafayette

Indulge in a true gourmet French experience: preparing, cooking, and enjoying your own 3-course meal. Choose between a 4.5- or 6-hour Paris culinary course (a 1.5-hour market visit is optional) then set out to learn the tricks and techniques of French cooking. An instructor will help you through the steps of creating an appetizer, main dish, and dessert. French wine is also included with your gourmet lunch.

Paris Cooking Class and Lunch with Wine plus Market Visit Option

6 hoursFree Cancellation

Paris French Bakery Experience Le Marais

Paris Macarons Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef

Get the authentic French culinary experience with a small-group cooking class in a private Parisian apartment. Head to the centrally-located home and get ready to learn — and eat! Meet your local chef instructor, gather ingredients on an optional market tour, and discover the fundamentals of preparing classic French dishes such as soufflé, cod mouclade, and chocolate fondant. Then prepare and savor delicious dishes with fellow food lovers.

Paris French Cuisine Small Group Cooking Class with Lunch

4 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Discover how to prepare famous French delicacies–and learn far more than by simply eating them in a restaurant–on this small-group cooking class in the Montmartre district of Paris. Step inside a working kitchen, sample a variety of savory and sweet treats, and learn the history of baguettes and croissants from a local baker before rolling up your sleeves and getting hands-on as you prepare your own.

French Baking Class in a Local Montmartre Bakery

1 hour 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Don't just savor croissants during your Parisian getaway—learn insider tips and tricks for mastering them yourself during this hands-on, small-group cooking class. Perfect for visiting cooks and food lovers looking to learn, this class is hosted by an experienced pastry chef. Explore the different techniques of croissant-making, and even have the chance to prepare special versions. Afterwards, enjoy your treats—and your enviable new skills.

Paris Croissant and Breakfast Pastry Class with a French Chef

Paris Evening Cooking Class French Dinner and Market Visit Option

6 hoursFree Cancellation

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Learn how to prepare the perfect flakey croissant during a small-group baking class in Paris. While you’ll be using professional techniques, no previous baking experience is required, only a love of pastries. With a small class size, you get the personalized attention of your instructor, so you don’t miss a single step. Once the baking process is complete, enjoy your creation with the rest of the class.

Croissant Baking Class, Mastering the Art with a Pastry Chef

Paris Baking Experience at a Local French Bakery

1 hour 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Paris Food Tour: 10+ Tastings, French Wine, Cheeses & Secret Dish

2 hours to 3 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

In a charming Parisian bakery near Notre Dame, a French baking expert guides you through creating delicious desserts that you’ll be proud of. This small-group, hands-on class reveals the secrets of either flaky croissants, perfect baguettes, and pastries, or French macarons (depending on the option chosen). Enjoy tastings that highlight France's flavors while learning the stories behind its famous baked goods.

Paris French Baking Experience - Bread/Croissant or Macaron Class

Discover the art of macaron baking from a Le Cordon Bleu Paris-trained chef during a small-group pastry class in Paris. No prior patisserie experience is required for this hands-on workshop, with all bakers welcome. This intimate experience is ideal for solo travelers, couples, and groups alike. Throughout the class, you’ll enjoy personalized one-on-one attention from your chef, ensuring you learn the necessary steps to prepare professional-level macarons back home.

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Paris Macaron baking class with a Chef Patissier

There’s nothing quite like learning about a city through its food culture. This Paris cookery class introduces you to Parisian patisserie through classic French pastry recipes. Led by a pastry chef, you’ll master choux cooking techniques in a step-by-step, accessible approach. Classes are laidback, with a focus on having fun and making memories. Plus, you can take tips home to impress family and friends.

Hands-on Eclair and Choux Making with a Pastry Chef

Discover one of the Latin Quarter’s must-visit foodie destinations when you tour the Rue Mouffetard’s famed market—and follow up your explorations with a tutored food and cheese tasting—on this small-group tour. Meet your guide right in the market, chat with local producers, and then head to an intimate restaurant. You’ll taste several different wines alongside a French cheese plate, and will learn about the art of pairing from the restaurant’s chef.

Cheese and Wine Tasting in the Latin Quarter with Chef Alex

1 hour 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Held in one of Paris’s trendiest neighborhoods, Les Batignolles, this is not just a hands-on cooking class but a fully immersive culinary experience led by a former Cordon Bleu instructor. Unlike many Parisian workshops that emphasize demonstrations, this hands-on class ensures every guest actively participates in preparing each dish from start to finish. With a maximum of six participants, the intimate setting allows for personalized guidance, making it ideal for mastering authentic techniques. While the focus is on classic French cuisine, guests can also explore Colombian or Asian flavors upon request. After cooking, guests sit together to enjoy the gourmet meal they have created. Each participant leaves with a deeper culinary understanding, a certificate of accomplishment, and a cookbook featuring all the class recipes. This class is for person aged 15 and older. No children please.

Paris Small Group Hands-On Cooking Class with Cordon Bleu Chef

3 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

France is world-renowned for its delicious cheese and butter, and this hands-on workshop lets you dive into the country’s cheesemaking and butter-making heritage. Visit a traditional local ‘fromagerie’ (cheese shop), “Paroles de Fromagers”, meet the cheesemakers, and learn the secrets of cheese and butter making during a fun and interactive workshop. Finally, sample some of the delicious cheeses paired with French wine.

Butter and cheesemaking Workshop with Wine and Cheese Tasting

Discover the secrets behind classic French dishes such during a private, personalized cooking class. Meet with a local chef at her Parisian home, shop for ingredients together at the local market, then get hands-on as you help prepare a delicious main course and dessert. As you go, learn all about French culinary traditions. Finally, sit down with your host to enjoy your homemade meal, plus dessert and Champagne.

Private Market Tour and Classic French Cooking Class in Paris

3 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

Macarons are one of France's most popular confections, but they can be tricky to prepare. Learn insider tips and tricks for perfecting them during this hands-on, small-group baking class in Paris. Benefit from your expert instructor, who provides detailed instructions throughout the class. Choose the colors you prefer, fill them with buttercream, and taste the freshly baked results. As a bonus, take home a box of macarons as a souvenir.

After learning all the key steps, enjoy your own macarons at teatime

Paris Cooking Class: Learn How to Make Macarons

Amazing Sweet Crêpe Cooking Class Paris

Ensure a memorable night out in Paris—and combine your sightseeing with a gourmet meal—aboard a luxurious dinner cruise along the Seine River. Float past the city’s famed monuments, such as the Louvre and Notre Dame, and admire the beauty of the Seine's UNESCO-listed riverbanks. Meanwhile, enjoy a gourmet, 3-4-course meal (depending on the menu selected), plus live musical entertainment.

Bateaux Parisiens Seine River Gourmet Dinner & Sightseeing Cruise

Don't just savor delicious pastries during your Paris trip—learn how to make them yourself, and walk away with new skills and culinary inspiration, thanks to this small-group cooking class. Led by your expert culinary instructor, learn every step of preparing the perfect cream puffs and chocolate éclairs, from mastering the choux pastry to the Chantilly cream. The best part of this cooking class is saved for the end, when you get to try the results.

Paris Cooking Class: Chocolate Éclairs and Cream Puffs

- After getting your first wine directly from your 9 barrels, you will learn the basics of wine tasting. – Go to the heart of the cellar and its century-old table, where your superb aperitif boards await you to discover a second Wine. It's time to use black glass for a blind tasting to sharpen your other senses. What is the colour of your wine? Not so easy... Here is a wine that needs a little downtime. You don't think the moment is frozen? What better way to get out of your daydream (or better yet, dive in) than with bubbles? All the wines and products tasted are available at the right temperature directly at the Boutique if you want to extend the pleasure at home or go for a walk along the Canal Saint Martin.

Evening Oenology Course, 5 Wines and Aperitif Boards with 1 Sommelier

Paris French Bakery Experience Le Marais

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What are people saying about Paris

gail_s, Oct 2026

We had a great time. We...

We had a great time. We were treated to coffee and a plate of freshly baked mini croissants and pane au chocolate. Then we went downstairs and upstairs to have some hands-on experience with baguettes, financiers and croissants. We left with plenty of goodies for later. We'll return to enjoy some of the other beautiful pastries this bakery offers.

Paris French Baking Experience - Bread/Croissant or Macaron Class

Chloe_T, Oct 2026

A delicious experience from start to finish!

Pierre really made this tour! A brilliant guide- super friendly and really brought the history of the bakery to life as well as interesting facts and stories about baking. My youngest really wants to be a chef so he really loved all the hands on experience of rolling baguettes, mixing and piping financiers as well as speed rolling croissants! Was the highlight of our little trip to Paris, worth every penny. Go hungry as you go away with lots of baked goods so perfect for a little picnic afterwards.

Paris Croissant Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef

Dielda_R, Oct 2026

NOLA on Paris_Croissant Class

Our instructor, Julie was personable and a great teacher. She was very knowledgeable, wry professional, and patient. She made the class fun and interesting. The croissant class was great and I would recommend it to everyone looking to do something fun and different while in Paris.

French Baking Class in a Local Montmartre Bakery

Sarah_G, Oct 2026

Five Stars

It was real world bakery experience. But it was also So much fun, we laughed and got plenty of hands on experience. I would recommend this class, the bakery is cute, the neighborhood is charming and our chef David was very knowledgeable and so much fun.

Paris Cooking Class and Lunch with Wine plus Market Visit Option

Jenn_M, Oct 2026

Fun, Informative, and Delicious

Fredric was an amazing host. The class was informative without being stuffy. We were there from 9-3 and time FLEW. the collaborative nature and pacing was perfect. I debated signing up for the croissant class that was happening after this class ended but the food coma wa s too strong. Will definitely take another class in the future.

Paris Evening Cooking Class French Dinner and Market Visit Option

Terri_Q, Oct 2026

Delicious Food - Don't Miss Market Tour and Cooking Class

Wow! Thoroughly enjoyed the market tour, the cooking (and you do the cooking) as well as all the tips and "Frech-isms" during the evening. Frederic was an outstanding host, chef, instructor and tour guide. Our meal was magnificent and overall doable at home as well. Highly recommend!

Butter and cheesemaking Workshop with Wine and Cheese Tasting

Peter_G, Oct 2026

We throughly wonderful...

We throughly wonderful time making the butter and cheese. Our instructor Guillaume was friendly knowledgeable and enthusiastic which made the experience all the better. It was very satisfying later in the day when we enjoyed handmade butter and cheese with baguette! Highly recommend.

Croissant Baking Class, Mastering the Art with a Pastry Chef

Cosette_C, Oct 2026

A Croissant named Charlotte!

Our chef, Leticia was amazing! Her welcoming smile, her love for baking, stories, and guidance made the class fun while educational. She made sure that we understood why we did certain steps in a particular order by explaining the outcome if we didn't follow the sequence. I will remember this class and the techniques I learned for a very long time!

Paris French Cuisine Small Group Cooking Class with Lunch

Robert_M, Oct 2026

A must do Parisian culinary experience.

This was a wonderful culinary experience. Chef Dominique demonstrated various techniques and then let us loose in his kitchen. There were two other couples in our group and we all enjoyed the afternoon. The end result was a meal to enjoy - from appetizer through to dessert.

Paris Macarons Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef

Emma_S, Sep 2026

We took the macaron class...

We took the macaron class with Julie, 10/10 experience. Very intimate group as it was 4 of us, plus the instructor. Loved the 1-on-1 and the detailed attention we all received. A very good recipe for macarons and was one of my mom’s and I’s favorite experiences on our trip!

Paris Cooking Class with Ferrandi chef at Galeries Lafayette

Pam_S, Sep 2026

Ferrandi Chef's Secrets French Cooking Class - AMAZING

A must do for any foodie visiting Paris! We saved this experience for our last full day, so we can end our trip on this highest note and it did not disappointment. Our teenagers loved the ability to cook their own meal and our chef was amazing. He have us tips. guided us through French cooking skills and gave us some great tips for visiting Paris. We made this our lunch and every one cleaned their plates, our teenagers even ate all the veggies! Possibly one of the best meals we had, and we got to take the recipe home to try to recreate it! I think this will become a family favorite.

Paris Wine Tasting plus Cheese Lunch with an Expert Sommelier

Christie_H, Feb 2026

Enjoyed this experience...

Enjoyed this experience with my daughter on her 24th birthday. The sommelier was extremely knowledgeable and approachable with questions. He paired each wine course with a cheese from the same region and explained how the flavor of the wines were enhanced with the different cheeses. A super fun and informative experience!