Cooking Classes

“For starters, learn how to cook.”

— Charles Simic, poet, when asked ”What advice would you give to people who are looking to be happy?”

Please check individual listings for latest schedule of classes.

General Cookery

The Black Tie Company – Cooking Classes

One Union Wharf, Portland, ME 0401
(207) 761-6665, info@theblacktieco.com
www.theblacktieco.com
• Offers hands-on and demonstration cooking classes in their professional kitchen, taught by an assortment of catering chefs and guest professionals.

Canterbury Shaker Village

288 Shaker Rd, Canterbury, NH 03224
(603) 783-9511, info@shakers.org
www.shakers.org
• Schedule of culinary classes offered while open seasonally.

Cape House Catering – Cooking Classes

Jennifer Scism
484 US Route One, Kittery, ME 03904
(207) 451-9060, jennifer@capehousecatering.com
www.capehousecatering.com
• Hands-on classes offered monthly every third Thursday, presenting a different theme and demonstrating different cooking techniques, and utilizing the ingredients of the Seacoast and surrounding area. Private classes also available for groups of 6.

Chez Boucher Cooking School

32 Depot Square, Hampton, NH 03842
(603) 926-2202, info@chezboucher.com
www.chezboucher.com
• Wide range of classes offered, from one-day workshops to professional culinary arts training.

Five Seasons Cooking School

Lisa Silverman
87 St. Lawrence St., Portland, ME
(207) 780-0738, 5seasons@maine.rr.com
www.fiveseasonscookingschool.net
• Group as well as private cooking classes, emphasis on macrobiotic and gourmet whole foods.

Flavor Concepts Catering – Cooking Classes

Chef Evan Hennessey
(603) 781-1386, info@flavor-concepts.com
www.flavorconceptscatering.com
• Offering private at-home training and consultations for individuals as well as small groups.

For Kids Who Cook

Lisa Dion
16 Manning St, Suite 105, Derry, NH 03038
(603) 591-5918, lisa@forkidswhocook.com
www.forkidswhocook.com
• Cooking classes and after-school programs for kids, also adult classes.

Girl Gone Raw

Elizabeth Fraser
81 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 650-3437, elizabeth@girlgoneraw.com
www.girlgoneraw.com
• Raw vegan classes, potlucks and demos.

Li Yuen’s Chinese Cooking School

Li Yuen Buesing
112C Lafayette Rd, North Hampton, NH 03862
(603) 964-8181
www.liyuens.com
• Offering six levels of instruction in Chinese cooking, each level consisting of four sessions.

Many Hands Sustainability Center

411 Sheldon Road, Barre, MA 01005
(978) 355-2853
www.manyhandssustainabilitycenter.org
• Offering Food Production Workshops, including “Raising Chickens” and “Food Preservation”

Mrs. Murphy’s Kitchen

Sue Murphy
Mailing address: PO Box 1650, York Beach, ME 03910
(207) 363-4217, smurphy3@myfairpoint.net
www.mrsmurphyskitchen.com
• Offering a variety of hands-on vegetarian cooking classes for children and adults.

Nature’s Wonders Cooking Classes for Children

Rye, NH
natureswonders@gmail.com
www.natureswondersnh.com

New Hampshire Farm Museum

PO Box 644 Rt. 125, Plummer’s Ridge, Milton, NH 03851
(603) 652-7840, info@farmmuseum.org
www.farmmuseum.org

Patty Howells Kitchen

Patty Howells
59 Chadwick St, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 752-0126, info@pattyhowellskitchen.com
www.pattyhowellscooking.com
• Offers informal cooking classes and consultations.

Salt Water Farm

Annemarie Ahearn
Lincolnville, ME 04849
(207) 230-0966, annemarie @ saltwaterfarm.com
www.saltwaterfarm.com
• Year-round schedule of classes and multi-day workshops, emphasizing using local ingredients from basic kitchen and gardening skills, to butchering and preserving.

Stone Turtle Baking & Cooking School

Michael & Sandy Jubinsky
173 Howitt Rd, Lyman, ME 04002
(207) 324-7558, info@stoneturtlebaking.com
www.stoneturtlebaking.com
• “We really wanted to call our school the ‘Stone Turtle Baking, Cooking, Pizza-making, Community Oven, Team Building, omigod I’m having a great time, Wood-fired Oven Learning Center” but it wouldn’t fit.”

Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School

2 Stonewall Lane, York, ME 03909
(877) 899-8363
www.stonewallkitchen.com
• Full schedule of lunch and evening classes covering a wide range of topics and instruction, often featuring noted restaurant chefs, cookbook authors, and cooking professionals.

Tracey Osborne Miller, Health & Wellness Counselor

8 Wendell Dr, Brentwood, NH 03833
(603) 380-1080
www.traceymillerwellness.com
• Individual and group instruction on making healthy choices and eating locally.

The White Apron

One Washington Place, Suite 1024, Dover, NH 03820
(603) 617-3555, info@thewhiteapron.com
www.thewhiteapron.com
• Cooking and wine classes, in addition to catering.

 

Baking

The Baking Education Center

King Arthur Flour, 133 Route 5 South, Norwich, VT
(800) 652-3334, BakingEducation@kingarthurflour.com
www.kingarthurflour.com
• Ongoing classes for home bakers, professionals, as well as kids.

Breadhitz

Hitz Baking Facility, 97 Chestnut Street, Rehoboth, MA
(508) 252-9733, breadhitz@gmail.com
www.breadhitz.com
• Hands-on baking workshops led by master baker, Chef Ciril Hitz, in an intimate setting. Workshops include Artisan Bread, Breakfast Breads, and a Wood-Fired Oven Intensive.

The Kneading Conference & Maine Artisan Bread Fair

Skowhegan Fairgrounds, Skowhegan, ME
www.kneadingconference.com
• The Kneading Conference brings together novice and professional bakers, grain farmers and millers, researchers, wood-fired oven enthusiasts and anyone who loves to eat handcrafted breads for two-days of participatory workshops, presentations, and panel discussions. Occurs annually with the Maine Artisan Bread Fair.

Stone Turtle Baking & Cooking School

Michael & Sandy Jubinsky
173 Howitt Rd, Lyman, ME 04002
(207) 324-7558, info@stoneturtlebaking.com
www.stoneturtlebaking.com
• “We really wanted to call our school the ‘Stone Turtle Baking, Cooking, Pizza-making, Community Oven, Team Building, omigod I’m having a great time, Wood-fired Oven Learning Center” but it wouldn’t fit.” Ongoing schedule of hands-on baking workshops and guest instructors, with many of them focused on using their wood-fired oven.

 

Cheesemaking

Appleton Creamery

Brad, Caitlin & Fiona Hunter
780 Gurney Town Road, Appleton, ME 04862
info@appletoncreamery.com
www.appletoncreamery.com
• Beginners workshops and advanced one-on-one cheesemaking instruction; also sheep dairying and cheese.

Dancing Dog Farm

Carol Lake & Peter Schmidt
Peterborough, NH
(603) 289-2426, drtmrpony@aol.com
www.dancingdogfarm.wordpress.com
• Hands-on cheesemaking as well as other “Grow Your Own” series of summer classes.

Formaggio Kitchen

244 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, MA
www.formaggiokitchen.com
• Offers cheesemaking classes in addition to those focused on tasting.

New England Cheesemaking Supply

Ricki Carroll
PO Box 85, Ashfield, MA 01330
(413) 628-3808, info@cheesemaking.com
www.cheesemaking.com
• Cheesemaking 101, a one-day workshop with Ricki, the Cheese Queen; Cheesemaking 201 for intermediate and advanced level students.

Pineland Farms

15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester, ME 04260
(207) 688-4691, info@pinelandfarms.org
www.pinelandfarms.org
• Learn to make cheese with Head Cheesemaker, Mark Whitney; unique 2-day workshop.

Shelburne Farms

1611 Harbor Rd, Shelburne, VT 05482
(802) 985-8686
www.shelburnefarms.org
• Variety of cheesemaking workshops, behind-the-scenes tours & annual Vermont Cheesemakers Festival.

Three Shepherds Cheese

Dr. Larry & Linda Faillace
108 Roxbury Mountain Road, Warren, VT 05674
(802) 496-3998, localfood@msn.com|
www.threeshepherdscheese.com
• 3-day artisanal cheese making classes

The Training Center for Farmstead Cheesemaking

Peter Dixon
131 West Parish Rd, Westminster West, VT 05346
(802) 387-4041, dixonpeter@mac.com
http://www.dairyfoodsconsulting.com/training.shtml
• Artisan cheesemaking workshops at Consider Bardwell Farm in West Pawlet, Vermont; 2 and 3 day workshops in other locations.

Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese

Jody Farnham, Program Director
255 Carrigan Wing Bldg./UVM, 102 Carrigan Dr., Burlington, VT 05405
(802) 656-8300, jfarnham@uvm.edu
www.uvm.edu/viac/
• Advanced/professional level courses as part of their Cheesemaking Certificate Programs; do not need to be pursuing certificate to take classes. Also includes Public Education/Tasting Program.

Adult Education

Dover Adult Learning Center of Strafford County

Dover: 61 Locust St, Dover, NH 03820
(603) 742-1030
Rochester: 63 South Main St (First Church Congregational), Rochester, NH 03867
(603) 335-6200
http://www.dalc-online.org/

Exeter Adult Education

Tuck Learning Campus, 30 Linden St, Exeter, NH 0383
(603) 775-8457
http://adultedrw.sau16.org/

Kittery Adult Education

Traip Academy, 12 Williams Ave., Kittery, ME 03904
(207) 439-5896
http://kittery.maineadulted.org/

Marshwood Adult & Community Education

260 Route 236, South Berwick, ME 03908
(207) 384-5703
http://marshwood.maineadulted.org/

Portsmouth Community Education

Portsmouth Middle School, 155 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 431-5080, x444
http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/school/index.htm

York Adult & Community Education

1 Robert Stevens Dr, York, ME 03909
(207) 363 7922
http://york.maineadulted.org/