Hands-on cooking classes in London that teach you something you will actually make again at home.

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Leiths School of Food and Wine ★ 4.7

Modern British and European technique, baking and patisserieGroup: 12 max £110-£300 per day class notting-hill-bayswater

Leiths School of Food and Wine in west London, founded 1975 by Prue Leith, runs day, evening and short courses on professional cooking technique.

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Bread Ahead Bakery School ★ 4.6

Bread, viennoiserie, doughnuts and pastryGroup: 10 max £100-£200 per day class borough

Bread Ahead Bakery School at Borough Market in London, founded 2013 by Matthew Jones, runs day classes on sourdough, doughnuts and pastry inside the bakery.

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Divertimenti Cookery School ★ 4.4

European technique, Italian pasta, fish cookery, AsianGroup: 12 max £90-£170 per evening class marylebone

Divertimenti's cookery school above the kitchen shop on Marylebone High Street in London, running since 1999, hosts visiting chefs and a Friday evening.

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Borough Kitchen Cook School ★ 4.4

Knife skills, Italian, Asian, French techniqueGroup: 10 max £80-£170 per evening class borough

Borough Kitchen Cook School, run by the kitchenware shop chain since 2014, hosts knife-skills, Italian-pasta and Asian cookery classes at Hampstead.

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Jamie Oliver Cookery School ★ 4.6

British pies, steak, fish and global classics across rotating short coursesGroup: 16 max £60 to £190 per class islington

Jamie Oliver Cookery School on Holloway Road runs short hands-on classes from one-hour technique sessions to full-day deep dives, including the Ultimate Burger, All Things Steak and Calum Franklin's pie workshops.

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