Chef's Choice at Johnson and Wales Charlotte is the standalone recreational cooking series, with classes from knife skills to baking and saucemaking.
Editorially verified June 4, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Family-friendly options run during school holidays. Sign up via the JWU Charlotte registration portal.
Address: 801 W Trade St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Charlotte Cooks is the Central Piedmont Community College continuing-ed cooking programme, with hands-on classes for beginners to intermediate cooks.
Tip: Continuing-ed pricing; the cheapest formal cooking-class option in Charlotte.
Johnson and Wales Charlotte's Kitchen Academy on West Trade is the chef-led recreational cooking school, with hands-on classes from knife skills to world.
Tip: Schedules post in August and December for September-May runs. Custom classes open in Spring 2026.
Chef Alyssa's Kitchen on Yancey Road in South End runs hands-on adult cooking classes plus kids' camps, team building and parent-and-child events. The menu spans Thai, comfort food, grilling and southwest.
Tip: Adult classes are 21+. The summer culinary and baking camps for kids book out in March; sign up to the mailing list for early access.
Charlotte Cooks is the Central Piedmont Community College continuing-ed cooking programme, with hands-on classes for beginners to intermediate cooks.
Tip: Continuing-ed pricing; the cheapest formal cooking-class option in Charlotte.
Johnson and Wales Charlotte's Kitchen Academy on West Trade is the chef-led recreational cooking school, with hands-on classes from knife skills to world.
Tip: Schedules post in August and December for September-May runs. Custom classes open in Spring 2026.
Williams Sonoma at SouthPark on Carnegie Boulevard runs a weekly cooking class programme with free Sunday technique classes and Saturday hands-on recipe.
Tip: Free Sunday technique sessions; paid Saturday classes. Register on the operator site.
