Loflin Yard in downtown Memphis runs quarterly Memphis BBQ classes on the South Main beer garden patio, covering dry rub, smoker timing and pulled pork techniques.
Tip: Classes run April through October. Includes a pulled pork dinner and three beers.
Address: 7 W Carolina Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
Cxffeeblack in East Memphis runs coffee tasting and brewing classes from the roastery on Bowen Avenue, covering Ethiopia origins, pour-over technique and cupping.
Tip: Pre-book on the site; classes run monthly at the roastery. Includes coffee to take home.
Sur La Table's Laurelwood Memphis cooking school runs hands-on classes from Asian pan stir-fries to pasta-making and knife-skills nights in a teaching kitchen on Perkins Extended.
Tip: Buy ahead online; weekend dates fill first. Date-night class is the easy first booking.
The Cooking Cottage in downtown Memphis is a private cooking school running themed Southern, knife-skills and date-night classes for 12 people in a converted house kitchen.
Tip: Book groups in advance; private parties take the whole kitchen for the night.
Viking Cooking School in East Memphis on Quince Road runs a full schedule of hands-on classes in the Viking demo kitchen, with BBQ, knife skills and Southern weeknight cooking.
Tip: BBQ classes fill three months ahead. Knife skills is the steady booking; wine pairing nights too.
Williams-Sonoma Saddle Creek in Germantown runs free in-store technique sessions on Saturday mornings, alongside paid hands-on Italian, BBQ and baking classes throughout the year.
Tip: Saturday 10:00 in-store sessions are free with no reservation. Paid classes book online.
