Regional cuisines, baking, and live-fire grillingGroup: Varies by classVaries by class
The CIA's Texas campus at the Pearl runs public hands-on cooking classes, from single-day two-to-five-hour sessions to multi-day regional-cuisine and live-fire explorations taught by professional instructors.
Live-fire and grilling techniquesGroup: Varies by classMulti-day boot-camp pricing
The CIA's Texas campus runs multi-day boot camps at the Pearl built around live-fire cooking and grilling, an immersive format that suits the Texas barbecue and asado traditions, taught by CIA chef-instructors.
Plant-forward and vegetable cookingGroup: Varies by classMulti-day boot-camp pricing
The CIA's Texas campus runs a Plant-Powered Cooking Boot Camp at the Pearl, a multi-day vegetable-forward course for home cooks wanting to build plant-based technique under professional CIA instructors.
Seasonal, international, and technique classesGroup: Demonstration and hands-on formatsVaries by class
The Central Market Cooking School on Broadway runs a deep schedule of demonstration and hands-on classes, from seasonal-produce cooking to international cuisines and technique workshops, in the grocer's teaching kitchen.
Technique, baking, and themed cuisinesGroup: Small hands-on classesVaries by class
Sur La Table at the Shops at La Cantera runs themed hands-on cooking and baking classes throughout the month, a beginner-friendly format covering technique, pasta, knife skills and seasonal menus.
Baking, pastry, and traveling-chef formatsGroup: Small group, social formatPer-person, booked online
Cozymeal in San Antonio connects guests with local chefs who teach hands-on classes either at chef studio spaces in the Northwest Side and Uptown Central or by traveling to a guest's home, with baking and pastry the deepest current category.
Hands-on multi-cuisine, appetizers, full menusGroup: Small group, kids 8 and olderVaries by class
The Culinary Cottage between San Antonio and New Braunfels is Nicole Flowers's 900-square-foot hands-on cooking studio, set in a renovated 1915 farmhouse, with monthly menus, kid and adult workshops, and private events.
Themed hands-on classes with local chefsGroup: Small group, social formatPer-person, booked online
Classpop! books hands-on and date-night cooking classes across San Antonio with local chefs, from pasta-making to Mexican cuisine, a marketplace covering the city's social-cooking experiences.
Cooking instruction for childrenGroup: Kids ages 4 and upClass and membership pricing
Young Chefs Academy San Antonio teaches cooking to children aged four and up, with weekly classes, school-break camps, and monthly memberships, the city's main kids' culinary-education program.