Baking Classes in Chicago, IL

French macarons take a bit of finesse to get that...je ne sais quoi. Our expert pastry chef will guide you through every step of the technique as you learn and practice how to make three different, delicious varieties. You will go home with a box of your beautiful masterpieces! Menu: Chocolate Macarons with Raspberry Jam and Coffee Buttercream ...

Learn the basics of working with yeast doughs and the art of properly shaping and baking them to perfection!  Menu: Carrot-Rosemary Braided Whole Wheat Loaf Pecan Sticky Buns Spinach, Goat Cheese and Sun-Dried Tomato Calzones Skills Covered in Class Include: Mixing Yeast Dough Understanding Ingredient Functions Using Different Flours...

Join chef instructor Kristin “Baker Bettie” Hoffman in this introductory class aimed at building a baseline understanding of how sourdough works. This class is geared towards making sourdough approachable for the home baker. Each student will walk through the process of using their new sourdough starter to make bread dough from scratch. Each student...

Macarons are delicate and beautiful and seem impossible to re-create in your home kitchen… not so! Chef Rachel Cuzzone has an easy way about her instruction and you’ll walk away with all the confidence of an Olympic macaron baker! Menu Pumpkin Spice Macaron with Milk Chocolate Ganache Pecan Macaron with Cinnamon Buttercream Almond Macaron...

Do you love making cookies with the kids for Christmas?  Have you always wanted to go the neighborhood Cookie Exchange but didn’t feel your cookies were worthy? Kolacky are delicious flaky fruit-filled cookies, made with cream cheese and butter for a very rich holiday treat. Possible fillings are apricot, raspberry, pineapple, poppy seed...

Join Chef Rachel, pastry chef extraordinaire as she teaches you the secret to decorating the perfect sugar cookie. Sugar cookies will be baked and you’ll decorate to take home in a fun holiday tin. Rachel will provide a recipe so you can recreate at home. Recommended age is 10+ – Picture is only one cute holiday treat you’ll decorate! What...

It’s Christmas cookie time! Come join us for our 2nd annual stress free evening of listening to carols and baking cookies! Everyone will be split into teams. Each team will make two different cookie recipes. Once everyone has finished baking, we will give each participant a pretty box filled with all your baking delights so you can take your cookies...

Join us for a hands-on workshop on how to prepare focaccia, an Italian flatbread from start to finish. In this class, you’ll work with Eataly Chicago’s La Scuola Chef to form and shape focaccia dough as he reveals tips on how to produce this tasty bread that is perfect for a light lunch on the go. You will be welcomed into the class by a glass...

Every day, our bakery produces freshly-baked bread for our restaurants, counters, and marketplace. Our secret ingredients? A custom-built wood-fired oven, select freshly-milled flours, and a time-honored mother yeast (sourdough). Lievito madre, or "mother leaven," is the key to transforming flour and water into traditional Italian bread. Join one...

Mamma Mia! Master the art of creating authentic Neapolitan pizzas in your own home. Menu: Kale Salad with Pancetta and Parmesan Pistachio Pesto, Italian Sausage and Fontina Cheese Pizza Spinach, Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Pizza with Smoked Provolone Quattro Formaggi White Pizza Skills covered in class: Making and rolling out yeast dough Cooking...

PIZZA PARTY!!! This is the night you have been waiting for… join us in celebration pizza and prosecco and watch a Master at work! Master Istruttore Leo Spizzirri and our pizzaioli will be stretching dough and firing pizzas all evening in our oven room, for this special pizza party dinner. Bring all of your questions and learn pizza making from...

Winter is in the air – it’s the perfect time to learn the basics of making Italian Insalata (salad), Risotto and Crostata in our Cooking 101 series.  Our Chef at La Scuola has created the perfect menu for a Sunday afternoon: Kale and Pecorino salad, Mushroom Risotto, and seasonal Crostata. Join us for this demonstration class where you will...

You’ve watched the show, rooted for the competitors and followed the trials and tribulations of passionate amateur bakers attempting to be crowned U.K.’s best. Now it’s your turn! British baking with Chef Rachel right in your own backyard. On the menu:  British Style Scones with Lemon Curd Mini Victoria Sponge Cakes Religieuse (Pate...

Join us for a pastry class taught by Eataly Chicago's Scuola Chef focused on how to create a fruit crostata from scratch. Guests will be led through a hands-on portion of how to make the crostata dough and how to arrange their very own fresh fruit filing in a beautiful way. During the demonstration guests will enjoy a tasting of a finished crostata...