Chicago Kids Cooking Camps

Discover the best summer cooking camps in Chicago and the surrounding Chicagoland suburbs! Chicago Kids has curated a directory of top-rated cooking and baking programs where young chefs develop essential kitchen skills, explore global cuisines, and gain lifelong confidence. From one-day workshops to full-week sessions, we have the ideal culinary adventure for your budding foodie. Find a cooking camp near you and enroll today!

Explore these Cooking Camp providers, and you may visit our NEW Summer Camp Database to search for individual camps!

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The Chopping Block’s Kids and Teen Summer Cooking Camps

4747 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago,
Hands-on summer cooking camps where kids and teens build real kitchen skills, confidence, and creativity—led by professional chefs in a safe, fun environment. They’ll cook, taste, and be proud of what they make.

Junior Chefs Kitchen

Two Locations, Lincoln Park and West Loop,
JCK Summer Camp offers sensory-rich cooking experiences where kids explore creativity, build confidence, and learn through hands-on projects, games, and collaboration, guided by caring Instructors in a fun, supportive environment all summer long for growing minds.

Oui Chef

2622 N Halsted Street, Chicago,
Oui Chef camp offers a fun and educational, hands-on cooking experience creating individual recipes. Each session will include a variety of cooking techniques and tools which will continue to expose the campers to new culinary ideas.

Kidz Can Cook
7242 W. Touhy Avenue, Chicago
Welcome to Kidz Can Cook! Our founder, Donna Jacobs, is excited to share her love of cooking with you and your family. Donna......more

Schoolhouse Kitchen and Studio
Three Locations , Portage Park, Wicker Park and River Forest
Kids will love baking and cooking in our beautiful kitchen studio each day. Learning new recipes, crafting, playing games and......more

Sticky Fingers Cooking Camp
Multiple Locations, Chicago Suburbs
At Sticky Fingers Cooking, our passion is helping young chefs discover the joys of cooking healthy and delicious meals that......more

Sur La Table
Multiple Locations, Chicagoland
Classes and camps are offered at multiple locations in Chicago and the suburbs at the Mag Mile, Old Orchard, and downtown......more

Taste Buds Kitchen
2521 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn
Hands-on cooking camps all summer long and every school holiday for ages 4-13. Each day is a new culinary adventure creating......more

Whole Foods Lincoln Park
1550 N. Kingsbury St. , Chicago
Whole Foods' talented team of Cooking Specialists and Guest Chefs offer single-day and session-based camps for kids this summer. ...more






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