5 Best Culinary Schools in Toronto (2026)

The Chef Upstairs runs hands-on cooking classes out of a dedicated Midtown Toronto venue, alongside private dining, corporate team-building events, and an at-home private chef service. Classes are themed by cuisine, Mexican, Thai, Italian, and structured around small groups working different stations rather than watching a single demo. The business is 100% nut-free and also operates a second location under the same name in Vaughan.

Le Dolci is a dedicated baking and pastry classroom in Toronto's west end, running everything from single-session classes, croissants, macarons, doughnuts, to multi-day masterclasses in cake decorating and Parisian pastry. The studio also hosts birthday parties, corporate team building, kids' camps, and location shoots inside its fully equipped classroom space.

The Chef Upstairs - Vaughan is the second location of the same Midtown Toronto cooking-class business, running the identical themed group-class model, Italian night, Moroccan souk, Indian menus, out of Vaughan. Reviews describe the same interactive, community-style format as the Toronto location, with named chefs Harold, Adamo, and Mat leading sessions.

Roll This Way has run sushi and dumpling making classes in Toronto for over 14 years, alongside sushi catering, corporate team building, and a karaoke venue at its Logan Avenue location. Classes are taught by trained sushi chefs and combine instruction with an all-you-can-eat sushi component, and the business ships take-home sushi-making kits as well.

Culinary Adventure Co. is worth including for context, but it isn't a hands-on cooking school. It's a guided walking food-tour company running tastings through St. Lawrence Market, Kensington Market, Chinatown, and other Toronto neighborhoods since 2011. Guests taste food at multiple vendors along a route led by a named guide rather than cooking anything themselves.