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title: Paris Cooking Class
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city: Paris
country: France
tours: 19
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reviews_total: 6909
as_of: 2026-10-22
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# Paris Cooking Class

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Cooking Classes in Paris: 19 tours, all from the 569 we kept after screening every one of the 4,622 tours Viator lists for Paris, rated 4.5★ or higher by 30+ travellers and each one read and summarised by Guidekin.

## Guidekin's verdict (last checked September 15, 2026)

We compared 19 handpicked Paris cooking and baking classes, from pastries to full meals; all are listed as shared.

- **Which class first?:** [Cooking Class with a Cordon Bleu Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-small-group-hands-on-cooking-class-with-cordon-bleu-chef/?format=md). Book the Cordon Bleu chef's lunch class: three or four courses in 3h 30m at €200 per person, 4.97 from 121 reviews; no vegan menu. Max six participants. Trade-off: No vegan menu. — now €200 per person, 4.97 (121)
- **Croissant technique?:** [Croissant Baking with a Pastry Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/croissant-baking-class-mastering-the-art-with-a-pastry-chef/?format=md). Choose the standard Croissant Baking Class: lamination in 3h at €119 per person, 4.96 from 154 reviews; minimum age seventeen. Pastries and recipes to keep. Trade-off: Kneading requires strength. — now €119 per person, 4.96 (154)
- **Macarons to go?:** [Learn How to Make Macarons](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-cooking-class-learn-how-to-make-macarons/?format=md). Book Macarons Class for shells, buttercream and a takeaway box: 3h at €129 per person, 4.97 from 687 reviews; full refund needs six full days' notice. Minimum age twelve. Trade-off: Full refund requires six full days' notice. — now €129 per person, 4.97 (687)

Also compared:

- [French Baking in a Montmartre Bakery](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/french-baking-class-in-a-local-montmartre-bakery/?format=md): A working bakery workshop. Trade-off: English only. — now €95 per person, 4.92 (418)
- [Macarons with a Chef Patissier](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-macaron-baking-class-with-a-chef-patissier/?format=md): Macarons, free cancellation. Trade-off: English only. — now €104 per person, 4.96 (155)
- [Fun Macaron Class for Families](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/fun-macaron-class-for-families-in-paris/?format=md): Baking macarons with children. Trade-off: No air conditioning. — now €95 per person, 4.89 (717)
- [Ferrandi Chef at Galeries Lafayette](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-cooking-class-with-ferrandi-chef-at-galeries-lafayette/?format=md): A single savoury dish. Trade-off: Minimum age twelve. — now €130 per person, 4.6 (43)

Commissions never affect the order.

## All 19 tours, ranked by Guidekin score

| # | Tour | Collections | Price | Rating | Duration | Runs | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Paris Cooking Class: Learn How to Make Macarons](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-cooking-class-learn-how-to-make-macarons/?format=md) | Food Tours | €129 per person | 4.97 (687) | 3h | daily 15:00 | up to 4 per booking · instant · en |
| 2 | [Paris Cooking Class and Lunch with Wine plus Market Visit Option](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-cooking-class-and-lunch-with-wine-plus-market-visit-option/?format=md) | Food Tours | €199 per person | 4.96 (1158) | 6h | daily exc Mon 09:00–10:30 | up to 6 per booking · instant · en |
| 3 | [Amazing Sweet Crêpe Cooking Class Paris](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/amazing-sweet-cr-pe-cooking-class-paris/?format=md) | Food Tours | €85 per person | 4.98 (242) | 3h | Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 15:45 | up to 8 per booking · free cancel · instant · en |
| 4 | [Paris Macaron baking class with a Chef Patissier](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-macaron-baking-class-with-a-chef-patissier/?format=md) | Food Tours | €104 per person | 4.96 (155) | 2h 30m | daily 09:30–14:00 | up to 10 per booking · free cancel · instant · en |
| 5 | [Croissant Baking Class, Mastering the Art with a Pastry Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/croissant-baking-class-mastering-the-art-with-a-pastry-chef/?format=md) | Food Tours | €119 per person | 4.96 (154) | 3h | daily 09:30 | up to 6 per booking · free cancel · instant · en |
| 6 | [Paris Small Group Hands-On Cooking Class with Cordon Bleu Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-small-group-hands-on-cooking-class-with-cordon-bleu-chef/?format=md) |  | €200 per person | 4.97 (121) | 3h 30m | daily 11:00 | up to 4 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/es |
| 7 | [French Baking Class in a Local Montmartre Bakery](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/french-baking-class-in-a-local-montmartre-bakery/?format=md) | Montmartre Tours, Food Tours | €95 per person | 4.92 (418) | 1h 30m | daily 12:00–16:30 | up to 6 per booking · free cancel · instant · en |
| 8 | [Paris Cooking Class: Chocolate Éclairs and Cream Puffs](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-cooking-class-chocolate-clairs-and-cream-puffs/?format=md) | Food Tours | €129 per person | 4.96 (98) | 3h | Wed Sat 15:00 | up to 4 per booking · instant · en |
| 9 | [Paris Evening Cooking Class French Dinner and Market Visit Option](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-evening-cooking-class-french-dinner-and-market-visit-option/?format=md) | Food Tours | €209 per person | 4.9 (502) | 6h | daily exc Sun 16:30–17:45 | up to 6 per booking · instant · en |
| 10 | [Fun Macaron Class for Families in Paris](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/fun-macaron-class-for-families-in-paris/?format=md) | Food Tours | €95 per person | 4.89 (717) | 2h | daily 09:00–16:30 | up to 8 per booking · free cancel · en/fr |
| 11 | [Paris Croissant and Breakfast Pastry Class with a French Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-croissant-and-breakfast-pastry-class-with-a-french-chef/?format=md) | Food Tours | €109 per person | 4.89 (79) | 3h | daily exc Wed 09:30–14:00 | up to 6 per booking · free cancel · en |
| 12 | [Paris French Baking Experience - Bread/Croissant or Macaron Class](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-french-baking-experience-bread-croissant-or-macaron-class/?format=md) | Food Tours | €90 per person | 4.86 (250) | 2h | daily 08:30–17:00 | up to 8 per booking · free cancel · instant · en |
| 13 | [Paris Croissant Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-croissant-small-group-baking-class-with-a-chef/?format=md) | Food Tours | €95 per person | 4.85 (1104) | 2h 30m | daily 09:00–16:30 | up to 10 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/fr |
| 14 | [Paris Behind the Scenes Macaron Baking Class](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-behind-the-scenes-macaron-baking-class/?format=md) | Food Tours | €100 per person | 4.74 (57) | 2h | daily 14:00–17:00 | up to 8 per booking · free cancel · instant · en |
| 15 | [Paris Macarons Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-macarons-small-group-baking-class-with-a-chef/?format=md) | Food Tours | €95 per person | 4.81 (387) | 2h | daily 09:00–16:30 | up to 10 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/fr |
| 16 | [Paris French Macarons Small Group Baking Class with a Chef](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-french-macarons-small-group-baking-class-with-a-chef/?format=md) | Food Tours | €181 per person | 4.76 (130) | 3h | daily exc Sun 15:00 | up to 8 per booking · free cancel · en/fr |
| 17 | [Paris Cooking Class with Ferrandi chef at Galeries Lafayette](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-cooking-class-with-ferrandi-chef-at-galeries-lafayette/?format=md) |  | €130 per person | 4.6 (43) | 2h | Wed Fri Sat 11:30 | up to 6 per booking · free cancel · instant · en/fr |
| 18 | [Paris French Baking Class Baguettes and Croissants in a Bakery](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-french-baking-class-baguettes-and-croissants-in-a-bakery/?format=md) | Food Tours | €219 per person | 4.74 (175) | 2h 30m | daily exc Sun 10:00–15:00 | up to 8 per booking · free cancel · en/es/fr/de/ja |
| 19 | [Paris French Cuisine Small Group Cooking Class with Lunch](https://guidekin.com/france/paris/tours/paris-french-cuisine-small-group-cooking-class-with-lunch/?format=md) | Food Tours, Small-Group Tours | €180 per person | 4.65 (432) | 4h 30m | daily 09:15–18:00 | up to 8 per booking · free cancel · en/fr |

## Why each made the list

- **Paris Cooking Class: Learn How to Make Macarons** — Make macaron shells and buttercream filling, then taste your baking with coffee or tea. Equipment, attire, a welcome drink and a box of macarons to take home are included; participants must be at least twelve, and children need an accompanying adult. 4.97 from 687 reviews at €129 per person for 3h.
- **Paris Cooking Class and Lunch with Wine plus Market Visit Option** — Cook your own three-course French lunch in a class capped at eleven, with an optional Latin Quarter market visit to pick the ingredients first. Wine from across France is poured as you eat what you made.
- **Amazing Sweet Crêpe Cooking Class Paris** — Learn to make sweet crêpes in a crêperie closed to other customers for the class, with a small personalised gift included. Soft drinks, coffee or tea are provided; participants must be at least eight, and the class is unsuitable for vegan, coeliac or lactose-intolerant guests. 4.98 from 242 reviews at €85 per person for 3h.
- **Paris Macaron baking class with a Chef Patissier** — Practise making macarons with a pastry chef and take home the recipe to repeat the process. All baking ingredients and utensils, plus coffee, tea and soft drinks, are included; gratuities are excluded. 4.96 from 155 reviews at €104 per person for 2h 30m.
- **Croissant Baking Class, Mastering the Art with a Pastry Chef** — Three hours devoted to the croissant alone, going deep on lamination technique with a pastry chef in a warm studio setting. For anyone who wants to actually master the layers, not just watch them happen.
- **Paris Small Group Hands-On Cooking Class with Cordon Bleu Chef** — Prepare each dish from start to finish in Les Batignolles with a small shared group of up to six. Lunch has three or four courses depending on your menu, with coffee or tea included; vegetarian diets can be accommodated, but there is no vegan menu. 4.97 from 121 reviews at €200 per person for 3h 30m.
- **French Baking Class in a Local Montmartre Bakery** — Shape dough and laminate pastry inside a working Montmartre bakery with a small shared group of up to eight. Instruction, bread and cake tastings, plus croissants and a baguette to take home are included; gratuities are excluded. 4.92 from 418 reviews at €95 per person for 1h 30m.
- **Paris Cooking Class: Chocolate Éclairs and Cream Puffs** — Make chocolate éclairs and cream puffs while practising choux pastry, Chantilly cream and piping. Equipment, drinks, English recipes and a takeaway box are included; children must be at least twelve and accompanied by an adult. 4.96 from 98 reviews at €129 per person for 3h.
- **Paris Evening Cooking Class French Dinner and Market Visit Option** — An evening class where you cook your own three-course French dinner in a group capped at twelve, with a Latin Quarter market visit on the longer format. Wine and cheese tastings are part of the lesson.
- **Fun Macaron Class for Families in Paris** — One of the few Paris baking classes that genuinely welcomes young children, with English-speaking pastry pros used to small hands. Families tackle the macaron together and eat their results.
- **Paris Croissant and Breakfast Pastry Class with a French Chef** — Practise croissant dough techniques in a small shared group of up to six participants. Equipment, aprons, recipes, tea or coffee and take-home bags are included; the minimum age is fifteen, with a registered adult required for each child. 4.89 from 79 reviews at €109 per person for 3h.
- **Paris French Baking Experience - Bread/Croissant or Macaron Class** — Pick your discipline — baguette and croissant lamination or macarons — and learn it hands-on with a French baking expert. A flexible, family-friendly format for households that can't agree on a pastry.
- **Paris Croissant Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef** — Croissants, pain au chocolat and pain aux raisins made from scratch in a group of eight, rolling pin in hand. The chef walks you through the dough theory first, so the lamination actually makes sense.
- **Paris Behind the Scenes Macaron Baking Class** — Make macarons with a pastry expert, taste them and take home a box of your own creations. The hands-on class includes refreshments; the fixed recipe contains dairy and almond powder, and substitutions are not possible. 4.74 from 57 reviews at €100 per person for 2h.
- **Paris Macarons Small-Group Baking Class with a Chef** — A macaron class where you run the recipe start to finish, with the chef guiding technique at your side rather than demonstrating from a distance. Ends with a tasting and honest Paris food advice.
- **Paris French Macarons Small Group Baking Class with a Chef** — Make macarons from start to finish in a chef's Parisian apartment with up to eight participants, choosing flavors together. Utensils, an apron, the recipe and a takeaway box are included; the class cannot accommodate almond allergies. 4.76 from 130 reviews at €181 per person for 3h.
- **Paris Cooking Class with Ferrandi chef at Galeries Lafayette** — Cook a dish such as butternut risotto or coq au vin and pilaf rice, then taste it on site. Chef-led tuition and alcoholic beverages are included; participants must be at least twelve, and those under sixteen need an accompanying adult. 4.6 from 43 reviews at €130 per person for 2h.
- **Paris French Baking Class Baguettes and Croissants in a Bakery** — Make baguettes and croissants behind the scenes of a Paris bakery in a small shared group of up to ten. Hands-on instruction, recipes and tastings are included; children must be at least six and minors need an accompanying adult. 4.74 from 175 reviews at €219 per person for 2h 30m.
- **Paris French Cuisine Small Group Cooking Class with Lunch** — Cook a three-course French meal in a Parisian apartment with a small shared group of up to eight. Ingredients, utensils, recipes and your meal are included; the market visit requires the corresponding option, and hotel transfers are excluded. 4.65 from 432 reviews at €180 per person for 4h 30m.

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## FAQ

**Should I book a pastry class or a cooking class with lunch in Paris?**

Choose the Croissant Small Group Baking Class to fit baking around Paris sightseeing; make Cooking Class and Lunch with Wine your main activity, with a market visit available as an option. For example, Cooking Class and Lunch with Wine, with an optional market visit, costs €199 per person, rated 4.96 from 1,158 reviews. Paris Croissant Small Group Baking Class with a Chef costs €95 per person, rated 4.85 from 1,104 reviews. Find short classes: https://guidekin.com/france/paris/cooking-classes-paris/?duration_max=3

**How much do Paris cooking classes cost, and how long do they take?**

Pair a short Paris cooking class with sightseeing: 15 of 19 classes with stated durations take up to three hours. The middle half of prices spans €95 to €181 per person. Among classes with a stated duration, the median is 3 hours. The median price is €119 per person. For example, French Baking in a Montmartre Bakery costs €95 per person, rated 4.92 from 418 reviews. Find short classes: https://guidekin.com/france/paris/cooking-classes-paris/?duration_max=3 · Filter by price and duration: https://guidekin.com/france/paris/filters/

**Which Paris cooking classes work for families with children?**

For baking with children in Paris, start with Fun Macaron Class for Families. The strollers and infants filter does not establish which ages can join in. Classes marked as accepting strollers and infants: 5 of 19. Fun Macaron Class for Families costs €95 per person, rated 4.89 from 717 reviews. The venue has no air conditioning. Filter for strollers and infants: https://guidekin.com/france/paris/cooking-classes-paris/?kids=true

**Can I take a Paris cooking class with limited mobility?**

Operator-marked wheelchair access is listed for 3 of 19 Paris cooking classes. Filter first, then confirm with the operator; access does not establish suitability for the cooking tasks. Physical effort also matters: Croissant Baking with a Pastry Chef lists kneading that requires strength. It costs €119 per person, rated 4.96 from 154 reviews. Filter operator-marked access: https://guidekin.com/france/paris/cooking-classes-paris/?wheelchair=true

**Can I book a private cooking class in Paris, or are these shared?**

Book a small group class here only if sharing the kitchen session works for you: Paris Macarons with a Chef is shared, and this page currently lists no private cooking classes. Shared classes: 19 of 19. Private classes listed: none. For example, Paris Macarons Small Group Baking Class with a Chef costs €95 per person, rated 4.81 from 387 reviews. Browse shared classes: https://guidekin.com/france/paris/cooking-classes-paris/?tour_type=shared

**Can I take an evening cooking class with dinner in Paris?**

Make Paris Evening Cooking Class with French Dinner your evening's main plan; it covers dinner as well as the lesson, and the market visit is optional. For example, Paris Evening Cooking Class with French Dinner and a Market Visit Option costs €209 per person, rated 4.9 from 502 reviews. Find evening cooking classes: https://guidekin.com/france/paris/cooking-classes-paris/?departure=evening


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