Cooking Classes
Cooking classes at Purple Kale Kitchenworks
Join us for one of a kind, in-person and online cooking classes.
Purple Kale Kitchenworks studios are nestled among other maker spaces in a renovated warehouse near Industry City, Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
What makes our cooking classes different?
Proven, smart strategies. We focus on strong technique and personalized strategies to transform you into an organized, confident, creative cook. You’ll learn how to taste closely, waste less time and food, and see the potential in each ingredient to spur on many great meals.
Top tier instruction. Chef/owner Ronna Welsh is a veteran of top New York City restaurants and test kitchens, on both the pastry and savory sides. She is also an award-winning cookbook author. At Purple Kale Kitchenworks, Ronna teaches every class herself.
Customized. Get the class you want, to take alone or with family and friends, at a time that works best for you.
COMING UP April 20th!
The Nimble Cook Workshop: In this class, you’ll learn how to adapt the systems and strategies of the restaurant world to the home, tweaking them to the hiccups of everyday life.
Limited spaces available.
FREE, introductory online cooking class
Take a Cooking Class Online
The Nimble Cook Toolkit
Learn strategies to become more resourceful and creative in the kitchen, both when working with recipes you love and improvising a meal of your own.
The Starting Points Series
Learn new techniques to turn dozens of seasonal ingredients into many delicious, original meals.
The Complete Nimble Cook
Master the complete set of strategies and techniques to become a more intuitive, resourceful cook—at a discounted rate! Plus live, direct, one-on-one support.
Take a Cooking Class In-Person (Brooklyn)
unparalleled, private cooking lessons
Basic Knife Skills Lessons
The only knife skills class that emphasizes form, posture, and cadence, while teaching you fundamental movements and sharpening skills. This class is known for its personalized, thorough, hand-over-hand instruction. NOW offering Parent-Teen Knife Skills classes!
Custom Cooking Classes
Original cooking instruction customized to your interests and tastes and informed by The Nimble Cook’s ingredient-first approach. Private cooking classes are for individuals, families, couples, or small groups. We offer class packages, too.
Cooking Parties & Team BuildingEvents
For special celebrations, holiday parties, and team building events, our “Chefs for a Day” cooking class breaks the mold. We offer in-house and off-site catering and throw great Kids Cooking Parties, too!
Gift Certificates
Purchase an e-gift card, redeemable for all IN-PERSON cooking classes.
(For ONLINE COOKING CLASS gift certificates, visit the respective online class page, links above.)