8 Cooking Classes Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Cooking Class

Online cooking classes can be a great side hustle for seasoned chefs or cooking enthusiasts looking for a way to earn some extra cash. You can create content and teach your audience how to prepare meals.

Consider creating members-only content to earn more from your cooking class side hustle. Alternatively, you can sell recipes for a small fee as well. To grow your reach, consider offering some free content on your social media pages as a way to build curiosity among potential audiences. You can charge your audiences a subscription fee so they can have exclusive access to your content.

To start cooking classes , choose a niche and follow your passion. Create a website and maintain an active social media presence. Apart from online cooking classes or live sessions you can also offer exclusive offline weekend classes to give your audience a hands-on personal experience.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a cooking class:

1. Hipcooks ($1.2M/year)

Monika Reti, the founder of Hipcooks, came up with the idea for her cooking school after hosting impromptu dinner parties for friends and realizing that many of them felt intimidated by cooking. She wanted to teach people to cook like she does, with delight and a sense of community. Now, with 7 profitable locations and plans to franchise, Reti is ready to scale up her business.

How much they make: $1.2M/year
Current team size: 8

How I Started A Cooking Classes Business With 7 Locations

Hipcooks is a 7-location cooking school business that has grown organically to reach $100k/month in revenue, and attracts and retains customers through their communal approach, vibrant online presence, and updated Google and Yelp business pages.

About

Monika started Hipcooks over 10 years ago

Revenue

Monika grew the business to $100K/month

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2. Kaori's Kitchen ($90K/year)

How much they make: $90K/year
Current team size: 2

MOCHI-MAKING EMPIRE PRODUCES PROFITS AND DELIGHT

Kaori's Kitchen, founded by Kaori Becker and her mother, offers classes on mochi-making, which originally began as physical sessions but moved to online classes during the pandemic, resulting in a growth in students and an annual revenue of $90,000 through bookings on Airbnb Experiences and Verlocal.

About

Kaori started Kaori's Kitchen about 8 years ago

Revenue

Kaori grew the business to $7.5K/month

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5. Rouxbe

We train people of all abilities to become better, more confident – even healthier – cooks in kitchens around the world.

Where they're located: Batha, Chad
Website traffic: 340K/month

So... can you actually make money with a cooking class?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

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7. San Joaquin Delta College

Where they're located: Stockton, California, USA
Website traffic: 290K/month

8. SUNY Brockport

Where they're located: Rochester, New York, USA
Website traffic: 220K/month