Whole Foods Market Culinary Centers

Increase your culinary know-how and expand your recipe repertoire at our state-of-the-art Culinary Centers. Located in over 30 stores nationwide, our instructional kitchens offer affordable, recreational culinary education for all ages.

Join us for hands-on cooking classes, tastings, demonstration dinners and workshops led by some of the country's most exciting chefs, artisans and authors including our own in-store experts.

Sign-up for a class today; say goodbye to your takeout guy tomorrow. Salúd!

Event hosting available

Culinary Centers are happy to host your next private party, corporate gathering or non-profit event. To make your next gathering a delicious one, please contact your closest Culinary Center directly by using the drop-down list above.

Featured Location

Lamar Culinary Center

Launched in 2006, The Lamar Culinary Center and Catering, located behind the Landmark Lamar Store in Austin, was the first cooking school to be developed for Whole Foods Market.

Now the model for over 30 subsequent cooking and lifestyle programs throughout the country, the Lamar Culinary Center sets the bar for creative programming and features over 20 cooking events and classes each week in two state-of-the art cooking studios.

With over 40-years of combined culinary expertise, the teaching staff of The Lamar Culinary Center recognizes that creating memories through shared food experiences is one of life's most profound enjoyments. Why not let them create a memorable event for you?

Visit the Lamar Culinary Center's website