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Outschool cooking classes
By Outschool, Inc.. Visit Outschool cooking classes
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
Outschool is a marketplace of live online classes taught by independent teachers, and its cooking section lists many kids' options: weekly group classes where children cook a full dinner on camera, self-paced teen courses, and one-on-one lessons. Teachers post ingredient lists ahead of time. Listings we saw ran from age 9 to 18, with group sizes of about 1-13. Quality, recipes and teaching style vary from teacher to teacher.
Our take: Good for tweens and teens who want a live, social cooking class from home; younger kids need a parent beside them, and families uneasy about recorded video should skip it.
| Ages it suits | about 9-18 for the cooking listings we saw (Outschool overall covers 3-18) |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | Account holders must be old enough to sign a contract (18 in many places). Parents create learner profiles for children. Outschool's children's privacy notice says it collects data from under-13s after verified parental consent, and kids who sign up on their own get limited access while parents are alerted. (terms) |
| Price | Paid. Each teacher sets the price (Oct 2026): weekly group cooking classes we saw were $15-$22 a class, self-paced courses $12-$21 a week, private lessons about $50 a session. New-family discount codes run often. |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | A parent's account |
| Ads | Not stated |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI in the classes; Outschool says it uses machine learning to infer a child's interests for recommendations. |
What's good
- Live teacher and a small group of kids
- Wide choice of times, styles and ages
- Pay per class, no long contract
Watch for
- Children appear on camera and classes are recorded
- Teachers are independent; quality varies
- A child at the stove at home with only an online teacher still needs an adult nearby
- Costs add up week to week
Data and privacy
Classes run on video and are automatically recorded; recordings go to the teacher and are kept for 90 days. Chats and messages are recorded too. The children's notice says data is collected under COPPA with verified parental consent. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No independent studies of Outschool cooking classes found. The maker cites 4.9 stars from 1.5 million class reviews.
In the Big Index
- On the list 21 best homeschool resources online
- On the list 19 best cooking-with-kids resources
- Outschool
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Where these facts come from
- https://outschool.com/online-classes/cooking
- https://outschool.com/terms
- https://outschool.com/privacy
- https://outschool.com/pages/privacy-COPPA
Prices, terms and features change. Nobody paid to be listed, nothing here is an affiliate link, and Peabody never rates itself. Where we and the maker disagree, the maker's own pages are the ones to trust.