hands-on cooking school for the home chef

COOKING WITH PASSION!

Students

We’ve served more than 2000 + students. Our secret is small class sizes and personal attention.

Community

We support and welcome all communities in and around our state. Let us teach you something new.

Courses

All our courses are tailored to the home chef. From beginner to advanced, all skill levels are welcome.

Events

Our school offers local food tours, visiting innovating restaurants as well as international culinary travel.

The largest hands-on cooking school in the triangle, we feature some of the most recognizable and successful classes and programs for your personal and professional interest.

Take an educational journey with us. Our cooking classes, professional programs and culinary tours are built on years of experience. Our inspiration comes from the experts within the triangle and around the world. In fact, it’s no exaggeration to say our programs have become icons themselves. Since offering our first course in 1998, Wyntons World Cooking School has grown to become one of the Triangle’s leading institution for learning as an adult or teen.

Teen Culinary Program

Do you have a child, who loves to cook or bake?

“Wynton's World Cooking School Online education is a more accessible and affordable quality education available to a great many more people than the classic brick and mortar campus.”
Jasper White
Line Cook

12-Week Basics Culinary Certificate Program

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“Outstanding, clean and well organized kitchen. Chef Wynton was charming and fun to work with in our group setting. We all had a wonderful time learning to make fresh pasta, followed by a lunch eating the meal we prepared..”
Arnold Griffin
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cake decorating essentials

Whether you’re looking to start a cake decorating business or just make cakes for family and friends, our cake decorating classes will teach you all you need to know to turn out professionally decorated cakes.

FEATURED SERIES

COFFEE ESSENTIALS

Our master barista will give you all you need to be a coffee expert.

CATERING ESSENTIALS

You know a great business opportunity when you see one.

WINE ESSENTIALS

We'll give you a solid foundation to explore wine without intimidation.
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Become servsafe certified today!

In North Carolina, your restaurant or food service establishment can earn certification in servsafe (Safe food handling) to comply with your next health inspection grade when you or one of your full time employees passes the ServSafe® Food Protection Manager exam! Wynton’s World holds regularly scheduled ServSafe® classes throughout the triangle area that meets NC requirements.

No class is ever cancelled except for rare inclement weather. Our instructors have proven teaching methods and we are proud of our student’s high pass rate on the ServSafe exam. In fact, we are so dedicated to giving our students what they pay for that if one of our students does not pass the exam, that student can sit in on a class and retest at no additional charge of any kind!

CULINARY & CULTURAL VACATIONS 2024

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“In short, the trip to Japan was amazing in every respect! Our guide was perfect…exceedingly knowledgeable, helpful, and professional. The food was spectacular, the venues fascinating, and the itinerary varied and full without being overwhelming. Very strongly recommend this tour!”
Monica Bronson
Short Story Writer

why choose us

#1 IN THE TRIANGLE

Ranked the best cooking school by TripAdvisor.

ONLINE OR ON-CAMPUS

For your convience, you can choose online or on-campus.

AFFORDABLE CLASSES

We offer the lowest prices in the Triangle.

AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE

All our cooking classes are completely hands-on.

CLASS SIZE MATTERS

Don’t get lost in the crowd. We think smaller is better, MAX 12.

GLOBALLY FOCUS

You can travel with us on one of our culinary vacations.

OUR MISSION

The mission is to provide excellent instruction in all our educational programs in a warm and fun environment that offers students unlimited opportunities to practice their skills with professionals. Our approach is competency-based and fun feeling; we employ first-rate instructors from around the area, select from the best materials and methods available, and make use of innovative technology where appropriate. We are dedicated to the premise that without real competency in education there can be little true understanding and that to be truly effective, education must provide meaningful insight and access into other growths.

“The Three E’s: Educate, Entertain and Excite” We want our students to learn new skills, to have fun in the process and to go home excited about cooking!”

SUMMER COOKING CAMPS

June – August

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!